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Cheers, thinking about it the slab in that area will actually be raised anyway so I may use a strip of treated timber under the doorframe just to give it something to rest on (as it will be a PVC unit with all four sides). If that bit of timber gets rotten eventually I can replace it and it will...

A layer of brick is still quite a nobstacle for heavy things, do you think I can go any lower in height or is a brick about the limit?

Aye that was roughly my idea although I didn't think of using actual proper sealant. The cladding outside will extend over the edge of the slab and presumably I'll need to leave a gap ensuring that the cladding never contacts the side of the slab otherwise it'll just bypass the dpc? Any other...

I'll be alright, I'm hard! Thing is I'm 193cm tall so I quite literally don't have a lot of headroom when taking into account the permitted development max height (when you consider that internal joists, cladding, light fixtures etc take up a good 20cm anyway). Adding a floor just reduces the...

If I understand correctly you're saying that all of need to do is lay a strip of dpc then lay a wooden plate onto the dpc? The concrete slab will be around 80-100mm above the nearest surface. I do want to bolt the plate down but that would mean puncturing the dpc, I wasn't too worried about that...

I am planning a workshop that this time I might actually follow through with. There will be a concrete slab, roughly 3.6mx3.6m. I'll be laying a single course of heavy/dense concrete blocks to give me a height of 125mm (slightly more after mortar) upon which I will build the timber frame...

Cheers, I'll do a real plan and quote for it. Anywhere better than Travis Perkins etc for such materials?

I did think about a self build, I just wasn't sure how strong I'd need it and probably over quoted my materials. It sounds like you'd suggest all the dimensional lumber being 2x4s? What sort of thickness ply would you suggest for the floor and ceiling? I think it still comes out more expensive...

Saying hello from Suffolk, I'm a casual woodworker playing with wood whenever I get the chance. Looking to expand my skills and my workshop

Currently we have a brick outbuilding (probably an old utility or something) which is a whopping 8x6ft. I'm looking to get something bigger and wondered what the best options are? I want to use it for general woodworking using tools like the table saw, bench top Sanders, drill presses and the...