So I'm getting near to being finished with parts of the kitchen and the weather is improving slightly, so I'm looking to sort out my workshop / shed / mancave in the bottom of the garden. I can't keep on using the kitchen as a workshop and the utility room is far too small. There is a 8x6 shed currently in the garden, but again, it's a bit small. At the back of the garden there is a hard standing which is approx 14ft by 8ft (and a tidge).
So I'd like to put a small workshop on there. It'll be for hand tools mainly, so there's just going to be a workbench, toolchest, comfy chair and ideally a very small woodburning stove. And probably a few garden tools, but tbh, I'll make a small shelter for them down teh bottom of the garden, that'll actually be more useful.
I've got a budget of £2k (could spend a tidge more, but would rather spend less). I have wifely permission to widen the hard standing by a foot, so that I can get round the sides of the workshop.
The hard standing is in the corner of the garden at the back, so it's got a stone wall on the back and the right side. So if I'm going to build a wooden workshop, then I need to leave space to I can paint the sides from time to time. So my options are as I see it:
1 - Build a 12x8 shed, move it over by two feet so I can get round the sides to pain it. Make sure shed has a membrane and can be insulated internally. Have spoken to a local shed builder and they can do that well in budget. They'll also install it on the hard standing for a sensible price. I just need to extend it out for them.
2 - Another 12x8 building, but use SIPs and I'll do it all. Again, widen the hardstanding so I can get round the side for painting. I think I can buy all the SIPs in budget.
3 - Get the builders in and have them make me a shed out of breeze blocks. Put it right up against the boundary walls, so I can get something which is about 15 x 9 (externally). Build my own roof. Don't know if this would be in budget. Or if the water will pool between the boundary wall, which is approx 3/4ft tall, causing lots of damp.
4 - Bit left field here, but bear with me. Buy a shed. But put it on some kind of base that I can move so I can get to the sides / back so I can paint it every year or two.
I can't make the hard standing much bigger. I'm aware it's small, but my current space is minute (about 7ft by 4ft), so it'll have to do. All of these are under 15m2, so there is no need to worry about planning permission.
So I'd like to put a small workshop on there. It'll be for hand tools mainly, so there's just going to be a workbench, toolchest, comfy chair and ideally a very small woodburning stove. And probably a few garden tools, but tbh, I'll make a small shelter for them down teh bottom of the garden, that'll actually be more useful.
I've got a budget of £2k (could spend a tidge more, but would rather spend less). I have wifely permission to widen the hard standing by a foot, so that I can get round the sides of the workshop.
The hard standing is in the corner of the garden at the back, so it's got a stone wall on the back and the right side. So if I'm going to build a wooden workshop, then I need to leave space to I can paint the sides from time to time. So my options are as I see it:
1 - Build a 12x8 shed, move it over by two feet so I can get round the sides to pain it. Make sure shed has a membrane and can be insulated internally. Have spoken to a local shed builder and they can do that well in budget. They'll also install it on the hard standing for a sensible price. I just need to extend it out for them.
2 - Another 12x8 building, but use SIPs and I'll do it all. Again, widen the hardstanding so I can get round the side for painting. I think I can buy all the SIPs in budget.
3 - Get the builders in and have them make me a shed out of breeze blocks. Put it right up against the boundary walls, so I can get something which is about 15 x 9 (externally). Build my own roof. Don't know if this would be in budget. Or if the water will pool between the boundary wall, which is approx 3/4ft tall, causing lots of damp.
4 - Bit left field here, but bear with me. Buy a shed. But put it on some kind of base that I can move so I can get to the sides / back so I can paint it every year or two.
I can't make the hard standing much bigger. I'm aware it's small, but my current space is minute (about 7ft by 4ft), so it'll have to do. All of these are under 15m2, so there is no need to worry about planning permission.
