Garden room / posh shed /workshop build log

dlockers said:
If you checkout the Oakwood Group on Facebook, some folk have done some really nice ply/clad finishes. You can play with the shadows to create depth, too. Looks really nice.
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Yea, that was my original intent with 12mm birch ply. Was going to do 2mm shadow gaps between the panels, with dark caulk or something similar, and trim out all the reveals with the ply edge-grain. For quality ply though it’s just too much ££& for now. Maybe if my bonus is nice come spring I’ll redo it, but for now I just need it clad so the spark can finish up and I can heat & light it, then start using it properly.
 
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Yea, that was my original intent with 12mm birch ply. Was going to do 2mm shadow gaps between the panels, with dark caulk or something similar, and trim out all the reveals with the ply edge-grain. For quality ply though it’s just too much ££& for now. Maybe if my bonus is nice come spring I’ll redo it, but for now I just need it clad so the spark can finish up and I can heat & light it, then start using it properly.
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My local indie wood yard has lined their office out with OSB and tbh it doesn't look that bad.
 
WillyNelson said:
Yea, that was my original intent with 12mm birch ply. Was going to do 2mm shadow gaps between the panels, with dark caulk or something similar, and trim out all the reveals with the ply edge-grain. For quality ply though it’s just too much ££& for now. Maybe if my bonus is nice come spring I’ll redo it, but for now I just need it clad so the spark can finish up and I can heat & light it, then start using it properly.
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Just do it in 12.5mm plasterboard and get it skimmed lol. Much easier :D
 
dlockers said:
Just do it in 12.5mm plasterboard and get it skimmed lol. Much easier :D
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Yeah I saw some of those ply finishes look great but so much effort. Be similar (or less) costto have a plasterer board and skim it as the good birch ply is so expensive
 
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How'd you run your lighting cables @dlockers? Below the insulation or up just under the roof and bring the insulation right up to it?

Put some downlights into front of mine and got power feed half fixed but getting finished next week
 
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Got the ceiling done in OSB today. Looks pretty good. Shoulders killing me now!
 
Buffman said:
How'd you run your lighting cables @dlockers? Below the insulation or up just under the roof and bring the insulation right up to it?

Put some downlights into front of mine and got power feed half fixed but getting finished next week
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I put it below the PIR. Didn't want to risK any condensation gap/wanted the PIR really tight. You have about 20mm of wood exposed to drill through

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Nb not drilling randomly would have made missing the wires a lot easier lol.

I used a 90mm hole saw to make the space in the insulation

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Meant I didn't break through the insulation entirely. Pinned the wires up using leftover plasterboard screws
 
Buffman said:
How'd you run your lighting cables @dlockers? Below the insulation or up just under the roof and bring the insulation right up to it?

Put some downlights into front of mine and got power feed half fixed but getting finished next week
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Mine are below the insulation, but there's a 30mm void between the ceiling and the bottom of the insulation.
 
That’s actually genius! I screwed a bit of batten to the top of the wall to slot one edge into, plus a combination of a spare length of CLS and a 17 year old standing on a toolbox.
 
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WillyNelson said:
That’s actually genius! I screwed a bit of batten to the top of the wall to slot one edge into, plus a combination of a spare length of CLS and a 17 year old standing on a toolbox.
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:cry: :cry: a formative memory of my brother's is holding the apex of a conservatory roof up (the instructions recommended a bit of 2x4). The whole thing came crashing down. He survived but I think is the root cause of a lot of issues :cry:
 
dlockers said:
I put it below the PIR. Didn't want to risK any condensation gap/wanted the PIR really tight. You have about 20mm of wood exposed to drill through

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Nb not drilling randomly would have made missing the wires a lot easier lol.

I used a 90mm hole saw to make the space in the insulation

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Meant I didn't break through the insulation entirely. Pinned the wires up using leftover plasterboard screws
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Oh nice. I've put 1mm2 cable to my socket above where the insulation goes but figure as it's so tight to the roof it shouldn't matter.

guess if i later insulate it I can do the other lights your way. Looks like a nightmare to avoid screwing it tho!

Presume you avoided silver taping by just using a vapour barrier? Silver tape takes ages!
 
Buffman said:
Oh nice. I've put 1mm2 cable to my socket above where the insulation goes but figure as it's so tight to the roof it shouldn't matter.

guess if i later insulate it I can do the other lights your way. Looks like a nightmare to avoid screwing it tho!

Presume you avoided silver taping by just using a vapour barrier? Silver tape takes ages!
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Yeah sacked off silver taping and just did vapour barrier. I did foam the gaps though and made sure it was as tight to OSB as possible.
 
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Any gaps at the top will get covered by a bit of trim, and the bottom edges will have some sort of skirting once the floor is down. Fitted with 397 screws, my fingers look like I've been punching brambles. A homemade guide rail made the cutting super easy though - measure, mark, lay the rail down and cut.
 
Looks tidy! are you building an office or a workshop @WillyNelson ?

I was prompted by my wife about her working situation the other day. I had left a ~1.75 gap to the fence from the rear of my 6x3.5 build. I was going to build a garden shed for the mower etc but looks like she may be angling for a garden pod of some description.

Maybe I'll build it as a shed but make it easily convertible.
 
Fancy shed / workshop. Mainly for my bikes & tools, and somewhere to tinker, but also for my wife to screen print (though she's already got the box room as her work room, so this is predominantly my space). Plan is for a full length workbench across the back with storage below. A large foldaway table for printing. Bikes will go where the Ikea unit is in the pic. I built it as a proper garden room so it can be anything we want it to be in the future. Could be an office, or a 'den' type area (if the wifi reaches I might get a tv on the wall :D). The teenager wants to be able to use it as an exercise space, which there should be room for.

Now, what to do with a load of 11mm OSB offcuts...? I've a spare full sheet as well as my usual "+10% for wastage" wasn't necessary. If it was 18mm I'd build storage units with it but fear this would be far too thin.
 
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