ProjectBobcat
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20'x16' Prefab garage in the UK
Hi, I've been reading threads on here and finally I can start my own. I'm a first time buyer living in England and one of the requirements when house hunting was a garage or space to build one.
I eventually decided on a house that ticked a lot of boxes but the garage was very small.
After moving in the first challenge was to level the garden, we found that around 8 tonnes of rubble and household junk had been buried within raised beds. Amongst the 'discoveries' were a smashed cast iron bath, two toilet seats, a machete and a set of false teeth.
The plan was to remove the greenhouse and path and extend the base of the existing garage to a depth of 20ft and a width of 10ft. In the UK you can build a garage of upto this size without planning restrictions. The existing garage is made from prefab concrete panels which i will be using as I'm on a absolutely tiny budget.
The existing garage has a wasted space behind it of approximately 6ft, its not really useable for much else so I'm pushing the garage right back into this corner.
Ive dug the foundations for the extended base by hand to save costs, ive managed to dig to a depth of between 1ft and 18inches, it was tough going as the soil is clay.
The greenhouse already has a recently substantial base approx 3 inches lower than the intended garage floor height so I'm going to retain it, it would be a lot of extra work for me to remove it by hand.
The greenhouse was then dismantled and went off to its new life with a family member.
Before the base was concreted, i put in some pipe to carry future electricity to the new garage
I was intending on gathering together a few friends and borrowing a mixer to concrete the base in one day but my brother in law kindly loaned me some of the labourers from his company who, with a small mixer, laid the base in around 4 hours whilst i was at work. I think it took around 6 tonnes of concrete to do the job.
Then it was time to actually get the materials to extend the garage, I found a suitable concrete panel garage on eBay which I bought for just over £100. Its roof unfortunately contained asbestos so the seller arranged disposal leaving me with at least enough panels to merge with my existing garage and create a larger one.
This takes us up to where I am now, Ive started to reassemble the panels, they are from a different manufacturer so some differed in height and I had to cut them down.
I will try and update this thread as I go, the next step is to build a pair of brick pillars to support a roof.
Hi, I've been reading threads on here and finally I can start my own. I'm a first time buyer living in England and one of the requirements when house hunting was a garage or space to build one.
I eventually decided on a house that ticked a lot of boxes but the garage was very small.
After moving in the first challenge was to level the garden, we found that around 8 tonnes of rubble and household junk had been buried within raised beds. Amongst the 'discoveries' were a smashed cast iron bath, two toilet seats, a machete and a set of false teeth.
The plan was to remove the greenhouse and path and extend the base of the existing garage to a depth of 20ft and a width of 10ft. In the UK you can build a garage of upto this size without planning restrictions. The existing garage is made from prefab concrete panels which i will be using as I'm on a absolutely tiny budget.
The existing garage has a wasted space behind it of approximately 6ft, its not really useable for much else so I'm pushing the garage right back into this corner.
Ive dug the foundations for the extended base by hand to save costs, ive managed to dig to a depth of between 1ft and 18inches, it was tough going as the soil is clay.
The greenhouse already has a recently substantial base approx 3 inches lower than the intended garage floor height so I'm going to retain it, it would be a lot of extra work for me to remove it by hand.
The greenhouse was then dismantled and went off to its new life with a family member.
Before the base was concreted, i put in some pipe to carry future electricity to the new garage
I was intending on gathering together a few friends and borrowing a mixer to concrete the base in one day but my brother in law kindly loaned me some of the labourers from his company who, with a small mixer, laid the base in around 4 hours whilst i was at work. I think it took around 6 tonnes of concrete to do the job.
Then it was time to actually get the materials to extend the garage, I found a suitable concrete panel garage on eBay which I bought for just over £100. Its roof unfortunately contained asbestos so the seller arranged disposal leaving me with at least enough panels to merge with my existing garage and create a larger one.
This takes us up to where I am now, Ive started to reassemble the panels, they are from a different manufacturer so some differed in height and I had to cut them down.
I will try and update this thread as I go, the next step is to build a pair of brick pillars to support a roof.
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e easy when your young and fit
so where are you located?
