The Man-Cave

~Mike~ said:
That's a good point.

Expect it could get quite warm in there in the summer months, good job your're installing air con.
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yeah Good Air Con to.. should been close to a 1000 pound for aircon. got it cheaper :)

but it was hot the other day and the Insulation board was hot but the room was very cool. so that 70mm or 3" of insulation in roof & Ceiling as well as the air void between roof & insulation is helping it keep warm & cool:D
 
A few things I would consider.
1. security, someone is bound to try getting in.
2. wooden flooring to go with the rest.
 
It's looking good so far.

Your yard must be big to have that plus a lot of space left over.

Too bad I don't have the space or the money, HAHA.
 
smogsy said:
Bare wood,

was going to board it, but wood expands & after talking with the Manufacturer (met the builders in person as I went to their factory, cut out the middle man) he said it can expand up to an inch in a year.

so if I board it all and it expands by a inch there be gaps appearing or cracked boards. so bare wood. & got admit it looks cool :cool:

kind of want to look like a cabin in the woods like American films now :D
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It's looking good mate yh i was thinking the bare wood would look really good and natural.
Tbh it would take the concept of having a getaway away from the whole idea
 
had some family helping during the week.

Ceiling is Up & painted with spotlight holes
Floor is almost put down (another few hours tomorrow that be finished)
they managed what I asked. so all the join are in the same place on every other board like:
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Electrician is hopefully coming monday to finish off lights :)

will get some pictures of it for you soon:D

in just over 2 weeks the following has been done
Cabin Built
Add 8 Triple Sockets (Power)
Add 2 Double Sockets (Power)
70mm Celotex Insulation in Roof & Floor
10mm Armoured cable Fitted - Complete by Electrician
Spotlights placed & fitted (inside & out) - near complete
Floor - To be Bought & fitted - nearly fully fitted
 
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quick pictures for you, not bad for a phone. :p


Guttering to a waterbut
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Bit blury But you get the idea(ceiling didnt come out howi hoped) might redo it with ton & grooving at a later date.
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Floor see the joins perfection :)
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Tree is so close branches almost touch could bird watch ;)
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tested Broadband connection(s) with the 50 metre Cat6 Ethernet cable's run down to the man-cave :)

Virgin: 125mb (upgraded to 153mb soon)
Sky: 16mb, (only get around 8mb)

Virgin
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got set-up Sky Broadband down their too soon.
 
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smogsy said:
quick pictures for you, not bad for a phone. :p

Bury the power cables soon :)
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Jeebus mate: I hope you protect them or bury them deep. Like that they're just asking for a fatal encounter with a spade. Disconnect one end and pull them through some protective piping. And include some drawstrings so you can pull other cables (like network) through.
 
Jeebus mate: I hope you protect them or bury them deep. Like that they're just asking for a fatal encounter with a spade. Disconnect one end and pull them through some protective piping. And include some drawstrings so you can pull other cables (like network) through.
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you do realise, these are armoured cables? spade does nothing to them i've tried on some spare :D

though it will be lot deeper don't worry :)
 
smogsy said:
you do realise, these are armoured cables? spade does nothing to them i've tried on some spare :D

though it will be lot deeper don't worry :)
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Where did you get the armoured cables from? Bought them yourself or got an electrician to supply and fit them? Looks like we might be getting a new shed and I desperately want to get mains and network cables to it so I can move my servers into it and get some space back in my room. :cool:

Are you going to bury the cables in some kind of underground trunking?
 
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