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I am thinking about getting a garden office. I would be using this building all year round working in it most days so needs to be well insulated so the cold doesn't get at me and also needs to not get too hot in the summertime. Also there would be about 6k of computer equipment in there so needs to be as secure as possible. Because most of my work is done on computers I don't want huge swathes of glass windows and doors as I find too much light getting in stops me from seeing the screen clearly due to reflections. I'm thinking of one with approximate dimensions 3.5mx3.5m. Any suggestions for a vendor that fits in well with these criterior. Also I'm not against putting it together myself. Thanks. |
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Saved space in the house though and was great for escaping SWMBO!! I bet she was relieved too. Mary |
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William.R.Reisen wrote:
I'm thinking of one with approximate dimensions 3.5mx3.5m. Any suggestions for a vendor that fits in well with these criterior. Also I'm not against putting it together myself. Much depends on how much dosh you have. I like English Heritage buildings which are framed in green oak. If you want to, you can lay the f=oundation and build the dwarf wall, they install the frame then you finish off. They'll do as much or as little as you want. I've been considering buying an UnoPiu garden office. they're extremely well made and shipped as a flat pack. Not sure if they are available here yet but very popular in Germany and Italy. -- Mathematicians, please don't drink and derive. |
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 22:49:58 +0100, Andrew Heggie
wrote: One of the chaps I work for imported a Norwegian chalet as an office in his Sussex garden. It was built by slotting together quite thick (30mm+) pre shaped softwood planks. It came complete with a mezzanine for sleeping quarters, though to keep the profile low he omitted the last 50cm of walls, using the mezzanine as storage. It sounds a bit like this from B&Q http://www.diy.com/bq/product/produc...CATID=1829 64 (careful of any line breaks) although I cant help thinking 5 grand would buy an awful lot of concrete and bricks! Mike |
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 22:49:58 +0100, Andrew Heggie
wrote: One of the chaps I work for imported a Norwegian chalet as an office in his Sussex garden. It was built by slotting together quite thick (30mm+) pre shaped softwood planks. It came complete with a mezzanine for sleeping quarters, though to keep the profile low he omitted the last 50cm of walls, using the mezzanine as storage. It sounds a bit like this from B&Q http://www.diy.com/bq/product/produc...CATID=1829 64 (careful of any line breaks) although I cant help thinking 5 grand would buy an awful lot of concrete and bricks! Mike |
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"Kev" wrote in message . 254.254... (William.R.Reisen) wrote in om: Hi, I am thinking about getting a garden office. I've just finished doing the same job - but using ordinary building materials, mostly bought second-hand via Adtrader. My 16ft x 10ft office cost 1200ukp and looks great. It's built of breeze blocks, rendered and painted. The roof is properly tiled with slates and terracotta ridge tiles. Two double glazed UPVC windows and a pair of Wickes UPVC french doors let in plenty of light and fresh air. Second hand items: Roof trusses £100 Windows £60 Slates £180 Remainder: 6 metres ready-mix £240. Blocks £264. French doors £199. Ridge tiles £54. Sand. cement & timber made up the balance. I've added a false chimney for birds to nest in and a bit of trellis & planting to blend it all in. Now the wife is threatening to make a take-over bid...... I did all the work myself - never done anuthing like it before but it all came out perfectly. It has taken just over three months and the only tough bits were digging out the footings and laying the blocks up the apex of the roof. If you don't have the time, try advertising for a pensioner to do it for you! |
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"......My 16ft x 10ft office cost 1200ukp and looks great..........."
What ever happened to the good old British £ ? This is a UK group after all. -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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"......My 16ft x 10ft office cost 1200ukp and looks great..........."
