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Howard

The skills (and equipment!) needed to do a garden room* properly are the same as doing a loft conversion properly. OK, that might be at height, but I don't think that's what's stopping folks from DIYing it to be fair!

* not a summerhouse, that's just a big shed.

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fredtc in reply to @Howard

that's not true at all imo. For a start I wouldn't modify my house, particularly not the roof. A 'Garden room' is just a few timber frames, some cladding and and EPDM roof. Ok, if you want to build a small house in your garden then it's complicated, but if all you want is somewhere dry to fix bikes and ride the turbo then it's really no harder than a stud wall.

I took a week off work with my wife and we built it together. I'm slightly DIY minded but had to borrow a chop saw so hardly an expert, and it was really enjoyable. I'd fully recommend anyone thinking of doing it to have a crack. The worst that can happen is it falls down.

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Howard in reply to @fredtc

but if all you want is somewhere dry to fix bikes and ride the turbo then it's really no harder than a stud wall.

That's a shed, or summerhouse. I don't think it's semantics. A garden room is fundamentally different.

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