Recent content by ryanp

Funny you should have said that, vie not been here for a while and only just seen your post! I'm sick of being drowsy from the butane heater I have at the moment so have been thinking of alternative. Wood burning is out of the question due to the above hassle as well as the on or off way in...

Just thought i'd check back in after a few months! Even with a couple of foot of snow over the last few weeks, 80mph winds and quite a bit of rain the workshop is still in one piece and watertight! The measurement from the floor to the centre of the truss never altered, might be due to me...

Yeah i could do with getting some plinths, nearly broke on the other day! I ended up just using 3 x 11w energy saving lights for the office corner, plenty bright enough. I'm going to fit a couple more where the small door and window are and then fit strip lights to the workshop/garage side...

Yeah i've noticed that when i was at school doing woodwork/metal work, i dont really use 'that' many power tools other than a grinder or drill press every now and again as it's car parts that i deal with really. Do you have any links to the CFL bulbs and fittings that will be suitable...

I replied to this right away but the post has not shown up, very strange!! In hindsight I would have used 12mm ply as the 9mm is a little flimsy in certain areas. I am supposed to be getting 8 5/6ft strip lights dropped off, but they don’t look to be appearing! Each ‘quarter’ of the place...

The inside is lined with 9mm ply, behind that is 90mm insulation and then breathable roofing membrane stapled behind. i've no pictures of the walls in progress. you can see the gussets in that pic. The walls have the same membrane and insulation as the roof.

Fingers crossed it's OK, I put gussets on every corner of the wall panels to stop them wanting to turn into parallelograms and each truss rests on the vertical 3x2 timbers so as long as the walls dont want to push away from each other I wont need to worry. Is there anything you would consider...

Thanks! yeah the tape is off now, came off easily enough!!

4" 12g screws were used throughout, no nails. The ply is then held on with 2" 10g screws. the ply was not really needed as they were strong enough but i thought i might aswel as it only cost an extra £40 to do it.

I ended up doing the trusses like this: 6x2 and 3x2 with 21mm ply plates. They wont bend with 3 people swinging from them!! Almost finished article: Not bad to say I’ve no joinery experience, lol

Thanks for the advice, I’ve had a good long think about it and I think a pitched roof will work best for us, the timbers for a flat roof would be more expensive than the truss I would imagine!! I'm thinking a simple King post truss design should do the trick, not sure what wood I need to...

Hello, I'm in the early stages of building my new workshop/office/garage in the back garden, I'm just finishing the concrete base which measures 6m deep and 7m wide. I intend to build it in a way so it can be flat packet easily to transport in the future as plans to build something more...

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