Summer house project...
 

I've recently installed a summer house in my garden to use as a cinema/ chill out room, thought some of you might be interested in a few pics I took along the way.
Base...
http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/x...psd8cafca1.jpg

Build...
http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps55b49986.jpg

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/x...pscff28a6e.jpg

Wood treatment took longer than the build and cost £140 for the treatment...
http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/x...psc48a5a3a.jpg


I've installed a log burner and my projector with surround sound...
http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps7cacec42.jpg


http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps70009af2.jpg

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Also built myself a fortress of a shed, using an overlapped corner style the same as the summer house.

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/x...psb13d0a0a.jpg
Still a few bits to do on this so I'll post a few pics once it's finished.

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One serious shead there.
Expecting the zombie hoard might nic the trumpet??

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it's for after he screens The Walking Dead in his cinema ;)

That is proper awesome SpecialOne, very jealous of that! :D

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How strong is that overlap corner style?


I am looking to do a conversion of my "gazebo" (6 4" uprights supporting a 16'x8' tiled roof) I have been tempted to create a 3" frame, clad the outside in 22mm tanalised fill the void with polystyrene slab and then clad the inside with a finished plywood.

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Tim, it's very strong, the problem I had is the timber (44mm thick larch tongue and groove) varied in size, (thickness and width) so couldn't make the joints as tight as I would've liked.
I've also fixed some 3 inch arris rail timber on the inside corners, that made it even stronger.

I should add, I bought the summer house as a kit, but didn't order the whole kit, I put my own floor in and changed a couple of things I didn't like.

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Nope, my garden has no rear access, my bikes are in my front garage, this is only for my garden stuff and mtb, I mainly built a hd one as I'm sick to death of cheap stuff not lasting, this cost me about £480 in materials alone but if I'd made this 5 years ago, I wouldn't be replacing the POS I had.

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The checquer bord look is great, even if not intentional
Are the kits Ok for a keen diy bod

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I should clarify, the shed I designed and built from scratch, took 3/4 of a day just to do the halving joint cut outs, it's DIY possible but if you've not got a decent chop saw, it would take a while.

The summer house kits on the other hand are easy, it's all just like a Lego kit really.
I got mine from www.gardenbuildingsdirect.com as I'd fitted one for a customer before.

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Nice man cave