Brick/block Garage

[cravenbiker]

hi guys....new to the site and it is exactly wht i have been looking for...
( found it on www.visordown.com )

I ve seen all of you talking about your garages and i need to build a brick/ block garage( as opposed to the wooden ones that are mostly talke about on here )where my pre fab garage is at the moment..

never built a garage before and i will be getting a bricklayer to lay the bricks for me but i will want to do all the prepping myself.....can anybody tell me how i can find out the prep work neede....i.e foundations etc and any other tips that you can offer
Many thanks
Tris

 

[nova65ss]

I see know one is throwing anything out there for you so I'll give you my best shot.

Not sure how the codes are over in London but here you need to have a foundation dug, it gets inspected then they fill it with concrete and it gets inspected. After that the block footing goes in along with the brick around it then the slab. Everything is figured based on the engineers drawings. Maybe that will help a little for you.

Jimmy

 

[cravenbiker]

thanks for the input jimmy.,......

mine isnt gonna be on such a big scal as most of you guys on here as i only havee 6mx6m to lay with.......any other advise would be appreciated

 

[rodrelic]

Block is the way to go, and once you have gotten the footer in the hardest part is done. Laying block is challenging at first and occasionally backing-up happens, but satisfying work. If tou are looking at doing about 20' square, I would try it myself.
I had gravel ground but still put a perforated pipe below footer leveloutside, and the footer sits on a bed 1-2" thick of crushed stone for drain. My garage is big so I used 12" block, therefore a 24" wide footer x 8" thick, 4 re-bar runs inside. That's overkill, I didn't get code or specs, just did what looked right. Re-bar and filled the blocks under the headers so they are a solid column.
Warmer than outside air until late in the Fall, and stay's cool all summer if the doors are kept shut. And when painted all the defects in the block work show, that way no one will try to con you into laying their blocks.

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