Stoney85
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The house I live in currently doesn't have a shed/garage..... I know, I know, how have I managed so far? moments silence for my pain.
The reason behind this is that the 2 story house is built on a steep block, 3,000m2 though, and there is no flat ground to build a garage, the block is pretty much useless except for trees and wildlife, and my resident pet kookaburras.
I've had enough! I cant see this being a cheap exercise at all, but the other option of selling up and moving will cost just as much in fees etc as building this shed, plus this will add value to the property anyway, as well as finding a nice place with some flat land and a shed locally is near impossible, justifying it to myself mainly.
I'll take some photos of what I have to work with this arvo, but i'm looking at peoples ideas on how I'd go about designing/engineering a flat area, level with the carport, capable of supporting a cement slab. The shed size i'm looking at is about 12m wide by 9-10m deep, reason behind this size is that I have quite a few 1960 Jaguars in various stages of restoration, I plan on having a hoist/lift in their as well.
Its hard to describe without pics, but behind the carport the land angles off meaning if I was to build a shed, the back side would need support poles or a retaining wall with a lot of landfill to create a flat space to have a garage that is the same height as the carport and initial area around the house.
Another option I was thinking about is half fill and then use a shipping container as the other half of the floor structure for a usable space under the garage for mowers, garden tools etc, what I'm unsure about though is while I know containers can support a lot of weight on their structural points, what process would I go about so it could support half a cement slab?
Or do I forgo the container, build a retaining wall with fill half way into the slab, and utilise the other half with support poles and a cement floor for open storage? The reason I'm not considering full landfill is because access to behind the house is limited to smaller vehicles, so no tipper trucks could get dirt there easily, and the retaining wall at the back of the shed would probably have to be at least 3metres high, so that's a lot of fill.
Here is my masterpiece courtesy of MS Paint, to at least give you some sort of idea what I'm rambling on about.
Throw me your ideas, as this is just a few I've come up with whilst on the verandah watching the sunset of an afternoon, pondering.
The reason behind this is that the 2 story house is built on a steep block, 3,000m2 though, and there is no flat ground to build a garage, the block is pretty much useless except for trees and wildlife, and my resident pet kookaburras.
I've had enough! I cant see this being a cheap exercise at all, but the other option of selling up and moving will cost just as much in fees etc as building this shed, plus this will add value to the property anyway, as well as finding a nice place with some flat land and a shed locally is near impossible, justifying it to myself mainly.
I'll take some photos of what I have to work with this arvo, but i'm looking at peoples ideas on how I'd go about designing/engineering a flat area, level with the carport, capable of supporting a cement slab. The shed size i'm looking at is about 12m wide by 9-10m deep, reason behind this size is that I have quite a few 1960 Jaguars in various stages of restoration, I plan on having a hoist/lift in their as well.
Its hard to describe without pics, but behind the carport the land angles off meaning if I was to build a shed, the back side would need support poles or a retaining wall with a lot of landfill to create a flat space to have a garage that is the same height as the carport and initial area around the house.
Another option I was thinking about is half fill and then use a shipping container as the other half of the floor structure for a usable space under the garage for mowers, garden tools etc, what I'm unsure about though is while I know containers can support a lot of weight on their structural points, what process would I go about so it could support half a cement slab?
Or do I forgo the container, build a retaining wall with fill half way into the slab, and utilise the other half with support poles and a cement floor for open storage? The reason I'm not considering full landfill is because access to behind the house is limited to smaller vehicles, so no tipper trucks could get dirt there easily, and the retaining wall at the back of the shed would probably have to be at least 3metres high, so that's a lot of fill.
Here is my masterpiece courtesy of MS Paint, to at least give you some sort of idea what I'm rambling on about.
Throw me your ideas, as this is just a few I've come up with whilst on the verandah watching the sunset of an afternoon, pondering.
