Recent content by North Wood

The roof overhang running inline with the deck below is a nice detail, really brings it all together.

Working on site I've seen quite a few lads work with the makita 18v sets (which includes the makita combo drills, impact driver, saw, grinder, torch) and never seen any problems with them, Batteries started failing after a couple of year hard use but thats about it. I personally have used the...

Cheers for the input, I take it you're referring to my second digram. Labour cost doesn't matter as i'm building it myself (with some help from friends no doubt, proved i supply beer!) but i did do an initial costing and doing it with a strip foundation and blocks looked to be more expensive...

Seen some DIY battery stations on youtube, that have all the chargers lined up on a shelf with battery storage next to it, so everything is contained within the one area. Might be worth considering with your current mixture of brands. As has been said it really just comes down to where and what...

Thanks for all the input guys, Sorry about all the longwinded questions. Just want to get the spec sorted then i can get down to the building part and let the progress pictures do the talking!! Absolutely, that's why i was proposing to fit a 1200ga plastic DPM running between the top of the...

Haha and a fine home it would make! Up the north end of Scotland.... and by that i mean north!! so I'm not sure the gravel block idea would last the first winter... possibly even the summer! :wink: I've attached a diagram of my initial design, Upper part of the build is all the same spec but...

Already been following yours paul, What a location to be building in, beats my back garden hands down!! Water rising up into my workshop is my main concern, hence why I'm needing some advice on the damp proofing side of things. 150mm rise off ground level, shingle around the concrete slab and...

150mm would be even better i suppose, the idea of gravel around the perimeter had popped into my head... suppose anything to aid drainage is only going to be a positive. In term of the membrane below the slab i was meaning incase the whole thing... concrete slab, foundation up the outside then...

Good afternoon, New to this forum, so firstly hello! Been snooping around here for the last week or so gathering information and reading WIP thread so heres my one! Current workshop spec, which will be built in the back garden : - Length 3.6m (possibly 4.8m), Width 2.4m, Eve height 2.4m and...