Shepherds Hut Roof Construction

Tithe barn started building beautiful bespoke shepherd s huts in 2011 and this was the main focus of their business for several years.

Shepherds hut roof construction.

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. 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. 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. Our shepherd hut curved timber roofs are made from canadian poplar renowned for its strength straight grain and smooth finish.

Or you may have the time and the skills and the inclination build your own shepherd s hut. Here at plain huts we have developed a kit that will give you a head start. Our flat pack is made up of the rolling chassis plus four walls roof joists and roofing material and fixings. Shepherd s hut timber roof frame like any good building construction it all needs to sit on a rock solid foundation.

We now also hold stock of longer curved corrugated roof sheets for huts of 8 feet wide plus. All timber is hand picked from a large sawmill in leicestershire by phillip. However they diversified into the selling of parts having invested in patterns for their own british cast iron wheels. With parts plans and step by step guide from tithe barn shepherd huts.

Each piece is then sawn reduced to size planed and hand shaped to make what are simply beautiful strong curved roof structures. A hut on wheels. I built a wooden hut on top of an old caravan trailer chassis.