The Potting Shed

[throtts]

The good looking one without a shirt.

Thought so, you poser......

[philip in china]

Actually, I found somebody older, fatter and shorter than me so I thought I would get a photo of Paul. He is the other man in the pictures.

[throtts]

Actually, I found somebody older, fatter and shorter than me so I thought I would get a photo of Paul. He is the other man in the pictures.

haha, is he your practice partner?....

[philip in china]

Just a neighbour. He is English as well.

[DeanH]

Just a neighbour. He is English as well.

neighbour from China or in Bulgaria?
is that your "boss" also there in the photos?
got to say the room looks very nice

[philip in china]

Here in Bulgaria.

[philip in china]

Just read the rest of the post. No, she is his wife. My squaw is safely in China.

I am very pleased with the room. There is plenty of space. I am seriously thinking of doing a specail offer for TSF members. You will need to see my post "Snooker based holidays" on the snooker lounge for details of that, should it happen.

The AC is wonderful!

[birminghampotter]

Hi mick im new tothis forum and im instrested in a snooker room hence y i joined im tried to pm you but it wont let me just wondering how much you would charge for this build if u can can upm please i would like a price of you to see which is better

Ive looked at the concrete block build with brickfront cavity wall etc not a bad price considering my friend dad said he would build it he said

8/10 packs of concrete blocks
2 packs engineering bricks
1pack of tuskin red bricks
Insulate it

I think 4/5k for build

[philip in china]

Thanks for dredging this one out from the past. I had quite forgotten it!

If you are a keen player, you will not regret building your own snooker room. Should you ever decide to sell the house, a large room will possibly help you to sell. Perhaps somebody who has a grand piano, or wants a home gym would be interested. So it certainly isn't money wasted!

Plan it all out. Obviously your main consideration is size. You need a MINIMUM of 22' x 16'- that is 4.8m x 6.5m and that is a BIG room. At that you won't get much else in there, so if you can go a bit bigger you won't regret it. Even if it ends up being L shaped the extra space is useful.

Think where you plan to have your lighting and power points. I would suggest the actual table lighting to be on a separate switch . Get loads of it. I have 6, 4' tubes in 3 double units. That gives me 12' of lights which is spot on. Then I have wall lights all round. If I am using the room for another purpose I use the wall lights. Then when playing those go off and the game lighting comes on.

Also plan to have a floor mounted socket under the table. That way you can run a small heater to warm the slates in winter. It is also very convenient when ironing the table.

A room that size calls for a high enough ceiling. Otherwise you will feel as if you are in an air-raid shelter!

Bags of insulation!

Feel free to PM me if you want to discuss any point.

[birminghampotter]

Hi philip thanks for info it wont allow me to pm you maybe because immew here ??

I was thinking 22x16 anyway will that come under permitted development?
I will eventually be buying my house have to wait another 2years beforei can put in to buy soat the mo
Ive had to askpermisson to build it soive gotta wait for responce of coucil

[Triedandtested]

Hi philip thanks for info it wont allow me to pm you maybe because immew here ??

I was thinking 22x16 anyway will that come under permitted development?
I will eventually be buying my house have to wait another 2years beforei can put in to buy soat the mo
Ive had to askpermisson to build it soive gotta wait for responce of coucil

Hi BP.

I also built my own potting shed fully loaded for 5.5k. That included 100mm insulation, heating, etc etc.

If you're a keen player and have the room then this is highly recommended, best thing I've done. The main cost for me was the concrete base which I had to have a couple of mates in to help me.

[DeanH]

Hi philip thanks for info it wont allow me to pm you maybe because immew here ??

I was thinking 22x16 anyway will that come under permitted development?
I will eventually be buying my house have to wait another 2years beforei can put in to buy soat the mo
Ive had to askpermisson to build it soive gotta wait for responce of coucil

22x16 is the recommended minimum for a full size table, but can still feel tight around the table, more will make for a more comfortable playing area.

oh, and ensure you have 22x16 (or bigger) on the INTERNAL dimensions!, nothing worst than constructing the whole building and find you have 22x16 outside dimensions, minus the walls thickness and you end up having to get a 10x5 table
It has happened before!

[birminghampotter]

Because its a coucil house i have to ask if i can build it on there land
Even tho i can legally go upto 30sqm without building regs i still have to wait i think 22x16 is just over
32.7 sqm are they really that picky if i go over slightley?
Maybe go bigger as they go on internalfloor space so if it is 32.7 ill say by the time i boarded and plastered it it will be
30sqm is that somethink i can do?

[birminghampotter]

Hi triedandtested did u buildout of blocks and bricks or was it wooden?

[DeanH]

Because its a coucil house i have to ask if i can build it on there land
Even tho i can legally go upto 30sqm without building regs i still have to wait i think 22x16 is just over
32.7 sqm are they really that picky if i go over slightley?
Maybe go bigger as they go on internalfloor space so if it is 32.7 ill say by the time i boarded and plastered it it will be
30sqm is that somethink i can do?

the 30sqm is external area is it not?
I have not looked at regs for sometime