New garage
New garage
I have now got planning permission to build a new garage on our front lawn for our cars and thought I would up date progress on hear if anybody is interested? The garage is 7m x 7m with an office above.
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I am interested, I'm about to build a 4m x 6m garage,
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I have an element of 'M-styling' on my car, If that's a good enough reason for the manufacturers to adorn a 320 with the M badge, then its certainly a good enough reason for me..
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I will keep thread going. The builders are marking out today, will post progress later.gookah wrote:I am interested, I'm about to build a 4m x 6m garage,
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Man caves are always interesting
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
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- BladeRunner919
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Put an inspection pit in. I have one and they are great!!
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If you do, make sure it's a decent length! In my last house the pit was deep enough but too short so you had access only to the first foot or so of the underside unless you pulled the car over you after you got down the hole. Great for storing spare wheels etc., though.BladeRunner919 wrote:Put an inspection pit in. I have one and they are great!!
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Have you had ground tests done to determine which foundations are required ?
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
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I am interested to see your progress as I am just in the process of having drawings done for a 5m x 6m long garage build done.
steve
steve
- Southernboy
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"Honey I shrunk the earthworks machine"....
Seriously a pit is a huge plus...and if you line it with some decent bricks and a shelf either side running the length for tools, tea etc...it's an even bigger plus...and have two 1/2 length covers to close it over when not in use...well that's the best...Nice size building you're erecting...
Seriously a pit is a huge plus...and if you line it with some decent bricks and a shelf either side running the length for tools, tea etc...it's an even bigger plus...and have two 1/2 length covers to close it over when not in use...well that's the best...Nice size building you're erecting...
- BladeRunner919
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Plus it's much cooler in the pit - mine was lovely on Saturday!!
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No tests done, footings being done on Wed/Thursday we are assuming 1 m depthGazza wrote:Have you had ground tests done to determine which foundations are required ?
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All marked out ready for digging!
We also had some new 'Equipment' arrive.
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Footings were all dug Thursday, inspected yesterday and concrete poured.
The garage is now taking shape and is a good size.
Bricklayers start Monday.
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The garage is now taking shape and is a good size.
Bricklayers start Monday.
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Walls now going up to DPC
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- Southernboy
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The "pit doesn't have to be deep enough to stand in...just deep enough to lie down in and negate jacking every time you need to work under the car...a pit aprox 18" - 24" deep will do it comfortably.
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I've not seen blocks like those before.
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
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Nor have I, and I do the odd extension, you say up to DPCGazza wrote:I've not seen blocks like those before.
they look like a Celcon type block, should be brick on at least concrete blocks?
Its hard to tell by a picture
Did the DS make you go 1 metre for the footings?
It will be a lovely size, you can always put a pit in later, a bit harder to do though
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They are trench blocks and then 3 normal bricks to DPC with a normal block inside. We went down a meter for the footings.
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Just waiting for crushed concrete and the weather to cool so we can power float the floor
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what slab depth of concrete are you having?
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Z3 1.9 Sport Progress Journal (Wifey's)
I have an element of 'M-styling' on my car, If that's a good enough reason for the manufacturers to adorn a 320 with the M badge, then its certainly a good enough reason for me..
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Not sure to be fair left with builder, slab is going to be reinforced with steel though.gookah wrote:what slab depth of concrete are you having?
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yeah me neither.... I want to lay a slab for a 4m x 6m and some say I need a 6" slab, some 4" and some say 3" is ok if reinforced?
Its a wooden garage, so all I am really concerned with is the car weight and point loading for jacking up..
least I would go for is a 4" though, 'cos 3" seems far too thin for my required length and width
Its a wooden garage, so all I am really concerned with is the car weight and point loading for jacking up..
least I would go for is a 4" though, 'cos 3" seems far too thin for my required length and width
Z3 2.8 Progress Journal (Mine)
Z3 1.9 Sport Progress Journal (Wifey's)
I have an element of 'M-styling' on my car, If that's a good enough reason for the manufacturers to adorn a 320 with the M badge, then its certainly a good enough reason for me..
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Go with a 6" slab and a polished finish, that will stop any dust from the concrete, then paint the floor.
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
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I lay a minimum 150 mm of concrete and reinforced on garage bases "Minimum"Gazza wrote:Go with a 6" slab and a polished finish, that will stop any dust from the concrete, then paint the floor.
The polish concrete finish is great, you can wheel spin out of the garage lol
Not good when wet, a bit slippery?
I cant wait to see it up
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This is cool.
I'm looking to move over the next year and my basic requirements are treble garage (or room to build one), 2 bedroom, kitchen and toilet. As you can imagine SWMBO is not impressed
The main thing for me with a double garage is to have a proper double auto door and not two single door with a column in the middle. It makes use of the garage soooo much easier.
Re the pit you guys have it all wrong, get a proper car lift installed, it can be as cheap as building the pit so long as you have the headroom and you can store an extra car under
I'm looking to move over the next year and my basic requirements are treble garage (or room to build one), 2 bedroom, kitchen and toilet. As you can imagine SWMBO is not impressed
The main thing for me with a double garage is to have a proper double auto door and not two single door with a column in the middle. It makes use of the garage soooo much easier.
Re the pit you guys have it all wrong, get a proper car lift installed, it can be as cheap as building the pit so long as you have the headroom and you can store an extra car under
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Now you're talking - live with the cars and also have a pit and/or lift (plus big beer fridge) & professional tool chest - bloke heavenJonttt wrote:2 bedroom, kitchen and toilet. As you can imagine SWMBO is not impressed
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Looks like we will have 6 inches on top of the crushed concrete.
Jontt, I thought the same on the garage door. I have managed to get one 5.5m wide so I hope the opening is big enough[SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES].
We are putting attic trusses on as we will have an office with toilet above.
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Jontt, I thought the same on the garage door. I have managed to get one 5.5m wide so I hope the opening is big enough[SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES].
We are putting attic trusses on as we will have an office with toilet above.
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I think the garage door will be big enough. Tried it for size today
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Yes it is a focus ST3 estate.Captain wrote:Is that a station wagon ST
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Looks great, we don't get the estate version here.
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Floor being poured and then power floated tomorrow!
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Well it's 10 o clock and the builders have just finished on the floor. Will upload pictures in the morning after they give it another go with the power float.
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Some quick pictures before power floating. Not the best weather!!
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- Badman gee
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The scaffolders have arrived!
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- BladeRunner919
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The roof's upside-down. Tell them it's pointy end up!
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Roof now on, the right way round!
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Wow that looks high, I thought Planning Regulations stated no higher than 4 metres to the ridge ?
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
- Southernboy
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....It is under 4 meters .... from the top of the wall....
Looks very good though...and that roof loft will prove extremely useful space if you build a decent floor up there... spares, extra sets of wheels, hardtop etc etc...or just some private "man space"...
Looks very good though...and that roof loft will prove extremely useful space if you build a decent floor up there... spares, extra sets of wheels, hardtop etc etc...or just some private "man space"...
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It's roughly 6m high, roof being inspected tomorrow, but is as per plan. Have had a few comments from the neighbours tho. The upstairs is initially an office (man cave)but we have put a soil pipe and water so will put a shower room in once we have a completion statement.