OK, still lots of detail to go through, but thought i’d throw up a couple of pics of what i’m thinking.

So it’s going in this space;

more specifically here;

and this is what i think it might look like;

As the depth is going to be constrained, i think i might leave it un-partioned, it also means it’s one less thing to take out when the house is built. I’m sure the Mum, dad and the 2 rugrats will be able to slum it together for a few months.

Edit to add, the space between the fence and the cabin is not as small as it looks, it will be min 3ft

Yes sips panels is the one. I know of a good cheap supplier. You have to take in to account labour and material costs and i bet you the cost for comparison isnt that far off. As for the toilet that door in your pic looks like the perfect spot for the toilet!

Have you not overlooked a door from the kitchen to the shower room?
I understand why you’d like the services close together but to miminise walk through/access space why not site the shower room at the other end of the bedroom or turn it 90deg to run along the long rear wall?

All good valid points, I’ve purposely kept it separate due to space, but I’ll probably keep am awning so you can go out and in. I thought how we live as a family and movement of kids etc and this fits best for now. Could reconsider later.

Without meaning to be rude it seems you’re all sorted and happy with your plans. Crack on.

Sui, just throw a tarp over the bridge on the kids playground thing and camp underneath with the toilet in the bottom of the tower and get on with it. We all know its you not Sue that doesn’t want to slum it ;O)

Looks like you have a ready made outdoor loo with a viewing platform anyway 😀

Slight update – i’ve finally filld the base with concrete today – 11 ELEVEN damn cubes of it – slightly underestimated how much was going in. I’d put photos up but no idea how to now that photobucket has gone payfor!?

Also materials, i got chatting to the local timber merchants (Alsfords), whom when you set up a trade account become much more amenable (cheap). So pretty much everything is coming from them.

So, now gone for full floating floor – 75mm EPS70, with a 18mm OSB3 (internal floor not sure yet).

Sides stud with 2×4 and OSB3 11mm, filled with 50mm kingspan. Insdie and out wrapped with house wrap Cromar Vent 3 Pro – way cheaper on Amazon surprisingly.

Roof, is 6×2 with OSB3 11m, filled with Kingspan again, then will have internal flat ceiling.

Internal walls, 50mm plaster+ insulation boards.

outside wrapped with the CROMAR stuff again, then clad with featheredge (not cedar as it is shockingly expensive)

Roof, EPDM as advised earlier in the thread. Will start building on Sunday.

Materials so far (excluding concrete as i **** up), are £1500.

How do you post photo’s now????

just got a new flickr account so will see if this works.

Concrete went everywhere due to a pump going loony

[url=https://flic.kr/p/WkNERy]Concrete up my nice fence courtesy of a pump going loony.[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

Setting up the reinforced mesh and DPM (it looked much neater when finished) – excuse the photo bombing from the daughter

[/url]Pre concrete setting up the reinforced mesh. by David Richardson, on Flickr[/img]

Slab fully poured and about as good as i will get it – back hurts now.

[/url]New slab laid by David Richardson, on Flickr[/img]

tools out.Starting proper today.

Good start! Looks like your neighbour has something similar, which helps relations.
What’re your spacings from slab to fence?

Theres about 30cm from fence to slab, though it doesn’t look it. The Dalby at the back has used the gravel boards for the shuttering (it’s mine and I still have land beyond the fence.) there’s approx 2 feet of space around the build.

Day didn’t go swimmingly as I couldn’t get both parts of the build square, so I’m opting to go for eye line straight and will sort internal as needed. The plate went down, then up, then down, then up, mice abit back down, move a bit more….far too much fannying around. Bit of a low point to be honest. I’ve spoken to 3 professional people about this ( including father in law), everyone has a different view on what to do (massive variation) so I’m biting the bullit and going for what I think will work (borrowing multiple bits of advice) , if it doesn’t work at least I’ve learnt..!

Oh, neighbours are proper sound and willing me on, couldn’t get better!

Had a bit of a delay doing the cabin due to various reasons, but cracked on yesterday..

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Good effort, but I’ve got to repeat an earlier suggestion!

Static caravan…and smash it up to get it out the garden afterwards if the main building works block the access!

I trust you will be keeping this massive man shed afterwards?

11 cube??? That is easily enough to cover 66 square metres at nominal 6″, which is considered plenty enough for farm drives seeing 40 tonne traffic. And that is without reinforcing. Either yours is massively over spec or someone is having a laugh with the volume they say they delivered.

The cave is being kept, so didn’t want to spend money on something to then smash it up.

Welsh — this was partially my fault, the depth was well over 6″ due to a digging error, it was almost a foot in some places and I had little effort to arrange a shed load of hardcore to rectify the problem, consider it a bit of a folly.

