Workshop Build

[domdee]

So next job is to bed a 4x2 sole plate on to the block work. Going to bed it on with a thin layer of cement and DPC to make sure it’s level. Then we’ll be flying.

 

[kingandy2nd]

Good work mate. Slow and steady wins the race as they say!
Fair play mixing all that mortar by hand too, I would have bought a mixer for that...but I use any small job as an excuse to buy tools.

Hope you’ve got an electric screwdriver/impact driver and that you bought reisser screws, they are second to none for timber without needing pilot holes. (Personally I’d have bought a nail gun too )

 

[Jowwy]

So next job is to bed a 4x2 sole plate on to the block work. Going to bed it on with a thin layer of cement and DPC to make sure it’s level. Then we’ll be flying.

I would screw the base plate down to the blocks too

 

[kingandy2nd]

I would screw the base plate down to the blocks too

The mortar is just to give the sole plate a nice level surface. I'm sure domdee will be bolting the sole plate into the blocks using bolts and resin anchors

 

[domdee]

Could have bowrrowed my old mans mixer but thought I wouldn’t be mixing much to bother... yeah should have gone and got it. Never mind

Yeah I will be screwing down the timber. I like the frame fixings which you drill the 6mm hole first and the screw self tap into the bricks/ blocks. Had good success with them over the years so will stick with them.

I will be armed with my drill and impact driver. Im used to pilot drilling and prefer it in many ways so don’t mind. Plus I’m tight and wouldn’t pay for dearer screws hahaha. Same goes with buying tools. If I can make do with what I have then I will. So I opted for 2kg of loose ring shank nails and will putting the outer boards up with a hammer by hands.

I do need to buy an electric saw. Obvious choice is a cross cut miter saw. But I can’t cut sheets of osb with one of those so contemplating a circular saw and use my speed square as a guide when cutting timber. I’ll see what turns up on Facebook close when I’m ready to buy.

 

[Seafarer1966]

I think I'm safe on that front as my garden is just over an acre in a very rural wooded area so well hidden. But thanks.

Re: the 'well hidden' bit this may be the case but if you ever decide to sell your house the surveyors working for potential buyers will probably want firm evidence that planning permission wasn't required for the workshop building. It might be a good idea to write to your local planning department for confirmation that the building accords with Permitted Development Rights. You can attach any confirmation letter from the planning dept. to your property deeds.

 

[Seafarer1966]

Then again if you keep records from your build i.e. rental paperwork for the digger, paperwork from materials suppliers etc., this form an evidence base to prove the date you built it. After four years, even if the workshop did need planning permission, but the local planning dept. didn't pick this up, then the workshop would be Lawful Development. This wouldn't mean that the workshop got automatic planning permission after four years. It means that after four years from the time it was built that the workshop would be immune from planning dept. prosecution. The onus would be on yourself to prove when it was built (hence saving all the paperwork, photos etc.).

 

[Malakym]

Then again if you keep records from your build i.e. rental paperwork for the digger, paperwork from materials suppliers etc., this form an evidence base to prove the date you built it. After four years, even if the workshop did need planning permission, but the local planning dept. didn't pick this up, then the workshop would be Lawful Development. This wouldn't mean that the workshop got automatic planning permission after four years. It means that after four years from the time it was built that the workshop would be immune from planning dept. prosecution. The onus would be on yourself to prove when it was built (hence saving all the paperwork, photos etc.).

Just don't try to hide it behind bails of straw.

 

[andy104]

Looks good so far, Well done. Looks like a marathon and not a sprint.

 

[domdee]

So starting on the timber work today. Got the sole plates down and started erecting the 4” posts from there!

Not plumbed up yet.

posts are secured with 8x 4” nails (2 on each face) and 2x angles brackets nailed in with square twist nails.

Loads to do but made a start and are chuffed with that.

 

[domdee]

More progress made. Currently jobless so making the most of it!

Braced all corner posts square and went from there. All dimensions are repeated so makes cutting easy. Minimal waste so far. Few more diagonal braces to fit using off cuts. And I’ll get the on with the roof.

More tomorrow I hope... if the wife will have it that is.

 

[domdee]

Bit more progress yesterday and today. Not many pictures during the days but well chuffed with how it’s gone! Sick of cutting rafters and birds mouths so glad it’s finished. Perlins tomorrow and bits and bobs.

 

[kingandy2nd]

Sorry to hear you're not working mate, but looks like you're making excellent progress. Hopefully the work thing is only temporary for you.

 

[domdee]

Started a new job in November after being made redundant. New boss was an absolute c*** and we couldn’t see eye to eye. Mutual agreement to part ways. Glad to be gone. And the workshop has been a great distraction. Just trawling job websites now

 

[kingandy2nd]

Ah rubbish. Won't clog up your build thread, but hope you can find something suitable with a decent boss soon

Perhaps you should go into joinery, looks like you have a knack for it