workshop/shed ?

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Just wondering if anyone has built there own out of wood or hard materials , any pic of outside or inside would be great as i,am thinking of building my own we could have a lets see you man-cave thread lol......

 

[Concrete guy]

I'm part way through building a garden office. The doors and windows arrived this week, cedar cladding starting this week coming.

This is built from Sips panels. I designed it and had a small firm in Lincolnshire (MyDen garden buildings) construct the panels and deliver the building to us.

It's a fantastic construction system and so far we've built everything ourselves but I'm now struggling to run the business as we're so busy and build this at the same time, so we're getting some help in this week.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Wow great building !! really like that mate, please keep us posted with the progress pictures

 

[Concrete guy]

Wow great building !! really like that mate, please keep us posted with the progress pictures

Will do, the cladding is the big thing visually. A carpenter/builder friend of ours is coming in on Thursday and Friday to help get us finished externally.

We then have electrics to do, line the inside walls and ceiling, decorate, fit some flooring, fit some cabinets and racking and all the desks.

Plus I bought a pair of Alfa Romeo GTV seats and chair bases on eBay to make into office chairs. So we have a little way to go yet but hopefully finished in September at some point.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

so the window and doors are all UPVC double glazed ?, looking at your tool table, you have used lots of sealer as well, keep the spiders out !! lol.... thanks for sharing !!

 

[Concrete guy]

so the window and doors are all UPVC double glazed ?, looking at your tool table, you have used lots of sealer as well, keep the spiders out !! lol.... thanks for sharing !!

Yes all UPVC doubled glazing.

The SIPS panels are bonded together with gripfill, expanding adhesive as well as screwed (that's the Soudal canister you can see on the table) it's odd stuff, it's like expanding foam but it's an adhesive/gap filler. (Maybe that's all expanding foam is?)

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

ATS have you got a link to my garden den co ! i cant see them on -line ? did you shop- about to find the best deal ?thanks......

 

[Concrete guy]

This is them:-

http://www.simplysips.co.uk/

When I say them, it's a one man firm with help from his son, the guy is called Simeon and is very helpful.

We shopped around but found Simeon the most accommodating and the price was reasonable when we compared to building everything ourselves in tradition timber stud, insulation and lining. It was also a very rapid construction system.

Our building could be assembled in two days from flat pack, with the roof membrane installed on Day 3 if everything is nice and dry.

 

[Concrete guy]

Update. Cedar cladding going on yesterday and today:-

 

[Tony73]

Very nice

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Oh yes that is going to look Class , you surrey set !!

 

[Concrete guy]

Here are the office seats. I got a pair of bases from office chairs and just need to rig up a sub frame to fit them.

£90 for the pair including delivery. Seemed like a bargain.

 

[m3fitter]

Are you racing your Shed Al ??? !! howabout nitrous oxide keyboards for really fast typing @@

 

[Concrete guy]

I just fancied giving the car seat idea a go. I'd seen someone make some up and they look really comfy.

If they aren't they'll be back on eBay and I'll be ordering in a pair of Herman Millers!

 

[CJ]

I've lived in a lot worse than that in my younger days.

looks the dogs do-da's

 

[Concrete guy]

It's an office, the business is paying for it. It makes financial sense as much of what we do can be done from a home office. The administration at least.

In the long run it means we save a lot of money on commercial premises, business rates and all the other associated expenses that come along with these things.

So the savings we make means we can sell our products a little bit cheaper than the next guy which provides value for money to the end user and a decent business for us.

 

[Lithofin BOB]

Very cool seats!!!! I have a spare bench seat out of my old vdub, want to do something similar with those , would like to see these when your finished!! If ok, cool garden office too.

 

[CJ]

It's an office, the business is paying for it. It makes financial sense as much of what we do can be done from a home office. The administration at least.

In the long run it means we save a lot of money on commercial premises, business rates and all the other associated expenses that come along with these things.

So the savings we make means we can sell our products a little bit cheaper than the next guy which provides value for money to the end user and a decent business for us.

In other words........you don't have to get up soo early, and you can wobble back inside to watch crap TV.

 

[Concrete guy]

In other words........you don't have to get up soo early, and you can wobble back inside to watch crap TV.

That would be nice!

The reality is Mrs ATS is disabled, she has Multiple Sclerosis and I need to be around all the time now, so I work from home.

 

[Dave]

That would be nice!

The reality is Mrs ATS is disabled, she has Multiple Sclerosis and I need to be around all the time now, so I work from home.

Not a nice condition Alan , my wife was diagnosed with it last yr.

 

[thompsonbrown]

Excellent work,

 

[WetSaw]

You might find some inspiration from here. ..
http://hangar54.com

 

[CJ]

That would be nice!

The reality is Mrs ATS is disabled, she has Multiple Sclerosis and I need to be around all the time now, so I work from home.

Sorry to to hear that Alan

Sister in law had that. Not nice at all.