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Hello, I am looking for the best value for money EPDM kit for a 4880mm x 3660mm flat workshop roof. I don't mind if its a bit pricey as long as its good and will last long. I found "Firestone EPDM RubberCover 1.52" at £196. Do I need this thickness? Whats the real difference with 1.14...

Hi guys, Pictures of the shed I finished building at last: http://imgur.com/a/IU8gI Floor joists and roof joists are 6x2, studs are 4x2. All wood is C24. Cladding is 27mm x 144mm weatherboard. All pressure treated. Flooring is 18mm marine plywood and roofing is 12mm marine plywood with...

Hey guys, I recently undertook the project of extending the rear of my house and decided to get a permitted development certificate. The rear profile of my bungalow is flush, but some time in 1980s it used to be L shaped and every bungalow in the area had a square infill to make the rear...

I was looking into cladding and it suprised me at how expensive it is in comparison to the rest of a shed. Is there any benefit on using certain cladding over the next? The cheapest I have found is Weatherboard but then Shiplap looks and fits nicer, but is usually double the price... In the...

Hey all, So I am building my first shed, and I am designing the flooring / joists and how they will fit together. From what I kind find on the market for joists... I only see 2.4m, 3m, 4.2m, 4.8m etc cuts. For this shed, I was thinking of using: Pressure Treated Softwood Joist Timber - 47...

Hello, I am thinking of building a wooden 16ftx10ft shed, with the roof extending across the length of it another 10ftx10ft. This will be less than 1m from the boundary. According to planning permission, I see this: "No verandas, balconies or raised platforms." Is this talking about...

Hello all, This is regarding a 30sqm "Garden Office", including insulation and electrics, heating The roof will be lean-to and is capped at 2.5m due to it being near the border. Due to building regulation issues regarding wooden sheds near borders, would it be cheaper to: 1) Build a...

Hello, I am planning a shed which fits under permitted development - minus one thing. The height of the shed. The law says 2.5m height (for within 2m of the boundary), but because this is a gym I ideally want 2.5m - 3m usable height. With slab / flooring and roofing... I would have to...

Hello, I am reading up on how to build a DIY heated, brick shed - which will have a gym and some rabbits, and I think I have the basics down, but I have some questions on the details. My understanding is as follows: 1) The slab is basically a hole, with hardcore as the first layer, sand...

Hello, When I got the house it had a large (4mx3m) wooden shed already built up from the previous owners. I am trying to sell it so I can build a bigger, brick shed in its place. It seems to have electrics and insulation and everything, how easy is it to dissasemble this thing in a way that...

Hello, I am building a 8.5m x 3.6m shed, the "narrow" side is facing south. The maximum height it can go is 2.5m, due to being within 2m of a border / fence. My goal is to get the best solution where I can: 1) Maximize the space underneath, I would prefer for the height to be 2.5 all...

Hey guys, I am planning to replace my two outbuilds / sheds with one big one, to gain a few square meters of space lost in between them. One is a brick shed, places on the boundary and the other is a wood shed, around 1m from the boundary. I want to replace it with a brick shed that is...

Hello, For a while I have been planning to build a conservatory round the back of my semi detached bungalow, but every time I look at the back of the house I wonder how the heck would the conservatory fit. The wall is not straight (there is a bay window), and there are also two "exhausts"...

Hello, First off, I am an electrical engineer and computer scientist by trade, (I can design / program a lot of the micro-controllers and electronics in alarm / CCTV systems) I have an existing custom made CCTV / Alarm system with the following features: 1. Event recording and uploading...

Hello, On one side of my house I have a concrete-like fence which seems really solid so far. On the other side is a cheap wooden fence which recently with the strong winds broke in a few places. I am looking to replace it with a more solid fence that wont break with a bit of wind. I have...

Hi guys, I have a few quotes for a replacement of a bay roof, which is currently tar and lead. The cheapest quote seems to be for fibreglass as a replacement, do you guys know the pros and cons of fibreglass vs hp felt?

Hello, I am planning to build a conservatory at the read garden of my bungalow, which is semi-detached. According to regulations, it can be 3m for an attached and 4m for a detached. ______ .####. .#_ ##. ._/ \_. |####| |##___| |_|###. <---- .####. .####. .####. . _###. .|_|__...

Hello, I am setting up a gym in a rather large (4mx4m) wooden shed in my garden. I haven't noticed any condensation yet, it has 4 windows and looks like it is well insulated. It is not that cold usually but I am afraid of frost temperatures in the winter causing condensation and rusting the...

I have a brick outbuilding, around ~ 3.5mx2.5m in size. The equipment I want to store inside fit (power rack, barbell etc), but I am worried about preservation of the equipment (it is quite expensive stuff) since the outbuilding has occasional leaks and is not very dry. Other than plugging all...

Basically, I need to replace cross bracing, fit a hard floor and put a nice trap door ladder so I can make the loft easily accessible, more spacious and nice to walk about in. I am comfortable doing the hard-floor and the trap door ladder (which is just a fitting right?) myself - but...