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It was early 2022, after the sale of my business, that we started seriously looking for something with a bit more space, and most importantly, a decent sized outbuilding. Those familiar with the UK housing market will know, its pretty expensive, especially in the south east, where we lived...

Long time lurker and occasional poster here. After many years of talk and procrastination, i have finally decided to get on with building my GAB (gentlemans activity bunker). I already have one garage (30 x 20 split 1/3rd 2/3rds) which has been both storage and workshop for nearly 20 years...

Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction here. Last year i was reading a great project thread about someone who was building some relatively small buildings (2 i think) in their garden. They had substantial concrete walls on the lower section and then, if i recall correctly, timber...

I need to put a small concrete ramp in front of my garage. At its deepest it will be 3.5 inces deep, but will taper out over about 2 feet to meet some existing pretty rough concrete. My concern is, where it tapers out and becomes quite thin, it will quickly break up. Is there an additive i can...

I have, in addition to my main garage, an additional garage next to my house which i use for storage of junk and cars which "need work"! The garage is an old pre-fab, probably about 40 years old. The main structure of it is OK-ish, but the doors were in a really poor state. In fact earlier this...

20 years ago i built what is now my workshop. Sadly i was young and foolish at the time, and, to cut a long story short, the slab was laid without any insulation under it, or for that matter any form of moisture control. Fast forward to today, im now looking at refurbising the workshop. (new...

Looking to grind/level the floor in my buisness workshop using a floor grinder. All the ones i have looked at hiring (im in the UK) dont have any thing to prevent dust. Seems to be the norm :( As i'll be doing it in stages in a working workshop, my question was can i keep the floor wet to keep...

Well, ive been lurking for a while, but thought it was time i said hello. Mostly been getting inspiration for when i refurbish my workshop, though that wont be soon as i have a long term restoration project to complete and then move out of the way first.