Shed rennovation help (DIY Content)

We have a big shed (used to be a garage, so big enough for a car) in our back garden. It’s class, and well built / watertight, but I want to Jazz it up this summer into a more workable space involving:

1 – Insulating (Comfortable enough with this – I have a growing collection of scrounged insulation materials)

2 – Interior cladding ( comfortable enough with this I think- I have a growing collection of scrounged timber, including old pallets, than I will use for this (after spending donkeys taking them all apart)). Will look a bit hodge-podge but rustic is “in” I guess.

3 – Electrics / lighting – The shed used to be hooked up, not sure if it is any more, but it’s full of very old fashioned “vintage” fixtures and fittings so imagine will be stripping these out and running a new armoured cable out to it.

4 – Adding a workbench, shelves, bike hooks etc (comfortable with this)

My question is: what order should I do this in? I have a decent plan for where I want sockets and lights, and most likely I will end up getting an electrician to do this, at least getting the circuit to the right places – fairly sure I will be able to wire up lights and sockets.

In my mind, sorting the electrics first is what I should go for…and then insulate / clad around it – before finally rigging up the sockets etc. Is that the best way? Or should I do the panelling and insulation first before getting the sparky out?

I may have bitten off more than I can chew and this will be a learning experience…I can do basic DIY like shelves etc but never anything of this scale really. Is there a do it all guide online for this sort of stuff anywhere that you can recommend for a relative beginner?

The obvious approach would be a first fix of electrics then insulate and finish, however you could go for a more industrial look (which would be more flexible to change) and insulate etc, then surface-mount the electrics in metal trunking.

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Nah for a shed i would insulate and clad then surface run the electrics in conduit.

That way you can tweak with no hassle. And its also easier to get complete insulation envelope if there aren’t lots of extra footery bits.

Ah I never thought of running the conduits for the electrics. I actually quite like that idea and will give a better idea once the interior is clad and I can visualise the placement a bit better if anything needs changing. Quite like the industrial sort of look, might look quite good next to the upcycled wood.

Instead of conduit have you considered trunking like in a science lab?