Are you getting thin tin?  Insist on Base Metal Thickness (BMT) to manage your risk.

Beware of any shed quotes which specify Total Coated Thickness (TCT) to describe steel product thickness, which may not be suitable for design loads under Australian Standards.

Shed Boss uses genuine BlueScope Steel, with wall and roofing cladding specified as Base Metal Thickness (BMT) not TCT. Remember, BMT is the relevant measurement for structural strength.

 Shed Boss follows best Australian practice by using a minimum of 0.42 base metal thickness high tensile steel for roofs. Some manufacturers only use 0.30mm - even on the roof! 

What sort of warranties have you been offered?

As all Shed Boss sheds are made from Stramit steel building products, you've got a double advantage. You get Stramit's warranties on the performance of their products, plus BlueScope Steel's warranties* on the ColorBond and Zincalume steel. 

Who's going to help if something goes wrong?

If you have a problem with imported steel materials, can you be sure someone's going to be there to help you? Backed by Stramit and BlueScope, you have local technical representatives to provide superior technical advice. 

Is it up to standard?

All the materials in a Shed Boss shed are manufactured in accordance with Australian Standards. Quality control systems in the factories make sure products are manufactured accurately to specifications. 

The ColorBond and Zincalume products in a Shed Boss shed have a zinc/aliminium substrate that lasts up to four times longer than some imported galvanised coatings. 

The ColorBond paint formula resists fading, chipping and cracking under Australia's harsh UV conditions. 

Have the products been tested under Australian conditions?

ColorBond steel is tested to Australian Standard AS2728 (for pre-painted steel sheet) which requires exposure to harsh sunlight and corrosive conditions for 48 months continuously at different sites. The materials also undergo accelerated indoor testing to ensure world-best products. 

Is it watertight?

Shed Boss sheds feature Stramit roofing and walling products with anti-capillary side laps to keep even wind-blown rain out. 

As  Shed Boss sheds, garages and carports are made from Stramit steel building products, there's more behind your shed than you realise. 

For starters, you've got the backing of one of Australia's leading building product manufacturers.  You also have Stramit Building Product warranties on performance as well as BlueScope Steel warranties* on the materials. 

And you have top-quality Australian steel and technical know-how based on experience of harsh Australian conditions. 

Stramit Building Products is a member of the Fletcher Building Group, the largest diversified building products group in Australasia, which has operations throughout Australia, New Zealand and internationally. 

*Warranty subject to application and eligibility criteria. For full terms and conditions and to determine the eligibility of your building for the warranty visit bluescopesteel.com.au/warranties or call 1800 022 999. ZINCALUME®, COLORBOND®, GALVASPAN® and BlueScope are registered trade marks of BlueScope Steel Limited. © 2010 BlueScope Steel Limited ABN 16 000 011 058. All rights reserved.

The profile and pitch of your shed roof as well as the location of the shed should all be considered when choosing its colour as it may play a substantial role in the overall look of yourhome. The chosen roof style also affects the general impression of your property, for example, a steep gabled roof will have more aesthetic dominance than a skillion roof.

Janne Petrie, from The Colour Designers, explains: “In situations where the roof is a dominant feature of the shed or your home, it is important to ensure that the colour does not over shadow the entire aesthetic of the building so it’s best to opt for a mid tone colour. In these cases, roofing made from COLORBOND® steel in the more neutral colours of Surfmist®, Woodland Grey®, Dune® or Ironstone® are ideal choices.”

With its crisp, clean lines, roofing made from COLORBOND® steel can create an attractive roof that works well with most home designs including traditional styles, contemporary designs and everything in between.

The second consideration when choosing the colour of the roof is the location of the home and its surrounding natural and built environments. With a range of 20 designer colours, finding the right colour is easy with COLORBOND® steel whether it be for a rural, coastal, city or suburban location.

Janne Petrie advises: “If the home is located in a rural area that is surrounded by a bush or green landscape then muted tones are the best colour choices. Roofing made COLORBOND® steel in colours such as the muted greens of Bushland®, Wilderness®, Pale Eucalypt® or the subdued brown of Jasper® are most suitable.

