Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Rudi's Datsun resto and late nights shed in Australia.

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Original Shed build and deck out (the one in my DP)

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The new garage build starts! a new chapter in my life when my wife and i buy and move into our new house!



INTRO

Where to start, I'm Rudi, and I'm from Sydney

I'm a heavy forklift mechanic, and i am a petrol head!

And am currently doing a nut and bolt resto-mod restoration on my 1977 Datsun 260z. (with its own youtube build thread!)

I currently have a 3.5 x 7.5 single garage. A grand single garage, but still not big enough when I'm trying to restore a car.

Here is what im currently working with:

(This was what i had in 2016 where my adventure began!)



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(and the condition of the datsun in 2016 when thread was created)




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CURRENTLY IN 2019 she looks like this! (you have to read the thread to find out what colour she is and keep up with her build!)

https://flic.kr/p/2idnfT9

Unfortunately (for my wife), the petrol head in me wants to buy more and more vintage cars to fix, but i have no where to store them!

So my ultimate goal is to build a 7x7 meter Shed (22x22) as its the biggest i can go due to being in the suburbs.

Then i will have more space to restore my Datsun, and also to store my Nissan Silvia when i upgrade to a more family oriented car in the future.


THE PAIN BEGINS!


And now the drama I've had with council.......

I was able to build our house extension not 3 years ago with less hassle than I've had trying to build a bigger garage this year.

Firstly, i go to a garage place and buy a shed. They have recommended builders they suggest to do the build, So I get their number 1 recommended builder.

1:

I pay him $900 to prepare plans to submit to council and do the build.

To cut a long story short, he had lost his builders licence 2 years earlier and de-registered his business 6 months after that. But he was fine to take my money, do a council proposal on a napkin at the pub and submit it to council. When the council replied with the issues in the application, he disappeared because it got too hard. I had to pick up the pieces and fix the issues. He essentially scammed me out of my money. (i later found out he was best friends with the owner of the shed company, hence he was their "number 1 recommended builder" and had burnt and scammed many, many other buyers. Shed place didn't care, as they were just selling the sheds.

2:

Council knocked back my application, which i was left to fix now, and said i have potential flood issues on my property (it has never flooded, and it never will, if you imagine a A4 paper is a scale of my block, the flood zone is the size of a grain of rice in the far corner of the block on the opposite side to where i need to build.)

I had to pay thousands to get a surveyor out, and have them to do a flood report on the block. (they said it was fine of course)
Funnily enough, i had to do this for my house extension 3 years earlier.
But no, council said the reports only last 6 months, its not valid anymore, i have to pay again for a new report. + another report for storm water management. They all came back fine... who would have thought?

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Then they approve the initial plan but the Council says my proposed garage impacts on their sewer line at the back of the property. Mind you there is a single garage that has been there for 50 years with no issues. A much Bigger point however, My father worked for Sydney water for 40 years, he retired a lvl 2 inspector. He knew Exactly where the pipe was. (he probably layed the pipe on that block in the 60's) and our slab will be 700mm away from the pipe. He said it will be fine.

But no, apparently council or Sydney water "doesn't have the exact location of the pipe" I needed to hire someone to come and survey and peg out the sewer line (which my dad knew exactly where it was) to make sure its all ok. (expel more thousands of dollars)

Now they say the slab for the shed will be in the "zone of influence" of the pipe and i need a engineer to do a management plan to protect the pipe (which my dad says its over 300mm away it will be fine)

So My garage is costing 5k and I've so far spent 5.2k on red tape, reports, plans, surveys...

I can't back down now, I've spent so much and have been battling for 1 year so far to get this approved....

Watch this space, and hopefully, watch the build of my dream (or nightmare) Shed!

*edit*

If anyone is interested in the build of the Datsun, Im doing a amateur video series on it on YouTube, i have done 3 episodes, been working on the 4th!


Rudi

Re: My "gonna murder everyone at Sydney council" garage

Yikes!
At least you are moving forward at great cost and expense, but forward still.

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A few things I've learned about bureaucrats over the years -

It's ALWAYS about the money. They have "buddies" that are surveyors, plumbers, flood inspectors, etc. I'm not saying there are "kickbacks" involved, but there is most certainly a 'quid pro quo' going on.

A low-level government employee will make you jump through hoops, because he/she can. It's not like you can go to someone else to get that stamp that you need. There is no one else that is empowered to do it. The employee knows that. They seem to get a Napoleon Complex, and the longer they have been there the worse it gets. "Dance, little monkey. Dance."

