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Hi All,

Has anyone a Studio in a log cabin.

I ve just brought a 3x4m 44mm log cabin just as a home studio

Hopefully it will be big enough and do the job.

Anyway let me know if you have your studio in a cabin, and any pictures would be good

Thanks
 
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Nope but about to buy a 5x6m one from tiger sheds for exactly that purpose - oh, and the wife wants to have it as an extra living space when we have guests!
 
The one i use in Reading is a log cabin shed not sure if i can post a link or not.

All the best,Ian
 
What's the height? I have a 5 x 3m cabin in the garden with double opening doors and 3 large windows that I can get light through/shoot through. I use a projector screen over the end wall (plus a projector for the Xbox for a 140"screen ;) ). But it's mostly been nicked by the youngest as his cabin.
However because you're limited to 2.5m height you a usually around 2.2-2.3m inside so height is an issue. Still usable, you just have to be creative with light. With 5m length I still find I sometimes shoot from outside the cabin for portraits but for products, or smaller creative photography it could be great. I put a track lighting system along the middle, then used clip on spots with led spots to throw lots of light around, for very little wattage (and hence heat). The gu10 bulbs now are under £10 for 50w equivilant and are pretty consistent with colour temp.
 
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Spooky said:
Nope but about to buy a 5x6m one from tiger sheds for exactly that purpose - oh, and the wife wants to have it as an extra living space when we have guests!
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Careful with the planning / building control then (the point being that you can usually put this kind of structure up without planning - so long as it doesnt cover more than a certain percentage of curtliage, but that rules are different for structures that are part of the residence)
 
I have a log cabin at the bottom of my garden and it is about the same size as yours. I find that I can shoot full length in it, if I get back far enough. I have some shelves at on end and a desk at the other. This reduces my shooting space down to about 3x3m and I have shot some good stuff in there.
I cut down a white background to fit across the width of the studio (not a shed anymore) made two brackets and bought a scaffolding pole to hang it on. This is a permanent feature.
I found insurance to be a problem. Most companies would not insure items in a wooden structure, but I found one who would insure my lights and my computer but not my cameras. I keep those in the house. I have also put security measures in place to deter any naredowells. A grill at the window and a big fat metal bar across the door. There is a point, though, where you stop protecting your property and start advertising to burglars that you have something worth pinching, so be careful.
I hope this helps.

Barry

ps. Put some guttering up as soon as you can. Otherwise you will have to enter your studio through a waterfall when it chucks it down. You can then collect the rain in a water butt and use it on your garden.

Barry
 
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canonlad said:
I have a log cabin at the bottom of my garden and it is about the same size as yours. I find that I can shoot full length in it, if I get back far enough. I have some shelves at on end and a desk at the other. This reduces my shooting space down to about 3x3m and I have shot some good stuff in there.
I cut down a white background to fit across the width of the studio (not a shed anymore) made two brackets and bought a scaffolding pole to hang it on. This is a permanent feature.
I found insurance to be a problem. Most companies would not insure items in a wooden structure, but I found one who would insure my lights and my computer but not my cameras. I keep those in the house. I have also put security measures in place to deter any naredowells. A grill at the window and a big fat metal bar across the door. There is a point, though, where you stop protecting your property and start advertising to burglars that you have something worth pinching, so be careful.
I hope this helps.

Barry

ps. Put some guttering up as soon as you can. Otherwise you will have to enter your studio through a waterfall when it chucks it down. You can then collect the rain in a water butt and use it on your garden.

Barry
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Barry thanks

Can you give me the insurance company details please
 
Mine's 10m X 3m and it ain't big enough to shoot in. Each to their own ;)
 
big soft moose said:
Careful with the planning / building control then (the point being that you can usually put this kind of structure up without planning - so long as it doesnt cover more than a certain percentage of curtliage, but that rules are different for structures that are part of the residence)
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You can cover 50% of your garden with sheds as part of permitted development i.e. you don't need permission. There is an excellent 3D interactive guide on planning for outbuildings here http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/outbuildings/miniguide

You can use the sheds as additional living space e.g. guest room as long as it's not self-contained & thus another dwelling.
 
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nigelbb said:
You can cover 50% of your garden with sheds as part of permitted development i.e. you don't need permission. There is an excellent 3D interactive guide on planning for outbuildings here http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/outbuildings/miniguide

You can use the sheds as additional living space e.g. guest room as long as it's not self-contained & thus another dwelling.
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I'd be very wary of taking planning advice off a forum. The penalties for getting it wrong can be quite severe.

For instance, my garden is roughly 1,600 square metres. My shed is about 30. That's less than 2%. I still needed planning permission....

IIRC it was about 200 quid and an afternoon in Photoshop.
 
It also depends on the height, and the proximity to the boundary, if you are in a conservation area and a variety of other things.

also if you intend to use it for living space you may need building control permission (which is different from planning)

Like Jon said ask someone who does this stuff for a living
 
nigelbb said:
You can cover 50% of your garden with sheds as part of permitted development i.e. you don't need permission. There is an excellent 3D interactive guide on planning for outbuildings here http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/outbuildings/miniguide

You can use the sheds as additional living space e.g. guest room as long as it's not self-contained & thus another dwelling.
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JonathanRyan said:
I'd be very wary of taking planning advice off a forum. The penalties for getting it wrong can be quite severe.