For homes in a coastal environment, it’s best to capture the seaside ambiance. Roofing made COLORBOND® steel in subdued blues such as Evening Haze® or Windspray®, more arresting blues such as Deep Ocean®, or even the sandy qualities of Sandbank® are particularly effective.

For inner city areas where heritage buildings are the norm, more traditional roof colours are required such Manor Red® or Headland® which are part of COLORBOND® steel’s 20 designers colours.

If the home is situated in a more modern suburban area then a more striking roof colour may be the best option with roofing made from COLORBOND® steel in the colour Monument® or Loft® creating a prominent yet appealing feature.”

You can choose from up to 20 standard colours  from the COLORBOND® steel range. This ensures your shed or garage will perfectly match the colours you've chosen for your home's COLORBOND® steel roof, fence, gutters and downpipes.

 

The COLORBOND® steel colour palette is fresh, subtle and sophisticated. As in the past, the palette continues to draw inspiration from the Australian landscape and lifestyle.

Generally, yes. 

The structure may be located on the boundary with consent from council – with the use of box gutters and a rainhead (your shed then forms part of the boundary, and will replace any existing fence line).

Approval can be given by your local council within approximately 4 weeks.

Yes - Full engineering included – as specified on your written quotation, all our designs are certified by an independent engineer, ready for council submission.  

When you contact us for a quote, we consider several site specific criteria to determine your design wind speed, in compliance with the Building Code of Australia and your council building regulations.

Your written quotation will clearly show the full site specific design wind speed. 

When choosing Shed Boss for a complete project, we will provide independently certified designs ready for council approval. 

"For a complete project, I felt comfortable to leave everything to Shed Boss  - they even prepared by council development application for me"

Len J, Victor Harbor. 

 

When choosing Shed Boss for your total project, we prepare the following documents for assessment by your local council:

• Site plan showing the boundaries and dimensions of the site and location of your Shed Boss shed on your property.
• Dimensioned shed floor plans, elevations, sections and construction details (provided by Shed Boss, independently certified).
• Engineers footing and structural details (provided by Shed Boss)

• Full structural details of the proposed shed/garage which will include the size, span and spacing of all members (parts) incorporated in the structure. This will also include footing sizes & floor if proposed (provided by Shed Boss)

 The above information is advisory and a guide only to give you a general understanding of the key points associated with the development assessment system.  

When you contact us for a personalised quotation, we will gladly answer any questions, alternatively you may contact your local council regarding any specific inquiries or for further assistance concerning the use and development of land. Being properly prepared can save you time and money in the long run.

Local Council websites:

Alexandrina Council

Adelaide Hills Council

City of Victor Harbor

City of Onkaparinga

District Council of Mount Barker

District Council of Yankalilla

Mid Murray Council

Rural City of Murray Bridge

Shed Boss are the leaders in design and technology. For the handyman we can provide a user friendly, pre-punched and pre-sized kit ready for construction. Your sheds’ portal frames simply swing up into position. Your shed will be maintenance free with non-welded, rust and corrosion-free joints, which offer the longest capital investment on your property.

An easy to follow instruction manual and DVD are included in all shed kits.

Shed Boss offers a 2-3 week delivery on your shed kits,  allowing you to have your shed built fast. We also include all delivery costs in our quotations.

The Building Code of Australia (BCA) is produced and maintained by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) on behalf of the Australian Government and State and Territory Governments. The BCA has been given the status of building regulations by all States and Territories.

The goal of the BCA is to enable the achievement of nationally consistent, minimum necessary standards of relevant, health, safety (including structural safety and safety from fire), amenity and sustainability objectives efficiently.

The Building Code of Australia (BCA) defines buildings in 10 Building Classes. Sheds generally fall into class 6,7,8,9 & 10a depending on their intended use.

Class 1 buildings are dwellings. Appreciable changes are required to a standard class10a (non-habitable) shed to allow it to comply with the BCA as a Class 1 structure.