It makes me furious every time I have to deal with them.

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The worst part is, I'm not made of money, I'm your average blue collar worker, i bust my chops to earn a buck.

I had projected a rough estimate and then about 20% extra for costs, and have that all saved, but every time i hear "another report" it means i have to bust out the overtime, and do 10 hour shifts for 2 weeks to pay for this dam report.

As ropeable as i am, my old boy is boiling with this latest development, he can't believe it, i keep telling him, dad, its not like it was 40 years ago!

Rudi

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Feel your pain....Australia is soo bad in that regard, every question posed to a government service, requires a fee. My wife is Australian and a nurse, we live in Belgium...she wants to get her registration back in Oz, the application alone is 500 AUD. And everything has to be done within 3 monhts...that, together with the slowness of the Belgian bureaucracy, makes for an expensive registration, since it looks like the last piece of paper will not make it in time for the 3 month deadine. So, another 500 will have to be spent.... does my head in.

Anyway, you were talking about your garage....

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Good luck with your garage.
The issues you're having with council remind me of my promise to never build anything back home. The next house I buy will have everything up front or I'll keep looking. Nothing ever costs what it starts out at and the red tape would do my my head in.
You should post up some pics of the Datsun as it progresses, they're a nice looking car!

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I ran into something similar where I live. I bought a house, lived in it a year, developed expensive remodel plans with my wife, paid thousands to an architect, submitted them to the city, and nothing.

Weeks and weeks went by, dozens of phone calls, scheduled contractors came and went, finally had to go down there and the hold up was that the section of my house I intended to remodel, officially did not exist according to the city. It had been built illegally 40 years prior. Now I was on the hook for retroactively making that entire section of the house compliant with building code BEFORE I could remodel, and complaint with NEW building code.

it was unpleasant, but at least it was unfinished space. Now that im past it, i forgot what an expensive endless pain it was. You can look forward to that when you finally get what you want done.

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gbh said:

Good luck with your garage.
You should post up some pics of the Datsun as it progresses, they're a nice looking car!

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check out my youtube channel. I'm documenting the whole thing with video's. think Mighty car mods but with 98.5% less production value and entertainment. I have 3 video's up already, working on the 4th this week!



Rudi

Re: My "gonna murder everyone at Sydney council" garage

Ahh, now I remember why I moved out of town. But there are trade offs for this, shite house internet and mobile (cell) service, dearer electricity, piece and quiet, good neighbours, room to make a noise, start ups of 6 car sheds, sorry I'm rambling.
Great start to both the garage and the car, the hassles will make the end result sooo much sweater. I put a 400SB Chevy into a 260Z a long time ago (32 years). I will be watching how yours turn out.

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Probably too late now, but you could have considered building under exempt development? You can build two sheds of up to 20sqm without approval on most suburban blocks. My old place was bushfire prone, so this was a simpler and cheaper option than building a larger shed and complying with the bushfire regs. I ended up selling before I built as it was. You can also build a carport/patio up to 25sqm from memory too. And you could consider building them next to each other....

In regards to the sewer survey, that's just how these organisations work to minimise their liability. My brother is an engineer overseeing the widening of a highway in a regional country town. The different gas/water authorities won't give them plans showing the locations of utilities, just in case the maps are incorrect or the pipes were installed in the wrong position. The reason is that if the builder damages a pipe and its not located where the utility said it was, the utility can be made legally liable to cover costs of any repair work, which can ran into big dollars. By getting a certified surveyor to plot it out and check it, liability falls with them. It also means if you build your shed in the wrong spot and it needs to be ripped up to repair a damaged sewer pipe, there is proof you knew exactly where the asset was. It all comes down to liability shifting. From memory when I looked into it, the zone of influence for a Sydney Water sewer main was 1:1 for regular soil and 1:2 for sandy soil (don't quote me on that). So that's depth of sewer to horizontal distance required. That's a Sydney Water rule that the Council is enforcing because Sydney Water require them to do so. And the reason its not like it was 40 years ago? Because a small minority of people do stupid things which end up causing major problems, and the government brings in rules to try and stop it happening again, and we all have to jump through more hoops. So some guy probably built a Taj Mahal of a shed over a sewer line and busted it driving over it with an excavator, and when Sydney Water goes in to fix it the shed's in the way and it became a legal **** fight of how to fix it. So to avoid that happening again in the future, they bring in all these rules and hoops to jump through.

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Sorry you had to go through all that.