Anyway last wall up now, but it’s raining so hard to see.

Looking good Sui, quite a large space you have there.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Y6U6Vs]Progress on the cabin. A busy day after a long delay![/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Y5Zzpf]Last wall[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YnBDWT]Last wall[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

I had finished the inner cladding but forgot to take a photo last night, it actually takes a little more time and thought about cutting OSB so you line up the straight edges whilst matching with the stud work. Thats a big lesson actually, if in doubt if it’s square, use the sheet materials to get it square by nailing a corner in first.

I’m going to try and wrap it with membrane during the week, this is done to make it draft proof, then at the weekend i’ve got some help to get the roof joists done.

A word on buying materials – Selco will pull your pants down if you don;t have an established trade account, people like Alsfords, Champion and Travis you can barter with to get half decent price.. (It was a Sunday and i needed some more 2×4).

Will put some more pics up during week.

Shed turned up last week so quickly put that up so i can start storing stuff.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YhQtZ9]EBay special, went up in about 2 hours.[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

bought sheds like this are horribly flimsy when you’ve been building your own stuff..

And cracked on with the cabin – 2 days and a lot of help from some awesome friends,

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Xh43HC]Finished inner panels, now for the roof..[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/XhSG4A]Roof going on.[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

and finished roof – taken from a distance as the rain has started today.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/XjFNYs]IMG-20170910-WA0000[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

costs have been creeping!!

Got the facia /soffits and wrap on this weekend. Have also started to put the insulation in.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Yct27G]Facia and wrap on.[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

insulation started going in this thanks to the missus, as im away working!!

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YBJ57b]Insulation going in[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

Got the felt on the roof at the weekend. Got to finish off some drip edges, but other than that it’s done!

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YQACCm]Felt on roof (so now waterproof) and floor down.[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

also got the floor down – well i say i did, 2 of mates did whilst i was on the roof – couple of ledgends right there!

[url=https://flic.kr/p/XQ7v1j]Felt on roof (so now waterproof) and floor down.[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

Just a point on the roof for those interested.

It’s a triple layer system of torch on. There is a venting layer (which i don’t quite understand, but the roof place said put it on), which is just tacked on. Then underlay which is torched on to the venting layer. After this the mineral felt is then torched on to the underlay. Always buy enough rolls based on the lengths needed, not the square meter’age of the surface. Also account for drip edges as well (approx 15″ right around the perimeter, that’s folded back over and torched down). It’s still worked out cheaper than EPDM and GRP, but only just!!

Ditto my roof. EPDM. Yes bit more expensive but wasnt confident not to set myself on fire!!!

Where did you get your insulation from?

My build

@surfer just from Alsfords Timber, they take a bit of bartering but you can get them to reasonable levels once you’ve set up a trade account.

I’m still looking for a cladding supplier as there is so much, happy to go with cheap feather edge and stain it, but still can’t get the price reasonable at the moment.

Thanks Sui. Did you consider Earthwool or any alternatives?

Yeah, but u values are better with PIR board (so i’m told) or double the thickness, also the PIR stuff acts as a vapour control, horrible stuff to work with (cut) though..

Got me some doors and windows!

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YH55E9]Doors and windows in.[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YH55sL]Doors and windows in.[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

and started wiring last night – bloody hard in the dark, need to get majority done as i want to get plasterboard up this weekend..

[url=https://flic.kr/p/BZNjam]Start on the wiring, 3 x radial for lights, 1 shower feed and 1 ring for sockets.[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

Bit more progress over the weekend, got the ceiling plasterboard up and the insulated stuf on the walls. Annoyingly 7 whole sheets short though – must check what i ordered vs delivered, either way i c0cked up..

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Cb8W73]And in with the plasterboards..[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

Not been any updates for a while as my time has been really limited, however it’s now had a plaster skim as well as one of the partition walls going up (1 more to do for the shower/toilet area. So have started pulling the electrics through.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/GMi2Rv]Bit of progress[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

Sockets all went in nicely, the wiring diagram i drew for that seemed to work pretty well, and putting in dry lining boxes is a piece of cake.

The ceiling lights were a different story, the lights i got which are all supposed to be the same are not, they have different cut outs and i ended up cutting too small on some so had to widen the aperture (tis very hard without a guiding drill bit)

[url=https://flic.kr/p/21CWhyE]IMG_20171118_115801[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

got some updates on the shed as it’s nearly moving in time 🙂

[url=https://flic.kr/p/23CS7Q2]26279103_1206572132808349_5004384365883424768_n(1)[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr

These might not all be in sync, but this is the kitchen going in;

[url=https://flic.kr/p/23CS7S6]28159021_352133688604204_4917894320226304000_n[/url] by David Richardson, on Flickr