Nothing really happening, just waiting... :/

How's it going with the shop & houses?

No real changes yet. There is always work to do on one property or the other but no time or money for any bigger projects. It is what it is.

So, how's it going with the shack, the old house, and the new house?

Sadly nothing on this project. Still waiting for the old house to sell so no money for bigger things like this.

I don't seem to have managed to spend any time planning things out over the winter, but I do have plans slowly formulating in my head :D

Any updates?

I won't be doing any major work until the old house sells and the housing market is fucked right now thanks to very high interest rates for mortgages.

Until that happens I'm doing lots of little things like fixing doors, drains, plumbing, heating, gardening etc.

I'm going to plan out the major jobs over the winter and figure out the logistics of it all.

I recently did some work replacing a damaged brick on the outside wall and found out that there is already insulation in the wall cavity, which is great news as it's one less thing for me to do! It'll also help keep the heating bills down.

Any progress? Good or not so..at all?

1) Yarp
2) I'll be fine, I just don't have spare money like I used too.
3) The new village is a fair bit bigger, but still only a small village. It does have a pub, but it closed last year! However it looks like it might be opening up again soon. No shop, but I can get a bus every couple of hours to go to town if I need to. I didn't have any of that at the last place.

1: Good luck!
2: Man, that sucks. If you need scraps I have those..
3: That's good to hear about the neighbors. Is it a big(ger) village compared to the previous? I hope there's at least a pub and a bakery, otherwise move again :P

1) True
2) Yes, it's very expensive and leaves me with nothing after I've paid all the bills each month :/
3) All the major work is on hold until some money appears, but there is still plenty to do. I've been fixing some issues with the outside doors, new handles & locks. I've fixed a couple of leaks in the heating system. I've been investigating the damp problems the house has and working out ways to fix it. Basically doing lots of little things to improve the place that doesn't need a lot of money. It's also been nice to get to know the neighbours and help them out a little bit, they liked how I'd repaired my doors and asked if I could take a look at a problem with theirs. It was a simple fix and they are super happy. I don't know anyone where I live now so it's really good to get to know some people.

>>38370>>38372

1: Well you have the rest of your life to work on those.
2: damn, that sucks. Do you still pay for it? Like insurance or something?
3; So the new floor will have to wait? And the workshop too?

1) Slowly :D
2) Nope, the housing market is not in good shape right now so unlikely to sell until next spring or summer I think :/
3) Tired, but I can at least rest when I want to now. I've been slowly doing jobs to make living here a bit nicer, but it'll be a while before I start any big jobs. I'm happy in my new home though. The neighbours are great, I'm very happy with the house and garden, not much to complain about honestly :)

Three questions for the Jesus.

1; How's it going with the new housing project(s)?
2; Is the old house sold yet?
3; How are you doing?

Are you going to insulate it? - Yes, definitely in the walls and roof, maybe in the floor too under the concrete.

The foundation is a concrete slab 100mm thick, except at the edges it'll be 200mm thick.

No luck selling the old house yet, but the housing market is fairly slow currently. I'm probably going to move to the new house soon, next month. It'll give me a chance to start fixing up the house and it'll be cheaper too.

Cause your post >>38279 made no sense to me, I'll ask some stupid questions that you probably already answered.
Are you going to insulate it? I can't imaging going there in the winter/rain to fix/find something without at least some form of heating.
Also, I presume, the foundation will be concrete, right?

And how's the old house doing? Anybody made a bid yet?

What software did you design in? - This is Tinkercad, a website for designing 3D objects. Mostly used for 3D printing projects

What is your dimensional lumber size (we use 2”x4” for studs)? - We use 2x4's often as well, but this project will be mostly 2x3. We just have metric equivalent for these traditional sizes.

Can I come out and help you build it? - Yes!

It looks like your rafters are laid flat, this is unusual for me as we tend to orient the boards to be taller than wider for more strength (considering snow load and all), is this normal practice for there? - It is a very low pitch roof, this is to keep the height below the legal limit of 2.5M. If I wanted taller I'd have to apply for planning permission.

Is snow load a consideration for your area? - Thankfully I can engineer the trusses to cope with a decent amount of snow, although we don't often have much more than a foot.

The horizontal wall boards that you show, is that representing siding? - Yes, I haven't decided if I'll use weatherboarding as shown or shiplap boarding, but it will something like that.

Are you using sheet goods (plywood) for the sheathing the walls or just siding? Internally it'll have OSB (oriented strand board) and on the outside it'll have a vapour barrier fabric and then the boarding. I'll most likely insulate the gap with rigid foam insulation.

What are you using for siding? Weatherboarding or shiplap boarding most likely.

What do you have planned for roofing? - Most likely pre-painted aluminium roofing sheets. It's very common on larger outbuildings these days, replaces the old corrugated iron sheets.
Being that the shed is in front of the back of f your house (or vice versa) are there aesthetic requirements that you need to meet? - Thankfully the council have decided that the shed will be at the back of the house and so is legal and doesn't require any further permissions. If they had decided it was in front of the house then it would need planning permission, but would likely be refused. We don't have aesthetic requirements for sheds just size requirements. If the building was on a historic building register then the outbuilding would probably need to fit the aesthetic of the main property.

What software did you design in? What is your dimensional lumber size (we use 2”x4” for studs)? Can I come out and help you build it? It looks like your rafters are laid flat, this is unusual for me as we tend to orient the boards to be taller than wider for more strength (considering snow load and all), is this normal practice for there? Is snow load a consideration for your area? The horizontal wall boards that you show, is that representing siding? Are you using sheet goods (plywood) for the sheathing the walls or just siding? What are you using for siding? What do you have planned for roofing? Being that the shed is in front of the back of f your house (or vice versa) are there aesthetic requirements that you need to meet?

Yes I plan to 3D print it! ;D

That picture up above is my 3D design for the workshop. It's bigger than it appears at 5M x 3M and 2.5M high. That's the biggest I can build without planning permission. There is already a smaller shed in the garden I will use for all my gardening stuff so this one will be just for my tools :)

It'll probably cost about £5000+ to build but it'll be much better than anything I could by off the shelf.

Are you gonna 3D-print one? ;)

Seriously though. Are you gonna design one yourself or buy one of the shelf?

Square ;p

ummmmmmmm, no :D

Pink! With a glass roof ;)

Materials and colour aren't limited, just size and location really.

Cool, have fun. Can you build with any material, and color, or is that limited too?