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Coley88

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Sunday 8th September 2019
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cmvtec said:
It's a good idea - I know a couple of people who have a "drive through" garage and its been not only useful for garden stuff etc, it's provided shelter for outdoor parties and activities and has also allowed bonus rear garden car parking, should the need arise.
Sounds like a plan...thanks for the input!

Coley88

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Thursday 12th September 2019
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Bit of an update from this week








Coley88

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Saturday 14th September 2019
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Bit of an update from the last few days.

Next milestones are getting the roof lanterns in, side doors & front of the new roof. It’ll then be watertight so the internal work can move up a gear.

Hopefully we’ll be in for Christmas , no doubt I’ll look back on this post and think that Christmas was massively optimistic







Edited by Coley88 on Saturday 14th September 22:19

Pheo

3,324 posts

201 months

Saturday 14th September 2019
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Wow you are knocking that about some! It looks huge!

cmvtec

2,188 posts

80 months

Tuesday 17th September 2019
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That last shot looks absolutely mental.

Coley88

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Wednesday 18th September 2019
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cmvtec said:
That last shot looks absolutely mental.
I know...

Feels like progress has been slower recently.

Hopefully it’ll pickup again next week.

The Accoya windows the doors are being manufactured as we speak.


Sporky

6,089 posts

63 months

Wednesday 25th September 2019
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Coley88 said:
Hopefully we’ll be in for Christmas , no doubt I’ll look back on this post and think that Christmas was massively optimistic
Nah - you didn't specify a year. You're safe.

Looks darned impressive.

Coley88

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Thursday 26th September 2019
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Sporky said:
Coley88 said:
Hopefully we’ll be in for Christmas , no doubt I’ll look back on this post and think that Christmas was massively optimistic
Nah - you didn't specify a year. You're safe.

Looks darned impressive.
Haha...that’s the response I get from builders.

Mrs Mop doesn’t see the funny side!

Coley88

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Friday 27th September 2019
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No great update, other than scaffold down, lanterns in and some stud up, but nonetheless here’s the most recent photos.





Sporky

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63 months

Saturday 28th September 2019
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Apologies if you've said and I missed it, but are you planning any acoustic treatment in there?

It looks like it could end up a giant echo chamber without.

Coley88

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Saturday 28th September 2019
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Sporky said:
Apologies if you've said and I missed it, but are you planning any acoustic treatment in there?

It looks like it could end up a giant echo chamber without.
I’m hoping curtains, rugs, sofas and soft furnishings will be enough...any suggestions welcomed

Sporky

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63 months

Saturday 28th September 2019
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It probably will - for some reason I'd imagined it as a vast tiled kitchen. Doh.

Don't mind me.

Lots of options if you do fine it needs a bit of taming though.

paulrockliffe

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226 months

Saturday 28th September 2019
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Have you considered going halfway with your garage? If you don't put your car in the garage then I would think about insulating it properly, heating it, put a nice wooden door to the front, but line it with a removable insulation panel and do similar at the back. Then you have a great sized workshop/project room that you can chuck a project car in if you need to fairly easily.

The rest of the project looks great. I thought the layout was fairly OK as it was, I liked the separation of the room above the garage, but that depends a bit on whether you need to use all the bedrooms, or whether it would have become a place for peace and quiet out of the way. There's a lot to be said for somewhere to watch the football while the wife thinks you're in the workshop doing all those jobs you promised to do!

dazwalsh

6,095 posts

140 months

Saturday 28th September 2019
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really liking those huge roof lanterns!

Coley88

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Sunday 29th September 2019
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Sporky said:
It probably will - for some reason I'd imagined it as a vast tiled kitchen. Doh.

Don't mind me.

Lots of options if you do fine it needs a bit of taming though.
Not at all, it had crossed my mind (though probably not as much as it should’ve)


We’re having the entire ground floor & our bedroom in solid oak flooring which luckily we got for a really good price. I’d actually probably prefer engineering oak, but it is what it is.

The next milestones are, getting the new windows and doors in and then having it externally rendered, which is scheduled for 28th Oct.

Coley88

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Friday 1st November 2019
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Here’s some more recent update photos







Edited by Coley88 on Friday 1st November 20:41

Aluminati

2,475 posts

57 months

Saturday 2nd November 2019
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Liking the lanterns also.

What insulation is in the roof void, or is it a warm roof? I see cavity weeps have been put in, did they put a new cavity tray in then ?

Missus want a Lantern over the kitchen, but i want an opening vent above the hob. Shame, as the style you have looks really sharp and would be my preference.

Coley88

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Sunday 3rd November 2019
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Yes, it’s a warm roof.

The weep vents, we’re having dripping down the inside of the outer wall, which is then dripping down the steel as there was nowhere for it to go. Not great

It’s penetrating the block work, I’m hoping that once it’s rendered, it’ll not penetrate.

Worst case, it’ll clad the wall above the window and put lead flashing over the coping stones. However, I’m hoping it won’t come to that.

Baldinho

585 posts

213 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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Making good progress.

Would you mind letting me who you went to for your windows?

Coley88

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Sunday 3rd November 2019
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Baldinho said:
Making good progress.

Would you mind letting me who you went to for your windows?
Of course not...Vintage Bespoke Joinery

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