Recent content by SteveW4130

The garage is now fully built and rendered. Pretty happy with the result! I'm near enough done painting the inside walls, white upper half and grey lower. I'm still trying to decide what to do with the floor though, porcelain tiles are out of my budget at the moment so it's either epoxy floor...

Well, I grew up racing BMX then MTB’s, now I ride MTB’s and road. After we stopped car racing my wife started riding MTB’s with me and also Triathlon. We actually moved to the French Alps for 3 years to ride MTB’s but that’s also where my love of road cycling really flourished! In 2016 I rode...

Cool! Looks like your not too far from us too, we’re in North Nottinghamshire. Our last Beetle was a UK 1959, after we sold it we had a break from ‘cars’ for a bit and got back into riding bicycles. We’ve just bought the Vanagon, it needs an MOT and registering so I haven’t properly driven it...

The roof is starting to take shape, the timber work is on and fascia fitted ready for the final roof structure to be fitted. The concrete pour has been postponed a few days due to the house extension taking priority. Having seen this idea on a post here I had the plumber install a hot water...

About right then :D Because our boundary line is on an angle we have had to step the rear in so there is a 2m gap between the garage walls and fence. Also by having a flat roof we could go a touch bigger. I probably could have gone down the planning route but as it turns out i'm happy with the...

They are cool! Although I don't know anyone with that type of sliding door system over here. The vast majority of garage doors here are just basic 'up and over' with a standard width of 7ft. You loose a bit of driveway space with these types of doors as the door effectively comes outwards as its...

Yes they sure do! I could go bigger on the garage with the size of property I have but this is a good compromise between size and keeping space for a garden and space for my dogs to have a good run around whilst i'm working! Totally agree with downsizing, my parents-in-law have done the same...

I've been reading this forum for a long time and finally I get to start my own build thread! As is usual with the UK, space is at a premium so my build focuses on using as much available space without the need for full planning permission. The garage will be built out of block and then rendered...