What ever happened to the good old British =A3 ? This is a UK group after all. Not all newsreaders seem to display them properly, so ukp is a work- around :-} --=20 Please add "[newsgroup]" in the subject of any personal replies via email * old email address "btiruseless" abandoned due to worm-generated spam * --- My new email address has "ngspamtrap" & @btinternet.com in it ;-) --- |
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"Colin Wilson" wrote in message
t... "......My 16ft x 10ft office cost 1200ukp and looks great..........." What ever happened to the good old British £ ? This is a UK group after all. Not all newsreaders seem to display them properly, so ukp is a work- around :-} But if you feel the need for such a workaround why not use the standard code? Why invent something non-standard that leaves people having to work out what it means? Or is this a deliberate political statement about the status of Northern Ireland? -- Tim Ward - posting as an individual unless otherwise clear Brett Ward Ltd - www.brettward.co.uk Cambridge Accommodation Notice Board - www.brettward.co.uk/canb Cambridge City Councillor |
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If you don't have the time, try advertising for a pensioner to do it for you! You think pensioners have time to spare??????? You wait! Mary |
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In message , Tim Ward
writes out what it means? Or is this a deliberate political statement about the status of Northern Ireland? What? -- Stephen Kellett Object Media Limited http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk RSI Information: http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk/rsi.html |
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"William.R.Reisen" wrote in message om... Hi, I am thinking about getting a garden office. I would be using this building all year round working in it most days so needs to be well insulated so the cold doesn't get at me and also needs to not get too hot in the summertime. Also there would be about 6k of computer equipment in there so needs to be as secure as possible. Because most of my work is done on computers I don't want huge swathes of glass windows and doors as I find too much light getting in stops me from seeing the screen clearly due to reflections. I'm thinking of one with approximate dimensions 3.5mx3.5m. Any suggestions for a vendor that fits in well with these criterior. Also I'm not against putting it together myself. Thanks. My cousin has a two of those seagoing containers in his garden to house his collection of antique motorcycles and the workshop that goes with them. They are lined with insulation material behind plywood (orsomesuch material). Nice and warm and no windows at all. Can be locked up tight with padlocks etc. I've no idea where he got them from, and you'd need to be able to get in delivered with a crane. Jenny |
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In article , JennyC
writes I've no idea where he got them from, Fell off the back of a lorry?? An interesting idea though, I have worked in a few for short periods and although there was electric lighting I missed having a window or two. -- -- Bill |
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Kev wrote:
heater in there. If you go this route I would suggest putting in a proper wall heater that can run overnight to take the chill off if it drops too low. a couple hundred watts of computer left running (with the monitor turned off) would do the job nicely ;-) (and put less strain on the hard drive by not power cycling it every day) -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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"-" wrote in message ... In article , JennyC writes I've no idea where he got them from, Fell off the back of a lorry?? Well it fell right side up and inbetween the barn and the woodpile :~)))))) An interesting idea though, I have worked in a few for short periods and although there was electric lighting I missed having a window or two. -- Bill I'd imagine you could cut windows in the side if so desired. My cousin likes to hide from his wife............:~)) Jenny |
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My cousin has a two of those seagoing containers in his garden to house his collection of antique motorcycles and the workshop that goes with them. Oh yes - that reminds me of lorry backs, the refrigeration units would be well insulated. Our daughter has several on her farm, there are plenty of 'dead lorry backs' depots around. Look in Yellow pages or Google for one near you. Mary |
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David Hill wrote:
What ever happened to the good old British £ ? News only guarantees transmission of 7 bit ASCII characters. The pound sign is an 8-bit ASCII character and will be filtered out by some news servers. The same goes for all those idiots that think it's clever to put characters from the extended Windows character set into their posts. Some servers will strip the characters and replace them with blanks, some sill simply drop that particular post on the floor. Since you're a gardener, the best response is probably "there, there, don't you worry it's a bit technical." -- Mathematicians, please don't drink and derive. |
