slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
building a garageslater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
|
Aug 23, 2006 17:40:43 GMT
|
Me and my dad built our double garage, it kind of helps that he worked as a builder for 25years tho As we kept it under a cirtan size it didnt require engineers report so no stupidly overkill beams/foundatons and stuff nice and cheap. Once we have finished our extension theres also room for a room in the roof of it (that would require engineers report so we aint doing it untill the council has finished snooping about around the extension.) does the job
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aug 23, 2006 18:12:36 GMT
|
I had to get planning permission and building regs for mine (just over 50 square meters). Got the founds dug with a JCB. Then I laid the concrete for the founds. Got someone else to do the blockwork as I didnt have the time. Then me and my Dad did the roof. Went for a conventional roof instead of trusses so that I have the option of a lift (which I should be getting at some point in the near future). Tyvek roof membrane and then eternit tiles. I spoke to the building inspector about installing a pit and he said it was no problem. Only provision was that it had to be above a 45 degree line from the base of the founds in any direction. Then got two 8 foot x 8 foot remote control roller shutters fitted for £1000 which I was quite happy with. I decided not to go for a pit in the end as I knew I was going to get a lift at some point and I find them a bit limiting. So far I havent regretted it. Installed the electrics myself. Technically they were finished before the part P regs came into place. Still need to render the outside and then paint the inside walls and floor. Then get the final inspection. Then once thats done I am going to fit an upstairs floor into the far side and use it mainly for extra storage.
|
|
Last Edit: Aug 23, 2006 18:13:27 GMT by PhoenixC
|
|
|
|
Aug 23, 2006 19:34:49 GMT
|
*Quickly types while Law's on the phone to her mum*
I want to move to a place with a drive and garage. She doesn't.
She's happy staying in yuppieville with one allocated parking space that costs us £50 a year...
*browses rightmove*
*n
|
|
Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
|
|
|
|
Aug 25, 2006 20:11:24 GMT
|
i might be able to nick some designs from work if it is in a conservation area/ you need it drawing up!
Rich
|
|
1974 Fiat 130 Coupe 1987 Saab 900 turbo 1988 Mercedes 300ce coupe 1988 Skoda Classic Trials Car 1988 Skoda road rally rapid 1990 Saab 9000 Carlsson
|
|
|
|
Aug 25, 2006 20:23:07 GMT
|
Cheers man! Its gonna be in Crewe though - deffo not a conservation area! Quite the opposite in fact, if thats possible.
I think I need planning permission now though as it is gonna be on the other side of the wall from a public pathway, what a b0ll0ck.
PhoenixC, do you mind me asking, how much did that blockwork cost? I agree that bricks or blocks have got to be the best solution, at least from a 'keeping out travellers' point of view, but I haven't done any of that kind of work (yet!). Feel free to tell me to mind my own business of course.
|
|
Last Edit: Aug 25, 2006 20:23:47 GMT by Mr_Bo11ox
1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT!
|
|
|
|
Aug 25, 2006 20:28:19 GMT
|
I'd like to do one in blocks - Would be cheaper than wood?
Also handy at the whole not-catching-fire thing.
*n
|
|
Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
|
|
|
|
Aug 25, 2006 20:40:00 GMT
|
i'm highly highly jealous of all you guys with double/triple/moreple garages, heating, lifts, lighting, compressors. we had the chance of a house with a double-length garage (not as useful as a wide one, but better than a single) with a pit and electrics.... trouble is the house itself needed almost as much as the price of it spending again on 'modernisation' - i.e. it had twisted two-core mains throughout.
as it stands then I have a driveway, in the rain, toolbox on the floor filling up with water, and the occasional cup of tea passed through the kitchen window.
|
|
Never trust a man Who names himself Trevor. Or one day you might find He's not a real drug dealer.
|
|
|
|
Aug 25, 2006 20:42:06 GMT
|
Just finished building my garage... Built from mostly from reclaimed lightweight ComCen breeze blocks. My mate uses a site called freecycle and there was a local museum that had built a display using 800 of the the blocks. They had to take it down block by block, and I took them off there hands for nothing, it was either that or they had to hire a skip...It's moved on a little from the picture, and I even got a roller door for nothing from my cousin...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aug 25, 2006 21:32:25 GMT
|
Cheers man! Its gonna be in Crewe though - deffo not a conservation area! Quite the opposite in fact, if thats possible. I think I need planning permission now though as it is gonna be on the other side of the wall from a public pathway, what a b0ll0ck. PhoenixC, do you mind me asking, how much did that blockwork cost? I agree that bricks or blocks have got to be the best solution, at least from a 'keeping out travellers' point of view, but I haven't done any of that kind of work (yet!). Feel free to tell me to mind my own business of course. I got the blocks and they were just over 40p per block (very cheap normally 87p at the time) and the labour worked out just under £1000. I would have preferred to do it myself but with my available time I have it still wouldnt be done now. I think the price works out something like this. Digging founds,concreting, blocks and labour £2000 Timber for roof, felt and laths (materials only)£220 Slates £750 2 Remote doors £1000 Preparing and concreting floor and also preparing and making an area of hardstanding outside of the garage enough to get 3-4 cars on £2250 (again wanted to do this myself but no time) Electrics less than £100. Pedestrian 2" solid wood fire door £0 So not too bad for the size but could have saved another £1500 if I had done all of it myself. i'm highly highly jealous of all you guys with double/triple/moreple garages, heating, lifts, lighting, compressors. we had the chance of a house with a double-length garage (not as useful as a wide one, but better than a single) with a pit and electrics.... trouble is the house itself needed almost as much as the price of it spending again on 'modernisation' - i.e. it had twisted two-core mains throughout. as it stands then I have a driveway, in the rain, toolbox on the floor filling up with water, and the occasional cup of tea passed through the kitchen window. Got to admit I am over the moon now I finally have a roof over my head. When myself and my then fiancee (now boss) were looking for a house one of the conditions was that it would have a garage. The one we got didnt but it did have a big garden with plenty of parking and so I just had to wait a few years and put up with working outside until I could afford to do it. And as I live in a very exposed area on a fellside just off the pennines it gets a bit chilly and windy. Even that was a bonus though compared with when I lived at my parents and was working on a car at the bottom of the street. Were even if I wanted to stop for a cuppa I had to pack all my gear away.
|
|
|
|