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Subframe

Dec 14, 2013

Tags: workshop design, workshop foundations

Today I did the subframe – it is complete over-engineered.

baroque subframe

with thanks to Mondrian for the design inspiration

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Workshop interior - cabinets and benches

I popped to Ikea yesterday and spent £360 on the frames, doors , hinges etc and £80 on the worktop counter for the bench. This was a bit more than I had hoped to spend, so to compensate I am going to try and create the workbench and shelving from three pieces of 8’x4′ plywood...

I popped to Ikea yesterday and spent £360 on the frames, doors , hinges etc and £80 on the worktop counter...

12-Apr

Workshop - Interior design

Here are my first thoughts on the layout – given limits of time and cash I am planning a combination of ikea cabinets and a hand-made workbench. I would like to make this a dual purpose entertainment and (small) project space, but this plan tends to favour the latter activity. Unless you count a bench as...

Here are my first thoughts on the layout – given limits of time and cash I am planning a combination of...

09-Apr

Installing the footings

I laid out the footings at the weekend. Finally place the concrete mini-plinth concrete tops and steel supports on to the grids:...

I laid out the footings at the weekend. Finally place the concrete mini-plinth concrete tops and steel supports on to...

03-Dec

Clearing a Space

I finished clearing the site at the weekend: dismantled shed and cut back laurelsclearedI then realised – rather belatedly – that: 1. the tree I had planted 7 years ago will be pressed right up to the front of the new building 2. a 3.6×3.6×2.7 meter building is actually pretty big compared...

I finished clearing the site at the weekend: dismantled shed and cut back laurelsclearedI then realised – rather belatedly – that: 1....

20-Nov

Building with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)

what is a SIP? A SIP is a prefabricated panel consisting of two layers of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) sandwiching a layer of expanded polystyrene or urethane foam. The history of building with SIPs SIPs are a relative novelty in the UK – the majority of our houses are still built with brick and block – but...

what is a SIP? A SIP is a prefabricated panel consisting of two layers of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) sandwiching...

13-Nov

Workshop drawing tools: SketchUp

When thinking about how to design my workshop I did some cursory research on design software and found most were both expensive and complicated to use. Then I had a thought – surely this is something that Google will have sorted out by now? And it turns out that they’d had a hand in doing...

When thinking about how to design my workshop I did some cursory research on design software and found most were...

03-Nov

Workshop Foundations - mini plinths

traditional footings The standard way to construct the footings for a modern house, is to dig down to suitable subsoil and to lay a concrete bed. A few years ago I had a small 4m single story extension added to my house, and the builders had to dig down 2m to before the building inspector...

traditional footings The standard way to construct the footings for a modern house, is to dig down to suitable subsoil...

28-Oct

Workshop Foundations - footings

..or why we care about pressure. Why do buildings subside? Well the answer is, not surprisingly, that they are too heavy for the ground that supports them. How do you know if your house is going to subside? Well, the answer depends on two things – how much your house weighs and how much pressure the...

..or why we care about pressure. Why do buildings subside? Well the answer is, not surprisingly, that they are too...

27-Oct

Workshop Foundations - introduction

There will follow multiple posts on foundations for a tiny wooden building <groan>. It’s overkill, I know. The normal caveats apply, namely that I have no qualifications in this area, so please do not do any actual building work based solely on the below. Here is what I already knew about building...

There will follow multiple posts on foundations for a tiny wooden building <groan>. It’s overkill, I know....

24-Oct

Planning Regulations

Planning permission in the UK governs the relationship of a building to its surroundings, including its external appearance, position and size. There follows a brief summary of the rules concerning garden buildings. If you are considering a building in your own back garden please do not assume this is correct – you need to contact your...

Planning permission in the UK governs the relationship of a building to its surroundings, including its external appearance, position and...

23-Oct

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