For instance, my garden is roughly 1,600 square metres. My shed is about 30. That's less than 2%. I still needed planning permission....

IIRC it was about 200 quid and an afternoon in Photoshop.
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That link I provided is to the official UK government website providing advice on planning permission.

There are any number of reasons why your 10mx3m shed required planning permission e.g. it's in a National Park, your house is a listed building, you wanted to put it in the front garden or within 2m of a boundary & it's over 2.5m at apex of pitched roof or it's more then 2m from a boundary but the roof is more than 2.5m at eaves etc etc All these exclusions are explained on that site but in general you do not need planning permission to erect a 10mx3m shed in your back garden or indeed to cover up to 50% of the land around your house with outbuildings.
 
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Mmmm-hmm...

This is an introductory guide and is not a definitive source of legal information.
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(http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/general/aboutus/legal/disclaimer)

A planning officer might decide that a photographic studio didn't correspond with their interpretation of "incidental enjoyment of the dwelling". For mine, I had to ask them to define what "front garden" meant which I don't see anywhere on that site.
 
You have however vastly over simplified even the advise given on that portal - for example it isnt true that you can "put sheds on 50% of your garden ", its that you can cover up to a maximum of 50% of the area arround the original house (which stood on the site in 1948) - meaning that you have to take into account any extensions/rebuilds since that date, and any other outbuildings when calculating the 50% coverage.

That page also includes a disclaimer that it is only an outline not a full guide.

Also that portal is about planning permission - building regulations aprroval are required for any building that contains sleeping accomodation (including incidental guest quarters), or for any building of more than 30 square meters (15 square meters if it is built within 1 m of a boundary and isnt of substantially non combustible material )

As jonathon said this stuff is a minefield and the OP can't asume you are covered from forum advice - speak to a proffesional
 
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JonathanRyan said:
For mine, I had to ask them to define what "front garden" meant which I don't see anywhere on that site.
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Permitted development cannot be forward of the main wall which provides the principal elevation of the dwelling - if you were in the front garden that is why you required planning.

Also you are correct that a photographic studio does not meet the incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling if it is in anyway used for business purposes
 
Spooky said:
Nope but about to buy a 5x6m one from tiger sheds for exactly that purpose - oh, and the wife wants to have it as an extra living space when we have guests!
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If it's combustible (i.e. wood) and over 15 square metres and within 1m of a boundary at any point you will need building regs (the threshold is 30 sqaure metres in any location if non-combustible). At least that was the situation a couple of years ago when I put up a 29.3 square metre, 2.4m high prefab concrete garage right next to my boundary.


If it's more than 2.5m high at any point and within 2m of a boundary you will need planning and if it's more than 4m high you will need planning irrespective of location. There are plenty of other cases where you will need planning irrespective of height or location, so check very carefully.
 
big soft moose said:
Permitted development cannot be forward of the main wall which provides the principal elevation of the dwelling - if you were in the front garden that is why you required planning.
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Our house sits in the middle of the plot. So the front door is about 15 metres from the road.

The definition I got was something like no closer to the road than 5 metres OR the closest part of the house.

Like you say, more complicated than you think.

Anybody else outraged that Kevin McCloud got to build a shed right in the middle of a wood (where he would never get permission for a fixed structure) simply by putting it on wheels? And then basically burying the wheels.....
 
JonathanRyan said:
Anybody else outraged that Kevin McCloud got to build a shed right in the middle of a wood (where he would never get permission for a fixed structure) simply by putting it on wheels? And then basically burying the wheels.....
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No not really, if it is deamed a movable/temporary structure they might just ask him to move it! i guess then they get to see just how temporary it is!
 
Hodders said:
No not really, if it is deamed a movable/temporary structure they might just ask him to move it! i guess then they get to see just how temporary it is!
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It's all for TV! It's not the real world, in the real world what is the chance of getting so much help for free?
 
rjbell said:
Sounds a little small to me too.
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It does sound small

But it's working we'll at present

It's all about using the space.

I'll try and post some pics
 
Would be great to see some shots of the studio Tony.
Mines just about ready to fit out now.
Dean:)
 
Picture taken yesterday on my Phone.

I know its not massive, but it works for me, and with a low Budget

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Looks good, I'd be tempted to get something up for the windows ... blinds etc, just an additional security measure.
 
I think that looks great Tony - mmmm wonder what sort of mood the wife's in.
 
Looking great.
Not too dissimilar to mine, but ive plasterboarded throughout.
I have the same wall booms, except mine are Calumet, also ive fitted an infinity curve to the back wall.
Its great having your own studio.
Cant wait to see some results.
Dean:)
 
Bullysrus said:
Picture taken yesterday on my Phone.

I know its not massive, but it works for me, and with a low Budget
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Looks really good I'd love something like that, that I could leave up permanently, i have to transform my living room and due to this being a ball ache, I don't do as much studio stuff as I'd like too, I bet a wooden structure like that don't come cheap either?
 
GR3Z said:
Looks really good I'd love something like that, that I could leave up permanently, i have to transform my living room and due to this being a ball ache, I don't do as much studio stuff as I'd like too, I bet a wooden structure like that don't come cheap either?
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It's not that Expensive

I went for the 44mm thick and double glazed at £2199
 
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