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Posted: Tue May 23, 17 9:34 pm
by GJUK
Posted: Wed May 24, 17 2:20 am
by Rebel
Yes, keep the updates coming.

Posted: Wed May 24, 17 6:11 am
by cadboy
you are gone be busy this summer then

Posted: Wed May 24, 17 8:48 am
by Blue
Looks great, floor space is a couple of feet wider and about 10ft deeper than I have, it disappears very quickly when you are dealing with American dimensions.
Posted: Wed May 24, 17 4:12 pm
by billybob73
you will have it built in no time good luck

Posted: Wed May 24, 17 4:18 pm
by latil
Is this building double skinned with insulation between? Otherwise it will drip condensation over everything inside!
Posted: Wed May 24, 17 6:36 pm
by Super Sloth
Blue wrote:Looks great, floor space is a couple of feet wider and about 10ft deeper than I have, it disappears very quickly when you are dealing with American dimensions.
Doesn't it just...
Standard single garage + A body + toolchest and shelving = 8mm to spare at either end of the car.
Great project. Look forward to the updates.

Posted: Wed May 24, 17 7:02 pm
by Blue
I spent many years working out of a single car lock up with an A body and a 100ft extension cable for power, it can be done but fun it ain't. Once you've had the luxury of space it would be very hard to do without it.
Posted: Wed May 24, 17 7:59 pm
by GJUK
latil wrote:Is this building double skinned with insulation between? Otherwise it will drip condensation over everything inside!
Hi, it will be based on 60mm kingspan insulation, the sort you suggest.
They're not cheap at about £7k for just the cladding

Posted: Thu May 25, 17 12:44 pm
by Faux-7-0
Very envious of your planned garage. Keep details of whatever insulation you elect to use though. Insurance companies tend not to like some types of composite/sandwich insulation panels (mainly those with polystyrene internals) so you stand a better chance of an accurate premium if you can address this question at the outset.
Posted: Fri May 26, 17 5:04 pm
by GJUK
noted that - thank you.
Posted: Mon May 29, 17 10:48 pm
by GJUK
Work started today.
Moved the soakaway which was under where the new drive will be.
Plans from my engineer show 850 mm of type 1 required (eek).
That's 240 tonnes, or to help those like me who like to quantify things, twelve mostly full 8 wheel fixed 21 tonne dumper trucks.
in other words a s*it tonne of hardcore.
Tomorrow this continues.
update
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 17 5:50 pm
by GJUK
update
We needed 260 tonnes in the end.
All ready for DPM and then shuttering then 35m cubed of concrete.
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 17 7:23 pm
by Super Sloth
Can you explain what the cream gravel does and why you've dug a moat around the perimeter?
Genuinely interested - I just have no idea how a building goes together!

Posted: Sun Jun 04, 17 11:12 pm
by andyrob
I guess the 'moet' is for the foundations and the cream gravel is dolamite