A fond hello from Surrey, England

[DXB]

Hello Everyone,

I'd just like to say hello to you all. I was very pleased to find this site! I have lived in my current house for the past 19 years. It's a small detached red brick Victorian house in sunny Surrey, UK. When I bought the place, I inherited a single-bay 1950's corrugated iron/asbestos "garage" at the bottom of my garden when I bought the house and have been promising to raise it to the ground and build myself a 30m sq red brick (to match the house) garage in it's place...

...one thing led to another....and 19 years later I'm finally in the position to do something about it!...

30m sq is the max we can build in England without planning permission.

Anyway, the time has finally come!...

Have a look at my profile for some pics of my old hut...

Davidx

 

[wjamyers]

lucky you. welcome. this place is amazing. knowing I can come here and get the skinny on damn near anything has reduced my non-handy-self-image pre-job anxiety immensely. yesterday i changed the axle seal on my truck, today I'll clean the MAF and switch out a cheesy defiant dead bolt with a grade 1 schlage.

good luck with your project, I look forward to hearing about it.

 

[77thor]

Welcome.

 

[gahrajmahal]

Looking forward to seeing your progress!

 

[Glenn M.]

Welcome to the GJ from VA!

 

[DXB]

Thanks for your welcolms everyone. I have created a couple of albums on my profile. Work has just started on my project and I intend to create new albums as the project progresses.

Is using my profile the best method? Or should I start posting update pictures on this thread?

 

[DXB]

My first update! old corrugated iron garage removed and the plot is ready for laying the foundations this Friday!

The bad news is that I've had to reduce the size I was hoping for quite substantially! My floor space is now down to just over 210ft sq

But looking on the bright side, I will still have room for several motorbikes and the ability to work on them - which is my main driver!

My next task is to decide what type of double door to install - Christ! the choices are endless! ... showroom visits this coming Saturday I feel....