A double garage build thread - but not a double garage!
Discussion
We are now into late February and the worst of the water is gone (thank god) but the mess ingrained everywhere will take some time to clean up.
The deepest area of foundations at the back is now dry
and the walls are started. The walls are thermalite block, which will be rendered on the outside and insulated plasterboard on the inside
And for the first time I get a real feel for the size of it
The deepest area of foundations at the back is now dry
and the walls are started. The walls are thermalite block, which will be rendered on the outside and insulated plasterboard on the inside
And for the first time I get a real feel for the size of it
mikeiow said:
This looks entertaining!
What an awful start by the Rain Gods. Your builders really wanted to earn money!
The rooflines look….interesting. A lot of gulleys. I imagine it all turned out fine in the end: watching with interest!
Yes, it was terrible. It was lockdown at the time - builders were still allowed to work, but there weren't many jobs around at the the time, and this one was fully outdoors so they were keen. What an awful start by the Rain Gods. Your builders really wanted to earn money!
The rooflines look….interesting. A lot of gulleys. I imagine it all turned out fine in the end: watching with interest!
You are right about the roof. I won't put any spoilers out yet though!
Pitre said:
jfdi said:
Come on get on with it 
. Massive garage envy.
Is that massive envy of his garage, or envy of his massive garage? . Massive garage envy.
In all seriousness though, this is costing a lot of money (added onto the mortgage) so no point in getting something that is too small :-)
The piers at the front get built
Toilet/storeroom at the back gets started
It's now mid-march, and the first set of scaffolding goes up
and the walls continue rapidly upwards
And by the end of March, the walls are predominantly complete
And this is where the first of the Covid supply-chain issues hits. The next job is to errect (fnarr fnarr) the steelwork to support the roof structure. The builder tells me he has been let down by his supplier and needs to find another one.
When he does find another one, the supplier is not happy with the connection drawings supplied by the structural engineer. So the builder engages a man with a laser scanner to come in and scan the building and give accurate measurements for the steels.
So now, not much I can do but sit and wait.
Toilet/storeroom at the back gets started
It's now mid-march, and the first set of scaffolding goes up
and the walls continue rapidly upwards
And by the end of March, the walls are predominantly complete
And this is where the first of the Covid supply-chain issues hits. The next job is to errect (fnarr fnarr) the steelwork to support the roof structure. The builder tells me he has been let down by his supplier and needs to find another one.
When he does find another one, the supplier is not happy with the connection drawings supplied by the structural engineer. So the builder engages a man with a laser scanner to come in and scan the building and give accurate measurements for the steels.
So now, not much I can do but sit and wait.
RichB said:
How will you render the outside of the block up against the fence, will you remove the fence panels one by one, render and then replace?
Exactly that, there is actually a 1ft gap between the building and the fence, so lifting the panels out gives plenty of room to access from the footpath the other side. More to come on that :-)Once all done, the panels were secured back into the posts with screws to stop any ner-do-wells from simply lifting the fence to get into the garden.
abzmike said:
Looks a great project - One question though, how will access work? Is the space left enough for the turning and moving space you'll need at the front of the building?
The workshop building is 11m wide at the front, and there will be a paved drive from there to the back of the "small" garage at the side of the house - basically the mud outline in the last picture. It will taper down to just over a car's width when it gets there, but at the workshop it is 11m wide, so there is room for three-point turns if needed. Also, it is possible to reverse all the way to the front and then turn there as the front is a large block paved area.
Whilst the driveway between the two garages is obviously predominantly for moving cars into the workshop I don't intend to park there so it will double up as a large flat, clean area for kids to ride their bikes etc. I don't expect vehicles in the garage to be in and out very often. That's what the side garage is for.
My newly built sectional double+ looks pathetic next to this.
11m across at the front, what's the depth? And is the bay on the far left going to be deep enough to get anything more than a smart for2 in?
Interested to see how it pans out as like myself, it sounds like you actually like to get oily in your garage unlike the usual PistonHeads operating theatre garage.
11m across at the front, what's the depth? And is the bay on the far left going to be deep enough to get anything more than a smart for2 in?
Interested to see how it pans out as like myself, it sounds like you actually like to get oily in your garage unlike the usual PistonHeads operating theatre garage.
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