OK, so it's not a car, but my garage is coming on.When it's finished it's gonna be awesome!and, I'm not putting anything into it untill it's finished.
This was before the footings were in

 

The bricks are up!




I'm gonna get the floor in this weekend

 

How much would you say its costing you and are you doing it all yourself,looking for an extension doing on my garage

 

would u get two cars in there? doesnt look big enuff or is there more to come??

comming along nicely tho mate looks like u been workin ur ass off!

 

Like the brickwork looks nice and neat from the photo's.

Wud av used an insulated cavity wall tho if i was building the garage from scratch and was planning on putting a decent car in there.

Did a massive one for a customer recently for him to play with his cars in.

But its your garage mate do it how you like it.

 

it was down to space, the wife said I was only allowed so much of the garden, so I had to lose the cavity, money aswell, It's about 4.5 metres x 5 metres but I'll only be putting my Fiesta in there, so far the bricks, labour and roof has cost Ł2800 by a mate, I've got 2nd hand doors, windows etc, and I'm getting a new garage door.

 

Lookin good there m8...
How easy was it to get planning for a brick garage as opposed to a wooden 1?
I am just about to start a similar project & I was just wondering.

 

Wow...that is awesome!

 

Excelent mate

Best thing i ever did was build my double garage

 

I've just got a block and tackle on an RSJ slider to go in the roof! Love it, how much is a 4.8 metre RSJ?

 

Coming on nicely Andy. Only downside i can see is your choice of lintels Otherwise looking good m8

 

whats wrong with the lintells Lee? and, how much will an RSJ cost me for between the 2 pillars? will I be able to lift it?

 

I just dont like the concrete lintels as ya can see em. Could have used steel ones so u dont see.....but never mind

Go to a reclaimers for ya beam. Dont need an RSJ just a I beam. Depends on size but i got a 250x100x3.6m I beam for my sisters wall removal a few months ago for about 60 quid.

 

what size section? its my job?

 

about 4" along the bottom of the I and 6" high?

 

Shouldnt be too expensive then Andy

What roof ya putting on there mate?? Pitched i hope?

 

Nah, It was down to planning and the Lady at the bottom of the garden complained a fair bit so it's gonna be a flat roof but about 12" high at the front.

 

ah i see....moaning bitch Could have had a traditional roof and had MASS storage space for all ya bits

 

This is the hardcore for the floor base (I think it's called the oversite in building terms?)Gonna wackerplate it down on wednesday, lay a dpm and concrete and powerfloat on Thursday.

 

I seam to have the skinniest arm ever in the above pic!

 

LOOKING GOOD MATE ALWAYS WANTED A DOUBLE GARAGE BUT HAVE NOT GOT THE SPACE

 

I was lucky, I bought my house and it had a load of land at the side, when I contacted the council to see if I could by it they said it was mine anyway!

 

lookin good mate some were nice to work on th cars

 

nah andy. Oversite is the concrete screed under the ground floor joists of ya house.
You want at least 6 inches of limestone hardcore in there, then an inch of sand, then visqueen DPM, then 4-6 inches of concrete.

 

all the above done Lee, exactly as you said, cheers for the help DPM is in with a 1 metre overlap.

 

 

can't wait to be able to build myself a garage - its gonna get underfloor heating!!

 

It done yet chap? mines just been passed off by the council! (6m-6m)

 

the floors coming on, and that powerfloats well hard to use! I had all 16 stone of me hanging off it at one stage!

 

lol

 

well keep at it, its well worth it when its done

 

Cool mate! A metre overlap is plenty, dont even have to tape the joints at that

 

does anyone know if you need permission to make garage bigger
also any builders on here in essex

 

I was told this is the biggest they will let you and still build as a garage, its 21ft square!!

 

less than 30 sq/metres and you don't need building regs either.

 

thanks for the replys guys

 

Depends on the height and how far off your house it is. Local councils have different rules. Best to contact them Puss beforehand just to make sure!

 

cheers lee for advice
any builders in essex area want to do a quote for me pm me

 

Looking good Andy, how much has it cost ya?

 

roof goes on this week, and I've started putting the batten on for the dry lining, it's too cold outside though!