Building My Dream Workshop At Home - Episode 7 

Bloody brilliant! Been a pleasure helping you on this mate! Jim@Cal Elec

Stick an emergency bulk head up beside the fuse board... Also the double under the counter for the water heater... Change it for 2 singles

A couple of Alternative thoughts before you go further - Rather than a shower tray & glass, why not just make it a wet room... more space and easier build 😎👌. You could also put folding or sliding doors across the kitchen front instead of walling it off meaning you could use it closed or open if you wanted more space.

Pushing forward nicely! Do things your way bud don't worry about the comments...

Been a great watch mate. Even my 5 year old daughter had been enjoying it too.. 👍

Dan if it’s not too late, consider putting the kitchen door at the end, instead of where it is. It will save walking in and out towards the lift blind and also easier to “see and shout” into the workshop area (and also easier to hear the microwave when it dings..) 😊bloody nice workshop buddy ! 👌

Don't you just love a wheel barrow chair, so comfy.

Amazing progress and just hard graft. Well done Dan.

I'm so insanely jealous of this!! It would be great to see a cost breakdown of what the project cost when it's all done.

You can make stairs and do Office area above bathroom

Bloody hell , you have worked wonders on this project , all by yourself more or less Dan . My hat is definitely off to you WELL DONE to you👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Well done to you Dan, living my dream 😊

Looking really good now Dan now you have the electrics in and the lights working it must feel more like a proper workshop, I'm really surprised how well those lights umm light up the unit I wasn't expecting them to be that bright👌 Don't listen to all the critics mate you do it how you want, it's great to have help and constructive criticism but what you don't need are the keyboard experts😆 IMO you are doing a fantastic job, looking forward to the next one👏👍

Put some lights under your wall units as you'll get shadows on your benches and you will need more wall sockets once your benches are fitted...

Awesome space

More massive progress!! I love the way you put your mind to something and make it happen. Inspirational!!!

Great work Dan!

Love that magnet washer fishing line idea Dan, thanks for the tip bud 👍

This is a dream..!! Big well done to you dan, and love all the VW content, can’t wait for the first build to come out off here 👏🏽👏🏽

Can’t beat abit of new workshop footage fella. I love your car videos but I’m enjoying the workshop videos. Can’t wait for more bungalow footage too

Absolutely love the workshop videos! Top notch work

Excellent progress! I can sympathise with the back. Ice then heat works for me. 🛠👍

It’s coming along nicely!! Love workshop build content, keep it coming

Looking great, ignore all the armchair experts.. your workshop, your way 👍

Huge amount of graft, but it'll all be worth it mate 👍🏻

Love the videos. Great content.

Love it Dan Great work and everything just getting better and better.👌

Great content. You'll need a cleaners sink if it's only for filling a mop bucket you'll find it's worth the money... Keeps the kitchen and toilet areas cleaner

I think your going about it the right way it's looking fantastic Dan another great video 👍👍

Just loving the steady progress, Dan. You’re an inspiration doing most of this by yourself, with help here and there from some kind people. Keep pushing; getting close to being in and building some sweet motors.❤👏💪

Awesome content as always Dan. Look forward to some of the future projects that will be coming out of that workshop 👌

Wow work shop is looking good keep up the good work

Excited for you with this project Dan! Looking good so far 💪🏼

Aha, magnets! I've been wondering about this since the last one 👍 good effort, loving seeing it coming together

Great video Dan. Workshop is looking good.

Looking great mate. I would add a space for a washing machine and dryer though. That way keeps all the dirty stuff out of the house.

I've just watched the new video, I broke my back just before Christmas and that hole you dug made me feel for your poor back. Workshop is looking good mate, can't believe how quick you have got in such a short time. Keep up the great work.

Great work on the shop! 😃👍

Great progress again bud . Do it the way you want to do it . There are always people that know better and haters. It your workshop. Keep on going bud with the progress 💪💪💪💪

Great video, loving see all the progress you’re making 👍🏻

Fair play mate, that was some serious graft you did there but a job well done! You got the right advice and looks like you're well within regs for the lift pad... with regards to the concrete obviously get the lorry as close as you can to reduce waiting time or get a pump hired for a couple hundred quid... just a tip to save time/money. I've driven concrete for couple years and people get stung on waiting time, I hope it all goes smoothly for you 👍 jealous as f××× of your new workshop.. dreams can come true 👍👍👍

That was a serious bit of graft Dan, fair play, looking forward to seeing the next instalment,

Good progress and looking well. 👌 For future reference....if you cut concrete into 2ft squares, they just pop out, which then reduces the manual labour of using a jack hammer to break the slab up and shifting all the rubble. 😉 Plus those 2ft squares of concrete can then be reused for standing stuff on elsewhere....in the garden etc.

Wooooahhhh hold up a second! The BIFOLD DOORS ARRIVED!!!

Another great video Matt. I feel your pain having build my own workshop all on my own all be it 15 years ago but it's always nice to be able to say you done it yourself. Forget about the hater's and do it the way you want it at the end of the day it's you that will be working in it not them. Keep the good work up and can't wait for the next video.

Wish I had the space to build a workshop. I did build a new outbuilding / brick shed a few years ago, well my mate did but I told him what I wanted, and it’s great to just start with a blank canvas and put your own spin / needs on it. Love your videos Dan. I used to be into VW’s big style until I started my business and money was then tight. Had a Mk2 Golf, Mk2 Polo both modded. I’ve got a Van but it’s a Vivaro, not a T5 but your videos do give me ideas.

Really nice!!!