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"Stephen Kellett" wrote in message
... In message , Tim Ward writes out what it means? Or is this a deliberate political statement about the status of Northern Ireland? What? I'm trying to work out why someone should invent "UKP" in preference to using the ISO standard "GBP". That was the only explanation I could come up with, Northern Ireland being in UK but not in GB, I thought that perhaps someone who wanted to make a political statement about Northern Ireland being part of the UK would object to using "GBP". Can you think of any other reason for inventing "UKP"? -- Tim Ward - posting as an individual unless otherwise clear Brett Ward Ltd - www.brettward.co.uk Cambridge Accommodation Notice Board - www.brettward.co.uk/canb Cambridge City Councillor |
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:04:55 UTC, "Tim Ward"
wrote: I'm trying to work out why someone should invent "UKP" in preference to using the ISO standard "GBP". 1) I saw it in use first 2) It's more accurate 3) Stuff ISO - standards committees are often a waste of time Well, you did ask! -- Bob Eager rde at tavi.co.uk PC Server 325*4; PS/2s 9585, 8595, 9595*2, 8580*3, P70... |
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"William.R.Reisen" wrote
| I am thinking about getting a garden office. I would be using this | building all year round working in it most days so needs to be well | insulated so the cold doesn't get at me and also needs to not get too | hot in the summertime. Also there would be about 6k of computer | equipment in there so needs to be as secure as possible. Because most | of my work is done on computers I don't want huge swathes of glass | windows and doors as I find too much light getting in stops me from | seeing the screen clearly due to reflections. I'm thinking of one with | approximate dimensions 3.5mx3.5m. Any suggestions for a vendor that | fits in well with these criterior. Also I'm not against putting it | together myself. You could consider something like an Omar Lodge, which can be built to transportable or B.Regs standards. Not Cheap Though. omar.co.uk and ask for a custom quote because the nearest thing on the website is probably a 6 bedroom Leisure Lodge which is probably slight overkill. Owain |
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"Steve Firth" wrote in message
.. . William.R.Reisen wrote: I'm thinking of one with approximate dimensions 3.5mx3.5m. Any suggestions for a vendor that fits in well with these criterior. Also I'm not against putting it together myself. Much depends on how much dosh you have. I like English Heritage buildings which are framed in green oak. Is this a company? Do they have a web site? --- -- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 18/09/2003 |
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In message , Tim Ward
writes out what it means? Or is this a deliberate political statement about the status of Northern Ireland? What? I'm trying to work out why someone should invent "UKP" in preference to using the ISO standard "GBP". That was the only explanation I could come up with, Northern Ireland being in UK but not in GB, I thought that perhaps someone who wanted to make a political statement about Northern Ireland being part of the UK would object to using "GBP". Can you think of any other reason for inventing "UKP"? Good grief Tim, you are over-analysing way too much. I've seen UKP used before, it hasn't been invented to make a political stand. Taking your logic a stage further... When you install Windows it asks you for configuration information. Country options include "United Kingdom" not "Great Britain". Are Microsoft making a political statement about Northern Ireland with their Windows Installation procedure? Using the logic you provide above, you'd have to conclude they are. -- Stephen Kellett Object Media Limited http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk RSI Information: http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk/rsi.html |
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"JennyC" wrote in message ... "William.R.Reisen" wrote in message om... Hi, I am thinking about getting a garden office. I would be using this building all year round working in it most days so needs to be well insulated so the cold doesn't get at me and also needs to not get too hot in the summertime. Also there would be about 6k of computer equipment in there so needs to be as secure as possible. Because most of my work is done on computers I don't want huge swathes of glass windows and doors as I find too much light getting in stops me from seeing the screen clearly due to reflections. I'm thinking of one with approximate dimensions 3.5mx3.5m. Any suggestions for a vendor that fits in well with these criterior. Also I'm not against putting it together myself. Thanks. My cousin has a two of those seagoing containers in his garden to house his collection of antique motorcycles and the workshop that goes with them. But they look awfull, unless you put a wood frame around and clad it. Which may be feasible. --- -- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 18/09/2003 |
