How to build a Garden Room - Full instructions with Storage Build 

This was brilliant. I’ll tell you what was so good about it, too, and that was the fact that you only showed the steps. You didn’t show the process. Too many of these videos have a bunch of filler showing measuring and cutting, and it pads things out to the point where you don’t remember any of the actual steps. I watched all 90 minutes of this and feel like a retained enough info to do this job myself, which is an incredibly generous thing for you to do - very, very much appreciated. Almost criminal that this channel only has 2k subscribers, this is gold standard content. Well done 👌

Very nice job helped me with some things I didn't think about. . Just about to start my own Garden office build with cedar and never thought about using corrugated panels for the side and back that is tight up against a wall and out of sight. Might look into this as will massively reduce the price and won't make any difference to the look.

The UK should export carpenters in Southeast Asia. Beautiful men to build tiny houses. Better than exporting useless ESL teachers. Amazing skill and very clear instructions.

Your videos were brilliant, always enjoyed watching them. such a shame you don’t do them any more.

That's a massive job to film and edit the build. Thanks so much.

Hi there! Came across your video last night stayed up to watch all 11 episodes! It was incredibly generous of you to do this and your replies to comments. Not a builder but I feel I can give clear instructions (orders!) now😂Thanks again

I wish toby could keep up he’s always over there ,,

Excellent build & looks great

Beautiful build! Thanks for the detailed explanations and well put together video.

Really appreciate you doing this. Thanks.

Nicely done can't wait to see more of your videos.

You guys are perfectionists!!!!!!

Great video and guidance, lovely to watch

Great job, thanks for sharing.

You’re squaring that large wall based on that one sheet. A more precise way is to measure diagonally across the length on the wall. A large X. If both lengths are the same then you’re square. That’s what framing crews do. Thanks for sharing, cool project.

Great video and very well explained Nice to see step by step explanation

Some good advice, nice video a little long if I'm honest.. a Great tip for you, put your tool belt to good use save yourself hours of time running around picking stuff up

Thanks for sharing

Right... so.... I watched this yesterday with a cup of tea. Great video! Very informative. Next one you do, i would LOVE to see you explain the CONCRETE SLAB process too.

Great video, gives a person so many ideas but also the correct steps of how to do it! Great final product too....very impressive.

great video to highlight some of the common / inevitable problems and their solutions. excellent

Really great info! Very generous of you to spend so much time and effort sharing your process :) Lots of good hints and tips, well explained and fun to watch. Well done!

Great job

It's great to have a warm, private space.

Very smart job 😁

Great job gents!

Looks nice that thanks for the share

Very good work… keep it up

Great video thanks. Will be building one of these next summer and you’ve answered many of my questions clearly and simply. I’ve liked and subscribed and look forward to seeing more projects like this. Well done.

Beautiful work. Lovely to see real craftsmen. Appreciate you taking the time to share.

Nice work guys and some useful tips 👍

Nicely done cant wait to see more of your work

Nobby Screws are the best for Nobby!! Lovely build should be very pleased with he direction your Company is going!!

good stuff 👍

Great work guys

Good video, just one thing I would do different. Place the root rafters on top and inline with the studs. Thats how its usually done.

Fantastic, video!

Great video! Was looking for guidance on laying the rubber roof, I bet that's more difficult than you made it look! Nice job, hopefully the owner is very happy with it.

Great video, no waffle 👌

Thank you so much for your video. This is the most informative video i have ever seen on building a garden house. I have subribed and will revisit your chanel tomorrow for more videos hopefully like this as its past my bed time. ( i watched the whole video in one go as i entered my bed...too good to stop watching)

Excellent video, air conditioning would be great for this build

You explain things really well, also great job!

I'm doing a flat roof next week. I used timber firrings on top the joists to get the fall. Much easier and you have a nice flat ceiling.

