My first sketchup render - it's all to scale - but I don't know about the roller shutter yet
OK – it’s not an ecospace studio yet(!) – just the first stab at seeing how the windows fit into the overall space I’ve got – and I don’t reckon it’s too bad. I plan on building the walls out of a sandwich of “kingspan” insulated foam panels glued to sheets of weatherproof Oriented Strand Board (OSB3). They’ll be hung from 4inch square timber posts sunk in concrete post-holders at the four corners and butting up to either side of the doors. I’ll then clad the whole lot in cedar (if I can afford it).
I plan on insulating the floor of the office section with more kingspan and making the roof out of the same kingspan/OSB sandwich. I’m in two minds about felting the roof or putting a sedum “living roof” up there – again price will be the key. I welcome your comments! (click the “0 Comments”) link below.
You can download the Google sketchup shed model itself here (Google sketchup is a free download for mac and pc available from here)
Sketchup looks good, however as I understand it won’t run on Linux?
You’re right – it won’t run natively, although there are reports of it running well under wine – see here : http://bit.ly/x7zpp
I like it. In fact I’m going to get something similar for the new house as I need a space for bikes, gardening tools, etc.
If your shed comes out looking anything remotely like that, it’s going to look pretty damn good! Good luck. I’ll have to pop over when it’s finished! 😉
Indeed! – If it looks like that I’m gonna make it into a “show shed” 😉
My mate works in a timber yard
Hi Dom – at last I’ve been able to find a bit of time to develop my own ‘garden office’ blog site, which I hope will become something a bit wider in time, if you get a chance have a look at http://www.humbledesigns.co.uk