Recent content by placks

Yeah good point on the butt filling up. I do have two raised beds that are near the shed so could drain straight into them or I have 2ft gravelled area around 3 sides of the shed area so could drain to that

Hi Glitch - Thanks for the input, sounds like a good build and some useful information, especially about what you would do differently etc. Hopefully the stable smell fades over time :). How do you find the sheep's wool is performing for insulation and sound? RE the rainwater, I am probably...

Hi All. I now have a space where I can fit a 4.2 x 3.6m workshop shed. I'm a pretty good DIYer but have not tackled a self build like this before. There is so much information, opinions and threads about other builds that it does get quite overwhelming. So I thought id start my own thread to...

I will probably make a thread as I'm gonna need plenty of tips I imagine. I don't really have the space to have anything bigger than what I can build under permitted development anyway am happy to sacrifice pitch for pent. Just been browsing through the thread for your build, very impressed...

Thanks, I was aware of the height restriction (that was one of the few things I was actually able to understand about the regs) so have now opted for a pent style. Might be the odd occasion being a short a** actually comes in handy though :). Now i can get onto planning how to do the floor..

Thank you!

Hi Mike Another new poster here doing research for a similar build. I'm getting a bit confused by the 15m2 thing and building regs. So if your internal footprint is 15m2 or less then you can build out of wood as close to a boundary as you like? if its more than 15m2 it has to be over 1 meter...