Great video and can I just say that you do amazing work. I wish you were in California - I'd hire you! :-) I love seeing the process from start to finish. Bravo

Hey, as others have said, what a great video! I'm trying to plan a DIY build and this is some of the best content I've found. Looking forward to watching more of your vids. A couple of questions: 1) Is it beneficial to install a vapour barrier over the insulation if using PIR? Some videos say yes, it looks like you didn't in this case. What is the risk of not having a vapour barrier? 2) I'd heard that it is important to leave space above the roof insulation for ventilation (50mm between the OSB and PIR). I think in this you instead push the PIR right up against the OSB, can you comment on the options and the pros and cons here? 3) Was the slab you used here reinforced? is there a rule of thumb for how big the slab can go before you need to reinforce? (for context, I'd be building in South London, presumably onto London clay) Again, thanks for the great video!

Yes, more 3 4 5 please matey

Great vid great work 😎👏

Great build and great content. May I suggest making the next build into a daily series, drop each day when its been edited, much shorter videos and can follow progress as it happens. Keep at it 💪🏻😎💪🏻

Outstanding video, thank you 😊 how do you seal the secret door from rain etc?

1st class job mate! Do you have a list of the materials used at all? not so much a bill of materials down to quantities required as, but more just a yeh used OSB of X thickness for ceiling and x for floor kinda thing. planning on a 11 x 14 ft single pitch build myself with the door on gable end into the 8 x 11 area, and 2 little 5.5 x 6 foot office pods with sliding doors internal.

Great video! I am interested in what underfloor heating product you used. Also please make a more detailed video of the Electrical installation.

If you use imperial measurements of 16 and or 24 centres you won't need to cut so many 8 x 4 sheets. Lovey job guys!

Brilliant work mate. Toby get closer to whatever he’s showing us ffs 🤣 loved the tutorial and great standard of work

Use vapour barrier inside the kit to stop the cold air meeting cold air

I have a tip, wear ear defenders while using circular saw or you will end up shouting like Oakwood garden rooms lol.

Is it important to use treated timber for the walls? I know the bottom plate in contant with concrete needs to be but can the rest be normal cls or sawn timber? Thanks

Thanks I never understood the 3,4,5 rule 😄😄

Good to see someone using a concrete slab. Lots of others don't, but my preference is a concrete slab for some gym equipment. Any thoughts on using insulated slabs, with the insulation under the concrete?

Could you do a small video or list of the amount of wood you have used or roughly how much you need to plan a build like this

nice work, I'm building one at the moment and like the way you've done the secret door. I was going to use a fire door and clad it but think this will make it a lot cheaper. did you still put a door frame in? are they parliament hinges you used?

Awesome video. I’m just starting research and planning for my garden room and this is so helpful. I was wondering about the cold roof - don’t you need to leave an air gap above the insulation? I like what you’ve done here as it leaves max headroom, but I’ve seen other roofs that are taller because of the air gap. Thanks.

Really brilliant video! I'm a kitchen fitter planning a garden workshop and your insights into the structural aspects were really interesting, not to mention the superb quality of the finished building. I would hope this serves as a great advertisement for your business.

It looks great. What was final price including all materials and labor?

1:24:40 how would you prevent water getting in above the "Secret'" door? I know the gap is minimal but still rain in the UK, does go sideways sometimes.

end price for customer and size would be lovely to. know …great job.

Looks great mate. Superb attention to detail. Can I ask, how much PIR did you use? I know you said it was 75mm. Cheers

Great job and brilliant garden room. How much does it cost to build this size of garden room?

Very nice looking build. What locations do you cover? I see the osb expansion gap was mentioned already. I'm no expert but I'm worried about the T&G expansion as you butted them tight. Isn't that a problem? You didn't used contact cement on the epdm edge. Is that because this is the grade that doesn't need it? Usual it says you need it.

Looks great 👍 Is there a way to remove the belly on the corner angle of metal sheet without pinning more fixings into it?😂 Has me over everytime! I do decide to plant a lot more fixings in . Maybe an extra trim to cover the gaps? Also the top of the metal sheets, should cladding be placed at the soffits for water/bugs getting inside? Thanks

This is an amazing video, thank you, its a great inspiration for my project. I was wondering if you could give some advice? I am planning to do a 7 meter long by 2.5 meter wide garden room. Would you stil go with 1 wall gor the back or should I add more strenght to the midle? Also what type of timber should I use, 6 x 2 or 8 x 2s? Many thanks

Oakwood garden room springs to mind

Hi Guys, great video. Top quality job, can I ask if you also put a vapour barrier behind the plasterboard? Thanks

Amateur self-builder here. Question regarding DPM under your Celotex/OSB floor. When you "anchor" the floor to the concrete by drilling down through, does the holes you put in the DPM not defeat the point of having the DPM down? Cheers...Taking lots of inspiration from your videos so thank you.

