New workshop build

[ollied1981]

Terry,
My plan was to run a workbench along the wall with the windows, getting maximum benefit from daylight

So yesterday after work I installed all of the insulation and then the breather membrane:

Next step battening, and then it'll probably have to wait a week or two as I'll be on a Scottish motorbike adventure.

 

[Wizard9999]

Impressive progress, you put my work rate to shame.

Terry.

 

[Adam9453]

I assume you've based your design on the OSB being the internal vapour barrier and have just used breather membrane outside the insulation?

I take it you're going to batten over the breather membrane before cladding to give the required air gap?

 

[Wizard9999]

I assume you've based your design on the OSB being the internal vapour barrier and have just used breather membrane outside the insulation?

I take it you're going to batten over the breather membrane before cladding to give the required air gap?

See page 1 of the topic.

 

[Adam9453]

I assume you've based your design on the OSB being the internal vapour barrier and have just used breather membrane outside the insulation?

I take it you're going to batten over the breather membrane before cladding to give the required air gap?

See page 1 of the topic.

Thanks I missed that bit

 

[ollied1981]

So this weekend I've fixed all the 2"x1" battening (nearly 80m in total)

Fixed insect mesh over the gap at the end of each of the rafters (12 meshes in total)

And made some temporary covers for the windows as I won't be able to work on it now for a week or two..

One thing I'm not really sure about is how to flash the corners of the windows, or even if it needs doing at all as I'll have a cill. For both the door and the windows the plan is to turn the 2x1 battening on its side to give something to run the cladding up to. I'll fit the doors and windows so I can run a bead of silicone between the frame and the inside of these battens. But it's still not really clear if I need to do something more here...

I'm sure someone will have an opinion

 

[ollied1981]

More progress has been made.

I've flashed the corners of the windows:

Painted the internal walls:

Painted the floor:

And fitted the fascias and EPDM roof kit:

Steel cladding for the two sides that aren't visible from the house next.

 

[Mcluma]

Looks very tidy

 

[Wizard9999]

Roof in particular looks very nicely done.

Terry.

 

[John15]

Looking really good Ollie.

John

 

[yogibe4r]

Great looking roof, what system is it please?

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[ollied1981]

Hi Yogibe4r,
The roof is an EPDM kit that I got from Permaroof.co.uk, the membrane and all of the trims/adhesives was about £290 delivered.

Made some more progress:

Electrics are in:

Back two sides are clad in corrugated steel:
(the 135° bends are painted black now!)

Made a little soakaway for the shed and the conservatory which used to just drain onto the floor:

And this weekend I put lagging in the roof and put up a plasterboard ceiling. Naturally I'd bought an exact quantity of plasterboard, and dropped the last one as I was putting it up, snapping it on half. Originally I was going to have flourescent lights, but due to the limited head room, LED downlighters made more sense. They actually worked out a lot cheaper than four flourescent fittings too:

So once the ceiling is up, the only big job remaining is the shiplap on the two sides that are visible from the house. Looking forward to seeing its final appearance!

 

[Paul200]

Following this with interest. Particularly impressed by your attention to detail.

Could you give more info on the soakaway please? I understand the need to stop soil migrating into the gravel - but what is it you've used? Is it just a weed membrane/geotextile or something more specific?

Thanks

Paul

 

[ollied1981]

Hi Paul,
There's actually no gravel, what you can see wrapped up are soakaway crates. They're basically glorified milk crates that leave a big open void in the ground once they're all covered up.

You're supposed to wrap them up in a 'non woven geotextile membrane', but I had some weed control cloth left over so I used that. I've since read you shouldn't really use weed cloth, but I'm hoping in this application it'll be good enough - the soil by me is very sandy and water seems to soak into it very easily.

Oliver

 

[John15]

I'm interested in your choice of lighting - LED lights. I've got restricted headroom and have fluorescent lights. Didn't think of LED's. They certainly give off a good light, I have them in the house.

The shed is looking brilliant. Lots of power points. I put in twice as many as I thought I'd need and all of them are in use!

John

 

[ollied1981]

Hi John,
I got ten 4W LED bulbs and the fittings for about 50 quid from Screwfix, and four 58W flourescents would have been around 100 quid, so in combination with the better headroom it seemed a no-brainer.

Totally agree with the power points - I've put separate circuits in for the lathe and compressor too, plus a mill I hope to buy in the future - basically anything with a big motor!

Oliver

 

[Paul200]

Hi Paul,
There's actually no gravel, what you can see wrapped up are soakaway crates. They're basically glorified milk crates that leave a big open void in the ground once they're all covered up.

You're supposed to wrap them up in a 'non woven geotextile membrane', but I had some weed control cloth left over so I used that. I've since read you shouldn't really use weed cloth, but I'm hoping in this application it'll be good enough - the soil by me is very sandy and water seems to soak into it very easily.

Oliver

Thanks Oliver. That'll be me then - years behind as usual :lol: Very useful - thanks mate.

Paul

 

[ollied1981]

And there we have it...a completed plasterboard ceiling and LED downlights. Wiring the first one up and switching it on was quite fun, by the tenth, not so much:

Just need to roller paint the ceiling white and then I can move some stuff in. The plan is to try and bring the lathe from my mum's garage 6 miles away on Sunday. It's a very uncooperative ~600kg so that'll be fun!

Oliver

 

[mindthatwhatouch]

Very nice.

 

[ollied1981]

And the interior was completed