Hi Tim, I’m not sure if you realise just how powerful this video is. You have nailed the essence of the right of passage of DIY projects. It’s something I haven’t really thought about before, but the incremental build in confidence, skills and tools starting with simple projects and gradually scaling up is REALLY important. You also make an excellent teacher! I’d like to see the standalone projects broken down into sections, not least because this way you’ll get more content and able to go into much more detail while you wait for the “powers that be” to sort their sh*t out 😉!

Hi Tim, laughed my socks off when you screwed yourself into the shed with the door locked! It was my laugh out loud moment for the day, so thank you! 🤣👍

Nice one Tim. Some sound advice there I reckon. As for the stand-alone projects you mentioned, I would fancy seeing a break-down of plans and the preparation involved in the process etc. Good stuff!

Definitely as much of a breakdown as you can manage, Tim, with regard to any build. I’ve learnt so much watching your videos! Kind regards to you all from Penny in Liverpool 🇬🇧😊💕

I personally prefer a series of videos with plenty of detail. Perhaps a series and then the edited highlights in one long "hero" video?

I was told that locks only stop honest people. Lovely encouraging video. Thank you.

Great Vlog Tim and brilliant for people just starting. Ref the Bike store and Bin store breaking it down has to be the most beneficial way for your audience and 100% my preference. Thanks again

Excellent video as always, I give full credit to the restoration couple for guiding my diy journey, from doing fencing, oak sleeper walls / beds to now renovating an old property, big thanks as always! Would love to see a breakdown of the new project, yeh details you add are really interesting 👍

This is why I originally watched your videos, back when you were making your garden paths. Love it.

Lovely guy and superb advice. Just do it. The great is the enemy of the good.

Would love to see a breakdown set of videos on your next projects. Really enjoyed this one as well. Thanks Tim 👍🏼

Very true Tim, this is exactly what I did, I couldn't afford a play house after my son was born so I made one, it ended up almost as expensive but its still going strong in the garden for the grandchildren 30 years later and it's been relocated three times ! Since then I've built numerous sheds, workshops, greenhouses, log stores and it's all just a matter of scale ! Looking forward to the Oak frames, have always wanted to build one myself !

Tim, I dip in and out from time to time to your channel, because there is plenty out there, but I thought this one was extremely helpful for someone (like me) projecting a house build or substantial conversion upon retirement (5+ years out still) and trying to assess whether they have the confidence and competence to "do it (solely / mainly) yourself" or pay for third parties to do it (at far greater cost). THANK YOU for the content, and for continuing to think about your viewers and what they may want to see. I want to see you build the two external buildings (bike shed / bin shed) in as much granular detail as you can possibly bare!

I agree Tim, build a shed yourself rather than buy one. In 2021, i built a garden shed for a friend. 8x8 ft. Made from 3x2, OSB, 12mm ply, steel roof, breathable membrane, 10x1timber lengths and it came in cheaper than buying one by about £200. Outcome? Weighs over a tonne and will last a lot longer than one bought from a garden centre or whatever

Definitely episodes rather than one final video. Your workshop and oak framing videos helped me build my oak garden room extension. Excellent

"No-one woke up one morning and decided they were going to build a 4 bedroom house...". Quite right, normally it's a Castle they decide to build and it all gets documented on Grand Designs and the viewer gets an hour long entertaining documentary on why the 4 bedroom house, or a shed, would have been the more sensible starting point 🤣

Excellent guidance in this film - I started out in DIY about 50 years ago building a bed from plans in the Readers Digest DIY book and haven't really looked back with projects right up to converting part of a barn into a house . . the bed was finally retired not that long ago and its timber re-used to make a number of items! Confidence building is key - although the need to do stuff with budget constraints also applies.

Thanks Tim, definitely a break down process would work for me. Thank you

Great show! Last summer i had to reroof my old shed which looked awful. They were building a school 100m from me and the Portakabins were being delivered with big 8m shets of plywood. I asked for the old wood and built a new roof! All the measuring and cutting....new roof with bitumen topping! Then I started to look for old pallets. They are everywhere! So I have to date built a workbench and a bird table! Got more coming this winter! Now i have a workshop! :)

Love this video. I have recently built a lean to down the side of my house 3.5m long x 1.6m wide. The top part will be an opening part for firewood and the front part will house my bike and a few tools. All the things you went through on here is what went through my head. I am a complete novice and used KZfaq to gain the confidence to give it a try.

I was taught that ledged and braced doors should always have the bracing going down from the hinges. That way the vertical boarding stays closer together. If braces go up, the boards will open and the door will widen and bind.

