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I am planning a garden room roughly 30m square(9.5m x 3.4m) and stuck on what type of foundation/base will be suitable, the room will be split with a section used for a summerhouse and another section for use as storage/workshop. Ideally a concrete slab would be the choice but is also the most...

Excuse the quick drawing but i just wanted to know if its possible to have a timber base below ground level so that the floor of the log cabin is level with the garden like in the drawing.

Ok so if i build it 1m from all boundaries i can build up to 30m2?

Ah I assumed the measurement was taken on the outside, ok so if I were to build one in the style of this attached photo are the dimensions of the outside section taken into account?

And I assume building regs would dictate that I can not use timber in the build? One of the neighbours would definitely be out there with a tape measure so just going ahead wouldn't be a good idea, maybe just build 2 of them instead then :)

Im looking to build a log cabin at the rear of my garden which backs on to the rear gardens of 2 other properties, my ideal size works out to be 18m2 and will be within 1m of the boundaries. Now from my understanding I can not build this from a combustible material ie "wood" but i constantly see...

Im installing a thermostatic shower unit and 8 inch square celing mounted head. The cold water tank only sits about a foot above the shower head so im going to be needing a pump but im lost at what pump to go for and also what pipe size to use. The shower head has a 15mm connection, all inlets...