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Thanks for all the feedback, certainly some more food for thought. As I was writing the post I was coming to the (rather obvious) conclusion that it's not really going to work within the 2.5m height. Mike as you say, I first need to try finish the drawing to see if it's drawable, then indeed...

Okay, hopefully this image works - cheers Mike for pointing it out. Also including a photo to show the setting if any relevance to planning. Large trees pretty close, but I guess if outside building regs, reinforcing mesh would be advisable in the slab. I would really rather not have to go...

So I'm in the early stages of designing a 'Garden Studio' to relieve some pressure on the house in this new work-from-home era. Not done this sort of thing before, so lots to learn. Broadly speaking I intend to take the 'Building a shed Mike's way' design approach - thanks Mike :) So here is...

Thanks everyone for your helpful replies. Joel, especially for the local contacts, I will be sure to get in touch with them when I'm ready. I also spoke to A10 Timber this morning and they are happy to setup a cash account so I can get a trade-like discount on this project.. So I'll get...

Pete, if there were a prize, would I get it now? :) So 15 years later I'm still a happy owner of my TS2000, and similar to you Pete, I regularly have a go at inverting it and cleaning it all out. I removed the bottom metal sheet permanently to allow the dust to fall away freely which may help...

imgshare.io seems unreliable, here it is the image on google drive if you can't see it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1am89fMoiadGDb1UN4o5JpMUdtGActQFD/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for all the advice so far, most appreciated. I'll be taking the 'Building a shed Mike's way' design approach - thanks Mike :) So here is my first rough design. (Hope the image works) https://imgshare.io/images/2020/06/14/Garden-Studio-Rough-V1.png Going for an L shaped building...

Oh excellent I was hoping so you've just saved me a phone call :)

Good spot Mike - as you suspected, I just want to build it properly, warm, dry with electricity, heating , insulated and double glazed. Most likely to be no more than 15sqm internal floor area, but < 1m from two boundary fences. So under permitted development and avoiding building regs if...

Robin, Mike and Richard, thanks for the quick and useful replies already. Great idea about opening an account. I had assumed you had to be trade, but I guess you can just ask... Some good tips about lengths too. Agree on quality, so may go for a local timber merchant to view stocks. MikeG -...

Hi there, it's been quite a few years since I posted on here. Good to see this group is still so active! So I'm looking to build a garden office - to building regs, fully insulated, etc. Can anybody recommend the most cost effective place to buy building supplies from ? I can get to Wickes...

Thanks for all the useful info guys. You've got me scratching my head now trying to work out how I can possibly squeeze a PT260 into my shop...

The thing is I can't afford a bigger workshop, but could afford a good quality cast iron bench-top planer like the grizzly, but from what I can see in this country such tools are not available.... Unless somebody knows something I don't?

Hi all Can anybody recommend a decent bench-top planer? I'm limited to a bench-top model more due to space restrictions than cost. I've read the many posts on this topic, and the SIP seems popular. I'd prefer to have a cast iron model and I'm not sure the SIP still is CI...

A rather belated update... I purchased the product I mentioned at the start of the post. It works fine and you get used to the startup delay...