Hovis builds a garden office*

So I've finally gotten around to taking some it's finished shots, sorry for the delay. Actually I finished it on new years eve last year and it's been a proper godsend during Covid times.

Since last time:

1. Laminate flooring. Not much to say here. It's "floating" on a sheet of 2mm acoustic foam which is in turm on top of some 18mm T&G chipboard flooring that is glued together (and also floating).

2. Skirting. Made my own out of some strips of 9mm MDF I have been hoarding for years, glad I fought the urge to throw it away. Just a rectangular section with a little groove cut out near the top. I quite like it, however the top surface is a magnet for sawdust.

3. Window and door reveals. I ended up going OTT complicated with it and made them up with compound angled strips of birch ply, to get a internal mitred frame. They are simply glued on using mitre bond.

4. Workshopped. It's a work in progress but I have most of what I need to facilitate my furniture side hustle. Made some cabinets for the back wall out of ply, had just enough left offer birch from the walls to make the drawer front. Made a new workbench which I absolutely love, a less portable version of a paulk bench. Dead flat, really handy with the dog holes + track saw and the cubbies are a handy place to keep tools on hand. Got a big old sliding table saw too which is a dream to use vs my old dewalt jobsite saw.

Overall I'm very happy with this project, some headaches along the way but a real blast to make and now use. I have so many lessons learnt, hopefully I'll remember them when we inevitably move and I make a bigger badder better one.

Next up is some decking for the front, will post up details when they arrive, and some major landscaping of the garden.

Oh and shout out again to Ali Dymock's youtube series on his garden office build. Genuinely wouldn't have even attempted this without it.

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