Steel sheds, garages and frames in Toowoomba
Lockyer Sheds designs and builds steel sheds, garages and carports for Toowoomba properties from our yard at Crowley Vale, just below the Range, and supplies shed kits for owners who want to build themselves. For local builders we also make steel wall frames, roof trusses and floor systems to plan and deliver them as labelled kits.
Available in Toowoomba: Shed and garage kits delivered, Sheds supplied and built, Concrete slabs, Council approval paperwork, Steel frames, trusses and floors supplied, Steel frame erection.
What we offer in Toowoomba
- Shed and garage kits delivered
- Sheds supplied and built
- Concrete slabs
- Council approval paperwork
- Steel frames, trusses and floors supplied
- Steel frame erection
46 km by road from Crowley Vale, about 40 minutes (OpenStreetMap routing to the town centre).
A city with a rural edge
The Toowoomba urban centre had close to 48,000 private dwellings at the last census, and almost one in five occupied dwellings was already semi-detached, a row house or a townhouse. Around that city sits acreage and farmland, so our Toowoomba enquiries run from a double garage behind a house in town to a machinery shed on a rural block outside it.
Garages in town, farm sheds on the fringe
Toowoomba Regional Council says a rural shed used for an on-site farm use can be accepted development when every part of it is more than 200 metres from each boundary; closer than that, or on a residential lot, it goes through a building certifier. The planning scheme also carries flood, bushfire, landslide, heritage and neighbourhood character overlays, so we check the lot before settling the shed's size and position.
Frames for infill and hillside blocks
For builders, the townhouse and duplex share means plenty of attached housing plans alongside detached homes. On sloping blocks near the escarpment, a steel floor system on piers can reduce the cut and fill a slab would need. In flood-mapped areas the planning scheme sets finished floors at the defined flood event plus 300 or 500 mm, which the frame is detailed to.
Getting it to Toowoomba
Toowoomba is about 46 km from the yard by road. Sites on the northern side can be reached via the Toowoomba Bypass, the 41 km toll road from Helidon Spa, so mention it if your delivery window depends on that route.
Building in Toowoomba: the local facts
Toowoomba Regional Council publishes a flood risk information portal where residents can look up a property's flood risk level.
Source: tr.qld.gov.auThe Toowoomba Regional Planning Scheme includes Bushfire Hazard, Flood Hazard, Landslide Hazard, Heritage and Neighbourhood Character overlays.
Source: tr.qld.gov.auUnder the Toowoomba Regional Planning Scheme flood overlay code, the flood planning level for finished floors is the Defined Flood Event + 300 mm in FR1 areas and + 500 mm in FR2-FR4 areas.
Source: tr.qld.gov.auThe 2021 Census counted 108,398 people and 47,979 private dwellings in the Toowoomba urban centre, where 18.4% of occupied dwellings were semi-detached, row or terrace houses or townhouses.
Source: abs.gov.auThe Bureau of Meteorology's TOOWOOMBA station (041103, elevation 691 m) recorded a mean annual rainfall of 944.0 mm over 1869‑2007 and a mean maximum temperature of 22.6 °C.
Source: bom.gov.auToowoomba Regional Council's Gowrie Creek Flood Risk and Management Study (2012), commissioned after the January 2011 flash flood, found that East Creek road crossings through the city have a 10‑20% or greater chance of flooding each year and that 43 buildings have a 1% or greater annual chance of flooding.
Source: tr.qld.gov.auIn 2015 Toowoomba Regional Council completed $25 million of flood mitigation works on West Creek and East Creek, including new detention basins at Ballin Drive Park and Garnet Lehman Park and channel upgrades between James Street and Creek Street.
Source: qra.qld.gov.auThe Toowoomba Second Range Crossing (Toowoomba Bypass) is a 41 km toll road passing Toowoomba on its northern side, linking the Warrego Highway at Helidon Spa to the Gore Highway at Athol.
Source: 100years.tmr.qld.gov.au
What to check before you build in Toowoomba
Check the flood mapping first
Toowoomba Regional Council publishes flood information for Toowoomba. If your lot is mapped, it can decide the slab height of a shed or garage and where it may sit on the block, and for a new home whether a raised steel floor suits better than a slab. Send the flood report or your certifier's advice with your enquiry.
Cold winters: plan the thermal break
The nearest Bureau of Meteorology station sits at about 691 m. Under NCC 2022, a steel-framed wall clad in weatherboard, fibre cement or metal needs an R0.2 thermal break between frame and cladding. Settle the cladding and insulation on the drawings so we can detail for it.
Thermal breaks explainedNCC 2022 Housing Provisions, Part 13.2 Building fabric (ABCB)
Bushfire overlay
Toowoomba Regional Council maps bushfire hazard in its planning scheme. For a mapped lot, the NCC accepts a steel-framed house built to AS 3959 or to the NASH standard for steel-framed construction in bushfire areas. Your certifier sets the bushfire attack level; we frame to the approved drawings. TRUECORE® steel is a non-combustible material, which is not the same as a fire rating for the building.
NCC 2022 Volume Two, Part H7 Ancillary provisions (bushfire, H7D4) (ABCB)
Attached and dual-occupancy housing
Attached housing is part of Toowoomba's mix. For duplexes and townhouse rows we detail the whole building together, show every party wall on the layouts and deliver in the order the units go up.
Wind classification for the lot
Wind classification is set lot by lot under AS 4055, not by town. Include it with your plans (your certifier or engineer can provide it); it decides bracing and tie-downs in the frame.
How wind classes workQueensland Reconstruction Authority – Cyclone resilient building guidance for Queensland homes
Council and approvals
Toowoomba is in the Toowoomba Regional Council area. Most sheds need a building approval from a certifier, and some lots also need planning approval. We check your lot and can prepare the paperwork.
Toowoomba: questions we get
Do you build sheds and garages in Toowoomba?
Yes. We design, supply and build sheds, garages, carports and farm and industrial sheds in Toowoomba under our QBCC licence 15445275, or deliver the building as a kit for you or your own builder to put up. Toowoomba is about 46 km by road from our Crowley Vale yard, about 40 minutes of driving.
Can you supply steel wall frames and trusses in Toowoomba?
Yes. We make steel wall frames, roof trusses and floor systems to your plans and deliver them to Toowoomba as labelled kits. In Queensland we can also quote frame erection. Toowoomba is about 46 km from the yard by road. Sites on the northern side can be reached via the Toowoomba Bypass, the 41 km toll road from Helidon Spa, so mention it if your delivery window depends on that route.
Where do I find flood information for a Toowoomba lot?
Toowoomba Regional Council publishes a flood risk information portal where residents can look up a property's flood risk level. Your certifier confirms what applies to the building, and we design the shed or frame to it.
Does a shed in Toowoomba need council approval?
Most sheds and garages need a building approval from a building certifier, and some lots also need planning approval from Toowoomba Regional Council. Small structures can be exempt under the Building Regulation 2021, but the rules depend on size, siting and zoning, so we check your lot before quoting. We can prepare the paperwork for you.
Building in Toowoomba?
Tell us what you want to build and where. We check the lot, the wind classification and the approval route, and come back with a price for a kit or a finished build.
Call 07 5466 5858