Garages and Sheds Devonport

Devonport sits where the farmland meets the sea. It is Tasmania's northern port, the Spirit of Tasmania gateway on the Mersey, and it is ringed by some of the richest cropping and grazing country in the state. That mix is exactly what shapes the sheds we build here. On one street it is a double garage to get the cars and the boat out of the Bass Strait weather; ten minutes inland it is a machinery shed big enough to swing a header around.

Tassie Sheds designs and builds custom steel buildings for the whole Devonport region, from East Devonport and Spreyton through Latrobe, Shearwater and Port Sorell, and out toward Sheffield and the Kentish rural blocks. Whether you are a homeowner after a single lock-up, a hobby farmer needing a hay shed, or a business after a commercial workshop, we build to your block rather than to a fixed catalogue size. Every building is made from 100% Australian BlueScope steel and adjustable in increments as fine as 1mm, so it fits your driveway, your fall of land and the job you actually have for it.

A good value shed is not always about price. Two Devonport quotes for the same size building can differ by thousands, and the gap is usually in what you cannot see once the doors are on: the thickness of the steel, whether it is genuine BlueScope or imported coil, and whether the shed has been engineered for your site's wind exposure or just given a generic rating. We would rather show you where the money goes, then show you how to bring a quote down or where a small upgrade is worth it.

Drop into 28 Gormanston Road, Moonah TAS 7009, or call the team on (03) 6165 0204 to talk through a Devonport building engineered to your block.

Garages and Garaports Devonport

A steel garage is one of the most useful things you can add to a Devonport property. It keeps the cars, the trailer, the tinnie and the ride-on out of the salt air and the rain, and it clears the clutter out of the yard. We supply the full run, from single lock-ups to double and triple garages, and garaports that combine an enclosed garage with an open carport bay off the front for the boat or the caravan.

Because every design is fully customisable, you are not stuck with a standard footprint. Raise the wall height for a caravan or a hoist, widen a bay for the work ute, add a lean-to down one side for firewood and sheltered storage, or run a mezzanine in for extra room upstairs. Roller doors, personal access doors, windows, skylights, whirlybirds and insulation can all be built in wherever you need them.

You can start your design yourself in our online 3D shed designer at designer.tassiesheds.com.au. Build it the way you want it, send it through, and we will have a written quote back to you within 24 hours. The designer has no live pricing, so there is no obligation and no sales pressure, just your design and an accurate figure to compare.

Fully Customise Your Devonport Shed

Your shed should be as practical as it is tidy, so we offer a wide range of extras that build into any design. Add motorised roller doors, extra personal access doors, translucent skylight sheeting for natural light, windows for a workshop, or insulation and ventilation to keep it comfortable through a Devonport summer and winter.

Every garage, shed and workshop is framed in high-tensile Australian BlueScope GALVASPAN® steel and clad in your choice of COLORBOND® or ZINCALUME® on the walls and roof. Pick a deep-pan five-rib or the traditional corrugated profile to finish the look. That gives you 22 standard COLORBOND® colours to match the roofline, the fences or the house, whether you are on a newer estate at Miandetta or a rural block toward Sheffield. If you are close to the water at East Devonport or Port Sorell, we will talk to you about COLORBOND® Ultra, which is built for the higher salt exposure of coastal sites.

Farm and Rural Sheds Around Devonport

Head inland from the port and Devonport quickly becomes farm country. Across the Mersey and Forth valleys, out through the Kentish blocks toward Sheffield and down into the Meander Valley, Tassie Sheds builds rural buildings that keep machinery, hay, fertiliser and stock under cover and engineered to stand up to the weather they cop.

Open-front and enclosed farm sheds

Our farm sheds start open or fully enclosed, whichever suits the job. Nominate the number of bays and their widths, including uneven bays if that suits a particular machine, and choose a skillion or gable roof. Spans reach up to 25 metres and heights up to 8 metres, so there is room for a modern header, a boom spray or a line of round bales without the columns getting in the way. Every design is ShedSafe accredited, independently reviewed against the National Construction Code by the industry body that certifies shed designs.

Built for the block, not the brochure

You can enclose one, two or three walls to block the prevailing weather, add extended header sheets for extra cover over an open front, and clad it in ZINCALUME® or the full COLORBOND® range. For a hobby farm at Spreyton or a lifestyle block out past Latrobe, the same engineering applies as it does to a working property: we design to your site, so a shed on an exposed rise carries the wind rating it actually needs.

Steel Barns Devonport

Barns are a favourite on the region's mixed and lifestyle properties, and they are one of the most flexible buildings we make. Tassie Sheds builds both American-style barns, with a raised centre and drop-down awnings, and Aussie-style barns, where the awnings come off at eave height for a lower, sleeker line.

The reason people keep choosing barns is the sheer number of ways you can set them up. Run the centre section enclosed and secure with both awnings open, close one awning and leave the other open, or make the awnings different widths and heights to suit what goes under each one. Add up to three roller doors, a mezzanine level, tack rooms or ventilation. It is one building doing the work of three.