Can you please share some details on how you did the concrete grounding? Because you started the video after the foundation had been done. Thanks

You should make more videos will do well

Just discovered your videos; fantastic and very clear. A question about the first fix cabling part. The way you fit them beneath the cladding rather than in the main structure of the walls makes a lot of sense, especially in terms of not compromising the insulation / having to drill holes in stud work etc. I haven't seen it done elsewhere in the same way and was just checking that it meets building regs etc? Many thanks.

Nice video just didn't see the internal finishing thanks

Great videos thanks for posting. I missed in size of the bio-fold doors? What size are they and the shed door size?

Great video mate, looks spot on. Can I ask where you sourced the metal sheets from for the back and sides?

Brilliant video. What is the difference in height between the front wall and back walls to get the roof drop? Thanks

Where do you buy the cedar from and what type do you get?

What kind of lock is it on hidden door ? Looking for something similar or same?

Great build, how to you prevent insect ingress behind the Box Profile at the bottom (floor level)?

Great video. Did you use 18 mm Osb or T&G 18mm Osb on the roof.

Looks great. How is the shed door the same level as the rest of the cladding when the rest of it has been spaced off with batten? Thanks

Thanks for the video. Can I just check that running the cables externally like that without conduit dies it satisfies building control?

Build looks 👍🏻 one question, you fixed walls directly to concrete slab with a bit of dpc under then the floor kingspan again on top of slab, if in heavy rain water pooling on slab will it not get under and cause issues with damp ?

Do you use a level lasers at all on this project at all?

Enjoying your videos May have missed it but did you rake the side walls or did you just make the front wall higher than the back to creeate the slope?

Great work chaps! Out of interest how deep was the concrete slab?

Personally I’ve never seen a piece of metal set fire from a bonfire or any fire for that matter. I’m pretty sure you will be safe with metal cladding 👍

Hi mate was it 18mm OSB you used for the walls? I am going to be building this in my garden. Really appreciate the detailed build very helpful to follow!

I know this is a nine month old video at this point, but I have a question for you. What you call plasterboard, we Americans call drywall (it's all gypsum). When we mud our drywall, we only do the seams and nail holes. I've noticed that in the UK, it's common to mud the entire sheet of gypsum. This seems like a waste of mud to me. If you're worried about it not being even, when you sand down the mud it's flush with the board anyway. Is it code there to mud the entire wall?

Great video. Just a question about the hinges on the storage door. Is it possible to use soss hinges/invisible hinges?

Don’t you need to have a double tap plate if your roof joists don’t land on top of your studs ?

Would the tree be a problem in the future with the roots etc?!

Hi buddy... love your videos.... I like the very basic and simple way you explain things... Can I just ask a few questions please as im also building on a concrete slab... but its insulated underneath concrete with 100mm PIR. 1. As I already have the 100mm PIR insulation underneath the concrete slab (8 inches) EG: DPM - 100mm PIR - Green Vapour Barrier - 8" concrete.... would it still be necessary to put PIR ontop of the concrete or could I just - DPM over the concrete - DPC on the edges - then build ontop and gain the extra 100mm head height? 2. Is it ok to use DPM between the timber and concrete or is it best to use DPC like you do in the video? Thanks again.

How much does something like this cost materials and labour wise?

Can you say why you don't use SIPs? We do, and it is much faster, plus the client gets a room with no chance of insulation gaps. Not criticising, just wondered why you don't use it. Obviously, we have the walls up in one day, and it's pretty much impossible for it not to be square. Cheers.

Looks brilliant that mate I'm going go give this a go myself how much roughly give or take a 1000 am I talking including the bifold door mate. Just materials as I'm doing the work myself 😅🤞