I Built My Uncle His Dream Workshop

I’m Mark, this is my Uncle David, and today we are building him a brand new workshop. Coming up, Aaron gets angry with the shed. Oh my God, Tina makes an eight-legged enemy. Check with what Altina [Music] is how you’re feeling. And yet again, Tina pushes my buttons to the absolute limit.

Now don’t take out till I’m out, otherwise it might collapse. Oh yeah, got it. I’ve done it. Oh yes, it’s going right. So the plan is now, we’ve undone as many screws as possible, but Aaron’s going to jump off, take these panels out and get the top off, and then once it’s all cleared, it’s just moving it all to the front, giving it a good old sweep, start clearing the ground ready for the new one to go down. Now this is probably my favorite bit of the job, ripping down the workshop that I was never allowed in as a kid. And we were fueled on nothing but fresh English air and a can of Monster for Aaron. We made absolute light work of destroying this shed so we can crack on building the new one.

But before long, my nightmares came true; spiders. Oh my God, Tina, don’t, don’t touch it. Tell you what, David, at Bro will be proud of me. I still got to watch out; he’s close to retirement. I’m open for offers. And just like that, it has disappeared. Now it’s time for us to lift these slabs up, get a bit of grit sand on them, just to get a level, and then we can start working on our base.

Let’s have a look. Anybody want a cold drink? Oh yes please, yeah. Yeah, instructions, all 16 pages of it. There we go, we can finally get some. We got the goods, aren’t we? I’m really confused here. He will not. Him, I’ll be honest, I was getting a little bit confused with this frame, but I tried to crack on nonetheless. But I’ll explain a little bit more; now we’ve solved the problem. The problem was, we had the wrong instructions. We’ve now got the right ones, so we’re going to start putting the base together. Now get the full frame together. My Uncle Dave is just finding all the pieces that we need to go on the second bit. Um, and then we’re pretty much good to kind of start stacking it up. Now it stacks up pretty quick, but we just need to get the base together. Time to crack on.

Now we finally understood what was going on, it was time for us to crack on and finally get this base completed. So the thinner one is the finisher board, right? So that goes at the top. So more, oh, you got him. He’s got him, Aaron saved the day. So the big, it’s the bigger one, yeah? Yeah, the bigger one’s the starter board. Right, where you want the starter board, that’s it. They’re literally the same, it’s them. Yeah, does it say them though? If you, it’ll say a number and then it goes, it doesn’t say a number, Mark. Look, if you don’t believe in what I’m saying, you read the instructions. 70 mil screws, step three. What do you have to do? Get tape measure out, yeah. Crying out loud, mil, yeah. Them, oh my God, this is anticlimactic. Look, right. Ready?

Now we have had a lot of comments saying that me and Tina shouldn’t work together, but I, I actually do like working with her. Now the base was in, it’s time to move on to the main construction. So we’ve managed to get the base in, we’re going to screw the base up, then we’re going to get it start getting leveled and packers in and make sure it’s all kind of where we need it to be. You put in so many, and then you screw them all right, because they interlock into each other.

There we go. Is it on the uh, is it the right way? Yeah, other way, that way. I used to, when I was Aaron, in it. It’s like the two-step in it. Feel like I’m on one of those, um, you know, pianos and big ones, off the film Big. Got it, yep. Look at this, ready? He’s so miserable, is he? He’s such a mood Hoover. Oh, having a bit of fun, Mark. Marshall’s there, fun sponge. Got so bloody good at this, aren’t we?

I thought, as Tina was bringing the positive vibes, which I’ll be honest, I needed that at this point, because I was struggling. The best way to describe this build was, it was like Lego. It went together so easy. Once the main frame was done, we could then start working on the doors. With a little added pressure with filming for other social media platforms, it’s going well. Like we’ve started to really get into, we start to get into a real groove now. There we go, look at that, happy days.

Now I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to tell you about our sponsor for this video, which is none other than Walton. So they have supplied this log cabin to us, but rather than a quick 5-minute intro for a sponsorship, I thought I would use their gifting to build you this for my uncle to show you what it’s actually like at the end of it. Now when I tell you the price of it, you’re probably not going to believe me, because when I looked at these for my own house, they were about 8 grand. Now this is a, I think it’s like a 22 mil, in fact, let me have a look. So I think it’s a 22 mil thickness. It is £2,699. So that is on offer right now. The price where we would have got it at was £3,700, 3,000, yeah, pretty much £3,695.99, so 37. And they’ve got an offer at the minute for 2699. Now most of the places in the UK is free delivery, and they have got some that are kind of far out which does cost you a bit of money. So I’ll put the link in the description below so you know where to find them. And we’re going to finish off getting this built. I’ll speak to you a bit.