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Hewey pretty much sums it up. Since housing has become more of a commodity than a lifelong investment there has also been more of a spotlight on government to 'look after everyone's interests'. Furthermore, most council are purely admin stuff required to take money and tick boxes. Nowhere are they actually given room for personal thought or power to make decisions. The big money goes to the consultants who design the workflows and the forms that minimises the actual thinking and labour they have to perform. Makes you wonder why, in this day and age, you still need to deal with a person at all.

I feel your pain. It's going downhill very quickly over here as well. Poor workmanship and bad business practices outright abusing the system and ruining it for all of us. Bureaucracy is the inevitable outcome.

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Man, that truly ***** you have to go through all of that. It goes to show no matter where in the world you are there can be groups of bureaucratic government whose main concerns are protecting their own jobs, limiting liability (the USA is extremely litigious), and making sure all palms get greased.

I have the misfortune of living in a HOA (my own fault) with a 7 member local committee whose only real responsibility to make sure the landscaper for the common area gets paid. Any real decisions are passed to the "architectural committee" above them.

That being said my neighbor had a deck addition built a few years ago. Everything passed approval and being a recent build they went off the submitted plans as to where the utilities were located. Apparently the power wasn't ran anywhere near where it was supposed to be and the crew hit his 200a underground feeder when digging for the posts. That was an interesting day.

As a footnote our previous inspector just signed off on everything. The new one is much more meticulous.

Btw: awesome project car!

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Re: My "gonna murder everyone at Sydney council" garage

A lot of people I know take the attitude that its easier to ask forgiveness than to ask for permission.

Good Luck!

And I didn't know any of those old Datsuns still lived! We used to have a ton of them 'round here. Haven't seen one in many years. I think they all rusted away with all the salt they spread on the roads here!

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Mate, I hear you.
Whilst not in Sydney here in Melbourne I have had 5, yes 5 surveyors do our block for the build of my shed. And in lest than 24hrs before the pour of the slab some burecract was concerned with the position of the shed..... by .... wait for it ... 5mm.
Any way in addition to the fukwittery that they proposed I need to support the shed as they assumed it was unstable ground. 46m3 of concrete went into the slab of the 10x8m shed. the entire house and 13m lap pool combined was less.
In the end the "authority" came out to check, and the wife dealt with him as she was really concern I was going to take him down to "tiller flat" (ex seafaring types will know what I mean).

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cros13 first up g'day and welcome to the GJ..

We all feel your pain

All the best with your shed and keep us posted.

Regards

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I feel your pain! Over two years fighting with my city's planning department and same sort of BS that just meant $$ for someone else's pocket. Hope it all works out and your new wife comes home and tells you that you should really buy that Datsun you just found!

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That is a ugly situation. I'd certainly come unglued! You would think that since you pay taxes on the property you can do as you wish and any improvements should be seen by council as a opportunity to raise your taxes.
My wife paid $50 for building permit, it was issued same day over the counter without any restrictions as the wife told them we would not be going over the 10,000 square feet we were allowed. I went with 720 square feet

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Hang in there and keep plugging away. Nice job on the Datsun!

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Update 6/11/16 - Some progress

So it seems the curse of this f**kwit builder wont leave me. After we were told by the water utility that our slab encroaches on their sewer pipe we were left baffled, my old boy was adamant we were 700mm away from their sewer pipe and it was all fine.

This proved to be a problem, because a solution would most likely be to concrete encase the sewer pipe, which could cost anywhere up to 10 thousand dollars....... yeah.....

So i went back through my paperwork.... and what do you f**ken know, the builder submitted the plans for the garage wrong. we told him to place the rear of the slab 1600mm away from the back fence specifically to clear the sewer line. He placed it 900mm off the fence line and submitted it. So no wonder the water utility had all these problems.

So i had to ammend my plans, change the slab location, wait 2 weeks for paperwork to be approved and re sent to me, i took it to the water utility and they gave me my stamp ok to build.

Now council had a issue with storm water drainage, they said they have no plans for it, but it was included in the flood report i had to do, so the engineer is re typing that specific document for me to re submit.... and HOPEFULLY i will get my construction certificate.........

But work hasn't stopped in the garage, Firstly, i Finished up video 4 on my datsun, where i repair rust in the roof hinge area:

Part 4: repairing rusted roof:



Also, over the last week, i removed my car from the rotisserie, and build a dolly to roll the car around on, that it can be transported to the sandblasters on also:




I also fixed some more rust in the rear slam panel, but it was nothing to write home about.

