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Yeh, I did consider digging down, but I prefer the main deck area being at the same height as the top of the garden. Making the lower level a bit wider makes sense; cheers for the suggestion. I've been playing with Sketchup again, and modelled Trex boards at 140mm wide with 6mm gaps: The...

Yeh, I was aware of the 30cm restriction. I'm pretty sure we should be able to stay under that. And Yeh, I should've said that, but I am planning on installing noggins at mid span. I'm also going to be doing a picture frame border, so there's extra timber to go in round the edges for that...

Hey all So the time has come to start planning the decking area that will be built outside of my Garden Room office. We've got a reasonable amount of space to work with, so I'm looking at total dimensions of 5.5m x 4.9m. I'm planning on building an outdoor kitchen on the deck, and possibly a...

Cheers for the responses both... So currently only the front room is suspended floor. The back room is an un-insulated concrete slab, so venting from front to rear will be pretty much impossible. So replacing with a concrete slab is looking more appealing. What's the typical build-up for an...

So I spoke to the local building control dept' earlier, and they confirmed that as I'm not replacing more than 25% of the total floor area within the building, then it's just classed as repairs, so no need for a building notice! So that saves me one potential headache. So my next question is...

Hey @bobasd, Ventilation probably is an issue, as I can only see one air brick in the entire room, which is in the bay window. I hadn't considered replacing with a concrete floor. Doesn't sound like too much work on the face of things. Any ideas on a rough cost for an area of this size...

Hey all I'm in the process of renovating the living room of our 1900 built Victorian end-terrace. When I went into the project, I knew that I'd probably find some issues with the floor as there were a few soft spots. I'd also planned to pull and replace all of the floorboards in order to...

Wow, it's 2020 and a month since my last update!!! So following on from my last update, I finished off the plumbing under the sink. I did hit a minor issue with the thread on the expansion vessel being damaged and therefore wouldn't stop leaking: The finished product looks like this: I...

Once the kitchen was squared away, I had a damn good clear up, swept the floor and started working on installing the laminate flooring... Common sense would've suggested starting from the wall with the kitchen & bathroom. However when I worked out the sizing etc it would have resulted in several...

The next big task was to sort out the water and network cables to the office. Water wasn't too bad a job... I had the pipe laid, and a hole dug for the Insuduct to fit into: 90* elbow installed below frost line: In this you can also see the back piece of insulation that makes up the insuduct...

Wow, how has it been nearly 2 months since I last updated this thread?! Sorry about that... In my defence, I did have a weeks travel for work and family stuff thrown in for good measure.. Anyhow, enough excuses, onto the good stuff... In my last update, the kitchen had just been delivered...

So it looks like I haven't updated for a while again :( However things are progressing at a steady place still :) Following on from my last update, the big task on the Tuesday was getting the 6mm T&E cables threaded from the CU to the rear wall where the SWA pops up... It's fair to say that...

Yeh, they're a pretty simple idea (some pre-cut cardboard pieces basically) but did work really well... Plasterer liked them aswell as no dodging cables etc...

So quite a lot has happened in the past 10 days!!! I managed to get the door lining fitted, after a bit of gentle persuasion, and boarded out the bathroom external walls: I also got all the main window and door reveals finished off and the corner beads fitted: Final job was to fix the...

So I've managed to make some really good progress this week with boarding out... One corner done, including ceiling and 2 wall panels... More of left wall boarded... I was kinda regretting putting soo many sockets in with having to chop them all out... However I only messed up one board, so...

So I haven't updated for a while again, but things have been steadily progressing :) After the missing bits turned up from the window company, I installed the panes in the french doors and the small bathroom window without any issues. I then went round and taped up all the reveals with Tyvek...

Right, time for some more updates :) Following on from installing the housewrap, I went round and taped the seams between teh lower and upper pieces. Then started the process of installing the 3 windows and french doors. That involved cutting the openings for the windows, securing the...

Cheers... It's definitely starting to look more like a Garden Room now :)

My parent's came over this past weekend, and we managed to make some pretty solid progress... First task was to finish off the drainage runs under the office, and connect them into the tank... Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of this, but it was a case of drilling a couple of 140mm...

So it's been a while since I've update here... Things are finally progressing after several issues etc :) TL;DR: I've finally managed to get the building up this week just gone, and still need to get the UPVC Windows and door in this weekend. The pumped waste station was installed last week...