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I've been told the epoxy-polyurethane we're getting is as durable as tiles...probably time will tell. The company we're using has long lasting experience with this type of coating, also in heavy use environments, so I'm confident they know what they're doing. Tiles would have cost half of what...

Good point. Floor drains have been incorporated in several places in the slab as can be seen on the plan here. Yes, there's mandatory shut-off valves with every new installation here. Thank you, we're pretty stoked about the work this company does.

Thinks don't always go to plan...:) The driveway wasn't done in June after all because of some bad timing on the builders side (n.b. where we live, there's a 3 week mandatory period in August where the whole construction sector goes on vacation and no work on construction sites is allowed). It's...

Here's another couple of shots you might find interesting. Please excuse the fact they're in no particular order.. Next step is gonna be the driveway, more precisely the left part of it where we're gonna have to "support" the neighbours lot by installing L-shaped retaining elements. I'll...

Hi all, It's been a long time but this time I really have a lot to show you. The pouring of the slap for the garage was done in march. Next came the walls. (mid april) View without the formwork for the walls but the ceiling formwork halfway done. That's the back wall you see. There's my...

Electrical layout is next. I wasn't quite satisfied with the positioning of the control unit, so I asked for it to be moved to between the garage doors. Hydraulic connections will have to be lengthened but I think it makes more sense than to leave it in the middle of the space.

It is indeed an RS Turbo...MK4 though, MK3s didn't come in red. :) 4th car is a BMW Z4 Coupe. :)

Hey all, it's been some time since I last posted here, but....today I actually have news. Loads of good news even. :) We have broken ground!!! Finally!! After almost 13 years in the making, time to celebrate!! 🥳 For your viewing pleasure I have attached a couple of pics from the building...

Hi, The lathe was only wishful thinking, I don't actually own one. But there's a bunch of other stuff that will surely take up the space in no time. :) Concerning the prices, yup they have gone up already. Estimates are 20 to 30% up from last year this time. By the time we'll start the...

Nope, unfortunately that's an error :). It is 8m, if you count the cells, the line does indeed stop at the 7th cell (each cell is 1m in my mock-up). I did draw a version where it's only 7 m deep and then decided that was clearly not enough. If you look at the plan, you can see the garage is a...

Sooo....long time no see. And there's a reason..... ...things have NOT been moving forward. :) Yep, it's been almost two years since I started this thread and we're still not building that garage. I feel like this is taking forever, but wait no...it's only been 12 YEARS!!! Yup, you read that...

We do have some ok beer, but personally it wouldn't call 'em the best in the world. You sure you're not thinking about neighbouring Belgium?

How cool is that? There was indeed a lot off emigration from Luxembourg to the States during that time. There's even a Luxembourgish community in Wisconsin in a town/city called Belgium (yes that's our neighbours here in Europe, there was a mixup and the Belgian immigrants got the name...

For those of you who are interested, the project has got it's own thread now. :) Click here

I see what you mean, I'll check the measurements of my drawing again. :) Should however be possible to put 4 cars on it, as they built those lifts for that purpose. Maybe I'll have to park one car backwards to make it work. Thanks for the input though.

Thanks for your input.:thumbup: We have indeed talked about supporting posts and the door layout with our architect. As the whole ground floor will be done in concrete, there's a chance we will get away without additional posts if we pour a thicker ceiling slap or if we add a supporting beam...

Building a garage (with a house on top) Hi all, I'm currently in the lucky situation of being able to build my dream garage in a couple of months. :bounce: We're doing this with the help of an architect, but as I don't have any experience in this and don't know if my ideas make sense, I think...

This is mine, top welding job, I know. :) But...it opens my bottles just fine. :))

Hi, Nice progress they made. Starts to look like a house. :) Question though: you might have answered it already, but did you think about building the top floors in wood? Holzständerkonstruktion oder Massivholz? I was under the impression this was done a lot in Switzerland but maybe that's...

215 m2! That is huge....for European standards that is. ;) How many cars will you have in there? I'm aiming for 80m2 and will have to store 6 cars in there. Will probably include a double parkinglift (ceiling height is a little under 4m) and some clever planning. :) I will probably start...