Snowy sheds 2021

Here's our first snowy garden office post of 2021, belonging to friend of Shedworking teacher Tracy Goodyear. If you've got a photo of your snowy shed, let us know!

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How to build your own garden office: update

Tracy Goodyear is nearly finished on her garden office build (see here for other recent updates) as you can see above, taken over the recent half term holidays. Here's what she says: "Things inside the office are starting to take shape. A few homely touches of a new chair, a home-made desk (instruction blog to follow!) and a few added extras, it’s now a comfortable and inviting space to work and relax." Catch up on her latest update here (you need to scroll down to find it) which includes details about adding skirting boards and siliconing the windows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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How to build your own garden office: The Learning Addict

Tracy Goodyear's garden office build (see here for previous updates) is nearing completion and she is continuing to provide useful updates on her blog as she goes along - the latest is here in which she covers the electrics going in, plasterboarding and plastering, whitewashing, and the installation of the first office plant! Read to the end of her blog post and you will also come across one of my favourite flooring designs. For anybody interested in building their own garden office, this is one of the best ongoing descriptions of how to go about it. ------------------------------------------

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How to build your own garden office: updates

We've been following several garden office builds on Shedworking this year. Above is Tracy Goodyear's who is nearing the end of her build. Here's her latest update:

This Friday, the electrician is coming to fit the Cat5 cable and the armoured electrical mains cable which will run from the house. As soon as that’s done, we’ll be ready to add the drywall and skim it. I did a Level 1 Plastering Course a couple of years ago at a night school at a local college, so I’m looking forward to dusting off the tools next weekend! Easter holidays can’t come soon enough!

Tracy is also the world's first owner of our brand new Haynes Shed Manual (see below) and was kind enough to say the following about it: "Really wish I had come across this book sooner as I probably would have been a little more adventurous with the style of roof and some of the other designs for the office- but this is a great read and takes you through the specifics, regardless of your experience."

 Elsewhere, Jack McConnell continues his video updates of his build. He's now onto the floor...

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How to build a garden office

Tracy Goodyear is Head of English at King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls in Birmingham and is also in the process of building her own garden office as she is documenting on her website The Learning Addict. As well as a self-build, it's also as upcycled/recycled as possible. Here's a snippet:

I’ve done hours of research, watched numerous YouTube videos, learnt about foundations, breathable membrane and cedar cladding and now I’m ready. To buy, these offices would cost between £8,000-£12,000. I don’t have that sort of money. At the moment, I’m aiming for something that costs around £2000, and endless Tracy hours! A bit of ambition never hurt anybody!

It's a very engaging blog and updated as and when. Here's a recent update:

I’ve been amazed by the generosity of people when I’ve shared my ideas for the office build. The saying ‘it’s not what you know, but who you know’ really is true… a colleague at work has a husband who runs building sites– I asked on the off chance that he may have access to some off cuts of Tyvek Housewrap. This stuff is quite expensive, but is needed as a breathable membrane in between the OSB board and the cedar cladding on the outside of the building. I was amazed when she came into work and said ‘ I’ve got a present for you’. Here it was, 100m of housewrap for the price of 4 bottles of Peroni. 

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