I finally put the Planning Application in last week, fingers crossed it’ll go through smoothly. Here’s the floor plan, it’s changed a bit because of various things
I’m having Office 1, I think that’s fair as I’m building it
Ideally I’m going to put computers in the Storage room, but this may be needed for garden stuff. To start with it’ll just be a normal tower next to / under desk.
I also thought about a different design if needed, gives me smaller office but loads of storage…not too keen on that as I’ll be in the office at least 4 days a week.
Once I get the structure up, I’m going to work out how most of the cabling will go - I’m still keen in the long term to put the computers in the bottom right room, concealed within insulated walls…but we’ll see!
I’ve excavated a fair bit, would have been a pain to get a mini-digger in AND unload it, so hand dug. As it’s England, yes, it’s filled with water I’ve got a pump, so it’s no worries and I’ve dug a further foot down to house the pump. Works pretty well.
Only a little update, nearly there with the groundworks part, moved the sand in today, to cover the MOT (like clean hardcore to specific size). Then it’s membrane time (plastic sheet) and then next week it’s concrete pour time. Out of the two tonnes of sand I got, I’ve got half a tonne left over, but I can definitely put that to use, covering ducting for anyone in the future as a warning that stuff is below.
Hi Chris, build looks great so far. I too have a lot conduit at my house. If you have any questions let me know, I did a lot of great things and made a lot of mistakes along the way.
Hi Todd, thank you, it went as planned - all about the prep eh! Really kind of you mate, if I get stuck I’ll send you a message. It’s a pretty simple setup, so hopefully it’ll go OK