DIY Log Cabin

[thebraketester]

Those tiger garden shed look fine but thats £4K for a 6x2.3m one, which is too small. And Its got too many windows and we would still need to double skin it on the inside. So that would end up being 5.5K

The one I am mapping out will be way better than that one. The timbers in that one look very narrow.

[magooagain]

thebraketester said:

magooagain said:

The underside of the floor joists need to be ply lined before insulation is installed. Get it completely sealed so no rodents can enter from underneath and nest.

Good thinking. So just use a 3.6mm ply would do it?

No. Thicker. 10/15mm.

The one I built was a secondhand unused flat pack cabin. New it was 1500 euros. I got it for 750.
Then insulated and clad the outside. With a roof on top.
Underside is 200mm fiber glass nsulation boxed in.
I recon mine comes out at about 2,000 euros.
The room is 4x4 meters and terrace about 4x 2.6.
Old oak planks and beams to rustic up the terrace.

[dtmpower]

turbospud said:

getting close to finishing mine,i have built it with 95x45 cls,plywood lined inside,osb board outside then building paper,straped then vertical cedar,kinspan insulation for the floor and glasswool for the walls/ceiling.
essential tools are the bench saw and a nail gun
using pasterboard outside doesnt seem a good idea,i have gone with plywood,should be dry enough with heat generated by the sun through the glass,i hope

Would you mind letting me know how you designed it and what the base is ?

[GetCarter]

O/P

Yep. Sitting in it.

http://www.stevecarter.com/build/build.htm

During the build:



Day one in... better lit now!



PM me if you need any info.

Edited by GetCarter on Wednesday 27th July 18:23

[thebraketester]

LOL.... now THAT is a log cabin steve.

I really need to change the title as its going to be more "shed" in terms or its basic construction.

[GetCarter]

thebraketester said:

LOL.... now THAT is a log cabin steve.

I really need to change the title as its going to be more "shed" in terms or its basic construction.

Yep... but the size isn't the thing.. I could have built a big shed using the same company/materials.

I used Artichouse - check them out. My 5/6 bed kit cost only £69k - sheds would be cheaper! They do any size (to your design).

[thebraketester]

Blimey.... thats quite reasonable.

[turbospud]

dtmpower said:

Would you mind letting me know how you designed it and what the base is ?

not a lot of design gone into it,just copied normal kit house manufacture.osb board/cls/insulation/plywood,built it at 600mm centers and multiples of 1.2m so little waste and sheet cutting.
base is cls with plywood both sides,sits on concrete blocks every meter with a dampcourse

[thebraketester]

Well it wont come as a surprise that its running "slightly" over budget... I have yet to even buy one fking nail yet.

Current running total is 5K.... lol

Current wall/ceiling spec is...
-89mm CLS Stud work
-25mm Celotex
-50mm DMF 80kg acoustic insulation
-11mm OSB (maybe)
-Resiliant bars
-19mm Acoustic Plasterboard
-2.6mm Techsound 50 mass loaded Rubber membrane
12.5mm Acoustic Plasterboard.





And yes... it will have a roof :-)

Edited by thebraketester on Friday 12th August 22:22

Edited by thebraketester on Friday 12th August 22:23

[magooagain]

Lose the plasterboard.

[thebraketester]

Cant..... sandwiched plasterboard equals decent levels of sound insulation. Unless there is another product that would work?

[thebraketester]

magooagain said:

Lose the plasterboard.

You can repeat yourself if you want buy unless you can give me a decent alternative it not especially helpful :-)

[magooagain]

Maybe you could double up on the celotex by going straight across the studs instead of the first layer of pb.

Why so much soundproofing? Have thought about the door and window being a weak point of acoustics?

I am not kean on plasterboard in sheds due to damp issues etc.

[thebraketester]

It will be double doored and double windowed with triple acoustic glazing.

Soundproofing require because it will be a music studio (not recording necessarily, so 100% isolation not required)

[GetCarter]

thebraketester said:

It will be double doored and double windowed with triple acoustic glazing.

Soundproofing require because it will be a music studio (not recording necessarily, so 100% isolation not required)

I've added these acoustic baffles to my studio. It's as dead as a dead thing in there.

[thebraketester]

Bottles of water? Crazy.

Yeah that looks like its pretty dead... vocal booth I presume.

[GetCarter]

thebraketester said:

Bottles of water? Crazy.

Yeah that looks like its pretty dead... vocal booth I presume.

Ha. It's my only booth! (Set up for singers that day)

[thebraketester]

Started today with the demolition of the greenhouse and concrete base which was sort of laminated which made it rock hard.

This if what we are gettin rid of.



Budget keeps going up and up.... never learn

[Seventyseven7]

3 year bump

Did you ever finish this? I’m about to start the exact size build, so wondered how you got on?

[thebraketester]

Yep. Took us about 8-10 weeks in total. We have just repainted it and got around to getting a split ac unit fitted to it.

Got loads of pics but it was built pretty much as is the sketch up 3D model above.

Edited by thebraketester on Thursday 22 August 22:25

Edited by thebraketester on Thursday 22 August 22:28