Hi from Hampshire

[sasillick]

Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to drop in and say thanks for letting me in.

I stumbled on this forum while trawling the internet for advice on how to build a large shed/workshop after my wife decided she was going to requisition the garage for her business.

The builds on here are pretty amazing from what I have seen so far - not sure if I can accomplish what others on here have, but armed with the wealth of knowledge here I'm sure I can come up with a good plan at least!

Looking forward to picking everyone's brains in the future once I an decide what I want to build - Mike's notes on building with a brick plinth have totally changed the direction I had been heading in

All the best,
Sean

 

[TrimTheKing]

Welcome aboard Sean

You'll get plenty of advice and help on that subject here so just ask away. The only thing I ask is you provide plenty of pictures as you go along! :eusa-dance:

 

[Malc2098]

Yo, Sean! Welcome form Deepest Mid-Devon.


I joined to build a workshop and look what's happened to me!!

 

[9fingers]

Greetings from a fellow Hampshire resident Sean

Bob

 

[Mike G]

Welcome Sean. I think I've got about a dozen to 15 workshops/ sheds/ garden offices on the go at the moment over a a couple of forums, and would be pleased to help with yours too. Take a look at the threads linked to in my signature as a starting point, and also go to the Workshop Builds sub-forum to see a full blow-by-blow account of mine and a number of other recent workshop builds. That will start you off in the right direction, but of course each one is different.

 

[Woodbloke]

Welcome Sean. I think I've got about a dozen to 15 workshops/ sheds/ garden offices on the go at the moment

How good are you at a Japanese tea house Mike? :eusa-whistle: - Rob

 

[AndyP]

Welcome Sean from NW France

 

[AndyP]

Welcome Sean. I think I've got about a dozen to 15 workshops/ sheds/ garden offices on the go at the moment

How good are you at a Japanese tea house Mike? :eusa-whistle: - Rob

Ooh Rob, are you gonna build one.

 

[Mike G]

Welcome Sean. I think I've got about a dozen to 15 workshops/ sheds/ garden offices on the go at the moment

How good are you at a Japanese tea house Mike? :eusa-whistle: - Rob

Dunno yet, but I reckon between us we could come up with something special.

 

[Woodbloke]

Ooh Rob, are you gonna build one.

SWIMBO has been bending my ear now for well over twelve months to construct something fairly small in one corner of the back garden close to the pond. I've repeatedly let the subject go 'quiet' but it keeps on rearing it's head from time to time so she hasn't forgotten and I think that shortly I'm going to have to 'gird lions' and get the job underway.

Dunno yet, but I reckon between us we could come up with something special.

I haven't got a scoobies how to go about this Mike, but obviously a wooden frame of some sort with possibly a cedar shingle roof? SWIMBO would also like a wooden floor with a square 'ole where you could put your feet when sitting on said floor and a table over the top to place the tea stuff. Part of the problem with doing a smally wee house like this is making the sliding door (almost obligatory) water tight, usually achieved in Japan with a huge overhang on the roofline so the rain can't get near it...except I haven't got enough space to do that

Water coming off the roof could be directed to a soakaway via a rain chain which are really spectacular in heavy rain. We've seen these on many houses and temples in Japan where there's a huge overhang; they don't work at all well if the chain is close to brickwork as is seen in a normal downpipe - Rob

 

[Rod]

Toolstation sell one but not very weather proof.

Rod

 

[StevieB]

:eusa-pray: for some Japanese joinery throughout :twisted:

 

[Mike G]

I think a feature of the typical stand-alone Japanese ones is the large roof overhangs, and often 2 levels of roof. By that I mean there is a main roof at an orthodox sort of pitch, and then a secondary roof with a much lower pitch wraps around at least part of the building. Both rooves kick at the eaves and the corners giving a slightly curved look to the roof-scape. It is this overhang which would normally protects the door, but if that wasn't possible then I'd suggest some form of folding screen/ outer door to protect the lightweight sliding inner one. Shingles/ shakes go down to about 12 degrees, are traditional in Japan, and would be absolutely ideal........how are your froe and draw-knife skills? Crack out the shaving horse....

