new workshop?

[Phil Pascoe]

:?: I might well have to build a workshop quickly. It'll be approx. 18' x 13' (if all goes well) and I don't want to get into blockwork, so it needs to be timber. The problem will be that it will need to go up quickly, but it still needs to be well built and insulated, and it also needs to look good because it is in a prominent place. I could buy a bulk load of osb3, do the whole thing in 4" x 2", clad it and larch lap it, or I could buy a commercially built shed/cabin then worry about lining and insulating it. I'm reasonably well equipped (my wife would disagree ) and I'll probably get an air powered nail gun as I've already got a decent compressor. I accept I'm going to pay a bit over the odds because of doing it in a hurry. It may not even happen, but I'm trying to get my head around it first so I'd don't do anything I later regret.
All ideas, including negative ones will be welcome.
Thanks, Phil.

 

[kostello]

Sounds good.

Build the walls flat p the floor and just tip them up and fix together. They build houses like that all the time in the USA

 

[RogerBoyle]

Why not ask some local friends/family to help you out for the day or put a wanted post on the forum for willing volunteers
This way it would be possible to get it built in a day or two at most . leaving you plenty of time to insulate ,wire the internals etc at your leisure

The planning and sourcing of the materials will take longer than the build of it with the right help

 

[JustBen]

If you build it out of 4x2 or 3x3 cls then clad the outside, insulate the walls and board the inside, you will have a pretty warm and sturdy building. Build the roof using apexes with 4x2 and 4x2 purlins, board with osb for strength and felt/onduline over the top.

I priced up building myself one using this and roughly the same size as yours. It was about £1500 for all materials but I didn't shop around and just used first price I got. Could get it down to £1000 if you're a bargain hunter.

For a little extra cost you could use half lap logs, oak feather boards, waney boards or cedar shingles on the outside.

All of it can be done by 1 person (age/strength depending) and would take about 2 full days to complete (depending on motivation/weather)

 

[Steve Maskery]

My mate Stuart has a garden workshop from DunsterHouse.co.uk. He is very pleased with it. It's nice and warm even though it doesn't have extra insulation. I think the walls are 44mm thick, so if that was not enough for you you could line it with insulated plasterboard and you'd be as snug as a bug in a rug.
S

 

[MARK.B.]

Lots of kits out there on the market that will give you a ready made workshop for you to fit out as you wish, there are some realy nice looking one's as well,put on a decent base and one of these should last for a long long time.
Built my own but time was not an issue.

 

[fluffflinger]

Kostello is right on the money.

Build it flat on the deck and then just raise into place. This is the quickest and simplest method going. I built my small workshop this way and even raised the panels on my own (largest 5m long) using a car jack and blocks. Two days had the four panels built and raised and cladding on including insulation and I'm no pro I can assure you.

Whatever way you go have fun!

 

[Sheptonphil]

Kostello is right on the money.

Build it flat on the deck and then just raise into place. This is the quickest and simplest method going. I built my small workshop this way and even raised the panels on my own (largest 5m long) using a car jack and blocks. Two days had the four panels built and raised and cladding on including insulation and I'm no pro I can assure you.

Whatever way you go have fun!

+1 for the method.

Built mine 5 years ago 5m x 5m sourced the 125mm ship lap timber in 5m lengths and made the sides to fit the timber, A to save cutting/wasteage and it meant all rows were just single lengths, no joins. 3 x 2 uprights, dg window unit from fleabay, make the hole to fit the window, much cheaper than having to have a set size window, fibreglass insulation and 12mm mdf lined. All electrics in place before internal cladding and flush mounted afterwards. Just remember to put in twice the amount of sockets you think you will need, roof 4x2's, OSB and green steel corri roof sheets as it is under an apple tree and the fallers were busting the plastic corrugated on the adjoining stable so replaced the lot.

Phil

 

[No skills]

I've recovered my garage/workshop to be roof recently and used coroline bitumen roof sheets. They went on top of an osb/ply roof, despite me going overboard with the fixings and mastic it was a very fast installation - couldn't imagine doing it quicker with another product.