Toms Garden Shed / Workshop / Office Build

Toms Garden Shed / Workshop / Office Build

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Dr G

15,159 posts

241 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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This is going to be a fantastic man-cave; more please!

sagarich

1,210 posts

148 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Brilliant work! Keep it up!

NDA

21,479 posts

224 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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It's mildly depressing to see others with DIY skills I don't posses.

It would be on fire or have exploded if I attempted it.

cylon

112 posts

110 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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that is top work! this thread has inspired me to take one on!

dhutch

14,198 posts

196 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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What's the plan inside in terms of fitout? Obviously osb makes sense for a workshop but for an office plasterboard would i guess have been more common?

Daniel

PartOfTheProblem

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1,927 posts

170 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Thanks for the kind words everyone, it's appreciated.

Daniel, the office will be plasterboard over OSB to give lots of bite for screws etc when hanging shelves and the like. The office end will also be fitted with skirtings, decent flooring etc. I want it to feel like it could be inside the house.

The shed end will remain OSB for durability.

DonkeyApple

54,919 posts

168 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Hmmm. There is a reason we leave our out-houses a bit rustic on the interior. Deck it out like your house and you'll find that it's no longer a man cave one day but a children's TV room or the wife's pilates studio. They do like their lebensraum. wink

Very impressive build and top skills. Have enjoyed your thread. Thanks.

cylon

112 posts

110 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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so what has the cost come in at? so far..

PartOfTheProblem

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1,927 posts

170 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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cylon said:
so what has the cost come in at? so far..
£3400 including the plasterboard, cladding and electric stuff. I still need to pay for an electrician, flooring, lighting and of course furniture, plus sundries like paint and skirtings etc.

I hope to be at £4200 ish for the building once done, which I think is incredibly good value for the spec.

I'll upload a breakdown once it's all finished and everything is accounted for, but I've been logging all my receipts as I go. smile

PartOfTheProblem

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1,927 posts

170 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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I am seriously bored of cutting and installing insulation. Over 200 individual pieces, but hey at least it was cheap. *sigh*.

I'm pleased to say that it is done!

I'm also delighted to say that I've got wood!

IMG_3110 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3112 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

I'm very pleased with the quality and the service from York Timber.

I have also cut through the end wall and fitted a door frame. I think I am going to construct the 'shed' door in the same way as the walls to make it easy to block off in the future, but any other ideas are welcomed smile

IMG_3116 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

And finally, I have made a start on the electrics. This will be my charging area.

IMG_3117 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

I need to run all the cables in before I can install the breather membrane and the cladding. I've got a Paslode gun on hire starting tomorrow, so 1 week to get the cladding on. Full steam ahead! smile

Also, if anyone knows a friendly electrician in the Northamptonshire/Bedfordshire area then please do put them/me in touch, as I do want it all to be connected up and signed off by a pro. Thanks!

thebraketester

14,191 posts

137 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Looking good. This is how I made my door. It weights a ton.



Set into the CLS frame on parliament hinges to give room for the exact same exterior spec, mine was 12mm osb, batons and shiplap. Osb on interior too.


PartOfTheProblem

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1,927 posts

170 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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thebraketester said:
Looking good. This is how I made my door. It weights a ton.
Brilliant, thanks for sharing. This is exactly what I'll do smile

Crumpet

3,874 posts

179 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Great thread! Might be a silly question but how did you fix and set the 4x4 corner (fence) posts?

PartOfTheProblem

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1,927 posts

170 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Crumpet said:
Great thread! Might be a silly question but how did you fix and set the 4x4 corner (fence) posts?
No such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people rofl

The wall frames are screwed into the brick with frame fixings, the frames simply screw into the fence posts to hold them in place and square etc.

Crumpet

3,874 posts

179 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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PartOfTheProblem said:
No such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people rofl

The wall frames are screwed into the brick with frame fixings, the frames simply screw into the fence posts to hold them in place and square etc.
biggrin I can't argue with that!

I had envisaged that the fence posts were set into the base somehow and provided most of the support and strength! Is it the boarding that provides rigidity and strength? (Sorry another stupid question - I've got tons of 'em!)

PartOfTheProblem

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1,927 posts

170 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Crumpet said:
biggrin I can't argue with that!

I had envisaged that the fence posts were set into the base somehow and provided most of the support and strength! Is it the boarding that provides rigidity and strength? (Sorry another stupid question - I've got tons of 'em!)
The 3x2 framework at 450mm centres with noggins at the mid point is surprisingly sturdy. The fence posts are just for the corners and are proud of the studwork to protect the endgrain of the cladding once installed.

The framework is screwed down into the brickwork and slab. The roof joists then tie the walls together to stiffen things up. The OSB on the walls is the icing on the cake in making everything rigid. The cladding will only add to the rigidity of the structure.

I hope this helps?
Tom

Crumpet

3,874 posts

179 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Gotcha! smile

Just trying to understand how it's made and sort of dreaming about making one for myself! Bit of research required methinks!

PartOfTheProblem

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1,927 posts

170 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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So, a bit more progress has been made.

All first fix electrics are done. I ran the ring main cables around the wall plate dropping them down to each socket. Cables have been clipped to the outside of studs, but under the breather membrane. I squirted a bit of expanding foam in all of the holes to keep the building nice and toasty as far as possible.

IMG_3146 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3187 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

Charging area:

IMG_3150 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

Metal clad sockets wired up.

IMG_3152 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

And a couple of face plates on smile

IMG_3154 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

Next up was breather membrane:

IMG_3195 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3198 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

And then some cladding at last! This is mounted on roofing battens but I didn't get a photo of those frown

IMG_3208 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3209 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3212 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

I'm really pleased the cladding ended up flush with the posts too!

IMG_3213 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3214 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

I'm hoping to finish the cladding tomorrow.

Comments or questions welcome as usual, thanks smile

PartOfTheProblem

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1,927 posts

170 months

Sunday 24th September 2017
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So, some good progress was made today with the cladding. I got it all done other than the top pieces which need cutting to match the roof pitch.

I got very frustrated with the Paslode brad gun I hired from HSS. To start with they gave me the wrong charger cable, luckily I had a lead that worked, but all day the firing has been very intermittent I've wanted to smash the thing to pieces. madmad It really held up progress.

Oh well, on to some pics!

Battens screwed on. Note the breather membrane overlaps the brick slightly so any moisture can run down the back of the cladding without the stud work getting wet smile

IMG_3222 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3221 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3224 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3223 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

Then on with the cladding!

IMG_3229 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3228 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3234 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3235 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3243 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

IMG_3245 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

I'm really pleased with the detailing too, it worked out great.

Cladding end grain protected by the corner posts

IMG_3231 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

And the intermediate post on the long wall to avoid needing to have any joints in the cladding.

IMG_3232 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

The gravel board around the window frame seems to do the job nicely.

IMG_3236 by Tomoose85, on Flickr

So the next jobs are to cut the top boards to fit and get them on, make a door for the end wall, find some way of doing the soffits (probably with gravel boards), and get the electrics finished off.

As for paint, I think I'm going to try and find a colour to match the windows for the soffits and fascias, but the rest will be something like Sadolin 'Autumn Leaf'.

smile

Flying machine

1,132 posts

175 months

Sunday 24th September 2017
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This is absolutely brilliant - well done, I would be super pleased with myself if I'd managed to do something like this!

Is there anything that you would have approached/done differently if you were going to do it again? (i.e. advice you would give to someone like me who is enthused by this project!).

What are you going to do with the inside? Plasterboard and skim?

Looking good - great project!