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Thanks for the comments guys. RSollie - the timber cladding is actually a cement based fibreboard. It's fire proof, rot proof and insect proof. It's Cedral Weatherboard from Marley. Google it and you'll find brochures and stockists. The roof is box profile and I bought it from eRoofs on the...

Ok. Here's a second attempt at my last post. So we got this far. Stud wall covered externally by fireboard. We had to protect this wall from the elements (rain) so covered it straightaway with a breather membrane which is the same as Tyvek house wrap. We had already boarded and wrapped the...

I just spent an hour typing and posting pictures. I had to log in again and lost everything. Nightmare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Thanks dubber. VW fan by any chance? :thumbup: It's a 1.9TDI 110bhp. The rear badge is an S-Line, the door badges are TDI from the new style Skodas. The wheels are Audi, and I've fitted MK4 R32 brakes front and rear, Anniversary GTi shocks. Everything on the car is genuine VW/ Audi/ Seat and Skoda.

The building inspector who visited at this point was aware of the drainage route, but didn't really comment. His only issue was depth for the massive oak tree 2 gardens away. The groundworker was in charge at this point as my only experience was (amateur) timber framing. He told me what to buy...

Thanks for the comments. That's right. It's a small marquee. We put it up to house the power tools if we had any rainfall whilst we were working. As it happened the sun came out. There were never any plans to go further back than we did as we plan to extend behind the house - but only the...

Hmmm.... Go advanced = go slow.........

How come the above reply has appeared so fast and I'm still waiting for all the pics one to appear?

Hurry up mods. I can't remember what I've written.....

Well after the concrete footings it was time for the damp proof course and concrete slab to go in. I started by getting the corners set up and then did a ring of blocks. This would be the height of the floor. A week later we got the ********/ type1/ chatter delivered with the sand and...

CONCRETE. Well, as the trenches had collapsed due to the water content of the clay soil, the following morning I had to ring the concrete guys and push back the delivery. I also increased the amount to 8 cubic metres. Colin, the groundworker came back with his digger and we dug out the 'fallen'...

FOUNDATIONS. Well we started in December 2012. Me and my Dad building it again. Only using trades that we couldn't do ourselves. I started the weekend before by removing the boundary fence. The garage would go up to the boundary line, allowing me to put a new fence back in its place. This...

I guess by zoning, you mean building on the boundary of my property? We can build within and up to our boundary with a neighbour without problem. Wr have to notify the neighbour and build no higher than certain heights for flat or pitched roofs. For me it's 3.0 metres high. In addition to...

Hi Guys, Since my last build that I never finished updating on here, I got married, had a little girl and moved house. The last garage in the new forest was L shaped and ended up looking like this. The comments I received from most of you was about centres of timber studs and racking...

Bump this thread. Any news? You must have done something. Jimbo

Everybody says that. As we had never done this before, we needed to get it weatherproof in 7 days and didn't really know how long that would actually take. Although I think it is already over engineered, I'm putting the extra studs and noggins in this week in the evenings as I'm back to work...

Hi guys, Well since I introduced myself, I've actually already built the garage/ wksp and very nearly finished the external works. The story so far. I started thinking about a garage a few years ago but didn't want to have the usual 'single can't open the doors properly' type that we get here...

Hi guys, I'm building my first garage at the end of the month. The concrete has been poured and the walls will be built from timber. The timber will be built as individual panels like a 'kit house' and nailed together after placing them in their final position. My walls will be made up as...

Hi guys, Just started building my first 'proper' garage after years of thinking about it. I'm in England and will be building it from timber. I found this site purely by accident when bmwpower's build appear on a search for 'my garage'. :bowdown: - we're not worthy, we're not worthy! This...