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Slowly, slowly, catchy, monkey: Hopefully get the side frames bolted in tomorrow and some cross members in. (unless I'm dragged out food shopping)

Yes they'll be rendered, The handy side to the post & beam frame going up first is that I'll still be able to get from the wall from above. I'm going to bitumen paint the bottom course and white paint the rendered blocks. But your right it's got to be soon! This weekend has a reasonable...

You don't need building regs less than 15sq m. You can also build within 1m of the boundary in substantially combustable materials if the height is less than 2.5m, so fits in nicely with permitted development. How much space do you need for your office, could you stand to lose a little width...

Chainsaw to a stump, then get digging.

I cut the last few joints after work today, 4x4" beams in excess of 4m are rather heavy! Starting to look more like a structure: Almost, kind of. I was a little worried it may still be a too flimsy without any bracing as it'll be a while before I fill the gaps with studwork, don't...

You'd be shocked at some of the stuff I've ridden/driven held together with gaffa tape and zip ties ;) Yes I was thinking a cooker hood for the welding bay, flexible flue piping was also the idea for the exhaust extractor. seen a slightly fancier equivilant of flexy flue liner used in pro...

Not sure what I'm going to do just yet, there will definately be some sort of venting, maybe an extractor fan like in bathrooms and an inlet the other side of the room, this is mainly to reduce damp and condensation. I'm thinking it must be worth a dedicated fume extraction pipe for running a...

Did alot of cutting today, Most of everything is to length, most halfjoints are cut, Got a few more to do tomorrow after work and might get the side frames up. Need to get the rest of the frame done and some rafters up so that I can sheet it dry before the summer's death throws are over...

Yes thankyou, The reason I wrote such a detailed reply was just incase anybody else was pondering a similar build, the last thing anyone wants is their hard work ripped down. Thats a good plan, I'll only be 2.5m from the study so I'll probably put a wireless hub in there, as well as...

Theres a channel front to back either side of the slab and there will be guttering on either side of the shed, I'm thinking into the existing drains. As for security I'll need to do something pretty special, The doors will be standard softwood but reinforced with 2" wood behind bolted...

Nope, nowhere near 50%, see second picture in, the patch not occupied by shed directly adjacent is the same size, plus an area down the side which is the same again, plus the alleyway up the side, plus the front. I actually knocked down a pre 1948 workshop that was in the garden, half the size...

Had some good weather so treated the back wall quick as this will be forming the back of the workshop in a none load-bearing capacity: Playing with some brick layups before committing with mortor: Quit when the light gave up: Some dwarf walls, these should stop any damp getting...

The downsizing isn't all bad though, it does mean there is space for a wood store as I'm doing alot to the house and will be burning alot of wood through winter (gas is pricey, wood is free!). First I had to clear the site, this little bugger was in the way: Over the last hundred odd...

Hello all! New here, hopefully I'm posting to the right section. Basic plan is concrete slab, brick dwarf walls, post & beam frame with t&g clad timber stud infills. Don't get too excited with the mention of post & beam (4"x4"), I don't have the time and patience to do proper morticed...

Fellow drummer here. Without going to rediculous lengths you won't make a soundproof room. Ever played a gig with noise metering? I can get 126db with a snare rimshot... However; you can significantly deaden the noise reasonably easy, your advantage is having plenty of space - this means...