Dinky Di Sheds - Affordable Homes

Affordable Steel Kit Homes

Our range of Affordable Housing is as attractive as it is durable. They can be assembled on-site by the owner builder or by a licenced builder.

We offer two styles of Steel Kit Homes:

1. The Basic Shed Conversion

2. Stud Wall Shed Conversion

1. The Basic Shed Conversion

This is where we take any shed you can think of (or part of a shed) and turn it from a class 10a (shed) building to a Class 1(house) building according to the relevant building codes. It is a fairly straight foreward process with our sheds due to their already high standard of engineering. Most people choose to start with a shed size and roof pitch that they feel meets their requirements for the building envelope, then add their own windows, doors, internal walls etc. Dinky Di will engineer the building envelope including foundation requirements for council submission. This is the cheapest way to go for those people who are comfortable with organising their own fit out of the building. Also it means that internal walling can be measured and bought at a later date once the shed (affordable home) is up and you are ready to begin the fit out.

Advantages if the Basic Shed Conversion:

Availble in practically any size
Very easy and straight foreward to construct, not much harder that a shed
The most economocal option for your money
Internal Walls may be made of either timber or steel studs.
Ceilings may be pitched with the roof angle or flat
Cladding may be Horizontal or Verticle.

2. Stud Wall Shed conversion

This is where we take advantage of our shed portal frames and add steel stud walls to them. It is a cross between the above option and conventional building techniques. The kits are available in sizes that increment 600mm. This is the spacing of the studs. Bay sizes can be multiples of 2.4, 3.0, 3.6, or 4.2m. The maximum span is 9.0m. This building technique will already be familiar to many builders who are use to dealing with steel stud type walling.

Advantages of Stud Wall Shed conversions