A new house for my TVRs

[dodgepot]

At long last work is starting on a new house for my TVRs.

Not sure how long it's going to take but looking forward to more space. Only downside is the cars are in storage for the summer and they'll be back with me in time for winter, think I got that one wrong somehow

[Classic Chim]

Nice thread. Very cool

[Jurgen Schmidt]

Nice.. you must be excited. Good luck!

[Steve_D]

Nope...not big enough.

Steve

[dodgepot]

latest progress




72 ton of dolly

will be big enough for 4 cars - any more than that and the missus would go ape

[TA14]

Why did you dig out so much?

[trev4]

Looks like a sloping site to me, interesting preparation though are you forming a raft Foundation?

[dodgepot]

Raft foundation due to trees in close proximity to build. Engineer specified 900mm deep across the site before putting the dolly in. I think it's overkill but they have to sign it off.

[TA14]

dodgepot said:

Raft foundation due to trees in close proximity to build. Engineer specified 900mm deep across the site before putting the dolly in. I think it's overkill but they have to sign it off.

You're not kidding about overkill; I would have recommended a new engineer. Anyway you can sleep sound in the knowledge that it's not going anywhere.

[QBee]

No raft racing down the Tyne/Tees/Wear planned then?

[Steve_D]

Nice high roof for the lifts I hope?

Steve

[dodgepot]

QBee said:

No raft racing down the Tyne/Tees/Wear planned then?

not this year, although interestingly there is an old concrete boat aground in the River Wear the Cretehauser, built around 1918 by the Sunderland Concrete Building Company, a subsidiary of Swan Hunter

[dodgepot]

Steve_D said:

Nice high roof for the lifts I hope?

Steve

The pan is for the roof trusses to be half high level so that I can get a lift in eventually and half attic trusses for storage.

[dodgepot]

Steel work

[dodgepot]

Little bit of work going on in the human house as well, but the priority is to finish outside and get the cars back from their enforced holiday at HHC

[QBee]

dodgepot said:

Steel work

You planning on parking them or hanging them up to dry?

[QBee]

Organise the following words into a sentence:

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[RedSpike66]

QBee said:

Organise the following words into a sentence:

Nut
Wife
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My
Doing
Her

Your wife is nuts ?

[QBee]

RedSpike66 said:

QBee said:

Organise the following words into a sentence:

Nut
Wife
Is
My
Doing
Her

Your wife is nuts ?

Must be....she married me

[TV8]

seeing the thickness of the raft reminds me of the 1st extension I built and experienced being the man between the planner, building control, builder and architect.

I ended up with the largest possible roof timbers, bolted together at double thickness and a nice bill for extras. it was all caused by one of them saying that the calculations were wrong. This became interpreted as the timbers being too small and then buying huge timbers and someone saying again "the calculations are wrong" and then doubling everything and bolting it all together whilst I was working away.

At least you know its not moving anytime soon!