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"Owain" writes:
"William.R.Reisen" wrote | I am thinking about getting a garden office. I would be using this | building all year round working in it most days so needs to be well | insulated so the cold doesn't get at me and also needs to not get too | hot in the summertime. Also there would be about 6k of computer | equipment in there so needs to be as secure as possible. Because most | of my work is done on computers I don't want huge swathes of glass | windows and doors as I find too much light getting in stops me from | seeing the screen clearly due to reflections. I'm thinking of one with | approximate dimensions 3.5mx3.5m. Any suggestions for a vendor that | fits in well with these criterior. Also I'm not against putting it | together myself. You could consider something like an Omar Lodge, which can be built to transportable or B.Regs standards. Not Cheap Though. omar.co.uk and ask for a custom quote because the nearest thing on the website is probably a 6 bedroom Leisure Lodge which is probably slight overkill. A Google search for "second hand portakabin" yields many interesting looking hits -- "The road to Paradise is through Intercourse." The uk.transport FAQ; http://www.huge.org.uk/transport/FAQ.html [email me at huge [at] huge [dot] org [dot] uk] |
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"Bob Eager" writes:
[8 lines snipped] 3) Stuff ISO - standards committees are often a waste of time That'll be why your internet connection works, will it? -- "The road to Paradise is through Intercourse." The uk.transport FAQ; http://www.huge.org.uk/transport/FAQ.html [email me at huge [at] huge [dot] org [dot] uk] |
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"Stephen Kellett" wrote in message
... In message , Tim Ward writes out what it means? Or is this a deliberate political statement about the status of Northern Ireland? What? I'm trying to work out why someone should invent "UKP" in preference to using the ISO standard "GBP". That was the only explanation I could come up with, Northern Ireland being in UK but not in GB, I thought that perhaps someone who wanted to make a political statement about Northern Ireland being part of the UK would object to using "GBP". Can you think of any other reason for inventing "UKP"? Good grief Tim, you are over-analysing way too much. I've seen UKP used before, it hasn't been invented to make a political stand. But someone must have invented it for some reason. It makes no sense to go round inventing currency codes when there are already perfectly good standard ones - write an invented private one of your own on a bank document, for example, and it won't work. I guess people do rather less of this in everyday life now that cash cards have replaced Eurocheques, so not everybody carries the leaflet with the codes in their wallet any more, but the things are still in common enough usage that one can be expected to know the code for one's own currency! So, despite the existence of "GBP" which has unambiguous meaning worldwide on any documents written in any language, someone goes and invents "UKP", which on the day they invented it meant nothing to anybody other than themselves. Why?? -- Tim Ward - posting as an individual unless otherwise clear Brett Ward Ltd - www.brettward.co.uk Cambridge Accommodation Notice Board - www.brettward.co.uk/canb Cambridge City Councillor |
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 15:52:01 +0100, "Tim Ward" wrote:
snip So, despite the existence of "GBP" which has unambiguous meaning worldwide on any documents written in any language, someone goes and invents "UKP", which on the day they invented it meant nothing to anybody other than themselves. UKPE-BAYOBIRI: a language of Nigeria SIL code: UKP http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=UKP :-) J Why?? -- Tim Ward - posting as an individual unless otherwise clear Brett Ward Ltd - www.brettward.co.uk Cambridge Accommodation Notice Board - www.brettward.co.uk/canb Cambridge City Councillor |
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:04:55 +0100, "Tim Ward"
wrote: I'm trying to work out why someone should invent "UKP" in preference to using the ISO standard "GBP". Because the ISO are looking to charge for use of such codes, and it's not worth the risking the licensing costs? Jim. |
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"..........Some servers will strip the Some servers will strip the
characters and replace them with blanks, some sill simply drop that particular post on the floor. Since you're a gardener, the best response is probably "there, there, don't you worry it's a bit technical." Pity they don't strip sarcastic characters, especially those that cant even spell but rely totally on spell checker........."some sill simply" Must be nice to be so intelligent. And for your information to be a modern "Gardener " you have to be a builder, a plumber, a gas fitter, a chemist, a botanist, an entomologist and be willing to work up to 15 hours a day in season and 7 days a week. -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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"...... I am thinking about getting a garden office......"
