Well its been a long time coming for me to get round to building my workshop :clap:

 

To finish building my drive, i have to get rid of a dilapidated shed and a load of crap to the side of the house, but until the workshop is built at the bottom of the garden, i couldnt do anything on my poor zed :thumbdown:

 

After trying to find a reasonable priced shed/workshop, i decided it would be cheaper to buy the materials and build my own. I did the concrete foundation in July which had then been covered with a 6m x 3m gazebo, to help the concrete dry and keep the pets off and while up and once concrete set we used it for a few BBQ parties :thumbup:

 

The timber is being delivered on thurs and im looking forward to getting a man cave again and having all my tools in one place, instead of scattered among two sheds lol

 

It will have a pent roof and is 16ft by 8ft, i will take progress pics as i go, so far its cost about £600 for the timber and cladding and thats without insulation, electrics, windows and door factored in, however to buy one ready built to the spec i want is nearly £2k, so im looking at about £1k finished.

All 3x2 and treated shiplap cladding, 8x4 sheets of 3/4 ply for the roof and for now will be using green/slate roofing felt, may up the grade at a later date, but for now keeping the costs reasonable.

 

I did look at using pallettes and felt too much work invloved and time consuming for now, I looked at using reclaimed timber, but my local demolition place had no 3x2 or 2x2 so went for new and to be fair the 3x2 was really cheap from my local Jewsons :thumbup:

 

Would love to see some other man caves to steal some ideas from :biggrin: benches layout and finish etc..

 

 

Bring on the mancave porn :clap:

Thank you kindly. After I sold that NSX, I tiled garage.

Cheers buddy, I think rock wool in the walls and internally/externally cladded should work out warm enough for her and bubble wrap is a good call!

 

Quite looking forward to my first build - the garage. Better get that cement mixer welded up and painted ready....

Got a bit more done over the last few days, running 2.5 twin and earth for power sockets, 1.5 twin and earth for lighting, ran some temporary power from an extension at the minute until i run some armored cabled in permanently, mainly so i had some light and could carry on inside when it gets dark.

Started boarding the inside, 12mm ply so i can screw shelves or anything anywhere and also adds even more stability, solid as a rock.

 

Still to felt the roof, im waiting on a good dry day before i even attempt to remove the tarp :biggrin:

 

Getting cosy Graham :thumbup1:

Fantastic, well done mate! :)

I was gonna show you my garage but someone has dumped a 1-tonne bag of shale on my drive and some b******d has parked his car on there too

Did you get any further with this buddy? :)

Yes nearly finished the inside, still have to felt the roof, but weather being crap over the past few months the tarp is doing its job at the minute.

 

Got the whole inside boarded and painted white and sealed all joints with sealant, worktop in, electric, a shelf over the worktop with led strip. Two 5ft tubes in both ends of the workshop, an oil filled radiator and interlocking rubber flooring (like a jigsaw puzzle) from Halfords gives it a nice cosy feel under foot. A little stereo system, loads of twin sockets, one with usb charger points in.

 

RCD garage unit for protection and wired into the house to the cooker feed, so have about 30amp supply also protected.

I just have a few bits to finish off before i get everything in that i want and start using it properly.

 

Will take a few more pics over the weekend to update :thumbup: