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Looks awesome - looking forward to seeing your costs as you worked a lot harder on getting materials cheap so interested to see what the price difference is. Sal's been in her studio for a few weeks now and really loves it - to the point where she was out there painting on Saturday. Hopefully...

Hi, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I took the laziest route in the world and put up the plasterboard, filled the gaps, and painted. I didn't even go as far as taping though, in hindsight, I wish I had as it would have improved the finish. However skimming feels like overkill...

No, just filled the gaps and then painted over. We were concerned about expansion/contraction/movement so elected to do this rather than skim. As a result the finish isn't 100% but, by way of comparison, it's better than most of the walls in our 1930's semi! We might (depending on how the...

For info I've been through the massive pile of receipts and broken them down into the stages of the build so the costs are all separated out. http://buildingastudio.wordpress.com/ Cheers

Well not quite - but Sal has moved in whilst she waits for the guttering to be added. Post on the blog details the painting, trim, and cabling. http://buildingastudio.wordpress.com/ For ease of access I've added an index of all the posts so you can browse start to finish. It's here...

A mottled mid-brown, the sort of colours you can get mud/paint on without it showing....

Hi all, another update: http://buildingastudio.wordpress.com/ @garethcooper: The interior is going to be very muted due to Sal being an artist. If she has bright colours in her studio it reflects of the canvas/walls/computer/etc and stops her getting the colours she wants. It'll be a...

Dammit! Slow down! I've only got my network cable and co-ax today.

Hi all, I've been trawling the forums/interwebs but to no avail so thought I'd ask direct. I'm building a garden office for my wife (//www.diynot.com/forums/your-projects/garden-office-studio.326128/) and have put up plasterboard throughout. Due to the structure being in the garden...

Insulation has been finished and plasterboard put up ready for the arrival of the electrician. Here's hoping that I've correctly interpreted his instructions! http://buildingastudio.wordpress.com/

£25 an hour or £160 for the day plus materials. He reckons about a day and a half for the work below. The materials he's providing are: ~ New consumer unit (~£70) ~ 15m of armoured/SWA cable (~25) ~ Some conduit The work he has to do is: ~ Tidy up the existing electric feed from the...

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Hi all, I've done the wiring and fitted a bunch of the insulation, blog updated with photos. http://buildingastudio.wordpress.com/ Cheers

I've got 130mm roof joists so have gone with 50mm roof insulation to give me a (nearly) 50mm void in the roof. I'm planning to take off the facia boards later and drill a number of small holes behind them (perhaps covered with fine mesh to stop insects) to aid ventilation of the roof space...

Hi all, I finished the internal battening today in preparation for the electrics and insulation. http://buildingastudio.wordpress.com/

Hi, I've now completed the historical record by writing up the exterior finishing (now up-to-date as of Saturday). Have spend the last couple of days building out the interior and will post later in the week when it's complete. Cheers http://buildingastudio.wordpress.com/

All, For info I've added details of the basic structure we put up. Hopefully it's getting to the meat of the build now and should be a bit more interesting. http://buildingastudio.wordpress.com/ Cheers

Hi all, In much the same vein as rmwebs I'm currently going through the process of building one of those 'log cabin' thingies in the garden. Unfortunately mine is for my wife rather than myself but nevermind. Having sought help and advice here I thought my progress and experiences may be...

Thanks for the update and the blog postings. I've started following the rss feed for your blog. I've been putting up our structure this week - I'll update over the weekend once I have something tangible to talk about.

I saw the same guide on shedworking. My main concern was to do with expansion and contraction in the external walls - both 1john and flameport mention this. From speaking to a few folks I know who have these 'log cabin' style buildings we can expect about 20mm movement vertically (cross grain...