Hi Guys
I thought id share my project over this summer...
Ive been on this forum for a while, getting ideas but this is my first post!
I've basically done it all by myself! The only outside trade i caled upon was a roofer and a builder to do the foundations! There is only so much you can do yourself i guess!
As per usual, you can never fit a car into a normal size garage let alone work on it, and building a new one, in brick was too costley just in labour! The size of it is 6m wide by 4.8 length
i started by hiring a digger and having a play! Our garden had a raised area, approx 10m by 10m which needed leveling in which the foundations are going into! But once i started and tried to get all the soil into the skips, which where about 25m away! i called in some builders to do the foundations and groundworkers to get rid of the rest of the soil!
Once the foundations where prepared, i started to make the frame work, all made with 4 x 2 treated timber, this took me one afternoon!
Once the framework was up, i started on the shiplap
I decided to change the main beam where the garage door will be from a timber one to a rsj, for peace of mind as i thought this would flex over a period of time!
I decided to have a couple of small windows in, made at home, total cost 15 each!
Door test fitted!
Started wiring up the electrics
Started on the gutters
Insulation done! just the roof insulation to do!
Gutters all done!
This has taken me a few months to do on and off at weekends, i guess it could be done under a couple if weeks and if theres a few of you, i think it can be done under a week!
Not much left to do! just got to insulate the roof, board and paint the walls, get a sparky in to finsh the wiring, decide and finish the floor and create the loft space! Then landscape the garden!
I thought id share my project over this summer...
Ive been on this forum for a while, getting ideas but this is my first post!
I've basically done it all by myself! The only outside trade i caled upon was a roofer and a builder to do the foundations! There is only so much you can do yourself i guess!
As per usual, you can never fit a car into a normal size garage let alone work on it, and building a new one, in brick was too costley just in labour! The size of it is 6m wide by 4.8 length
i started by hiring a digger and having a play! Our garden had a raised area, approx 10m by 10m which needed leveling in which the foundations are going into! But once i started and tried to get all the soil into the skips, which where about 25m away! i called in some builders to do the foundations and groundworkers to get rid of the rest of the soil!
Once the foundations where prepared, i started to make the frame work, all made with 4 x 2 treated timber, this took me one afternoon!
Once the framework was up, i started on the shiplap
I decided to change the main beam where the garage door will be from a timber one to a rsj, for peace of mind as i thought this would flex over a period of time!
I decided to have a couple of small windows in, made at home, total cost 15 each!
Door test fitted!
Started wiring up the electrics
Started on the gutters
Insulation done! just the roof insulation to do!
Gutters all done!
This has taken me a few months to do on and off at weekends, i guess it could be done under a couple if weeks and if theres a few of you, i think it can be done under a week!
Not much left to do! just got to insulate the roof, board and paint the walls, get a sparky in to finsh the wiring, decide and finish the floor and create the loft space! Then landscape the garden!