Now, as promised, I will put the link for this build in the description below. They do have a code, I don’t know if it’s still active now, but give it a go, if not, drop them a follow, just say that you’ve seen this video and they will give you a little bit of a cheeky discount. Now if you’ve enjoyed this video, please do tap that follow button, it really does help us out. Now what I am thinking of doing is jacking it up so it’s level and then screeding all the floor so he’s got one concrete pad because he’s going to be using motorbikes and stuff, and I want it to be a solid, solid floor. Now we have a possibility where we can install this in someone else’s garden, so let us know in the comments if you’d like one. I’ve got, I got the power. Oh my [Music] God.

Now these are 35 mil in depth, thickness. You can buy cheap ones at 18 or 17 mil, but for how solid it is and the, so anyone that knows structure will know, most of the strength comes within the roof. And now if I rock it, it’s pretty solid already, so I’m excited to get it fully built, which you will see after this little ad break in three, two, and just like that, the wonderful magic of editing, we are on the next day. And already this morning, my Uncle David has been busy. He has installed the thermometer, which is pretty important, because yesterday we, at some points, I felt like it was a million degrees and we couldn’t prove it, but now we can. And second of all, he has installed these little vents up here. Now these are designed for air flow in and out the cabin, and it, it, it keeps it from obviously going moldy, it, there’s so many advantages to airflow. See, the trick is to let the drill do the work.

Now as the roof was almost done, it was finally starting to come together and look like a little bit of a workshop. But I’ll be honest, inside it was red hot. Wow, she meant that. Now you join us on the roof, we are just getting these last panels in, so Aaron’s worked right along the front down there now, and we’ve got around about 8ish panels to go, and then we can work on the next stage, finishing touches after this, windows, top top layers on, and then all the little trims. So we’ll now crack on.

Oh Lord, push, I can’t pull it because I’m slipping. Now it’s time for us to start installing this felt. So I don’t know if this is actually the stage of the process, but rather than me jump down then jump back up, we’ll start to install this now. Then what I’ll do is I’ll tap it in, and I’ll let Uncle David and Aaron finish off the ends, and I’m going to go and get the rock wool for the floor. What we’re doing now is we need to trim the ends, so what we’re doing is we’re just finding where the end is and we’re going to run the saw up it so we can put the felt and the ends on. [Music]

So we’ve now got Aaron’s going to join us now because it feels like it’s taking forever, um, probably something to do with the temperature, it’s bloody roasting today, and the minute you walk on this, it’s just peeling it, so we need to be really careful. My things are too fat for this. Should we see if we can get it in one hit? Oh yeah. And just like that, the roof is finished. So we’ve got the tongue and groove on, we put the felt on, Aaron and my Uncle David will start putting the, I think it’s the fascia board around the top. I’m going to nip off and get some rock wool, and just any bit where it’s moving, we might bang some joists in, even just a row of joists, just to kind of give it a bit more strength. And then we are good to start putting the tongue and groove flooring.

Now we are almost at the end, so what I’d like from you is to tag someone in this video, maybe a friend or a family member that you think would deserve one of these workshops. Tina’s just getting the last of the, is it rock wool? The installation in, so we chose not to go for the concrete. Everyone’s saying it was a bad idea, so what we’ve decided to do instead is put insulation in. So this just keeps that little bit of frost away, and people have said it will make a massive difference. Should we have a little check with what Alaina is? Thank you. It’s bloody stuck to you, love. Got to get the blower and blow her off. Yeah, how you feeling? She’s not happy, she’s not happy, not one bit. Right, time to get some floor balls in. Now a lot of people told us after this video that we shouldn’t have put the rock wool in, and Tina would definitely vouch for that because she hated me at this point.

Right, so it’s now time to install our windows, so lift it in place, and then we’ll need to packer it and see where, so level it up so it looks level. A bit there, there, there. Now time for the most trickiest part of the job, installing the windows. We probably spent far too much time on this, but because I’ve never done it before, we’ve finally gotten figured out, and my uncle was very [Music] pleased. So all I’m trying to do now with this is just get it as perfect in the [Music] middle as possible. I think I might have done it. Open it up, mate. First time, shut it. Hey, problemo solvo.

That’s it, time for the doors now. Time for the reaction, you’re probably going to love this one, because it’s probably more emotional than anything I’ve ever seen before. You will probably notice what I have under here, I’ve just put some cladding on there for now, just because obviously the patio is not level, but when we put the new patio in, we’ll put it level to the bottom of the cladding. What do you think of everything? How do you think it’s been the last couple of days? It’s been fun, I’ve learned a lot. I have learned a lot, it’s been hard work, haven’t it? Very hard work, got to 45 on that temperature thing today. Thanks for watching, we’ll see you on the next one. [Music]