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I did one like this through the summer - admittedly had a bit of help from a friend who's a builder, but it's not too too hard. Coming next will be a deck and a storage shed that sits to the left of the cabin (will be the same style) and will kind of seclude an area where our patio furniture will go. I went wit the post holes mostly for cost, but also because we have a bit of slope in that part of our back yard to contend with, and the deck will be tiered down from there.
Nevermind my wife's derelict bike I've been telling her to bring in for ages.
I've yet to put a small awning up over the door, with lighting I designed, and since these photos were taken, the door's been painted black.
All of the cladding is Yakisugi, including the roof - we designed floating roof so we didn't have to do shingles or corrugate.
We've put more art up in here since these pics... once it's final.FINAL I'll post some more.
I don't know what building regs are like in the UK but here you can build something like this without permit as long as it's under 108sqft and doesn't impede on a few other rules regarding property lines and occupancy ratios.
No half pipe, unfortunately.
- dude that's sick, I'm grabbing some beers and coming over!_niko
- Thanks, yeah it was a fun build. Come by anytime.ben_
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- It's amazing! How secure is the area where you live? Where I live (in Germany), this would be my biggest concern.SimonFFM
- Fine work. I see you're in TO and also enjoying our latest dump of white poo. Any plans for heating or cooling this space?Gucci
- Great space to have, would love to do the same. What is it clad in?PhanLo
- love it!brt44
- That’s cool. Did you use plans from somewhere?calculator
- Simon, it’s reasonably secure, but we live downtown in a city so there’s always a risk of anything.ben_
- Gucci, we’re in Hamilton, but mostly the same rules apply. It heats nicely with a small space heater and cools okay with a fan.ben_
- We have a rough in for a split unit though. Just waiting to see if we really want one.ben_
- Phan, no I designed it all. The only stuff that took some thinking was the roof and the angled front (which is hard to tell from these pics).ben_
- I took drafting in high school, and my friend is familiar with current code so it was a pretty easy design/build.ben_
- /\ sorry that was for calculator.
Phan, it’s Yakisugi or Shou Sugi Ban. Charred cedar, coated with oil.ben_ - Lovely! I didn't know 'Yakisugi' as a term and thought it was an American technique. A friend built a wodnerful solid table using it. Fucker to seal after tho!Nairn
- Nairn, yeah it’s messy but I ended up with a pretty good torch-cool-seal method. 2 coats all sides, then another once up.ben_
- Did your friend scrape the char off and finish that way?ben_
- That tower near means no securei_was
- So nice! Beautiful jobcassiellux
- i_was, what do you mean?ben_
- Are you talking about theft? Squatting? You're assuming that building poses a threat of some sort?ben_
- Kudos - this is great!stoplying
- So sick!garbage
- Thanks peeps.ben_
- What do you mean by, floating roof?Gnash
- Boiled Linseed for the wood?Gnash
- @Gnash, yeah boiled linseed oil. much of it.ben_
- @gnash, there's a waterproof roof under the roof you see with about 4" of space between. Both the cedar roofing and the sub-roof feed into a hidden eaves thatben_
- runs water to a drain. The cedar roofing is super waterproof, but in the event it ever sprung a leak, the sub roof catches the water and deals with it.ben_
- A lot of people burn one side of the wood which isn't the way to do it. It's laborious but you have to do all edges and both sides to get the anti-rot benefits.ben_
- The BLO seals and protects as well, with any luck this siding should outlast our time in this house by 30 years.ben_
- Interesting. I imagine the gap between the roof membranes offers some heating/cooling benefitsGnash
- Dang dude, you made that?! You're hired. My backyard has been waiting for one of these for years now.nocomply
- @gnash, yeah it may... since there's technically two ridge vents there's some flow in there for sure. I've been checking for ice build up but so far nothing!ben_
- Nocomply - I'm not sure I could have done it on my own. The guidance from my friend and his help was crucial. I'm good to do the other one and the deck now tho.ben_
- I'm happy to help though. If you understand your building codes and permit sitch wherever you live it's a fairly easy thing to get going.ben_
- Ahh Hamilton. I should've recognized the building in the background. Worked near there for a bit. I'm in Burl.Gucci
- Bomb shelter is below?misterhow
- Bomb shelter is up at our cottage.ben_
- I’m sorry, these are called TINY HOMES. Get with the trendy drama.
Gorgeous btw. Really terrific design.jtb26 - Cladding looks dope! Great work Ben.PhanLo
- only just seeing this today. man thats beautiful! love the style!!! great work!microkorg
- Ive got some builder friends so would definitely be getting them involved too ;)microkorg
- That looks amazing!Chimp