Shepherds Hut Roof Construction

Our flat pack is made up of the rolling chassis plus four walls roof joists and roofing material and fixings.

Shepherds hut roof construction.

We are well aware that for glamping and other purposes people are building longer and wider huts and we have therefore expanded our range of standard timber roof constructions to include greater lengths and widths. Here at plain huts we have developed a kit that will give you a head start. How to build a blackdown shepherd hut shepherd hut instructions plans shepherd hut self build. However they diversified into the selling of parts having invested in patterns for their own british cast iron wheels.

Our shepherd hut curved timber roofs are made from canadian poplar renowned for its strength straight grain and smooth finish. Shepherd s hut timber roof frame like any good building construction it all needs to sit on a rock solid foundation. Or you may have the time and the skills and the inclination build your own shepherd s hut. In terms of your shepherd s hut this foundation comes in the form of a timber framework on top of a sturdy chassis and signatory cast iron wheels.

Each piece is then sawn reduced to size planed and hand shaped to make what are simply beautiful strong curved roof structures. All timber is hand picked from a large sawmill in leicestershire by phillip. We now also hold stock of longer curved corrugated roof sheets for huts of 8 feet wide plus. Tithe barn started building beautiful bespoke shepherd s huts in 2011 and this was the main focus of their business for several years.

A hut on wheels. This particular wheeled hut is located in rural worcestershire and has the traditional cast iron wheels and undercarriage recovered from a severely decayed shepherds hut recovered from an old farm yard. The external cladding is the traditional corrugated steel with a curved roof.