Recent content by Shlumaan

Sure I will do that soon. Thank you.

My wife loves the idea of extra storage for her pickles and jam :giggle:. Someone on another forum saw the pictures and said that the neighbours ground level would count as the highest point and is equal to the highest slab, from which the 2.5m height should count, so I don't need to dig down...

Thank you @aveatry, I trust your judgement but let's hope it's nothing after all. Assuming you're correct, will it be straight forward to flatten the area and build on top?

Question is could they have built the concrete over something like that? Or else what could explain the such step up above the ground? Essentially I want to know if I'd be able to take the platform down and build something with full permitted height and not get into issues of rebuilding fences...

1930s I believe. Either way I don't like the sound of this as it might translate into not being able to get my full 2.5m height plus to start meddling with the neighbours fencing... What's an Anderson shelter and how can I find out before I start digging?

I'm actually wondering why there's that step-up section at all, could there be pipe work or something else that required the elevation? Can't think why the previous owner would want to make their shed stick up so high have their ground...?

I hear you guys. Sounds like the voice of experience. I don't know about hiring a sound designer. I've got a few sound engineer for friends but it seems like all the information is out there, eg STS boards, acousitc drywalls, rockwool, green glue, house wrap material, risilient channels etc. I'm...

Thanks Notch7, great information! From soundproofing perspective, would it not be better to lay some waterproof drywall as an exterior finish straight over the tyvek? Or perhaps two layers of drywall? Would that not address both weather and sound I get the bit about talking to neighbours...

Thanks Notch7, great information! From soundproofing perspective, would it not be better to lay some waterproof drywall as an exterior finish straight over the tyvek? Or perhaps two layers of drywall? Would that not address both weather and sound proofing?

Thanks for the reply. I've got a thicknesser in my toolbox and it's so loud that it puts me off from using it. I'd definitely be looking at proper sound insulation (rock wool, special sound proof drywalls etc), and definitely no windows on neighbours side. But my understanding is that a wooden...

Hi there, I'm an avid woodworker and looking to build myself a wooden workshop with an attempt to soundproof the building properly in my back garden. To simplify things I will make it 15sqm floor space and 2.5m from the ground to the top of the roof. The location will very close to the boundary...