The best £70......

The best £70......

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Graham-P

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Tuesday 9th June 2015
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......I've spent in ages, making light work of getting the floor up..

.....decided to re-lay my garage floor as it was always damp in there ever since I laid it, now I know why, it's like a sand pit with a crust on top! Weak mix or what frown in my defence money was tight at that time, but as saying goes 'do it right, do it once' should have paid someone who knew what they were doing to have laid it, I clearly didn't.....
Also going to get a mid rise scissor ramp and sink it into the floor, any recommendations?

Graham-P

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Tuesday 9th June 2015
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Yes I'm guessing it's going to see use by others, my son is planning his bathroom tile removal now ......
My mate is doing the floor for me as he's a builder so I'm leaving it to him, I just said ultimately would like it to be smooth for some sort of tile to go down, plus a cover for the ramp.

Graham-P

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Tuesday 9th June 2015
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Yep been looking at interlocking tiles....

Graham-P

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Tuesday 9th June 2015
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We did discuss running a couple of pipes from the CH system or electric mats but I decided against it as I'm not going to build and be out there at all times and weathers, electric heater should suffice.
House floors have been done by professionals. smile

Graham-P

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Thursday 18th June 2015
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Lee, when do you find the time to work to pay for your hobbies (I'm still getting over building the Ultima!), or are you just another Californian millionaire hehegetmecoat

Clive, going to do what you said, but will probably leave the UFH, when it's cold I won't be going out theresmile as its now basically a garage not a build/workshop......

Graham-P

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Thursday 18th June 2015
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Yes I've got two greenhouse oil tube heaters to take the edge off the cold set on a thermostat at 10 degrees. The garage is wooden construction and about 20ft from the house, I'm doing the floor as it was damp and I'm going to insulate the walls and ceiling, I should've done this years ago but just never seemed to get round to it. Plus it was turning into a st heap in there so it's also serving as a grand clear out exorcise.
My mates a general builder with the mandatory Howdens account so when any damaged white kitchen cabinets come up he said he'll grab them and I'll install them down one side, plus a 3m worktop as a bench. The garage is just under 4m wide and 6m long now (adding an extra metre and a roller door). Should hopefully be finished and look good for when the car comes back from its make over.