Shepherds Hut Roof Beams

All timber is hand picked from a large sawmill in leicestershire by phillip.

Shepherds hut roof beams. Our shepherd hut curved timber roofs are made from canadian poplar renowned for its strength straight grain and smooth finish. Here at plain huts we have developed a kit that will give you a head start. Or you may have the time and the skills and the inclination build your own shepherd s hut. Back in the 1700s and 1800s however shepherds would use corrugated iron for their roofs.

Most of our customers will add to the shepherd huts in order to produce a garden office summerhouse or accommodation either rented for holiday parks or for private use. Single shepherd hut roof sheet. Shepherd hut frame kit incl. Please email in to add an accessory to your shepherds hut.

Nowadays it s more common to have a corrugated roof sheet made from steel which wasn t invented until the 1850s rather than iron. Roof shepherd hut roof frame kit. 6x roof sheets for 4 8m 5 4m frame 5x roof sheets for 4 2m frame doors windows. Our flat pack is made up of the rolling chassis plus four walls roof joists and roofing material and fixings.

Oak chassis with wheels 24 cast iron wheels. Corrugated sheeting was the original material that shepherds used to roof their huts. For both felt and shingles in is better to apply the insulation flexible foil type to the outside of the roof then a flexible ply sheet fixed to the roof boards and the final roof covering to that. There is no real right or wrong answer to this and it is of course dependant on roof material used.

Each piece is then sawn reduced to size planed and hand shaped to make what are simply beautiful strong curved roof structures. A range of options available for our shepherd hut range to complete and personalise your shepherd hut.