Concrete sectional garage build

[moodubs]

Hi all well its bank holiday weekend here in Wales, and the weathers been lovely today so I've managed to cut and weld the 40x40 mm box to make the garage door frames. It's going to be a triple door, each about 44" wide. I also sanded the front gable end and primed it with two coats. That was in between watching the F1 Monaco qualifying and the Ospreys lose to Munster

 

[Brunel]

Just spotted this. Your garage is a very similar style to my old man's. Might have been made by the same firm - http://www.lidget.co.uk. Your work on the roof and front looks top notch.

 

[moodubs]

Why thanks very much, it was supplied by a Leeds company to the person I bought it off, it possibly is as you suggested, I was worried about the size and weight of the industrial 8' high panels initially but I am now so glad I found this one I love it

 

[moodubs]

Well after picking up a full set of spanners and a soldering gun from the car boot sale for 8 quid and watching the Monaco F1 Grand Prix, I finally got to work fitting more roofing beams and fitting the uprights for the shiplap gable end. They need leveling tomorrow and screwing at the top, then hopefully get the four shiplap boards I have left on.

 

[Cris B]

Anymore progress on this?

 

[moodubs]

Hi all, well its been a while since I got any serious work done on the garage, but today I've got the left hand door made up and worked out where the first of the three deadlocks will go. I need to reinforce the area around the locks but happy with today's work, I need to get it sealed up before the weather turns.

 

[moodubs]

well didnt get anything done today but big push to get it sealed up this weekend, fingers crossed

and thanks all you guys for your inspiration

 

[jwhcars]

Coming along just fine and looking good.

 

[Cris B]

Looking good!

 

[moodubs]

thanks chris/jwh

 

[moodubs]

Well I got a bit more done on the doors Sat 3rd Oct, hopefully they'll be finished today to the extent that I can lock everything up and not have to move everything to the shed at night when I pack up for the day

 

[Basher]

Hi,

What a great build
That original photo, before you dismantled it, looks a bit deceptive - the reassembly seems much bigger!

Quite a landmark to now have the garage secured.
That'll be a very useful space


Well done

 

[moodubs]

Cheers basher, thanks, the garage was originally 30' x 10' so using the same amount of panels I made it 20' x 20' . It just meant making new steelwork, oh yeh and new roof n new wood ha ha. Lot done but a long way to go.

 

[DonPowers]

Hi all thanks for looking, yes its coming along nicely albeit slowly due to lack of funds, however weve had a good weekend removing the rubbish that accumulated in front of the garage and managed to sus out the beam spacing's that allow the lights to be positioned correctly.

A small item that has played a massive part in the building of the garage is my little milk crate and block of wood, many an hour sat on that with a beer has solved so many problems

I call that stare time, an essential component of project planning. Some problems might take a whole day of stare time and several beers to keep the wheels turning.

Nice job on your build.

 

[akdiesel]

Moodubs

Great build and design. Interesting materials. I like em.

 

[moodubs]

Stare time it shall be called from now on Don, many thanks, cheers AK much appreciated, well I nearly got the doors finished today but Im short of two planks of shiplap to complete the front. Got all the dead locks fitted to keep any low life out, so hopefully this week I'll get it secure

thanks all you guys for your help, support and ideas theyre much appreciated

 

[moodubs]

Hi guys, well finally decided where to run and got round to running the electric cable into the garage, a lot of digging out yet and fixing etc but at least I know where its going. Fitted three of the five lights which will all run on their own switch, just wired them in on 3 into one socket on an extension for now so Ive got light now the clocks have gone back an hour its dark very early.

 

[moodubs]

well got round to buying 20 sheets of OSB board today to line the walls after ive insulated them with 50mm of jablite on the thin runs and 90mm of jablite on the majority of the runs. Before anyone says anything about the OSB a friend of mine bought too many sheets for a warehouse contract so I'm having these and another 10 sheets tomorrow for £50 !!! that's enough to do all the walls and the ceiling.

 

[moodubs]

Hi guys, well, Ive not spent much time on the garage lately due to a lot of holidays and a lot of work, however I have taken 11 days off work to get a load of work done before the fall. The first two days I was ill so did nothing but today I have come on in leaps and bounds, I have decided to remove the 50x50mm box section shelf supports and do away with them. I have placed double foil lined 1" insulation into the concrete garage wall cavity structure, then built a wooden 3x2" tanalised frame bolted to the concrete structure, inside the garage and infilled it with 2" jabalite insulation. thus most of the garage has 3" of wall insulation lined with OSB board. All of the walls will be completed like this, hopefully this week. The ceiling will be the same OSB board with 6" of loft insulation.

 

[slimpickins]

Moodubs,

Never seen this kind of construction before, especially for non-commercial construction. And that you say its not considered permanent there ... I'm shaking my head. In the urban areas here, if you're over about 60 sq. ft. of floor area then you have to get a permit, even if it's one of the tin garden sheds that'll blow away in the wind.

That's one of the things I love about GJ is to see this kind of work from all over the world and the differences, as well as the similarities.

Keep up the good work. I'll be following your build!

Cheers!

 

[moodubs]

well I had to work till 8-30pm on this today, a 12 hour shift to get the rear wall completely framed insulated, and boarded, in 75 degs at 80% humidity, I'm so happy with the progress this week

 

[C_F]

This is my first time seeing your thread, and I've gotta say it's a very interesting build. Looks like it's turning out very nice, can't wait to see more!

 

[Bib Overalls]

Still waiting to see that stainless steel beer keg derived wood heater you talked about at the beginning.

I used OSB on my shop walls and I have been very happy with it. Does soak up a lot of paint. I started with two coats of Kilz oil based primer followed by two coats of latex house paint. With the lights you have and white paint on the ceiling (and top half of the walls also recommended) you will be able to do brain surgery.

 

[rixtrix1]

Nice work! Best of this type construction I've seen, and the price is definitely right. Most have lower ceilings.

 

[moodubs]

Hi thanks all of you guys, not been on here for a while due to time issues, but, as Ive got a back injury I now have time !!

 

[moodubs]

heres a few more pics, got the outside painted at last, the two benches re sized and welded together with new work top on, now measures 8' x 3', fitted the record 9" wood vice bought for £4 and the other vice I've had for years, one half of the bench (left) will be woodworking and the right half electrical. The welding bench will be to the left of the wood burner I was given in payment for some welding I did. So the barrel is shelved at the moment as this wood burner is quite economical and gives off double what the calculation is to heat my space.