To start off, Rod, you need to decide what size and shape the interior should be, or maybe even how big the sunken table is, then we work out from there. The structure is easy, and should be great fun to build. Japanese traditional buildings, as you know, feature posts and purlins and of course some fancy joints, so it really is just a question of how fancy you want to get.

 

[Phil]

Welcome to the forum. フォーラムへようこそ

あなたはチャップがトピックから外れています

 

[StevieB]

Turn off the sound and there are some design ideas here for roof structures here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDRYbr36dbA

 

[AndyP]

Ooh Rob, are you gonna build one.

SWIMBO has been bending my ear now for well over twelve months to construct something fairly small in one corner of the back garden close to the pond. I've repeatedly let the subject go 'quiet' but it keeps on rearing it's head from time to time so she hasn't forgotten and I think that shortly I'm going to have to 'gird lions' and get the job underway.
Rob

Are going for caged wild animals too

Seriously I hope you take this on.

 

[Woodbloke]

I think a feature of the typical stand-alone Japanese ones is the large roof overhangs, and often 2 levels of roof. By that I mean there is a main roof at an orthodox sort of pitch, and then a secondary roof with a much lower pitch wraps around at least part of the building. Both rooves kick at the eaves and the corners giving a slightly curved look to the roof-scape. It is this overhang which would normally protects the door, but if that wasn't possible then I'd suggest some form of folding screen/ outer door to protect the lightweight sliding inner one. Shingles/ shakes go down to about 12 degrees, are traditional in Japan, and would be absolutely ideal........how are your froe and draw-knife skills? Crack out the shaving horse....

To start off, Rod, you need to decide what size and shape the interior should be, or maybe even how big the sunken table is, then we work out from there. The structure is easy, and should be great fun to build. Japanese traditional buildings, as you know, feature posts and purlins and of course some fancy joints, so it really is just a question of how fancy you want to get.

Thank Mike; useful info to start the project

Seriously I hope you take this on.

I don't have much option Andy other than to keep quiet and hope it goes away. Which it won't - Rob

 

[AndyP]

An option for you sliding door quandary but be to have a conventional outward opening door on the outside with a more traditional Japanese sliding door behind perhaps.

 

[RogerS]

Meanwhile, back on the original thread...

Welcome Sean from Northumberland.

 

[sasillick]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.

Busy going through all the posts - Mike G and Malc2098 - it took me most of yesterday to read your build threads (Mrs wasn't impressed I spent all day in the same spot!) - the amount of detail you have put into your builds is amazing - and its a little worry about how big a project this is going to be!

I'd watched a few youtube videos where they had knocked up a frame in a day or two and seemed to be in and working in short order. My perceptions of time have been altered after reading your combined 62 pages of information!

Looks like I will be aiming to build a 10 x 16 workshop - I'm restricted to 2.5m as it will be next to a boundary, so I'm thinking a mono-pitch roof will give me the best interior head height? At least from what I have doodled, a normal pitched roof doesn't seem to give much wall height in order to give a reasonable pitch on the roof.

Going to be busy for a while teaching myself Sketchup - I have zero experience with it - so it may be a while before I come back with updates.

Cheers
Sean

 

[RogerS]

Sean ...I wholeheartedly recommend you buying a DVD or download of DaveRs excellent SketchUp for Woodworkers.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Woodworkings-G ... 1621134288

Buy it ! There are so many bad Youtube videos out there that will show very bad practice and have you tearing your hair out in frustration.

 

[sasillick]

Sean ...I wholeheartedly recommend you buying a DVD or download of DaveRs excellent SketchUp for Woodworkers. .

Thanks for the recommendation - I've already lost most of my hair, so I could do without Sketchup casting me to pull the rest out (Its already frustrating the hell out of me though!)

Sean