Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown

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Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown(www.imkylelambert.com)

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learn_more 14 hours ago|

ipython 14 hours ago||

Looks awesome, but I would have run single-mode fiber between the house and the office. Eliminates any issues with lightning strikes taking out equipment or other electrical gremlins, not to mention providing opportunity for expanding bandwidth in the future by just swapping out the SFP modules on each end. Pre-terminated fiber from fs.com is inexpensive and easy to work with - just measure and install.

veverkap 13 hours ago|

What do you use on the house and on the shed side to convert to CAT6?

ipython 12 hours ago|||

you can use a media converter or a small switch - for example: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/switching-utility/produc.... You may already have a fiber aggregation switch in the house to handle other fiber connected devices.

taylorfinley 13 hours ago|||

You're looking for a "media converter", often sold in pairs for ~$50. Match it to the fiber connectors you buy.

Borealid 10 hours ago||

Media converters are effectively a switch, but less flexible. I would buy a switch with an sfp+ port instead and use it with an appropriate sfp module.

8by3 15 hours ago||

Nice, I also have an office in my backyard. Although its a ~100 year old brick structure that was originally staff quarters. Had to put a new roof on it, run power, fibre and install AC. Now its my office / data centre (yes I put a rack in a room I sit in...)

https://tuhat.net/@sbr/p/big-tech-sucks

The rack warms it in the winter so I don't need any extra cooling, and I run the AC in the summer.

skullone 14 hours ago||

Did similar, but went 12x16, trenched power and cat6, did rockwool insulation, did pine tongue and groove paneling and an Alaskan white cedar porch. When we sold the house, I'm pretty sure the shed is what sealed the deal, people had all sorts of things they wanted it to be, even as a spare bedroom

digitalsushi 13 hours ago|

i did a 24x36, with a loft. 2015, 32,000 bucks from lavalley's in newport nh, installed 80 miles away in another random town. poured slab. 6 windows, 2 garage doors. i realized, all i did was build a garage, not a work from home office.

but over the next few years i learned so many hobby art projects: insulation, electrical, sheetrock. a few inspections, a few consults. a few surprises that people in this state can just go buy the stuff at a box store!

and then eventually, my 12x6 foot office appeared, the same width as a 1960s metal tanker desk. finally!

and ... i instantly hated working out there. i didnt make it 6 weeks. it's just an office for storing crap, now: i work out of the house, where the kitchen, dogs, bathroom, are. but the journey was worth it, even if the destination was not.

vondur 13 hours ago||

We did this for my wife right before the Pandemic. Luckily we already had a 12 foot by 12 foot cement pad in our backyard. The building itself was 10 feet by 12 feet and cost $5000. Then we had to install insulation and drywall which was another $1500. Then I had a single 20 Amp power line installed and that cost another $1000, but I also had him do some other work and I assisted with the digging of the trench. I think we were at around $9000 all in with it. I checked with the company and that model of building we got is around $8000 now, so maybe around 60% more now?

boredatoms 8 hours ago||

$20k to $50k for dedicated office is easily worth it. So much cheaper than moving house in most areas

dowonseo 4 hours ago||

I like that CO2 detector. I wonder if I could build one cheaply as a DIY project by buying and attaching the sensor to Raspberry Pi?

pimlottc 1 hour ago|

CO2 sensors are not all created equal. The price of a good one is a large chunk of the cost of the device.

gehwartzen 13 hours ago||

For those wanting more inspiration for similar builds, this reddit community is pretty good: https://www.reddit.com/r/shedditors/

vist_orn 3 hours ago||

Lumber in 2022 was brutal. Same build today would probably land a lot lower.

ElCapitanMarkla 7 hours ago|

I did this in my backyard in NZ. Built out of "Structural Insulated Panels" it holds the heat well over winter and never gets too hot over summer.

I spent about 14-15k NZD 2 years ago to get it setup. I wish I had done it years ago.

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