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Middle, not along wall, is my advice. I have built this very thing, and my shed office is where I am writing this comment I started out with a smaller space a
by p0d 3y ago
Middle, not along wall, is my advice.
I have built this very thing, and my shed office is where I am writing this comment
I started out with a smaller space and then rebuilt. Currently 4.4m by 2.5m, so not to dissimilar to your plan.
My biggest issue was heating as I am in the UK. I found I was getting chilblains in my feet during the winter months. My advice is not to have your feet against the shed wall because of the cold gap. In my bigger space I have my desk centred, with the desk drawers between where I sit and the wall. This means I'm not against a wall on either side. It also means I am not sitting right on top of heat sources, which we tend to put on the wall.
The sun is shining on my legs and feet at the moment, which is ideal. I fitted a large, second-hand double glazed window from Gumtree.
I used to run ethernet from the house but I now have an external wifi point screwed to the wall of my house. It's been working great for a year or so. The shed is about 15-20m from house.
- mattpallissard 3y agoI too live in a cooler climate and am prone to chilblains. I stuck a heating pad on the ground under my feet. I highly recommend.
- p0d 3y agoWhat sort of pad did you go for? I thought about this but pads often seem low voltage.
- SenHeng 3y agoOh wow, I never knew chillblains was a thing. I had always thought it was just my skin drying out during the winter, and cracking along the joints. Now I know why all that moisture cream didn't help at all. I'm in a heavy snow area so my little shed will probably be better insulated than most homes but I'll make sure to see how cold the walls get. My house has about 40 or 50cm of insulation and the walls don't feel cold at all. I have the heater running at 19C all winter long and the sun easily brings it up to 23C.