Love watching you build something... bin and bike store ...👍👍👍

Great vid thanks !! Best bit "doors locked". Really good practical advice ! Subscribed !

Always breakdown videos, so good for later reference. Have learnt so much over the years. Thanks

There IS one wood treatment that actually works, it stains/protects retains it's stained look without varying colours and lasts decades.. It is used by Parks Canada in several of our National Parks including Banff, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks. It is called Life Time, it is a powder that you mix with water and apply, non toxic and gives fantastic lifetime results, check it out. But you are correct cut new wood will never retain it's "new" look.

My preference is definitely multiple videos showing a breakdown of the process, because I'm sure other people are like me, confident in some parts, and less in other parts, so being able to rewatch more detail around a particular part of the end to end process is better!

Thank you for this. My vote goes for a detailed video on oak framed building.

As a learner DIYer so appreciate your detailed explanation and starting as a learner by building a shed - which I've been intending to do for ages. One o the best videos Ive come across. Thanks!

I'd really like to see the nuts and bolts of building the oak frame from start to finish 😊. That's where I joined your journey when you were building your original structure.

Great vid, love locking yourself in the shed, it's the kind of thing I would do, as is leaving the drill just out of reach 8-). Would love to see a step by step series on the new projects.

Great video - nice to know I’m not the only one going back over my projects thinking I could have done a part differently 😊. Break down on the storage videos please

So true about knowledge, resources, confidence and it being a journey. TRC get full credit for my shed which is an almost identical replica of your old fixed shed. I watched that series more times than I can count and then learned even more once I cracked on with it. Step by step series please! Great channels, keep up the brilliant work 👏 👏

Great video, love seeing how well the shed has held up. I’d love to see a full breakdown of each stage of the next builds. Thanks

Great video Tim n Jo, as a keen DIYer I personally like step by step project content as it gives you something to look forward to on a regular basis… I think your move to the farm is tremendous and brave… So many opportunities to create great content living in such an amazing place… Always a pleasure to tune and see what’s next 🤩

Great video Tim. Definitely going to inspire new diyers to go get their first tools and give it a go. I personally like break down videos. Love the channel 👍🏻 looking forward to the barn conversion

Excellent video Tim...... Good confidence booster

Loved your workshop build in your last place...been following you DIY for years...would love to see full details of timber frame build...I am renovating 1930 3 bed semi...planning on also building garden room and workshop...thanks for all your great clips...Paul Patrick (Capt P)

Great video! I was once told if you never made a mistake you wouldn’t make anything! You have deffo been a great source of knowledge on many occasions! Thank you ❤ I would be interested in the thought process and design of your projects 😊

Cracking video Tim. Great for all of us budding DIYers to know where and how to start. I would love to see the plans to making the bike/ bin storage. I feel that would be super helpful for us all to see exactly how it’s drawn up and sourcing everything, as much as is manageable of course. My aim is to make a summer house with a small shed attached to the side in the next couple of years and it would be great to see how and where to start. Thanks 🙏🏼

First, Yes, I love it!

Great video guys, really enjoyed the reach back to your early days. Would love to see one of those out buildings using power tools and the other by comparison hand tools only. Pro's, con's, time taken, challenges, lessons for us all etc.

Hi Tim, really enjoyed this one. Maybe a 3 part series for the log and bike store? It would be good to see some detail on how you plan projects and source the materials etc, then the process and finally the finishing touches and completed result.. either way looking forward to it 👍🔨

Great vid Tim!

Hey Tim. Love your work 👍

Very helpful video. Lots of practical advice for us DIYers. I've started on tiny projects like boxes and small over the bed tables, shelves over the last few years. The largest build was a free standing wardrobe. Each was a massive learning curve but helped with the next project. There was also a load of power and hand tools acquired along the way as well as the construction of a workbench. All these are confidence building exercises. I'm tempted to build a shed, but I have a 120 yo timber house to repair and restore. Looking forward to your next built. And thanks for sharing all you do and your experiences.

Yes please do it as detailed as possible from drawings to finish 😁

Very enjoyable,many thanks; looking forward to all your future projects. Regards AJ

I'd definitely love to see a research and planning video for the oak project. Or any project really.