Workshops Devonport

If you want a dry, secure space to actually work in year-round, a purpose-built workshop beats a repurposed garage every time. Whether it is a mechanical bay with a hoist, a woodworking setup, or a home business needing power, light and room to move, we design the layout around the work.

Mix open and enclosed bays in the one building, add internal walls to separate a clean office or paint area from the noisy end, and specify the door sizes, windows, skylights, insulation and ventilation you need. The frame is BlueScope GALVASPAN®, the cladding is your choice of ZINCALUME® or the COLORBOND® range, and the whole design is ShedSafe accredited.

Carports Devonport

Not every job needs four walls. A steel carport keeps the car, boat, caravan or camper out of the weather at a lower cost than a full garage, and it doubles as a cover over an outdoor entertaining area. Our carports use COLORBOND® steel cladding on SHS posts, which can be bolted to an existing slab or set directly into concrete piers for a stronger, tidier finish. Choose a skillion or gable roof to suit the house.

Industrial and Commercial Sheds Devonport

Devonport is a working port and freight town, so there is steady demand for commercial and industrial buildings that earn their keep. Tassie Sheds supplies cold-formed steel portal-frame buildings, custom designed for the business, from compact trade workshops and cool-store sheds to warehouses, transport depots and offices.

The framing uses 450-plus MPa BlueScope steel coil in the major members, which allows lengths beyond 100 metres, heights up to 8 metres and clear spans up to 25 metres of column-free floor. All major components are Australian BlueScope steel, with cladding in ZINCALUME® or COLORBOND®. However big or small the requirement, we have a design that can be customised to suit.

Shed Homes Devonport

With housing tighter every year, more people on rural and semi-rural blocks around Devonport are looking at a steel shed home as a way in. Our range can be built as a Class 1a liveable building, supplied in kit form so the owner-builder keeps control of the finish and chooses their own doors, windows, fixtures and fittings suppliers. It suits a block at Sheffield or out toward Port Sorell where there is room to spread out.

Building in the Devonport Region

Whether your shed needs approval comes down to its size, where it sits on the block and your local council's planning scheme. The Devonport region spans three councils, and the thresholds and setbacks can differ between them, so the first move is always a quick chat with the right one.

Which council covers you

Most of the area falls under one of three: Devonport City Council for Devonport and its suburbs, Latrobe Council for Latrobe, Shearwater and Port Sorell, and Kentish Council for Sheffield, Railton and the surrounding rural blocks. As a general guide, a shed of 36 square metres or under is often exempt from needing a building permit, while anything larger will usually need building approval and may need planning approval too, depending on the zone. Rural and farm buildings can have their own exemptions. A double garage sits right around that 36 square metre line, which is exactly why it pays to check before you commit.

We always recommend talking to your council or a building surveyor early so you know which category your building falls into. Every Tassie Sheds building comes with signed engineered plans prepared for local council, so once you know the category, you will have the documentation your surveyor needs. Our free CBOS Shed Building Cheat Sheet walks through the categories in plain English.

Coastal exposure and site-specific engineering

All of Tasmania sits in wind Region A (non-cyclonic) under AS/NZS 1170.2, but the design wind speed for your particular shed depends on the terrain and topography of your block. A property with an open Bass Strait frontage at East Devonport, Hawley Beach or Port Sorell attracts a higher wind classification than a sheltered yard in town, and coastal salt means we will often recommend COLORBOND® Ultra for a longer finish. Because we are ShedSafe accredited, we engineer each building to the wind and exposure of its actual location rather than a one-size-fits-all rating.

Areas we serve and delivery

We build and deliver right across Devonport and the North Coast, including East Devonport, Spreyton, Miandetta, Quoiba and Ambleside; Latrobe, Shearwater, Hawley Beach and Port Sorell; and inland to Sheffield, Railton, Wilmot and the Kentish and Meander Valley blocks. Delivery is free across most of Tasmania, so for the great majority of Devonport-region addresses there is no delivery charge to add to your quote. We supply buildings in kit form and do not install them ourselves, but we can recommend trusted installers and concreters across the North Coast to get you set up.

Why Choose Tassie Sheds in Devonport

• Tasmanian made. Our buildings are manufactured in Hobart and Launceston, so the North Coast is well covered.
• 100% Australian BlueScope steel. Genuine BlueScope framing and cladding, backed by BlueScope's steel warranties.
• ShedSafe accredited. Our engineering is independently reviewed to meet the National Construction Code.
• Engineered to your site. Each building is designed for your actual Devonport wind and exposure, not a generic rating.
• Fully customisable. Adjust height, width, length, colour and style down to 1mm increments, with 22 COLORBOND® colours plus ZINCALUME®.
• Since 2014. A written quote back within 24 hours, no pushy sales calls.