Inching along in millimetres

[XTIAN170174]

Hello everybody,

  I'm getting on with a build project that I've planned for some years, now being certain of what will be done in what order and what to plan for in terms of materials and workload.

I'll mainly be here looking for those resources, in particular composite panels to do the roofs with, I'm advised they're not easily available from manufacturers who are tending to favour orders of 100m²/>

I have other things to take care of too, so they may also crop up in my line of enquiry - e.g. I've devised a means of using a composite panel that I will make myself so I can partition the space into a number of configurations, ultimately this would make a great modular building concept, but I will be seeing how this goes first before I consider that.   And then it will depend largely on how well that space is equipped or whether it is worth getting a commercial unit to operate from in that capacity, then how much interest there would be within the confines of just a 'garden building' category or if it would only have viability as a broadly compatible system used indoors and out, both at home and for commercial use, which obviously means aesthetics and security weighing more heavily on the basic concept...

In the first instance though, three stages of sourcing and installing the roofing - low pitch roofs, one at each end of the build, then a central space  with steeper double pitch roof to bring it all together - a good way off in terms of completion, but I'm always sourcing for it until it's done, so worth mentioning from the outset...

 

Please to meet you all :)

 

[Nickfromwales]

Hi and welcome. 

We prefer discussion with known / existing build methods as they are of immediate relevance. 

Hopefully that will be observed  

Many thanks 

Mods. 

[Big Jimbo]

Sounds a bit like you are thinking along the lines of the Walter Segal ??? principal ? Internal walls that you can move around as required. ie, Three smaller bedrooms that you can turn into Two larger rooms when you can finally get rid of one of the kids ??? Or am i missing the point?

I've only been on the site for a couple of days, but welcome. The site makes great reading, and is much more interesting than the telly.

[ToughButterCup]

3 hours ago, Big Jimbo said:

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The site makes great reading, and is much more interesting than the telly.

 

GD on the telly an BH on the laptop; shout at the telly (well, Kevin), sneer privately at the participants ("Oh that extra £100K arrived quite unexpecredly"), snigger at @Onoff , suck your teeth at the hasty internet searches,  plan tomorrows cock-up in waiting, spill your beer on the cat.

 

Nowt better of an evenin'

[XTIAN170174]

3 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

Hi and welcome. 

We prefer discussion with known / existing build methods as they are of immediate relevance. 

Hopefully that will be observed  

Many thanks 

Mods. 

It will be very conventional in the building sense, just that you cannot readily buy the panels I will make as required [as this would narrow down available sizes, like if kits were the way to go the panels would rely upon posts accurately distanced for fixing them on to] - They're merely ply & stud timber frame enclosing 25mm polystyrene insulation, with a stepped top/bottom edge where it comes together and angled outer panel top/bottom edges - to make them work like a tile while being fit inline.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7DQHJSQu6jOVFpWZEdaX0hTMWM

The roof is the priority though - and the panels are not going in until the [currently level thru-]floor is marginally higher on the inside.

[XTIAN170174]

3 hours ago, Big Jimbo said:

Sounds a bit like you are thinking along the lines of the Walter Segal ??? principal ? Internal walls that you can move around as required. ie, Three smaller bedrooms that you can turn into Two larger rooms when you can finally get rid of one of the kids ??? Or am i missing the point?

I've only been on the site for a couple of days, but welcome. The site makes great reading, and is much more interesting than the telly.

It could be likened to it - maybe even could be the next model, I hadn't heard of him though..., thanks for bringing it to my attention.
- From the beginning of the project I've refurbished existing building work to get the height and pitch right [these brick outbuildings were originally intended for animals, more often too low to stand up in], and left a wall out so I can use the panels in this way as I span the adjacent concrete footing and may want to use that as the same indoor space, or section it off, same thing happens at the opposite end of the footing so the panels go around that footing and allow for multiple configurations with ample overhead storage on site for any removed panels.