I also have the last spot of rust, the size of a quarter, in the top of the wheel arch i will probably fix this week!

jb3 said:

finally had to go down there and the hold up was that the section of my house I intended to remodel, officially did not exist according to the city. It had been built illegally 40 years prior.

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In Australia at least, when selling a house, anything not on council records is a huge red flag, you are made aware of it when buying a home, you can still sell or buy the property, but everything is on record. Even down to a carport, garage etc etc.

Terrick down Under said:

I put a 400SB Chevy into a 260Z a long time ago (32 years). I will be watching how yours turn out.

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I wish old boy, but it isn't like it used to be ain't it? Cant put V8's in Torana's, and i most certainly CANT (legaly) put a 400ci chev in my zed. Funny enough, Legally, i can only go 349cu, so i cant even stick a 350 chev in her!

However....... i can put a 308 in her..... and well.... who is to know if it has a 383 stroker in it....

dslabuda said:

Man, that truly ***** you have to go through all of that. It goes to show no matter where in the world you are there can be groups of bureaucratic government whose main concerns are protecting their own jobs, limiting liability (the USA is extremely litigious), and making sure all palms get greased.

I have the misfortune of living in a HOA (my own fault) with a 7 member local committee whose only real responsibility to make sure the landscaper for the common area gets paid. Any real decisions are passed to the "architectural committee" above them.

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I always imagined the good ol US of A would be the wild west where anything was permitted, heck, Ive heard plenty of stories where you need no inspection reports to drive cars on the road once first registered, and all they need is headlights and brake lights.... If only! what a dream! I envy you lot when it comes to stuff like that...

However, i have also heard of pure Insanity when it comes to HOA's, on a US datsun forum i frequent, one poor sod said his zed was in the driveway, UNDER A TARP, and that violated the rules of the HOA because no cars were allowed to be in driveways or in the street, all work vehicles also had their own seperate parking outside the main gates..... INSANE!!!!

slimpickins said:

And I didn't know any of those old Datsuns still lived! We used to have a ton of them 'round here. Haven't seen one in many years. I think they all rusted away with all the salt they spread on the roads here!

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They came with rust as a factory option, and weren't rust proofed very well from factory either. Majority of them returned to the earth years ago.

David Walter said:

Mate, I hear you.
Whilst not in Sydney here in Melbourne I have had 5, yes 5 surveyors do our block for the build of my shed. And in lest than 24hrs before the pour of the slab some burecract was concerned with the position of the shed..... by .... wait for it ... 5mm.
Any way in addition to the fukwittery that they proposed I need to support the shed as they assumed it was unstable ground. 46m3 of concrete went into the slab of the 10x8m shed. the entire house and 13m lap pool combined was less.
In the end the "authority" came out to check, and the wife dealt with him as she was really concern I was going to take him down to "tiller flat" (ex seafaring types will know what I mean).

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wow, suddenly my predicament doesn't seem so bad, wow....

Jazz1 said:

That is a ugly situation. I'd certainly come unglued! You would think that since you pay taxes on the property you can do as you wish and any improvements should be seen by council as a opportunity to raise your taxes.
My wife paid $50 for building permit, it was issued same day over the counter without any restrictions as the wife told them we would not be going over the 10,000 square feet we were allowed. I went with 720 square feet

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$50 bucks for a building permit? geeze, greatest country on earth you lot live in (apart from no free healthcare- if you had that I'd have moved to the states years ago!)

My development application cost me $1600..... when i did my extension 3 years back, it was $2700..... yeah.... Australia.....


Rudi.

Re: My "gonna murder everyone at Sydney council" garage

cros13, what about throwing in a 327, steel crank and spin it out to 8k every gear change or simply put in a 350 crank, rods and pistons later.
We had one fellow who upset the Wollongong rego bloke so much that they did a cc test while at the pits. Needless to say it consumed way too much, so he failed and was told to remove the motor,they kept a record of the engine number. That's how I got the 400, he told them it was a 283!! for his EH.

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One of the benefits and risks of living on unincorporated land in Arkansas. No rules to speak of. Septic was inspected by the state sanitarians, hooking up to rural water required a rough plumbing inspector, and the electrical coop was only concerned with the configuration of the service panel. One Call will send out a technician to mark underground services. If I cut an unmarked service I am not liable. If I hit a marked service I pay the bill. When our subdivision was platted out the buyers got a bill of assurance within their deeds establishing building minimums and setting some rules. I can have a horse but goats, sheep, and cows are prohibited. If a neighbor violates the criteria in the bill of assurance my only recourse is to sue.

