My New Larder

[takbok]

I had an old garden shed that had been wrecked by a tree growing up next to it for the last 50 years. I couldn't afford a new shed so had to make do with what I have. I chopped down the tree and did my best to fix it structurally, patch the roof and get the doors operational again. I made a wooden floor with 22mm sarking boards. I also lined the roof with glass wool and 6mm ply.

I had to electrify the shed (10mm2 SWA to 40A consumer unit) and added hot and cold water pipes at the same time, running it all in a trench about 25m from the house and combi boiler. I also dug in 6m of 110mm drain pipe for my drainage.

See a few pics below of the end result. It's such a pleasure having everything in the same place for processing my venison now. The biggest boon is having hot water and pot & hand washing sinks so that I can keep everything clean!

Here's a list of what I've used.

2x 4ft LED lights from Screwfix
3mm rubber coin flooring
Industrial fridge with deer hanging rails I made
Normal fridge for any venison that's been butchered.
Chest freezer
Upright freezer
Deer hanging rail using 4" fence post
Hand winch for lifting red deer
1800 x 600mm Stainless work table
1200x600 Stainless pot washing sink
Mixer tap with sprayer £25? off eBay
Knee operated hand wash sink
1000mm Stainless folding shelf
2x 40w Dimplex thermostat heaters under sinks for frost protection

I got all the stainless kit from Adexa. Prices seemed pretty good, delivery was about £60 which felt expensive. I made spacers to lift the table and the pot wash sink to about 950mm as they were too low for me. I also screwed them back to the wall as they weren't stable enough freestanding. They're nice and sturdy now. Adexa wasn't interested in helping me source a new tap for handwash sink when it got destroyed by the water freezing in the cold weather in January. I found that a bit disappointing, but managed to source another tap online fortunately. I had to also replace the mixer tap which succumbed to freezing. I've since installed heaters to prevent freezing.

Oh, and the knife scabbard and thin bladed boning knife along with excellent knife sharpening tuition, from my butcher friend is amazing

Next job is to get the workshop next door finished so that I can start some gunsmithing.

I'm a late bloomer it seems but I'm just starting to get into the swing of things. 2026 is going to be a great year!

 

[HonestJohn]

Pretty jealous of that! Well done!

 

[takbok]

Some random pics during the long slog

 

[WalkedUp]

Lovely view too

 

[takbok]

Pretty jealous of that! Well done!

Thank you, felt like it would never end but was all worth it.

 

[JMikeyH]

Great stuff mate. I've just done an Adexa order as well, agreed that it seems like good value on there

 

[hendrix's rifle]

Good effort, looks class that

 

[Moray Outfitting]

You might find that alkathen pipe , 6/8 inches long , with notches at either end, would do as washable spreaders. More Hygienic than your wooden ones. Good Job on the build. J

 

[Mike1979]

Looks good

 

[VSS]

I had an old garden shed that had been wrecked by a tree growing up next to it for the last 50 years. I couldn't afford a new shed so had to make do with what I have. I chopped down the tree and did my best to fix it structurally, patch the roof and get the doors operational again. I made a wooden floor with 22mm sarking boards. I also lined the roof with glass wool and 6mm ply.

I had to electrify the shed (10mm2 SWA to 40A consumer unit) and added hot and cold water pipes at the same time, running it all in a trench about 25m from the house and combi boiler. I also dug in 6m of 110mm drain pipe for my drainage.

See a few pics below of the end result. It's such a pleasure having everything in the same place for processing my venison now. The biggest boon is having hot water and pot & hand washing sinks so that I can keep everything clean!

Here's a list of what I've used.

2x 4ft LED lights from Screwfix
3mm rubber coin flooring
Industrial fridge with deer hanging rails I made
Normal fridge for any venison that's been butchered.
Chest freezer
Upright freezer
Deer hanging rail using 4" fence post
Hand winch for lifting red deer
1800 x 600mm Stainless work table
1200x600 Stainless pot washing sink
Mixer tap with sprayer £25? off eBay
Knee operated hand wash sink
1000mm Stainless folding shelf
2x 40w Dimplex thermostat heaters under sinks for frost protection

I got all the stainless kit from Adexa. Prices seemed pretty good, delivery was about £60 which felt expensive. I made spacers to lift the table and the pot wash sink to about 950mm as they were too low for me. I also screwed them back to the wall as they weren't stable enough freestanding. They're nice and sturdy now. Adexa wasn't interested in helping me source a new tap for handwash sink when it got destroyed by the water freezing in the cold weather in January. I found that a bit disappointing, but managed to source another tap online fortunately. I had to also replace the mixer tap which succumbed to freezing. I've since installed heaters to prevent freezing.

Oh, and the knife scabbard and thin bladed boning knife along with excellent knife sharpening tuition, from my butcher friend is amazing

Next job is to get the workshop next door finished so that I can start some gunsmithing.

I'm a late bloomer it seems but I'm just starting to get into the swing of things. 2026 is going to be a great year!

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Lovely job! Well done! Enjoy!

You might find that alkathen pipe , 6/8 inches long , with notches at either end, would do as washable spreaders. More Hygienic than your wooden ones. Good Job on the build. J

This ^^^
That's what I use.

 

[takbok]

You might find that alkathen pipe , 6/8 inches long , with notches at either end, would do as washable spreaders. More Hygienic than your wooden ones. Good Job on the build. J

Thanks , that's very true. I have a big roll of that pipe so will make some . Only benefit of the wooden ones is they don't get washed

 

[User00056]

Fantastic. Brilliant having your own setup, isn't it?

 

[takbok]

Fantastic. Brilliant having your own setup, isn't it?

Cheers - positively life affirming!

 

[User00056]

Cheers - positively life affirming!

Getting the hot water in was a massive boon for me, too. The sink is the heart of the whole place for me

 

[Deermanagement]

Fantactic job You'll be in a good place to sell on your carcasses when the price goes through the floor at the game dealers when those out lamping keep turning up with sub-standard carcasses that's been hanging around all night (especially spring, summer, autumn)

 

[Freeforester]

If you’re on private water Rory, consider leaving the tap open on the smallest trickle- that way you won’t burst a tap nor worse still, have the whole setup freeze and have to wait for the frost to loup before getting water again; it might not happen much these days, but happen again it will for sure.

Fantactic job You'll be in a good place to sell on your carcasses when the price goes through the floor at the game dealers when those out lamping keep turning up with sub-standard carcasses that's been hanging around all night (especially spring, summer, autumn)

One prominent estate in the locality has sunk a fair chunk into a decent professional larder ( 40 years plus late, of course) but now have more carcasses condemned than ever before; the contractors shooting hundreds per season shoot overnight but don’t gralloch until next day, thus rendering otherwise decent carcasses mostly worthless…

 

[takbok]

If you’re on private water Rory, consider leaving the tap open on the smallest trickle- that way you won’t burst a tap nor worse still, have the whole setup freeze and have to wait for the frost to loup before getting water again; it might not happen much these days, but happen again it will for sure.

It's an option. I've since installed thermostatic heaters which will hopefully help. I will also 'double glaze' the window.

 

[Dave5463]

Looks good. Have been struggling to find a reasonably priced and correctly sized freestanding stainless sink for my own set up in my garage. They always seem to get snapped up quickly.

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

Bloody smart

 

[takbok]

Looks good. Have been struggling to find a reasonably priced and correctly sized freestanding stainless sink for my own set up in my garage. They always seem to get snapped up quickly.

The Adexa stuff is pretty reasonable and you can get the size you want. A big sink is really handy for washing the big stainless trays and sausages stuffer etc.