Another man cave/garden room

[23vc]

Started over Xmas, just about finished.
Oakwood garden rooms and Ali Dymock on YouTube were a great help.
Everything done myself.
Reinforced concrete slab base:

Retaining wall at the back with a clear cavity to allow higher ground level, separation of the timber frame and easily satisfy the 2.5m height rule:

Blue brick plinth…

Treated 4x2 frame…

 

[23vc]

11mm osb…

Membrane, Ali bifolds and upvc windows…

100mm pir everywhere, warm roof, EPDM rubber covering, fascias and soffits with lights…

Clad with black coroline sheets - ended up going for this as it’s far cheaper than wood/composite…and we think it looks decent…

 

[23vc]

Vapour barrier, boarded, skimmed…

 

[23vc]

70mm PIR on the floor…

Charred my own window reveal boards with the blowtorch to finish the outside look:

Happy with how it looks now. Used chopped up pallets to make a feature dividing wall. Leccy radiator, wifi/phone app controlled.

 

[kingandy2nd]

Really neat work there mate. I especially like the charred wood reveals…very nice touch

 

[23vc]

Thanks Andy, loving the extension thread, makes me nostalgic about when I did mine although you’ve taken things a lot further - epic achievement mate

 

[magico]

Really nice that mate. Followed Oak Rooms myself too....top guy. Build mine 2 years ago in 1st lockdown. Use it as a bar. Still looks as good now as it did. Like the black boards. Nice cheap option. Used log lap myself....wow Woods getting expensive.
Good job mate
Mark

 

[Fab5Freddy]

Great stuff! Thanks for posting up pics, love it
What supplier were you getting the Corolline boards from and how much please if you dont mind me asking? Looks great

 

[23vc]

Thanks. Travis Perkins, about 14 quid a sheet. You could probably get them cheaper if you shop around.
The sheets are dead easy apart from the external corners which I kinda made up as I went along and wasn’t overly happy with. You don’t have much choice of where the corrugating profile high/low ends up so have to work each corner out so it looks ok with additional battening if needed (not the easiest thing to explain)

 

[Fab5Freddy]

Thanks for info.
I can sort of imagine the issue with the external corners.