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Garages and pole sheds for Hanmer Springs, North Canterbury

Hanmer Springs has its own rules for how a shed looks, and the lee zone sets how it’s built. Our garages and pole sheds here are built to both, and fitted out inside on request.

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Pole sheds
Lifestyle, farm and garage sheds, slab and all
Fit-outs
Lined rooms, bars and man caves
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Phil is a Licensed Building Practitioner
25+ years
Building across Christchurch and Canterbury
A three-bay garage clad in charcoal steel with three roller doors and a side door, with pines behind
Three roller-door bays in charcoal steel, with a side door on the end wall.

Hanmer Springs at a glance

Council
Hurunui District Council
Zone
Rural, with Hanmer’s own rules for colour and roof pitch
Wind and snow
Inside the inland high-wind area; heavier snow at about 365 m
Ground
Fault and river flood rules over parts of town
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What we build in Hanmer Springs

From the slab to the fit-out

One builder from bare ground to a finished shed: Phil and the team pour the slab, stand the poles, clad it, then fit it out inside if you want.

  1. Timber posts braced in a boxed slab area behind a house, with steel mesh laid before the concrete pour

    The slab

    Posts braced, the slab boxed and meshed, ready for the pour.

  2. Timber posts and rafters standing on a new concrete slab, with scaffolding, on a rural block with a shelterbelt behind

    Poles and frame

    Poles stood, bearers and rafters up, bracing in.

  3. A steel-clad shed with two open bays and a window, on a gravel pad beside a post-and-rail fence

    Clad and roofed

    Roof and walls on, roller doors and windows where you want them.

  4. Inside a finished shed room: plywood-lined walls and ceiling, dark carpet and a glazed door

    Lined inside

    Ply walls and ceiling, carpet down, a door you can lock.

  5. A garage fitted out as a bar: dark timber panelling, a long timber bar top, lit spirits shelves and a dartboard alcove

    Fitted out

    A bar, a games room or a place to watch the rugby.

How a shed job runs in Hanmer Springs

  1. Tell us about the shed

    Use the planner, call, or send the form with a few photos of the site.

  2. Phil comes out and quotes

    He walks the site with you, checks the zone and the ground, and quotes the job himself.

  3. Know what happens when

    You get a timeline for the build and staged payments that match your job, so you know what’s coming next.

  4. Slab, poles and frame

    The team boxes and pours the slab, stands the poles and puts the frame and roof up.

  5. Clad, closed in, fitted out

    Cladding, doors and windows go on, then the lining and fit-out if you want one.

Inside a pole shed: round timber poles, timber bearers and rafters, and steel cross-bracing behind the steel cladding
Round poles, timber rafters and steel bracing, before any lining goes in.

Hanmer’s design standards, lee zone and snow

Hanmer Springs sits at the foot of Conical Hill, 130 km from Christchurch, and its own design rules shape how a shed looks here as much as how it stands up to the weather.

Hurunui’s wind mapping puts Hanmer inside the lee zone, and a pole shed or hay shed there needs building consent, since the site wind rating runs past the exemption’s High ceiling. Snow-wise, Hanmer sits at about 365 m, just under the line where the snow load steps up, and sites higher in the basin are framed for more. A house in the Hanmer Basin needs 20 ha, the Hanmer Fault has an avoidance zone 20 m either side, and the Hanmer and Chatterton rivers are flood assessment zones.

On rural land around Hanmer, the district plan sets design standards for accessory buildings. The roof needs a pitch of at least 20°. Metal cladding is allowed only on a garage or shed behind the house, in a colour similar to it. Roofs are browns, greens or greys with a light reflectance value of 5 to 20% (or certain dark blues and reds), and wall cladding is browns, greens or greys from 10 to 35%. Farm buildings more than 30 m from a house only have to meet the colour rule. Beside State Highway 7A, any non-dwelling building over 100 m² sits 150 m back, and outdoor lights must point down and be warm white.

A timber-framed carport sheltering a boat on its trailer, with open firewood bays alongside
Cover for the boat, with firewood bays alongside.

Planning a shed in Hanmer Springs

  1. Pick roof and wall colours from the browns, greens and greys before anything is ordered: the light reflectance limits rule out pale shades.
  2. Want a steel-clad garage? Put it behind the house, where Hanmer’s standards allow metal cladding.
  3. Allow for a building consent on a Hanmer pole shed: the lee zone takes it past the exemption’s wind limit.

Questions about building in Hanmer Springs

Can a shed in Hanmer Springs have a low-pitch roof?

Not on the rural land around town: accessory buildings there need a roof pitch of 20° or more, in a recessive colour. Phil plans the shed to the Hanmer standards from the first sketch, so the quote already allows for them.

Nearby: Waipara, Amberley, Kaikōura. All towns

Get a quote for your shed in Hanmer Springs

Tell Phil what the shed is for, how big, and where it’s going. He’ll ring to talk it through and set a time to look at the site.

What to send Phil

  • Photos of the site, and the way in
  • A sketch or plan, if you have one
  • Roughly how big, or what it has to fit
  • Whether there’s a slab or pad already
  • Your town
  • When you’d like it built

What happens next: Phil rings you to talk the shed through, then comes out to see the site and quote the job. Rather talk now? Call 0800 001 297.

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