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Sept 10, 2009 22:40:54 GMT
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Wednesday night at 9 oclock this was delivered 5 pallets of scandanavian pine  This morning my father-in-law arrived and the 3 of us then spent 45 minutes of shifting timber  until this is what the back garden looked like  Once we had checked of all parts we started building within an hour we were nearly to the top of the walls  another half hour and we had a basic shape formed  Then the gable ends and a break for lunch  and roof beams by 3 0clock  Then we had a long job of fixing the roof boards, this was fnished by 8 tonight , in 12 hours we had unpacked and build the majority of our new garage. Leaves me with the roof shingles , doors and widows to fit. |
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Sept 10, 2009 22:43:34 GMT
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does this meen that it turned up last night then? Yep its here , got the bruises and blood blisters to prove it ( no splinters yet). |
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Sept 10, 2009 22:48:48 GMT
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Just seen this picture, Jo's dad stands head in hands "Why did I offer to help building this"  |
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Sept 11, 2009 19:11:56 GMT
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Wow mega work
really nice garage as well.
Very envious.
Lewis
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Sept 11, 2009 19:23:28 GMT
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Rest of the woodwork was done today, all the internal sealing strips , bracing timber and finally the windows and doors ..... found time to add a gargoyle too.  |
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Mark
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Sept 11, 2009 21:00:09 GMT
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Good work man!
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skinnylew
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Our new garage project.skinnylew
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Sept 11, 2009 23:04:04 GMT
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ooooo brilliant speedy build that!!
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Sept 11, 2009 23:14:48 GMT
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Are the bottom boards sat on the concrete?
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Sept 12, 2009 7:25:17 GMT
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Yes , straight onto the concrete.
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Sept 12, 2009 7:36:30 GMT
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Just picked up on this thread.
Well impressed.
Great looking new garage, and the price is good too.
Asbestos is one of those things I think has been over scaremongered. Yes, it can kill, but be sensible.
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Sept 12, 2009 9:02:16 GMT
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thats some good work with the garage.
I agree about the asbestos. I have just taken down a 10 feet long asbestos chimney from the old boiler house in my back yard. Think there was more danger from it falling on my head than the dust. I had dug a trench for a path beside the boiler hose. So smashed up the chimney and filled over with sandy gravel, then the slabs
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Sept 12, 2009 19:57:28 GMT
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that's a lot icecreem to get that many sticks
and why didn't you ring me for some assistance ?
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what the fcuk have you done lately
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Sept 12, 2009 23:19:08 GMT
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So far been ok with help at the moment , Did the mustang arrive ?
All the roofing tiles fitted today, so now just a bit of painting to do tomorrow before Jo comes back from Guernsey .
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Sept 13, 2009 0:41:44 GMT
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smashing up an asbestos chimney and hiding it in the ground does not sound very responsible!
Best thing for asbestos usually (garages etc) is to leave em , they don't do any harm unless you start drilling and filing em yet you see these ads in the paper saying get rid of your asbestos garage and have a nice (whatever) one in its place.
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Sept 13, 2009 5:00:50 GMT
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Nice looking garage Diff! Got any damp membrane under the first row of timber?
Hmmmmmmm.......My 2p..........Always best to seek advice before touching any asbo.If it is sealed ,then it cant do any harm. don't ever rub it down to paint it. Some is much more dangerous than other types,so best to get advice before removing it. The low content stuff can be removed ,but spray liberally with water to damp down the dust caused by removal,and double wrap bag it,before proper disposal.I'm not an eco warrior ,nor an asbo expert,just what Ive seen 'em do when removing it at work,but not very responsible to bury it for future generations to deal with! Could get in to the water course?
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Sept 13, 2009 7:52:47 GMT
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The company we got it from made no mention of damp proof but I am thinking it may have been a good idea now , but a bit late . Any ideas ?
just remembered the concrete base is on a heavy duty membrane to stop the damp getting through the concrete to the garage , only thing I've got to look at is moisture getting into the concrete from the top.
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Last Edit: Sept 13, 2009 9:03:50 GMT by diff
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Sept 13, 2009 10:58:49 GMT
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theres a was a well at the bottom of my garden. About 70 feet from the path. Its about 5 feet down before the water. I have filled in the well with rocks from an old dry stone wall. The local food factory affects the water in the sewars. Every now and then theres a big tanker truck comes down my road and puts stuff down the drain to counter that. So I geuss the ground water would be affected too. Yhe tap water comes from a resouvair up on the hill. Ive put a lot of clay soil over the broken pipe. Then there'll be the slabs. so the water propably wont get in there. I cant see the house getting sold ever. I'm supposed to be selling the garden ground. Not the back yard where I'm laying the path. But thats from January that the estate agents were told. And they just came to take pictures for the advert on wednesday. Very slow.  |
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Sept 13, 2009 12:08:20 GMT
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Awesome. I would have one any day.
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Sept 14, 2009 18:09:42 GMT
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Diff
That dpc membrane stuff is very thin . Maybe an idea to lever up the walls a fraction and slide it in? also put a 'drip' on the bottom of the walls to stop water running under,with a small concrete 'ramp' formed all round the perimeter to get the water to run off away from the walls?Possibly dose the bottom planks liberally with water repellant?
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Sept 14, 2009 20:03:16 GMT
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Diff That dpc membrane stuff is very thin . Maybe an idea to lever up the walls a fraction and slide it in? also put a 'drip' on the bottom of the walls to stop water running under,with a small concrete 'ramp' formed all round the perimeter to get the water to run off away from the walls?Possibly dose the bottom planks liberally with water repellant? Thanks for you input, I have been giving this a lot of thought over the last few days , don't think it will be possible to lift the walls to slide dpc under due to the weight . I have given the walls 2 coats of sadolin extrawood preservative , as previously said the concrete pad is on a dpc membrane so that should stop water coming up through the concrete all I have hopefully got to stop is water going under the walls and soaking into the top of the concrete. I have got 10 litres of epoxy floor paint which should seal the concrete surface and stop water soaking in and then into the wood. I am then going to run a wide beed of sealer around the joint between the garage and the concrete to hopefully stop water running under. Does this sound a feasible solution? |
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