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Games room/shed for back garden

  • 08-08-2019 7:43pm
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    Looking at putting a games room in the back garden for the kids (pre and early teens) Would not need to be plumbed. What would be my options? Not looking for top of the range, just for kids on bean bags playing xbox. Would need to be somewhat insulated so they dont freeze.

    Anyone done this? Could even do it as a DIY project, then get spark to finishing it off. Anyone got ideas, experience doing this?


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    Gumbo
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    BoardsMember wrote: »
    Looking at putting a games room in the back garden for the kids (pre and early teens) Would not need to be plumbed. What would be my options? Not looking for top of the range, just for kids on bean bags playing xbox. Would need to be somewhat insulated so they dont freeze.

    Anyone done this? Could even do it as a DIY project, then get spark to finishing it off. Anyone got ideas, experience doing this?

    Do you want to avail of the planning exemptions or go bigger?
    25 Sq. M is the biggest assuming you have no other sheds. (Sheds, games room etc are all the same planning class)


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    banie01
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    I put in a large Steeltech shed and subdivided it.
    Split into a shed/utility room and a Mancave.
    Pics of the final job are on Imgur.
    https://m.imgur.com/r/mancave/NInOw4E

    My total costs including insulated concrete slab came out to @17k all in.


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    kceire wrote: »
    Do you want to avail of the planning exemptions or go bigger?
    25 Sq. M is the biggest assuming you have no other sheds. (Sheds, games room etc are all the same planning class)

    Definitely within the exemption. And ideally a one size fits all, ie the provider comes in and does all the work, slab, electrics, insulation etc There are a fair few suppliers out there, will start to visit showrooms, just seeing who boardsies might have used, or how they approached it.


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    banie01 wrote: »
    I put in a large Steeltech shed and subdivided it.
    Split into a shed/utility room and a Mancave.
    Pics of the final job are on Imgur.
    https://m.imgur.com/r/mancave/NInOw4E

    My total costs including insulated concrete slab came out to @17k all in.

    Looks great, will have a look at them as part of my research. Did they do all the prep, fit out etc or how involved to completion were they?


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    banie01
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    BoardsMember wrote: »
    Looks great, will have a look at them as part of my research. Did they do all the prep, fit out etc or how involved to completion were they?

    They supplied and erected just the shed.
    I sat down with them and specced the wall height, insulation, eave height, doors and windows and their placement.

    I arranged the base and groundworks myself.
    All the fitout apart from the electrics and plastering is my own work.
    Subdivision wall, Battened, additional insulation, slabbing and plumbing was all DIY.
    AFAIK Steeltech and indeed all the Prefab shed manufacturers do have lists of groundwork people and tradesmen that they work with but I arranged all my own trades.

    If memory serves the shed cost €10.5k specced with kingspan and doors/windows.
    Versus block built it was extremely competitive pricewise for what we wanted and the build time to weather tight made our minds up.
    The shed was erected in a couple of hours and then fitout could proceed at my own pace.

    Edit: Just to add that Steeltech, Shanette and a some of the other prefab suppliers all offer a complete service but I can't vouch for any of those "full service" options.


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