OK, so I have now moved house and have spent the last four months completely redecorating, laying new floors, fitting a new bathroom and en-suite, updating the kitchen and ripping out the fireplace(!). Not bad going considering I've been at work full time as well and the house is over 1500 square feet. In my previous post I discussed converting the integral garage into a new playroom / studio, but we have now decided that perhaps a garage to put old paint tins in and the cars, would actually be useful. Therefore, I have designed a new "lodge" which I am about to start building in the garden. I have been calling it a shed, but this doesn't really do it justice as it will be fully insulated and plastered just like a house :)
Unlike the shed I built two years ago, this one is going to be built from pre-fabricated panels which I will build firstly in the garage and then (hopefully) bolt them together on the foundations.
Plans are attached for anyone interested and I a plan to document its construction. I am currently researching different insulating products and also a lightweight roof tile as I'd rather not use felt! Some of this work might be useful for an MSc I am about to start this September in Energy and Sustainable Building Design.
Should be good..... now, where did I put my cement mixer?
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