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Most interesting. I am trying to figure out how many 600mm panels I will need. My workshop will be 4m x 5m and ceiling height of 2.4m Originally planned LED batons but these look much better.

Great memories of this song but I'm afraid this doesn't work as a joke. Read the lyrics! You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when I met you I picked you out, I shook up and turned you around Turned you into someone new Now five years later on, you've got the world at your feet...

Next year I will be building my new workshop and will have a blank canvas. I have most of the tools and machines I need and I have the opportunity - and space - to add some kind of benchtop sanding machinery. Looking for some advice on good brands and functionality. Leaning towards a disc / belt...

@Dynamite - interested to know where you went with the roof. I am planning my new workshop and debating with myself over warm roof/cold roof.

Thanks Alex. I did look at Sips but they cost was prohibitive. I have a budget for the build and as I see it, every £ not spent on the build is a £ I can spend on tools 😁

@Fergie 307 Good to know. Thanks. That is the very reason I came on here asking questions before I actually start. As for snow load on the roof, I can't remember the last time we had more than an inch of snow here. Having lived in Canada for a while, however, I have witnessed real snow!

Great tips. Thanks. The previous owners put a full width extension on the back of the house and left the existing UPVC patio doors in place. Looks odd internally so they were coming out and getting replaced with proper internal folding doors. I will be repurposing the patio doors from the house...

Oh - please tell me more! Pm me if you don't want to go public.

I agree - hence my "... maybe not". As for the relatively flat roof, I was working on 1:40 which is apparently acceptable. I could do 1:20 which would lose me another 100mm or so on the short wall. EDIT: This is the info I used for the slope: "The finished EPDM flat roof should have a fall of...

Thanks for the input - I was going for 6x2 on the basis of 'The DIY Guy' on YT. His build was 4m span and he says 6x2 at 400 centres was more than enough. Granted, mine is 4.2 span - so I have checked the span tables (here) an maybe I need to be looking at C24 7x2 (47x175). Best to do it...

Thanks for the heads-up on the oversized OSB panels. I will adjust the concrete bas accordingly. I could use the extra 40mm of height to tap the OSB down over the edge of the concrete to ensure runoff.

Thanks for the input guys - much appreciated. I have dimensioned the workshop to utilise full sheets and minimise cutting - hence the long walls are 4.8m by 2.4m.

I have enjoyed many hours reading loads of posts here over the past week. About to start groundworks for my new workshop. First time build of a bespoke structure - my only previous experience is putting up prefabbed sheds 6'x8' / 8'x10'. So my concrete pad should be getting poured next week. The...

I will be starting my own workshop in a couple of weeks (~5mx4m). Digging out and pouring concrete should happen next week. . . @LizBerg: Any update on your project?

Is your BIG Scheppach up for sale yet? . . .

@Haywoon - Any further thoughts on your purchase of the Laguna? I am looking upgrade similar to you and would find your experience valuable. Cheers.

:LOL: Would never have worked that out. Thanks for filling me in. Every day is a school day. Even Sunday.(y)

@Chubber - I have to ask what "SLW tokens" are. . . I just agreed a good price an Axminster HVLP collector with a Titan Planer/Thicknesser on FB Marketplace. Picking them up tomorrow. I already have the Fox version of the P/T and getting sick of switching between modes (it also started throwing...

I am a newbie here too. I lived and worked in southern Alberta for a year or so waaay back in the early 80's. Visited B.C. a few times travelling though Crow's Nest Pass. Was back there in 2017 for a holiday and reminiscing. Beautiful part of the world.

Hi All. I am a keen DIYer and general handyman. Love working with wood and 'making stuff'. Approaching retirement (hopefully) and looking forward to building my own woodworking workshop at the bottom of the garden in the next few months. The only plan at this point is that it will be timber...