Garage (re)build - concrete sectional jiggery-repokery..

Trust me - time doesn't get any easier to hang onto the older they get!

My mojo is on its way back, partly inspired your build.

I am still surprised / annoyed about the amount of junk I have stored thinking I would need it "one day". Its quite therapeutic to throw it all away.

I'm in Cheshunt, so in the area.😉

Keep up the good work.👍

Update time!
Managed to get a fair bit done in the last few weeks although it doesn't look like much.

Noggins added to wall - these all came from waste timber from my parents attic conversion, hence the odd shapes and sizes
So did the windows which just happened to be the exact same size as the gap between the posts "which was nice."
Will need a rub down and a lick of paint somewhere down the line, as will the man door and main doors but that all falls into the finessing, finishing off jobs category.



Also having the doors meant I could put together the front wall sections, built the same as the side wall with 2 courses of engineering brick, damp proof membrane then timber.
But before that, I managed to spend most of a morning straightening out the long concrete wall as it wasn't as straight as it could have been (still isn't..) and was leaning out at the top. And did I leave myself enough space to get down the back of it easily?.. No, no I didn't  Live and learn.. 
Anyway, here it is with the doors hung.
I decided to go with the bi-folding idea and after a bit of re-hinging to get them folding the right way, and a quick trim and preservative treatment of the bottoms, they seem to be working well so far.
I have a feeling they will settle a bit over time but am not too bothered as they wont be used on a daily basis so having to lift them slightly to open/close will be ok.








Back of the doors. In this pic you can see the prototype extended roof truss. It will take a fair bit of weight without splaying out much but does twist rather easily so may have to beef them up a bit or add some diagonal bracing between trusses but we'll see...
I have a certain spitty6 of this parish coming down next weekend for a play day who just happens to be an aeronautical engineer, so between the two of us we should be able to come up with a roof that will stay put (no pressure, Pete!  ).

Just took delivery of the rest of the steel needed for the roof - game on!

I'll leave it to rust4life to update the proceedings, suffice to say that much fun was had with welder and grinders on Saturday just gone. And the weather was kind all day despite some humongous black clouds trundling over at various parts of the day. The only weather that was out to thwart our attempts to weld was the wind, but nothing a bit of positioning that a circus contortionist wouldn't have been proud off couldn't solve!

I really must remember to wear long sleeves when spending a day welding, as I managed to get a rather fetching mid arm 'sun-tan'... leather gauntlets provided the lower line around the arms and my T-shirt the upper!!

I think another play date will have to be on the cards very soon as Argon gas is quite addictive!! It's been too long.

Holy thread resurrection, Batman!
It's been a while but in my defence -
a) I've been busy
b) I find composing forum posts very tedious and taxing so have great admiration for the peeps on here that seem to post so prolifically!

Anyway, finally I have summoned the wherewithal to bring you an update!

I left you previously with the roof under construction so have some piccies to bring you up to date...


frames under construction



Bolted in place with purlins gaffa taped on to hold it all together - this took me, my dad and my brother-in-law a good few hours to do as the frames were so long and top heavy and the fit was less than perfect due to the top of the concrete back wall being wavy as - ended up pulling it this way and that, belting it with mallets , wedges here, there and everywhere and ratchet straps to square it all up but got it there in the end!



Welded the purlins on as I couldn't be orsed to fanny about drilling holes and bolting it all together, also figured it would make it all stiffer.
Quality, high altitude welding rig - safety first!



Roof sheets on - needed extras so went with some opaque and some translucent to give me a row of each on each side of the roof as I wanted it to be a nice light working environment when finished, which it is. It does get pretty toasty in the summer though which is something I didn't really appreciate. Cladding the outside in featheredge. This all took place over the space of a couple of weeks at the end of November '17 so was glad to get it all buttoned up and water tight before winter set in.



Due to the monumentally wet summer that year, the amount of condensation arising from the wet concrete necessitated the use of a dehumidifier for a few weeks but has been pretty good since.
Last year was spent getting the place kitted out with work benches, shelving, power etc.
It now has its own consumer unit fed  straight from the main house fuse box via a new cable instead of being fed off the back of a plug socket in our extension as the original garage was (used to trip out the electrics in the extension every time I tried to use any power tools, which wasn't great as our freezer is in there)

And finished off with a bit of landscaping etc.
That's a peach tree growing against it in the pic - got some good peaches off it last year too!





New inmates seem to like it.



The Chevette is currently having a new sill fitted. I may do a thread on it if I can be bothered, though progress and updates will be just as sporadic as this thread.

yes thanks, not as big as yours tho, loads of room 

9 foot wide and about 22 foot long, good job am little and have a vauxhall corsa   

This is a beautiful looking garage. I'm quite jealous of a few points. I built a double garage a couple of years ago myself and it is way over engineered. Double skin insulated brick walls, deep foundations, brick pit, metal girders in the roof for lifting stuff, very expensive roller door, yet it doesnt look as pretty and homely as yours. I may steal your feather edge idea and win some points off the missus as it will enhance the whole garden. I wish i had put transparent panels in the roof now too as i love all the light in yours. Very nice job!