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Terrick down Under said:

cros13, what about throwing in a 327, steel crank and spin it out to 8k every gear change or simply put in a 350 crank, rods and pistons later.
We had one fellow who upset the Wollongong rego bloke so much that they did a cc test while at the pits.

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What does a 327 come in? i only thought 308 due to abundance of motors and parts for them.

I'm still debating on going the V8 route or not. Its either that or RB26 turbo. In saying that, i already have the fast import, my Daily driver S15 has 360hp at the wheels, plenty to get me in trouble.

A Rb is not much of a difference. small displacement turbo engine with lots of turbo lag.

A V8 would be on the complete opposite end of the spectrum from my daily driver which is what i want.

Bib Overalls said:

When our subdivision was platted out the buyers got a bill of assurance within their deeds establishing building minimums and setting some rules. I can have a horse but goats, sheep, and cows are prohibited. If a neighbor violates the criteria in the bill of assurance my only recourse is to sue.

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I don't understand, Who issues this bill of assurance? And which governing body makes sure people adhere to the standards? Or is it, the condition of purchase is you adhere to the standards set in the bill of sale, if a neighbour breaks the conditions you can sue them and most likely win for breaking the contract?

Rudi.

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Ah yes, councils... 'Nuf said!

Now more on that Zed... My wife has a 260Z project that we still have in storage. Must get to that one day! I was thinking same as Terrick, that 400 small block could easily be a 283 or 327... Right? Kinda like the 'big block 12a' rotary engines in many old Mazdas...

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The seller/developer sets the criteria. If you have a Home Owner's Association they have the authority to change the criteria and also impose fines.

If your subdivision does not have a HOA then you can petition the court for a stop work order pending a hearing. The judge's decision is binding. This rarely happens because this is Arkansas and we have the highest ratio of guns to population in the USA. ******* a neighbor off can be injurious to your health.

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Nice to see more Datsun people here. All the drama will be worth it in the end, hang in there!

Also, if you can hold onto it, don't sell that S15! I miss mine every day, but then again if I kept it I probably wouldn't have my 1600.

A Japanese muscle car garage in AUS -UPDATE! temp storage

UPDATE 29/1/17 - I GOT COUNCIL APPROVAL!!!!!!

So i looked back at all my paper trails.... I first engaged the shed place and the builder in September 2015...... near a year and a half to get council approval to build essentially a big chook shed.... And the red tape and reports and risk assessment plans and god knows what else.... cost me more than the actual price of the shed.....

BUT.... I have council Approval!! FINALLY!

I have spent the last 3 weeks trying to find a reasonable concreter to lay my slab.

My friend who had a slab layed about 2 years ago, who bought a shed from the same mob, payed around 5k for his slab, his is 150mm thick 50sq meters, same as mine, so I'd assume give or take 1000 bucks, I'd be in the ball park figure for getting a slab done......

Everyone has so far quoted me 11-12k PLUS for a slab..... half of them, without coming round to see the house.

It seems no one is interested in the job, im guessing its "too small" a job, and everyone just wants to do house slabs for the booming housing and infrastructure developments around Sydney.

I'm getting real tired of dealing with other tradesmen who treat you as if they are doing YOU a favour by doing your work for them. If i acted like that in my trade to my customers, I'd be kicked off site, and replaced quick smart... Real annoying, people in the building trade....

I finally ended up calling the bloke who did my mates slab, It came out near on par with what my mate paid, but i need to level the ground, break apart the old slab and have it removed, have the asbestos panelling from the old shed removed- which is EXTREMELY expensive - and i don't plan on giving myself asbestosis - So I'll leave that one to the experts. so there will probably be another few thousand for all of that to be done too.

At the very least, i started to remove the front section of my carport attached to the garage, and I've used the colourbond panelling to enclose the old bird avery in the back ground, which will be used to store some of the junk in the garage while that gets ripped down.


Ripping down the carport



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Somewhat waterproofing the old bird Avery


Its close to 40°C here today (104°f) so I got the roof done, then broke my rivet gun, gave up and grabbed a beer. So the car is put on hold, I'll guess for the next 2-3 months while this shed gets finished!

anth said:

Nice to see more Datsun people here. All the drama will be worth it in the end, hang in there!

Also, if you can hold onto it, don't sell that S15! I miss mine every day, but then again if I kept it I probably wouldn't have my 1600.

