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Garden studioEdited 25m ago#studio#build

Garden studio plan

Why I have been working from the kitchen table for two years. The shed is 3m by 4m, dry, and full of things nobody has touched since we moved in. If it can hold a desk, a shelf and a heater, it can hold my working day. What it needs Insulation in the walls and the roof. See Insulation notes . Power: two double sockets and an outdoor light, done by an electrician. A window that opens. The current one is painted shut. A floor that is not cold in January. Budget Aiming for 1,500 in total. Insulation and boards are about 420, the electrician quoted roughly 600 on the phone, and the rest is the window, paint and a rug. Order of work Clear it out and take everything we do not want to the tip. Electrics first, while the walls are open. Insulate, then board over. Window, paint, floor. Move the desk in and see how it feels for a week before buying anything else. The layout sketch is on the whiteboard. The board has the jobs.

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Garden studioEdited 20h ago#studio#research

What I learned from two suppliers and one very patient man at the builders' yard. Boards, not rolls Rigid foam boards are easier in a small space. They cut with a saw, hold their shape between the studs, and need no mask the way mineral wool does. Leave a gap A 25mm air gap between the boards and the outer wall stops damp building up. Battens hold the gap. Vapour barrier on the warm side A plastic sheet goes on the inside, under the plasterboard, taped at every seam. Skip it and the moisture from breathing and a kettle ends up inside the wall. Thickness 50mm in the walls is plenty for a shed this size. The roof loses the most heat, so 100mm there if the rafters are deep enough. Still need to measure them.