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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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Default Decided to extend the garage and build a porch

iv been restoring my mk2 escort estate for about a year now and have decided the garage isnt bigenough, there is about 30 inches infront of the existing door and thought it would make enough differance as the car only had 12 " as it was, anyway some pics






getting off the roller shutter



door back on and a tempory side wall till the concrete is down and i can brick it all




putting a porch next to the garage to keep HER happy



ready for concrete







you can see the space its added now

well what do you think? i will be starting the brickwork tomorrow so will add some pics up tomorrow night
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 01:03 AM
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It's amazing how much difference an extra foot or so can make!

That's what she said... BA BOOM!
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 05:24 PM
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Wish I could do diy, Im just crap at it....end up paying tradesmen instead, which never seems to end up how I wanted it Keep the updates coming fella!
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 08:42 PM
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started on the brickwork





















thats all the work i did today, pretty pleased with it, will finish the bricking tomorrow,
back is killin cos av no mixer and ben doin it all by hand

what do you think so far?
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 09:27 PM
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i will have all the brick work done tomorrow if i can stop myself watching the wedding!!
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Old Apr 29, 2011 | 06:25 PM
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well iv been out doin abit today and nearly finished the brickwork but im 4 short so will have to try get some tomorrow

will get some pics up in a bit
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Old May 1, 2011 | 08:41 PM
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all bricked up now and the garage is nearly plasterboarded, will skim it tomorrow and hopefully get a few pics up
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Old May 21, 2011 | 07:57 PM
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doors in temp, just need to sort the windows now but i want an exact match to the others
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Old May 21, 2011 | 09:00 PM
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Looks good mate should make the garage much more usable! My garage is tiny, can just squeeze the car in but that's it.
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good work
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