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Yeah that's the main reason I'm building the garage. I really want to buy a more family oriented car for myself. So the plan is pull the S15 off the road, shove it in the shed and just leave it there, Buy something with 4 doors, that's more practical (but just as silly and obnoxious- I'm thinking a forester XT lol) for a daily driver.

And my wife doesn't want me to sell the S15, I have driven nothing but Silvia's for the last 12 years that she has known me, she said:

For 1, She likes it, and the S15 is "just me", i can't sell it as its part of me, which is true.

And 2, she doesn't want to hear my moaning and regret after i sell it, she had to deal with that when i sold one of my old S13's, and doesnt want to go through it again haha!



Rudi.

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The asbestos removal is pretty easy, you just need to get a respirator for $40 and do your best to not break apart the paneling when removing it. If you need to dlsave money I would seriously read up on it.

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NSW is just a home for thieving bureaucrats, Eddie Obeid anyone. I'm glad I left the hole, I'll never go back. Good luck with your shed and be sure to put a V8 in the zed. Something else I despise about nsw, yearly inspections, another money making rort.

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cros13 Done well and congratulations.

With you asbestos take care, do it by the book and wet every thing down well..

Regards

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On the murdering of planning department type scum, type Hart Kerspien into google and read the story about what happens when planning department goons push people over the edge.

A Japanese muscle car garage in AUS: UPDATE - temp storage

jkeyser14 said:

The asbestos removal is pretty easy, you just need to get a respirator for $40 and do your best to not break apart the paneling when removing it. If you need to save money I would seriously read up on it.

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In NSW, as a home owner, legally you can only dispose of 10 square meters of asbestos. Any more and you need to hire a qualified asbestos removalist, or go get your licence from tafe.....

Westozfixer said:

On the murdering of planning department type scum, type Hart Kerspien into google and read the story about what happens when planning department goons push people over the edge.

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crazy story right?, when you push the little guy too far!

My favourite story however, is that of Marvin Heemeyer, and his Killdozer.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer



Rudi.

Re: My "gonna murder everyone at Sydney council" garage

I'm sure these planning clowns do it just be be a pain. The shed I have now(built in 2004) was a 2 year battle to get approval for(its 16x9) at one point I was told by a turban wearing goon at the council that I would be better building a sensible sized shed(6x4) I nearly jumped the counter.

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Congrats on getting the approval! What a drawn out process!

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Well congrats on getting approval to build your "mahossive zed". Damn learn something new every day around here. Never heard of a mahossive zed before and now to find me a mob to buy one from. .

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Your issue here is choice of builder and the fact he lost his building licence. Start over with some one registered and let them deal with the council and all should work well.

Good luck. Oh your title would not help you and it had to be changed and yes I can feel your anger but the system works when you cross the t's and dot the i's.

A Japanese muscle car garage in AUS: UPDATE - temp storage

Update 31.1.17 - building the storage shed

So i got home, and again, i'm a sucker for punishment, working in 40°C heat.

I Rang the concrete bloke, and he will come around tomorrow to sus out the site. So i needed to pull my finger out, and finish my temporary shed to store most of the junk from the garage.

So like i said before, i am converting a old bird Avery into a shed. Using the colourbond panelling from the old carport.

First step was to knock out the Mesh at the front, strip the door frame out, and widen the door. then add a hinged door temporarily.

You can see what it used to look like in the previous post, in the background.

This was after about 3 hours of work rushing to get it done...

This is in NO WAY a indication of the quality of work i usually do

We will save that for when the Garage is done and i fit it out!




Tomorrow hopefully I will have some good news from the concrete bloke...

Still have to order my shed too.... dam...

Rudi

Re: My garage

Rudi, no matter what, its still a great bit of repurposing..

Re: My garage

Yep, don't stop now. Slow down and think if you have to, But don't stop! Don't through anything away until the job is finished, you will kick yourself if you need it.

Re: A Japanese muscle car garage in AUS -UPDATE! temp storage

Congrats on getting approval! Your sewer scare reminded me of the one I had...

When my house was built they had not yet extended the sewer up to the "new" part of the neighborhood so there was a septic tank. This meant that a few years later when they sewer came in they had to run the pipe across the yard and then loop it around to the back of the house where the septic tank was.

I suddenly realized that there was a real possibility the sewer was going to be running directly under where the shop was going to be. Too late to help you, but I ended up hiring a sewer clean out company to come with a fancy camera at the end of a spool of wire and they marked exactly where the sewer pipe ran and how deep. It was only $125. Fortunately for me it was both out of the way and 9' deep.