Garden Room Workshop: Part 4. Setting out & Foundations

Find the full series playlist here: https://bit.ly/2BiLSyC

Part 4 of a video series about how to self-build a timber-framed garden room office (aka tiny house)/wood workshop in the UK.
This video covers setting out the garden room's perimeter and the foundations.

The purpose of this video series is to provide all the information required for viewers to build their own garden room rather than just a montage of the building work. It took me months of research to learn everything in these videos so I hope to save people time and money.
The videos are a mix of theory and footage of the build including all the mistakes I made along the way. I am not a builder or tradesman, just a keen DIY-er with some basic tools. Everyone can do this!
In the longer term, I hope to turn this channel into a community for garden room self-builders and to eventually evolve into a woodworking projects channel- the real purpose of my garden room!

🌍My website - https://www.alidymock.com
📸Instagram - https://instagram.com/alidymock
💌 Email - hello@alidymock.com

3D model free program:
https://www.sketchup.com/

Websites to check prices for materials :
https://www.selcobw.com/
http://www.builderdepot.co.uk/

Tools used:
Stakes
String line
Sharpie pen
Tape measure: https://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-tylon-tape-measures-8m-26-pack-of-2/2086h
Open frame tape measure: https://www.screwfix.com/p/open-frame-tape-50m-x-13mm/15462
Folding square: https://www.screwfix.com/p/forge-steel-48-aluminium-folding-square/69436
Pickaxe
Garden fork
Spade/shovel
Hoe
Old wood post as a tamper
1.8m spirit level: https://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-fatmax-pro-box-beam-level-180cm/44775
Small spirit level
Hammer
Scissors/stanley knife
Trowel
Mortar trowel
Bucket and measuring cup
Brush for wiping grit of the top of the blocks so they were level.
Water spray bottle to wet the blocks slightly before applying mortar.
Safety: dust mask, gloves

Materials:
7N dense concrete blocks (£1.44 each)
Floor timbers (see next vid for more info)
Hardcore
Portland cement
Sand
Weed fabric and plastic pegs
Thermolite blocks for retaining wall as can be cut with a saw unlike dense blocks.

If I were doing this again, I’d use a bed of mortar instead of sand on top of the hardcore as this would make it easier getting the first block level. I used a 1:4/1:5 cement to sand mix- the less cement, the stronger it cures. The less water used, the stronger it cures. I added just enough to make it pliable in order to level the blocks. I sprayed the mortar with water for a couple of days to slow the curing time which also makes it stronger.

Thanks to Joff-Turbo-Nova from www.DIYnot.com for picture of his garden room build using the bracket foundations method.

Music:
https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Видео Garden Room Workshop: Part 4. Setting out & Foundations канала Ali Dymock