Having been distracted (as usual) whilst trawling through the news group I noted that someone was building a shed of breeeze block.How does this compare in cost to building with wood?It may have the advantage (in terms of building regs) of making an outbuilding qualify as being of 'mainly non-inflamable materials' and thus avoiding the '1 metre from the boundary if over 15 square metres in area' rule.There are, of course, issues like rendering the outside for a smooth finish but I am starting to wonder if this is a viable solution.Then again, there must be a reason for so many wooden sheds and workshops.CheersDave R

Above all - cost.Add in that many are put up without any sort of base (or a few oldslabs), that they're easy to transport and handle as panels, and canbe put together quickly by an idiot - you can see why a more durableoption is passed by.I wonder in fact, if it's part of the reason why timber houses aren'tpopular here - whilst Scandinavia and North America has them inabundance? OK - so they're major timber producers, but maybe the Britshave seen too many rubbish sheds to consider a timber house viable.

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Wooden buildings - why?

Aug 07, 2009 23 Replies

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The Medway Handyman 16 years ago

Don't forget to cost in the mortar, surprising how much it takes.

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David WE Roberts 16 years ago

I am assuming a dry sense of humour here - obviously using blocks as an alternative to a wooden frame and shiplap timber would start to lose meaning if I then had to clad it in shiplap! :-)

Been busy on other things, but back to the garden building project soon.

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Andrew Mawson 16 years ago

... but there IS sense at times in wooden cladding a masonry building. It gives added insulation and can help match in with existing buildings when you still want the security value of block walls.

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The Natural Philosopher 16 years ago

Rusticated blockhouses are chav proof, and look good.

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