I’ve spent the last couple months or so building an office/workshop at the end of my garden. Despite the unhelpful weather (rain and snow) I’ve managed to get the main construction complete, ready for internal trims and a LOT of treating.

Here are a few pics of the almost-finished shop. It’s 5x3m (around 16x10ft) exterior, a little shorter on the interior due to having 60mm insulation panels fitted between two 28mm thick walls. There will be my desk (I work from home as a programmer during office hours) in one corner, and my bench will be in the middle of the room at the opposite end. I may build a new one now I can get to both sides of the bench.

Timber storage and a location for a new band saw are my two main decisions now regarding the interior now. I’m going to give the floor a good couple coats of poly first though, to give it some protection – it’s just bare wood at the moment.

The whole thing is a kit from a company here in the UK. It’s slow-grown spruce and seems to be pretty decent quality. I counted around twenty growth rings on the end of some of the 28mm thick wall logs.

Electricity will be hooked up this/next week spending on how busy my sparky is. Will be a couple of weeks before I’m in there but I can’t wait! My workshop won’t be in my dining room any more either, so my wife is extremely pleased!

George.