Class 10 a (non-habitable) sheds should not be supplied or deemed suitable for use as a habitable dwelling.

The Building Code of Australia assigns four different building importance levels for structures. The assigned Importance level is consistent with the consequences of building failure and the risk to human life (or property) Level 1 is the lowest and level 4 the highest.

• Level 1 - Buildings or structures presenting a low degree of hazard to life and other property in the case of failure – example isolated farm sheds
• Level 2 - Buildings or structures not included in importance levels 1, 3 or 4 – example garages, industrial buildings, and school shelters with less than 250 students.
• Level 3 - Buildings or structures that are designed to contain a large number of people – example School shelters with more than 250 students
• Level 4 - Buildings or structures that are essential to post-disaster recovery or associated with hazardous facilities – example CFA fire sheds

A building that does not comply with the BCA poses an increased risk of failure and a potential threat to community safety.

For absolute peace of mind, as licenced builders Shed Boss Fleurieu can provide assistance in determining the correct importance level and building specification for your shed. 

Yes.  We can help you make the most of your space with a fully engineered mezzanine floor, just one of the many options available from Shed Boss

No, our range of Shed Boss sheds feature the Morinda glove section (patented)

Designed to fit like a glove, combining both bolt and screw connections, this knee joint is voted the best in the industry. It's "glove tight" design ensures engineering integrity. 

Beware of any welded brackets, particulary if the weld is onto relatively thin "C" Purlin under 4mm.  As the heat is applied and melts the purlin, under microscope, a trough is often revealed to be two thirds the thickness of the purlin.

Using welded brackets:

• The protective Galvanizing is destroyed.
• Manufacturers who still persist with this process usually use a very cheap silver frost paint as rust protection.
• Always insist on a non-welded product.

Joints are the most important engineering consideration in your shed and ours are recognised as one of the best in the industry. The Shed Boss patented Morinda™ Glove Section Bracket Systemincludes fully wrap around knee and apex joints that are made from heavy galvanised steel and feature pre-punched screw holes for quick and correct installation. Non-welded and corrosion free, Morinda™ brackets are securely fixed with galvanised bolts to make sure they stay strong and last.

Because it is a fully wrap around moulded section, it absorbs most of the twist encountered in high wind conditions. The Morinda Glove Section was originally developed for cyclonic conditions. Remember, a shed is only as strong as these joints!

Using the correct fastener for your shed is crucial to its long term performance and good looks.

All Shed Boss buildings are fitted with Class 4 fasteners, which are colour matched to the ColorBond sheet colours you select, resulting in a quality touch to your very valuable asset.

Corrosion free Class 4 roofing and walling fasteners are compliant to Australian Standards (AS 3566) for use in severe marine and coastal environments.

All Shed Boss roofs are fixed to the same standards and in the same way that a house roof is fastened - fitted with full neoprene washers on the roof and  the wall cladding, which cushion and seal these self-drilling screws. This eliminates the possibility of leaks and rust, so your Shed Boss building will stay dry and sealed in the heaviest rain.

 As we are the builder (BLD 164301), we take total responsibility for your project. As we are locally owned and operated, you can receive full back-up support. 

 By choosing Shed Boss for a complete project, you only need to deal with one company. We take care of everything, from start – to finish, managing your entire project. We arrange all work to be performed from supply of all materials, installation and concrete.

 If you choose Shed Boss, you don’t have to take on the risk of being an “owner builder”

 If your contract with any other shed retailer is only for the supply of the shed kit (materials), and you are simply being “referred” to tradespeople with an “estimate” of the construction/slab cost, then you might be considered an owner builder. 

 OR -  Let Shed Boss Fleurieu take care of the hassle for you - From planning and council approvals right through to unveiling a garage or shed that we will both be proud of.

 Having built hundreds over the past several years, we have a reputation for getting the job done on time, to budget, with no worries. 



Shed Boss offers a 2-3 week delivery on your shed kits,  allowing you to have your shed built fast. 

