My Garage / Shed build thread
Discussion
Antony Moxey said:
You so need more photos. If you don't have them you'll have to restart the build and take them as you progress - at least it should be a bit quicker second time around!
I couldn't face doing this again! I have thousands of photos - just not many of the outside recently...I've been focusing on the inside as there are things I can do on my own!! If there's interest I could create a thread!Lefty said:
Looks great, timber cladding is nice.
What size is it? Shame you ended up with a column but I guess the span dictated that.
You’ll love the mezzanine, great use of space.
Thanks! It'll ultimately have stone cladding to cover up the block work but after a ridiculous quote from a quarry I've gone down the slowly slowly catchy monkey approach and have convinced many in the village to donate old stone walls and piles they don't need! Hoping to start putting that up that in the new year!What size is it? Shame you ended up with a column but I guess the span dictated that.
You’ll love the mezzanine, great use of space.
It's a 2 bay 8x12, we originally wanted a 3 bay 8x14 but a mains water pipe which Welsh Water wanted a small fortune to move put that out of the window! Yeah the column is a bit of a pain but I'm going to put a stud wall across there to create a closed "warm" area where I can work on cars and still feel my fingers...
We love the mezz, so do the kids, apparently my oldest is moving in once I'm finished!
There's still loads to do but I'm nearly done on making the doors so I might even have the semblence of a workshop this side of Christmas!
BatForcePC said:
Antony Moxey said:
You so need more photos. If you don't have them you'll have to restart the build and take them as you progress - at least it should be a bit quicker second time around!
I couldn't face doing this again! I have thousands of photos - just not many of the outside recently...I've been focusing on the inside as there are things I can do on my own!! If there's interest I could create a thread!Super job on both of those - yes do start a thread with more pics BatForce.
I'm fantasy-planning my own big shed/garage in case we end up with the house (with paddock) that I'm looking at. Intrigued why you opted to put the ramp in front of the door Lefty - I'd have thought it'd make sense to put that on the other side in case the car on the ramp takes a while to fix and you can't readily get the others out meanwhile. Maybe that says more about the rate of progress on my car projects than yours..! Presumably it would be difficult structurally to have a double-width door? What did you use in terms of lifting gear for assembling the steels and fitting the roof? You're lucky to have friends with some much handy plant! I'd be really interested to see the costings (on both projects) if you'd be happy to share? Great job - I'm full of envy (and inspiration to do my own in due course).
I'm fantasy-planning my own big shed/garage in case we end up with the house (with paddock) that I'm looking at. Intrigued why you opted to put the ramp in front of the door Lefty - I'd have thought it'd make sense to put that on the other side in case the car on the ramp takes a while to fix and you can't readily get the others out meanwhile. Maybe that says more about the rate of progress on my car projects than yours..! Presumably it would be difficult structurally to have a double-width door? What did you use in terms of lifting gear for assembling the steels and fitting the roof? You're lucky to have friends with some much handy plant! I'd be really interested to see the costings (on both projects) if you'd be happy to share? Great job - I'm full of envy (and inspiration to do my own in due course).
Edited by Jamp on Saturday 16th December 12:56
Steelwork, purlins, wall & roof sheets were £8k.
4 loads of concrete (1 for the pads, 2 for the slab and 1 for the apron) at £750 each
Door was £2500
Side door was £500
All the aggregate and hardcore was cash in hand from a mate, maybe about £1000, I can’t remember exactly but it wasn’t much
Sparky bill was £3k (supply & install)
Blocks, sand and cement £1k
Timber was under £1k.
All the blue water pipe was left over from building our house but it’s not expensive, the fittings do add up though, maybe £200-300. DPM was about £80 for the roll.
Stove was second hand, £150. Flue pipe was expensive, stainless twin wall. It was £750 including the various fittings and storm cap.
£200 for pea gravel for the drains
£500 for all the brown sewer pipe I used for underground drainage and the bog. Again, the straight pipe isn’t dear, it’s all the fittings.
£300 for all the gutters and fittings.
Labour is the dear bit, if you have to pay people to do it then it really adds up.
For example, there’s probably 10-15 days of work with the digger, that’s easily £300/day if you’re paying for machine + operator. 4 or 5 days on the blockwork.
Installing the steel wasn’t difficult, we used a big telehandler with a variety of straps and shackles etc. Sheets went on with the telehandler and man basket although you could do it by hand and ladders. That was the fabricator, his apprentice, me and my teenage son and a mate and his teenage son.
4 loads of concrete (1 for the pads, 2 for the slab and 1 for the apron) at £750 each
Door was £2500
Side door was £500
All the aggregate and hardcore was cash in hand from a mate, maybe about £1000, I can’t remember exactly but it wasn’t much
Sparky bill was £3k (supply & install)
Blocks, sand and cement £1k
Timber was under £1k.
All the blue water pipe was left over from building our house but it’s not expensive, the fittings do add up though, maybe £200-300. DPM was about £80 for the roll.
Stove was second hand, £150. Flue pipe was expensive, stainless twin wall. It was £750 including the various fittings and storm cap.
£200 for pea gravel for the drains
£500 for all the brown sewer pipe I used for underground drainage and the bog. Again, the straight pipe isn’t dear, it’s all the fittings.
£300 for all the gutters and fittings.
Labour is the dear bit, if you have to pay people to do it then it really adds up.
For example, there’s probably 10-15 days of work with the digger, that’s easily £300/day if you’re paying for machine + operator. 4 or 5 days on the blockwork.
Installing the steel wasn’t difficult, we used a big telehandler with a variety of straps and shackles etc. Sheets went on with the telehandler and man basket although you could do it by hand and ladders. That was the fabricator, his apprentice, me and my teenage son and a mate and his teenage son.
Edited by Lefty on Saturday 16th December 15:02
My ramp is kind of where it needs to be. The shed isn’t really big enough for manoeuvring onto it in the corner where the TVR is. It would have been doable but a bit of a pain. Plus, the TVR is a long term project whereas the ramp gets used all the time for various vehicles so having to take the tvr on and off it all the time would be a pain in the butt.
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