So it begins...DIY garage build

[anonymous-user]

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[frisbee]

Where's the new garage going? Where the old slab was? The alley way to the right looks pretty narrow.

[alfabeat]

Obvious question, and I'm sure there is an obvious answer......why not utilise the old slab?

[Jules Sunley]

anonymous said:

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Doing it properly, I like that a lot, now following this thread. Good luck with the build.

[Jules Sunley]

anonymous said:

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We'll go with 'well intentioned' then

[RizzoTheRat]

Worth considering insulation from a damp perspective if you plan to use it as a workshop and keep lots of stuff in there. My single brick thickness walled garage results in condensation on anything metal in the winter.

anonymous said:

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Concrete coloured trousers, grass coloured jacket, and kango box coloured hair, I didn't even spot him on first glance

[alfabeat]

anonymous said:

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Thank you! Make sure you keep us updated. Love threads like this.

[VEX]

RizzoTheRat said:

Concrete coloured trousers, grass coloured jacket, and kango box coloured hair, I didn't even spot him on first glance

Wow, thats a banksy in the making just needs some social comment like 'lost childern of covid' or some such b*ll**ks

[Polite M135 driver]

The slide/swing look ace, have you also considered a pull up bar for him?

[Baldchap]

RizzoTheRat said:

Worth considering insulation from a damp perspective if you plan to use it as a workshop and keep lots of stuff in there. My single brick thickness walled garage results in condensation on anything metal in the winter.

Definitely. A single skin without insulation will sweat and you'll end up with rusty everything.

Bit of insulation, vapour barrier and you could even then board it out on top for a proper professional finish.

[paulrockliffe]

Polite M135 driver said:

The slide/swing look ace, have you also considered a pull up bar for him?

And some climbing wall foot/hand hold thingies on the garage wall?

[Darkslider]

Baldchap said:

RizzoTheRat said:

Worth considering insulation from a damp perspective if you plan to use it as a workshop and keep lots of stuff in there. My single brick thickness walled garage results in condensation on anything metal in the winter.

Definitely. A single skin without insulation will sweat and you'll end up with rusty everything.

Bit of insulation, vapour barrier and you could even then board it out on top for a proper professional finish.

What works out cheaper, a cavity wall with say 100mm blocks, or a single skin with 150mm blocks insulated with dpc/battens/insulated plasterboard? Assuming no labour costs as lll be starting a similar project myself soon

[Baldchap]

Darkslider said:

Baldchap said:

RizzoTheRat said:

Worth considering insulation from a damp perspective if you plan to use it as a workshop and keep lots of stuff in there. My single brick thickness walled garage results in condensation on anything metal in the winter.

Definitely. A single skin without insulation will sweat and you'll end up with rusty everything.

Bit of insulation, vapour barrier and you could even then board it out on top for a proper professional finish.

What works out cheaper, a cavity wall with say 100mm blocks, or a single skin with 150mm blocks insulated with dpc/battens/insulated plasterboard? Assuming no labour costs as lll be starting a similar project myself soon

I couldn't tell you, I'm afraid. Sorry.

[bristoltype603]

anonymous said:

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Just wanted to say I've enjoyed the thread. Breaking up the base looked like hard work. It's always sods law that the one thing you need to demolish is the thing that's been built properly.

[paulrockliffe]

anonymous said:

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I can't help thinking that the correct approach is to drill holes and use some sort of barely legal explosive under the slab.

[Megaflow]

anonymous said:

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In from the pond thread. That will look mint.

[Wacky Racer]

Consider putting a mezzanine in, the amount of stuff you can store on the top is amazing. Ladders, tools etc.

I built my own 10 metre garage out of breeze block and stone, and when the build was three quarters of the way up, I fitted about eight substantial timber beams across the garage set into the breeze block well above the height of a typical car roof.

Then boarded the floor, but left a gap of around a metre in the middle so I could access stuff easily from four points, in other words I had two separate floor storage areas, at very little cost.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Can you explain to a novice what's wrong with the blockwork?

[Aluminati]

You’re building it all from Concrete block ?

[elanfan]

Single skin?? That’ll get very damp I’d have thought.