I do hope you look into the requirements regarding planning permission with your local council -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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Pity they don't strip sarcastic characters, especially those that cant even spell but rely totally on spell checker........."some sill simply" Must be nice to be so intelligent. Er, David, be careful. You omitted an apostrophe in "can't". Also, if referring to living people you'd have been better saying, "those who" rather than "those that". Anyone can make a typo. Mary -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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David Hill wrote:
"..........Some servers will strip the Some servers will strip the characters and replace them with blanks, some sill simply drop that particular post on the floor. That's a misquote, I didn't type "Some servers will strip the" twice. My typo is noted. Since you're a gardener, the best response is probably "there, there, don't you worry it's a bit technical." Pity they don't strip sarcastic characters, especially those that cant even spell but rely totally on spell checker........."some sill simply" Must be nice to be so intelligent. "can't" and that IMO is a rather more serious error than a typo. I don't use a spell checker, your clairvoyance appears to be on the wane. And for your information to be a modern "Gardener " you have to be a builder, a plumber, a gas fitter, a chemist, a botanist, an entomologist and be willing to work up to 15 hours a day in season and 7 days a week. But you don't have to be particularly good at any of those trades. Nor particularly informed before going off on a rant, it seems. Oh well, off you go Dirty Fingered Sid, back to pricking out behind the potting shed. -- Mathematicians, please don't drink and derive. |
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"Kev" wrote in message . 254.254... (William.R.Reisen) wrote in om: Hi, I am thinking about getting a garden office. I've just finished doing the same job - but using ordinary building materials, mostly bought second-hand via Adtrader. My 16ft x 10ft office cost 1200ukp and looks great. It's built of breeze blocks, rendered and painted. The roof is properly tiled with slates and terracotta ridge tiles. Two double glazed UPVC windows and a pair of Wickes UPVC french doors let in plenty of light and fresh air. Second hand items: Roof trusses £100 Windows £60 Slates £180 Remainder: 6 metres ready-mix £240. Blocks £264. French doors £199. Ridge tiles £54. Sand. cement & timber made up the balance. I've added a false chimney for birds to nest in and a bit of trellis & planting to blend it all in. Now the wife is threatening to make a take-over bid...... I did all the work myself - never done anuthing like it before but it all came out perfectly. It has taken just over three months and the only tough bits were digging out the footings and laying the blocks up the apex of the roof. If you don't have the time, try advertising for a pensioner to do it for you! |
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My cousin has a two of those seagoing containers in his garden to house his collection of antique motorcycles and the workshop that goes with them. But they look awfull, unless you put a wood frame around and clad it. Which may be feasible. --- Hi As has been mentioned planning permision would more than likely be required, I'd be wary though, if you stride into the planning office asking for permission to build an office in the back garden then the answer will probably be no. A garden room, studio or the like would probably be better recieved. With this in mind, lorry containers would probably require some window dressing to make then acceptable. The prefab timber buildings are pretty good these days as are the Border Oak http://www.borderoak.com/Garages.htm type timber framed buildings, I guess it's down to asthetics and your budget at the end of the day. If you want some more info on highly insulated timber panel structures you could try contacting a guy called John Hayden, I worked with him a few years ago and he's branched out into constructing small garden rooms, he only works in the old Avon county area, so is probably not in your area. He might be able to offer some advice though. his mail is - haydengardenrooms - you know what goes here - btopenworld.com You could also try posting in alt.architecture but I warn you things can lean towards the insane in there at times :-) HTH Tim |
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