Rate my Brickie….

Good video and try. But wrong type of RSD, wrong application for an industrial type roller shutter for the “mega structure!”

As a demonstration of how to get the guides and box into place the video is perfectly valid even if the door is different. That’s how our guys do it anyway.

Another WE spent fitting Celetex, pretty much finished it all, just need to add some trim round the Veluxes in plaster board.

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2nd fit Celotex complete[/url] by brf[/url], on Flickr

Put another coat of pink paint on the workshop, plus a liberal dose on one of the cats:

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Pink Cat…[/url] by brf[/url], on Flickr

I’ve heard that Sudocreme works well to remove paint from cats!

Lol at the cat

footflaps – Member

Do you have even a tiny bit of doubt in your mind that it might be slightly overkill?

It is a project, rather than a means to an end, plus I already have a wooden shed, so thought I’d try something a bit different….

But…. this ‘different’ has cost you about 4X the cost of what a perfectly easy and workable option would have cost ?

At the end of the day it’s your money…but you could have had £15,000 to spend on a nice car/holiday/whatever and still had a decent enough structure to stick a few MTBs.

Then had to chase him round the house to try and wipe it off – which resulted in pink footprints all over the kitchen!

then we would have had to fore go the best thread of the year.. easily worth the 15k.. good on you footflaps.. cant wait for the hanging baskets.. Babylon look out.

But…. this ‘different’ has cost you about 4X the cost of what a perfectly easy and workable option would have cost ?

Where’s your sense of adventure?

in this case it would be a 6 week Safari in Africa instead and my bikes in a large wooden shed with capeted floor for £2000 🙂

Its not a shed it’s art.

zippykona – Member
Its not a shed it’s art.

Indeed… it is the price of art… but with the functionality of a shed.

Indeed… it is the price of art… but with the functionality of a shed.

Yeah, but where will your shed and safari be in 2.000 years? This shed will be written about as the shed that saved humanity from floods and ice ages. 😀

but with the functionality of a shed.

It’s actually a liveable space, designed to have a mezzanine floor fitted as well, so much more versatile than a shed. Storing bikes isn’t the main role (although that did affect the security aspects).

It will be used as a proper workshop (lathe, drills etc) and a also a gym (Turbos, Rowers, some free weights).

Wood stove, electrics, water etc get fitted next year as well as a mezzanine floor.

EDIT: plus I only get 5 weeks holiday a year…..

footflaps – Member

but with the functionality of a shed.

It’s actually a liveable space, designed to have a mezzanine floor fitted as well, so much more versatile than a shed. Storing bikes isn’t the main role (although that did affect the security aspects).

It will be used as a proper workshop (lathe, drills etc) and a also a gym (Turbos, Rowers, some free weights).

Wood stove, electrics, water etc get fitted next year as well as a mezzanine floor.

EDIT: plus I only get 5 weeks holiday a year…..

we need a ‘like’ or a ‘rep’ button….

Just because i think you’re nuts… don’t think i think your project is rubbish… it’s been an interesting thread…

(about a shed)

It will be used as a proper workshop (lathe, drills etc) and a also a gym (Turbos, Rowers, some free weights).

Wood stove, electrics, water etc get fitted next year as well as a mezzanine floor.

You forgot to mention the kitchen! 😀

We need more regular updates on this, it must be one of the best threads of the year, keep up footflaps!

Just caught up on the last few pages of this thread, I absolutely love it. Respect to you Footflaps. For all the naysayers, isn’t, “Because I want to/Because I can” justification enough for this kind of project?

Not a lot of progress due to working evening this week on actual (paid) work. Will fit patio door tomorrow to stop rain flooding in:

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Bit of rain getting in without the patio door fitted[/url] by brf[/url], on Flickr

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Fully insulated (bar floor)[/url] by brf[/url], on Flickr

So when you moving in?

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Amazing thread and impressive shed. I would live in that if it were mine (bed on mezzanine level).

Is that 6 Velux?

Six 1m x 1m Velux, so whole room is full of natural light.

Looking good. Doors, tape & joint & paint then start building a bike shed 🙂

May have missed this in the middle of a excellent man cave thread, but what’s the point of Fort Knox level shutters on the door if there are big skylights that the scrotes can enter/depart via?

The Veluxes will be secured before any bikes go in.

Phew! But will that require some industrial levels of engineering to fit, I’m looking forward to the next instalment(s)

Fairly simple, unfortunately, I’ll triple glaze them with 6mm Polycarbonate sheet (riot shield stuff).

Planning for my cave will begin in the new year, and i’ll start building it as soon as i can afford some materials.
More likely to be standard brick/block cavity work without 10 tonnes of steel in the roof, but then it’s only going in my back garden to replace the existing brick shed.
Needs to store 5 bikes, have room for rollers/turbo, be weather and cold proof, have electric for music and tools, have storage for all bike kit and clothing and maybe have room for a sofa. Got 8 feet of work surface left over from my recent kitchen build so that’ll probably squeeze in somewhere.

Photos will obviously be posted for your amusement 🙂

Rusty footflaps knows a few brickies of varying quality should you be struggling.

8 feet rusty? That’s a bit of an over-order no. Or did you have secret plans for it , “yes of course I need all this darling” 😉

Amazing how many posts and coments on this thread.
Didnt think a brickie could generate as much intrest!

Just out of curiosity… If I was to rebuild this-

Double length garage, Mayr a coupla feet wider, slightly taller, and pref with a double thickness walls so the back half is habitable.. How cheaply could it be done?
Prob talking 5 years in the future at least but would love to do something similar to footflaps. Front half garage, back half like a wee guest flat- sleeping mezzanine, poss a wee shower room…
What does the collective think? I’m pretty handy and my neighbour is a well regarded builder..

How cheaply could it be done?

I think your on the wrong thread to be honest 😉

Polar opposite I know!

How cheaply could it be done?

As a start, get a quote from a local building company and then divide by 2 for DIY.

Sort your weeding out first! 😆

althepal – (apologies to Footflaps for extending the hijack) – you say “Front half garage, back half like a wee guest flat- sleeping mezzanine, poss a wee shower room…” but that’s a huge step up from a garage / bike shed / workshop. As soon as people are going to live in it, even sometimes, building regs become a lot more onerous.

And give your child some driving lessons. Looks like a nasty crash.

was it hit and run? as the bike looks totaled.

You could lose your kids in the grass on that patio 😆