Great video, on a shed re-build ,some time's we build some thing take it down move it and then re-build it. I would like to see more build projects .as always a good positive how too video ,catch you on the next one ,Take care👍

Tim great video well explained. You said it at the end One hand tools build and the other all guns blazing with what ever tools you have👍🤩

Your comments about wood treatment really sealed the deal for me, I recently finished a timber frame summer house out of reclaimed pine (I think the last vid on my channel shows it right at the beginning if you want to see it) and I've been putting off putting a finish on it, not least because just sanding the whole thing will be a mammoth task. And the more I research the matter and experiment with different finishes, the more I come to the same conclusion: that there is no way to persevere that "real" wood colour, it'll all go grey within a few months or years and then you have to do it all again which I ain't got time for. I'm glad I built it in such a way that any rain on it will dry very quickly and I am pretty sure it will outlive me, and probably my kids too, which is more than enough.

Try pontrilas merchants just outside of Hereford for the timber. We use them every week and theyre great.

Series highlighting each stage of design and build please. 👍

Breakdown with some of the design proces would be really insightful. 10 years ago I could barely hammer a nail. Today I put the finishing touches to an outdoor classroom I designed and built for a client. Still making mistakes, but every mistake is a nugget of knowledge. I've had no formal training. My first build was a firewood/kindling store with some old pallets and manky boards scavenged from a river (i was exceptionally skint at the time). I bought a 1m3 bale of offcuts from a saw mill for £15 and used it to make a shingle roof. The leftovers i cut up to use as kindling. Since then I've made some absolutely shoddy abominations but also some pretty neat stuff. About 4 years ago I got an entry level job in landscaping. After a few fortuitous promotions I ended up running the project. Designing and building and improving. Picking up nuggets along the way. Slowly starting to feel less and less like an imposter!

cheers 🍻 for all you do....

I would like to see the whole process including planing stages please Tim. Great videos.

It would be nice to see a project from start to finish, giving just a glimpse of joint use but mainly tools etc, also wish I had built my own shed to my own spec.

One of my technology teachers best pieces of knowledge; forever known as Prentice’s 2nd law; “get a bigger hammer”

Would prefer separate design then build episode. A comparison of using different tools would be cool too - similar to your shaker door series. If there is more timber framing to come maybe there is a collab video with robin clevett on the cards?

Would love to see the full breakdown version of the oak buildings please.

Inspirational! A couple of years back I 'saved' a rotting shed by firing about 100 screws into tons of creaking places, a load of expanding foam into a rotted section, plus a new floor of old decking boards. It's surprising how you can make it work if you get creative. Myself I would prefer the stage by stage approach. Will you be making up some batboxes, could be a halloween video right there!

Couldn't agree more re exterior wood - spend your money on wood that will last externally and skip the wood finish. Great video. And a saw tip for newbies: get a 9.5" Japanese Ryoba saw. It's all you need for 1" and 2" depth lumber and even up to 4" x4" lumber i.e. anything smaller than sheet goods. Easier to build sawing skill than with a western saw and it has a cross cut blade on one side, and a rip blade on the other.

Step by step vid please Tim!

Hi ya 👋👋great videos

Often turn to KZfaq to solve many of my DIY questions, do you have any text books that you recommended. Specifically around woodworking

Do a timber frame without the fancy tools, ie hand tools and basic saws. I can then do one myself!

As a child, I hated the outbuildings because they all shared the same problem - WASPS and spiders. Whenever I went to those corn cribs, silage buildings, grain storage, or hay storage, what have you, there was always a door that led into dark areas and your opening that door would rile the denizens inside. I always got stung under those circumstances. No where else. Wish there was a solution to that one. Then there are the castles of mud daubers....everywhere!

How are you going to find the time to do timber framing with all the animals to look after

An old skate board best think for moving material in hard ground get on it

nodding off in the shed

Shed theory

Oh and please put another screw in that bolt on the shed door 😁

Cuprinol Ducksback, best wood stain I have ever used. Great vlogs, keep them coming 👍🏻

had to check the date of this video as i couldn't find a circular saw, drill and batteries with charger plus box of screws for £150. Think I will stick with Charlie DIYte

There's gold dust in there.

Don't forget your hammer!

Over engineer a shed??? Yep - I have created frankenshed- should have used 2x2 instead of 3X2 on the walls. I shouldn’t have fitted T&G OSB3 to the roof section first as it now weighs a ton. Weather beat me and 4 walls, floor, and roof(in 2 sections) are under tarpaulin at the side of the house. For the roof section that has OSB on it will take 4 people to lift that. A7x7 pent shed with a 10x10 roof!!!!

So should I splurge £6'000 on Makita tools ?

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Please break it down, I learn so much more when things are broken down. Thanks in advance

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Broken down videos with as much detail as possible please! 😀