Fab work Dan! Well done 😎👍🏻 definitely back breaking work that! Think I saw you using the barrow as a chair at one point 😂😂😎👍🏻

Loving the progress mate, coming along nicely 👌 very very jealous.. got to say however.... show the van some love and give it clean, it's filthy!!! 👊

Getting there Dan . Workshop is coming on well and quickly. Brilliant job so far . Love the fact your obsessed with a light switch and your roller shutter door Brilliant. Can't wait to see this finished now and you back on with the car content . Good luck with the rest lad

You are making some good progress here!! You’ll be Absolutely winning in life with a workshop, a shitter and a fully stocked kitchen all in one place! 👌🏽🤣🤣

Dan just watched the workshop is looking great put sliding doors on the toilet and kitchen and it won't introdude into the workshop space as you have put the lift down in that area

big place looks good.

Some proper alpha male graft during this video, kudos DAC 🤙🏻

Can’t believe how quick you’ve got this done

Don’t apologise for the content, I’ve enjoyed the build, I only wish I lived closer, I’d have love to have helped. Think you should’ve sprayed the walls when you had nought in there, but, crackin mate, crackin👍

Awesome work as usual Dan. Coming together now.

Come on fast and well done on this project 👍

Prob a good idea to put a washing machine in to wash your dirty overalls. I get it in the neck from the wife when I put mine in the washing machine.

It's a well planned unit, looks great, but your always gonna get someone saying, WHY, why not. White is clean 🤔 looking great, do what's right within budget.

I think you should just keep doing it your way it’s your project lol been liking the workshop build videos

enjoying watching your videos I watch a digger service engineer and when the digger arm is raised I noticed it was slowly dropping back too the ground you need to let the hire company know as it shouldn't do that so there is a faulty component on it

Save your money Dan, the OSB finish is fine and relects plenty of light!

Another great video dude

Great content. I had a similar issue with my concrete floor. In the end I used interlocking tiles, which can take around 3 tonnes per tile meaning you can wheel most stuff about like a car on a trolley jack for instance. Looks great so recommended for a future option - I saw you are going to seal and paint to start with. Just wondering what you are going to clad the outside with? And did you do the ridge tiles yet 😂 Impressive work in a short time!!

Wow coming together mate...

This is looking awesome Dan. If it was me, the one thing I'd add is a large sink to wash them grubby hands on the outside wall of the kitching in the workshop. Some times we all get sh!t up to our elbows 🤷‍♂️

Bifolding doors save little more space

Don’t you just love RU-vid… out of a thousand positives you’ll get some expert Pr##k trying to throw a negative in! Fantastic Job Dan 👍

You could do pocket doors.

Great content, I'm really chuffed for ya. Re the electrics, you will need a 6/10mm cable for your water heater, not a socket feed btw. 👍and if it was me, maybe some mesh to reinforce the slab, but I know money is tight.

Dan, idea.... Why not do a lean to to keep your firewood under...

Waw that's a lot of hard labour you put in. The light is perfect but still why no windows in the building?

Will you have enough room to open the cupboard doors in that kitchen? 600 x 600 unit in plan means a 600 wide cupboard door. If the room is 1200, and there's the lining thickness on the two opposing walls (24mm?)...

Fuse Board should be inside the Main Door, if the place goes on fire you want switch off juice fast.

Looking 👍🏻 👌.. are you putting in some windows? It's something I'm debating about for my future workshop.. 🤔 stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Looking good, are you going to put extraction fans into the end walls?

Dan I’m not telling you how to suck eggs but have you thought about sliding doors on the kitchen and bathroom ? I know it takes a few more inches but saves a lot of space without swinging doors

Hi ya Dan what about a pocket slideing doors for bathroom kitchen

Really enjoying watching this build, but a question that is nagging me: why didn't you conceal all the wiring for the sockets and the lights?

Why no Windows or clear roof panels,? =free lighting,

Nice job done by your self. Suggestion why not use slide door for the kitchen and toilet so the door will not been in your way.

Looking good. Why you fittin your lift at the end with the toilet etc? Or you gonna get second lift at some point ?

Maybe a sliding door for the kitchen?

Are you gonna epoxy/paint the floor? You could seal it that way instead.

Class work! How come you putting the lift that end though?

Did the pad have to be that big or could you just dig to large holes where the posts would go?

What sort of planning did you need for this?

Would it be worth getting the floor levelled at the same time as pouring the pad is that even possible 🤔

Why did you put the lift beside the kitchen and toilet what are you doing at the other end off the work shop.🍻👍

you getting it alarmed?

Surely it would of been worthwhile plaster boarding the inside instead of OSB given it's cheaper etc.

Would have made foa more sense to put a trunking round the walls with conduit drops for everything, also it would have looked tidier and been a piece of piss to add anything at a later date, very surprised that your sparky didn’t suggest this?

Sounds like us construction guys are quite the whiney bastards and you've had enough of the nitpicking, hahaha! The crazy thing is, construction guys should know better than anyone that, as you said, you can plan all you want but plans dont always work out. Sometimes you have to do stuff out of the ideal order cause one of the trades bails on you or theres weather or whatever. At the end of the day as long as its done right its a job done. You're on the home stretch now!

Did you get the idea for using the magnet from that guy that builds the superhomes

Look at ecotiles for your floor, trust me it’s a no brainier

why dont you put a washing machine in the kitchen for your dirty work clothes great job

Only one way to build your own dream work shop, your way. Sad you have to interrupt amazing content to explain decisions to the haters.

Why didn't you build a window for daylight in the hall? Either in the roof area or in the walls. At least in the toilet. Laugh 😂😂 Greetings from Germany