clayandgame Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Timber workshop or concrete sectional garage? Keep going over the good and bads in my head for each but cant decide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Cost,aesthetics,planning considerations,loads of stuff to think about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Can you get all round it to apply treatment or paint if it is wooden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubble Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Timber! I have had both but love my 'mega shed' 8mx4mpolished concrete slab timber frame,[back of envelope plan] breathable membrane wall, finished with black feather edge commercial trussed roof with synthetic slate no windows , reclaimed eBay 7' double doors circa £3500 planning not need if you keep under the max permitted development scheme build regs not needed if you keep under the max allowed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daithi Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 ive a concrete blocked shed.. suits what i need it for better.. holding fuel for fire etc and as a workshop.. the walls can take more abuse and less maintenance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Insurance against fire on a wooden workshop is expensive, but its warmer than concrete unless you insulate the concrete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Wood WARM Concrete COLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett1985 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 first question, what size? that would play a major part if I was having to make the decision... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 I'd build a block 1 evert time, timber costs a fortune. I got an 8 wheeler of blocks a few months ago for £300, which is cheap, slightly missized (5mm from i side of pack to other ie each block could be 0.5mm higher) Be ideal for me and my standard of building, just for a garage and dog kennels Just stick a flat roof on it with corragated tin, but line insulate the tin to stop condesation. Very easy secure shed/workshop. I'm surprised and 8mx4m is not above the planning regs. In this area the largest size without planning was 25m2 or atleast was when i built mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 I'd build a block 1 evert time, timber costs a fortune. I got an 8 wheeler of blocks a few months ago for £300, which is cheap, slightly missized (5mm from i side of pack to other ie each block could be 0.5mm higher) Be ideal for me and my standard of building, just for a garage and dog kennels Just stick a flat roof on it with corragated tin, but line insulate the tin to stop condesation. Very easy secure shed/workshop. I'm surprised and 8mx4m is not above the planning regs. In this area the largest size without planning was 25m2 or atleast was when i built mine Profiled Filon works better than tin. Less noisy and hot and if you get the translucent will make the worshop light and airy. Still quite sturdy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Isn't it that you can build an inhabitable building without planning if it doesn't exceed a third of the land you own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 .Local regulations vary with councils. ours they have to be a metre from a dividing fence for timber buildings on new build. There are height restrictions. Also % total of land area covered .Might have use restrictions too in some areas. Ours is Cheshire East Council which might be yours. http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/planning/view_a_planning_application/do_i_need_planning_permission/do_i_need_planning_permission.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Wot's profiled Finlon? A quick google only showed a building company I used insulated tin on my shed roof which is great but put 2 insulated clear panels to let light in,big mistake condensated like mad, but were designed to work with insulated roof and salesman assured me that wouldnae happen. Building a decent dog kennel block as well as a shed this year so looking for better solutions. I think planning is different for different areas W&B, in our area 1m from boundry, roof peak below 4m i think and 25m2. which is a prety big garage really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 http://www.filon.co.uk/products/profiled-grp-rooflights-sheets/ They use it a lot on farm building and industrial units. The flat grey filon is what they make road signs of now as it has no scrap value unlike the old aluminium ones. You can normal get it in a profile similiar to corrugated iron if you want to do a direct swap over. We get ours as seconds from a place near Uttoxeter. OH uses the flat road sign regect sheets to make hutch and kennel roofs with. We did the garage roof in a profiled shape at the old house with it when the felt roof went Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 What's wrong with a shipping container? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 What's wrong with a shipping container? A load of immigrants might run out when you first open the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Wood is not good if your doing hot work! Sectional concrete? yuk! Not so sure block is cheaper than wood even pre-sustainability people were already building the upstairs as timber framed. If it was on a slab personally I should go steel frame with insulated corrugated aluminium. Why? because I can and I am not quite so fast or skilled at laying block Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 What's wrong with a shipping container? Freeze in winter. Boil in Summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Use to put the electrics in the concrete garages couple years back , cand get a damp in if not carefully done , use to line them out with ply very good for fixing shelves and cupboards to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Freeze in winter. Boil in Summer. Sure with the right external insulation it would work out throughout all seasons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 I went for sectional concrete for mine a few years back, Cost was my main motive as they are such good value,i am a bricklayer too but just laid the slab and made the lads a brew,fully erected and parked in it in less than a day.They do have drawbacks no insulation and look a bit low rent but it served me well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Sure with the right external insulation it would work out throughout all seasons! True use to put fibreglass behind the ply, one customer bought polystyrene slabs we placed them on the garage walls and lined them with ply , this was warm the back off the garage was also a shed couldn't tell it was a section garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I've never built one for myself but have done garage conversions, new build man caves etc. Are you bothered about how it looks from the outside ( can you see it from the house ? ) I've built them from block then been asked to go back and clad them in timber as the wife didn't like how it looked. If I was building my own - timber all the way. Studs can be positioned with nogs ready to take any wall mounted units, easier to insulate etc. Nowt worse than a 10 year old garage with 79 rawl plugs on each wall where shelves etc have gone up then come down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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