Electrics all put in place today - only took the morning which was good! I've now just got to bring the coax and ethernet through and can the finish insulating and get the plasterboard up. The electrician can then come back and put the faceplates on.
The Man Cave : A garden office (aka fancy shed)
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Ok, the sockets are now in - we have power!
I'm now doing the filling/joining of the plasterboard...in 28 degree heat....this'll be fun!
I'll probably end up putting lining paper on the walls as I'm not too sure my drylining skills have been up to par
I'm now doing the filling/joining of the plasterboard...in 28 degree heat....this'll be fun!
I'll probably end up putting lining paper on the walls as I'm not too sure my drylining skills have been up to par
After a long delay, two new posts and a huge number of photos added: http://buildgardenoffice.blogspot.co.uk/
The room is pretty much finished now!
The room is pretty much finished now!
Haha no way...my cave!
Yeah I've got a complete alarm going in as well as a few additional locks for the door. I've already fitted three additional window locks (top/middle/bottom) too.
With any luck I should also be able to setup this tiny computer (Raspberry Pi) to automatically do motion detection, and then start recording, while uploading to my NAS drive inside the house. That way if anyone does break in, I'll have a complete featurelength DVD to provide to the fuzz
I'm also moving from a desktop to a laptop that I'll plug into my 2 screens, so at night and when I'm not at home, the laptop goes back in the house. That way if someone does break in, the most they will nick is a couple of cheap monitors and a TV with a ghosting problem.
Ooo I've also got a dead (empty) safe. Might stick that in the corner so any opportunists that manage to get in will hopefully grab that and run, leaving everything else behind. I guess I could just stick a brick inside it to give the impression that it's got stuff inside
Yeah I've got a complete alarm going in as well as a few additional locks for the door. I've already fitted three additional window locks (top/middle/bottom) too.
With any luck I should also be able to setup this tiny computer (Raspberry Pi) to automatically do motion detection, and then start recording, while uploading to my NAS drive inside the house. That way if anyone does break in, I'll have a complete featurelength DVD to provide to the fuzz
I'm also moving from a desktop to a laptop that I'll plug into my 2 screens, so at night and when I'm not at home, the laptop goes back in the house. That way if someone does break in, the most they will nick is a couple of cheap monitors and a TV with a ghosting problem.
Ooo I've also got a dead (empty) safe. Might stick that in the corner so any opportunists that manage to get in will hopefully grab that and run, leaving everything else behind. I guess I could just stick a brick inside it to give the impression that it's got stuff inside
Looks awesome - looking forward to seeing your costs as you worked a lot harder on getting materials cheap so interested to see what the price difference is.
Sal's been in her studio for a few weeks now and really loves it - to the point where she was out there painting on Saturday. Hopefully yours will have the same effect.
Sal's been in her studio for a few weeks now and really loves it - to the point where she was out there painting on Saturday. Hopefully yours will have the same effect.
I've got a rough running estimate however it's not final yet...still need to get everything properly tallied up. It'll be in the ballpark of ~£3000 though (not including any interior furnishings).
Just want to get in there now! Although the thought of having to box everything up and untangle thousands of cables isn't exactly very motivating!
Just want to get in there now! Although the thought of having to box everything up and untangle thousands of cables isn't exactly very motivating!
Wow, that's great.
At £3k ish too - not a mega amount either.
I'm looking at going freelance too next year when the market pics up in my game - and have been eyeing up an office for £50 a week - which seemed cheap, but in theory would be £2600 a year - again not a massive amount but if i could build something like this for £3k then great!
I like a lot! Nice work!
At £3k ish too - not a mega amount either.
I'm looking at going freelance too next year when the market pics up in my game - and have been eyeing up an office for £50 a week - which seemed cheap, but in theory would be £2600 a year - again not a massive amount but if i could build something like this for £3k then great!
I like a lot! Nice work!