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I laid out the bricks last night, just to check quantity and layout. Looks ok so far…

Is that just using the panels as loadbearing walls? Or mounting to the outside of a timber frame? I was looking in to them a while ago after watching a couple of youtube videos but I'm not familiar, and there are no local suppliers to speak to. So I chickened out

Yes, very tight. I'm aiming for a 10/15 year lifespan minimum as we're planning on moving around then to downsize when the kids disappear :ROFLMAO: so there are a few concessions I can make. And I'm doing as much of the work myself as I can to keep labour costs to 0. But even then I think I...

insulated floating floor is the plan. Don't fancy standing on cold concrete for hours. I don't know how I'm going to finish the floor at the threshold yet. Future problem

First question. How far up should the damp proof membrane go? As far as I see there are five options; trim it off at the bottom of the concrete base trim it off at the top of the concrete/bottom of the bricks trim it off roughly at ground level leave it go all the way up, over the bricks and...

Small amount of progress this week. I unwrapped the concrete base and had a look around it. Not perfect but it'll do. Timber and bricks have arrived. Bricks will be this weekend's job.

The concrete guy said the base was solid enough and had been down for long enough that reinforcing the concrete wouldn't do much. Probably should have belted and braced it but I took his advice

progress so far... I don't have a good photo of the site before starting. There's an area around the side of the house that had two 10x8 sheds. One of them was rotten so that came down. Needed a gap in the fence where the shed was filling, then the area clearing and digging down. I was assuming...

Long time lurker embarking on a shed build and thought I'd start a build thread. In my previous house I had an off the shelf 14x8 'heavy duty' shed that acted as a workshop, timber store, bike storage, garden storage, etc. etc. I moved last year to a larger property and while we were looking...

Standard layout, frame on the left. I had a very brief play with it last night. Seems to cut ok. Plenty of power but drifts to the left a lot. And could probably do with a new blade. Apart from that, no problem. And the amount of sawdust in the thing from the previous owner shows it was well...

You might be right actually. No signs of flesh and plenty of sawdust when I picked it up. The lack of lower blade guides made me stop for a second but I figured I could bodge some on there. Well I'll have a play with it and see how it cuts later.

I've just picked up a second hand  bandsaw locally. I would estimate the saw is 70s, maybe 80s, but is in very good condition. Looks like a fairly hefty motor, heavy steel frame. In very good condition but I can't find anything about the manufacturer online at all. Sticker says Champion, Model...

I've had success with an MDF zero clearance insert on my TS-250 but it took about an hour of faffing with a router table to get the shape right and sneak up on the perfect thickness for the mounting part of the plate. I used 11mm MDF, so it's a lot thicker than the stock plate. Works fine though...