Once the concrete has been poured, most domestic sheds take 1-3 days to build

Our builders licence number is BLD 164301.  

If you're too busy, let us take care of the entire project for you.  

We are also fully insured throughout the entire project, and members of the Australian Steel Institute, HIA and Master Builders.

Yes - Enviromentally friendly and fibre free, our range of insulation can reflect up to 97% of radiant heat (and can reduce inside air temperature by up to 10'c on hot days), and can be fully installed when we build your shed.   Three products in one application - provides an insulation barrier, a waterproof barrier and vapour barrier all in one.

Fibre-free flexible reflective insulation offers the following benefits for your building shed:

·         Advanced thermal performance: Helps achieve a 6 star house energy rating for live-in residential sheds.

·         Fibre-free, non-allergenic, and non-irritant: Non-asthmatic and poses no health or safety risks.

·         Quick and easy to install: Saves time and helps reduce labours costs in building construction time compared to conventional bulk insulation (no need for product support mesh)

·         Tough, strong, durable: Hail resistant, unique anti-tear surface material.

·         Anti-bacterial and anti-fungal: Will not promote the growth of fungi and bacteria

·         Rodent and insect resistant: Does not provide a nesting medium for rodents and insects

·         Australian Standard Compliant: CodeMark certified to comply with the BCA and Australian Standard AS/NZS 4859.1:2002

Our PolyCarb roofing allows light to pass through whilst reflecting solar radiation. This unique process results in soft, diffused usable light to filter throughout your shed, with no uncomfortable glare and with an impact strength of up to 150 times that of tempered glass.

Our Personal Access doors feature a single skin metal clad door with Colorbond® steel facings and fold-down vertical sides, offering peace of mind as they are virtually impossible to break into. They look good too - on a welded RHS frame, the door is pre-hung in your choice of ColorBond facing.

•   Supplied with a knob/knob entrance set
•   Fitted with 3 industrial grade hinges
•   Custom door sizes and colours are available on request

Also available are Cyclone Rated Doors, Bullet Proof Doors, Fire Doors, and Glass Sliding Doors.  

Vermin flashing is a popular optional addition to our sheds, which seal the cladding at the slab and can help keep out dust, as well as snakes and spiders.

Did you know that pouring a concrete slab inside your shed can void your BlueScope steel warranty? 

The BlueScope steel warranty for ColorBond steel states:

" the Material must not be used as concrete formwork or be immersed, including during construction"

BlueScope steel also provides further guidance on using ColorBond steel in Sheds & Garages in this Technical Bulletin

This is a poor building practice which some builders use to achieve a cheaper quote,  however the true cost is the likelihood of your shed rusting out in as little as 2 years and voiding the BlueScope steel warranty

Pouring concrete inside your shed will result in accelerated corrosion due to contact with wet cement, which is strongly alkaline, and the shrinkage of cured concrete which enables the build up of dirt and debris left in the gap left between the slab and the wall.

At Shed Boss, we pour the concrete slab to a precise size prior to construction – with the drip-free edge of the wall sheeting extending 50mm down the side of the slab, without touching the slab itself.  This enables moisture to drain freely from the sheared edge of the steel. 

This means that the risk of corrosion caused by condensation, or hosing the shed out, is eliminated.  Plus, you can take advantage of the full BlueScope warranty*

*Warranty terms and conditions apply.

Yes - we can clad your shed with horizontal corrugated ColorBond. Contact us today for more details.

The most common roof pitch for domestic garages is 15 degrees.

Unique to Shed Boss, is the Multi Pitch bracketry which allows for variable pitch roofs (up to 30 degrees) without the need to change costly bracketry whilst retaining all the strength and stability qualities of the standard knee and apex joint. 

The Multi Pitch, with its unique Hinge effect, also allows for easier dismantling or repositioning of an existing building.

These massive heavy duty galvanised hold down brackets are cast into slab, allowing portal frames to simply swing up into position. Just one of the reasons why Shed Boss sheds are the easiest to install. Beware of builders who use cheap friction bolts or chemical anchors (glue).

Our heavy galvanized steel anchor brackets are specially designed and set in concrete for increased hold down strength to withstand the fiercest weather conditions in South Australia.  Fully engineered for the highest  design wind speed of up to 87 metres per second.

Due to the use of stirrups, the frames of the shed are lifted off the concrete floor by 5-10mm ensuring that concrete will not speed up the corrosion process which in turn gives your a shed a longer lifespan.

Similar to the knee, the Apex Joint's enhanced strength and rigidity is achieved with the fully wrap around "Morinda" Glove section, which connects both the web and the flanges of the truss and column.  This has produced an extremely good looking joint. As with the knee, the pre-punched hole centres allow forhuge time saving during installation

Voted best in the industry.  This incredible invention allows for the most stable and strongest knee joint in the industry due to its full wrap around and dual use of heavy duty bolts and screws to fix.  Remember, this is the most important engineering point in your shed - both sides of the knee joint should be fixed.

Clearly we advise, don't settle for a single plate system when you can have this superior full wrap around Glove Section.

The Shed Boss difference: we build our sheds with a 15mm deep recess in the concrete slab under each roller door - making it impossible for damaging water to enter the building.

Be aware of- Concrete slab surfaces finished with a "helicopter" circular trowel can have surface variations of up to 2mm - if these rises and depressions in the slab surface occur under a roller door, heavy rain will result in flooding.

Our standard roller doors are a full 2.750m (over 9 feet), giving easy, drive-in access for even the largest 4WD vehicle.  Or we can fit a single, 5m wide roller door, or a modern Panel Lift door.  Of course, we will fit a remote control system (with 2 hand-sets) if you require.

Wind lock option - recommended in high wind areas for added strength and security. As about our optional wind lock assembly.

Fitting your shed with a  window allows natural light to filter throughout your shed, without compromising on security -  as our windows are supplied standard with a keyed lock.

The windows we install in our sheds are the same quality used in residential properties. The sliding mechanism is trouble free, with the fitted flyscreen keeping the insects out whilst allowing fresh air in.

Fitted in a size and ColorBond colour of your choice.

 As pictured: 900H x 1470W

 Council Development Approval may be required if  your garden shed is over 15 square metres in total area, exceeds 3 metres span and part of the building is higher than 2.5 metres above the natural surface of the ground.

For more information on Development Approval requirements, please contact your local council 

As a supplier of Garden Master, we can offer a wide range of garden sheds, chemical storage sheds, aviaries, shade houses and hot houses. 

SA made & owned

Gardenmaster is proudly a 100% South Australian owned company, with all products made in South Australia.

12 year guarantee

All Gardenmaster sheds and aviaries are covered by Gardenmaster's 12 year structural guarantee. Some individual items are coveredy by separate warranties.

Stronger materials for longer life

Gardenmaster's products use deep ribbed, 0.4mm gauge, high tensile zinc or colour steel sheeting and heavy gauge channel section. Manufactured to engineer specifications and laboratory tested for your piece of mind. Doors are double braced with tube for extra security.

Click here to download the Ordering Specifications from which will help you design your own shed, or visit www.gardenmaster.net.au for more information. 

We are a supplier of Steel Chief garden sheds, offering a large range of domestic garden sheds, workshops, aviaries, fowl houses, and made to order sizes and shapes.

The Steel Chief range includes: Gable Roof, Flat Roof, Skillion Roof, Heritage Roof, Steel Frame, Fowl House, Bird Aviaries, Custom designs and all kinds of add-on options.

Installation: SteelChief sheds are delivered in panel form, making installation easy and quick. Simply join the panels according to the instructions provided, ideally using a cordless drill. You will need a mate for the bigger sheds, or we can refer you to a local handyman to do the job for you.

The current Steel Chief brochure contains recommended retail prices (excluding delivery costs). It will also be helpful to assist you select your options and colours. Visit   www.steelchief.com.au

Delivery is usually within one week (fortnightly for country runs). Contact us for delivery costs