how many turrets are you planning to build on casa baxter?

the rate you are going it's going to end up looking like this

 

Casa Baxter now I like the sound of that lol
Turrets nah no turrets just a flag on the tower lol

 

and you need a machine gun nest on the tower with the automatic cannons from Aliens so that it can slay any CHAV's/TWOCERs who fancy thier chances!!

 

Why didn't you just buy a bigger place to start with

Steve

 

Now that sounds like a plan, but will have to put it up with cctv

Now where would the fun be in that, anyway where would I find a place with a rready made workshop

Anyway todays progress,





as I needed to get the project moving I have taken to doing the block work myself so it WILL be finished tomorrow then its just a case of filling the cavity with concrete, then my mate (same one that was ment to do the block work) said he will start framing next weekend.

 

looks like its going to be a good place to work on the motors

 

this has got to be the slowest build ever. If it were me id be out everyday laying bricks

 

Getting there!

 

It had better be

My mate and his chippy said they will be framing it next weekend

 

you can't rush perfection mate lol

Anyway ALL the 700 odd blocks are in and now i'm fucked bearing in mine I have shifted all the blocks and knocked up the muck and i have never laid a brick/ block in my life so im very happy with the result
was going to have a day off tomorrow but think I will be putting in the pipework for the drainage to the sokeaway etc

Pics of todays progress




gazebo gives you an idea of size, will be plenty big enough........for now!

 

hurry the feck up!

lennie

 

watching a load of holmes on homes programs, they use something called a weeping tile (don't know why they call it that) but it's a plastic pipe with holes in it, covered in some sort of cloth material, that you lay at the bottom of the walls in the soi and stone and crap which collects all the water and sends it to the drains

might be worth a go in your situation seeing as you are going to have a lot of earth and stuff to sock the water up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeping_tile

and

http://homes.winnipegfreepress.com/w...-grief/id-921/

 

Gonna be a proper nice garage
Looking forward to more updates.
David

 

your getting their matt

 

love the waste pipe

 

I'm trying, should have the 4x2 for the stud work early nextweek

Too late mate but its something to think about if I have any problems


Really hoping to have the stud work/roof cut in next weekend ish

yeah good that init

 

not too late for you yet is it matt?

you've still got the back of the garage and all around open yes?

if so, just drop it in and cover it up with some stones and stuff

better to do it now it's open than later when you may have to hire another digger to dig it all out again

 

its pretty much all filled in now round the sides now, wont need to hire another digger as the white one in the pics is my mums partners and he doesnt use it anymore so its staying here for now,

anyway the damp proof membrane "should" be up to the job

 

if the digger is for sale matt.. PM me as i may be interested!! and hurry up already!

 

Will let you know mate if and when its for sale oh and I'm trying!!

All the framing would habe been done in a day but fucking jewsons didnt tel us they didnt have all the timber and the rest will be delivered monday they fucking knew I had the chippy and my mate here today to do it as well = me not fucking happy


Anyway this is what they did in about 6 hours today






The cavity was filled on a week or so back with approx 7 tonnes of ballast and 19 bags of dust so dont think it will be falling down anytime soon lol!!

 

Good work

 

looking spot on Matt....

 

Looking good and getting there

 

looking at the size of that, the amazon would have trouble filling your order

 

time for an update I guess

its now water tight(ish)all but the doors

still got loads to do and very little spare time



All the joists are bolted







All in all it getting there but think I going to have to get someone in to help finish it offf as i just dont have any time at the mo

 

Looking good
You seem to be having better weather than up here, my site is like a swamp at the moment, nearly lost a boot after standing still for a few minutes this morning.

 

nearly ready to get a sparky in!

 

Looking good
Gonna be finished in no time

 

is it me being thick here, or aren't there any windows in the building?

 

Cheers guys it's so much better/bigger than I thought it would be

dojj nope not having windows as I want to keep it as secure as possible!

 

Looking good! It's always the last odds and sods jobs that take forever, you'll get there.

 

Nice build ,will you insulating it .

 

Yeah mate you know it!

Yeah its having cheapo rockwooll type stuff from b&q Ł40 to do the lot

 

Is it done yet??

 

your flying along matt ,like yourself i put no windows in mine

 

Piss off


Yeah mate, im well chuffed had a mate put the roof on for me 3300 plain tiles, felt and battened out in 3 days hes worked like mad man,

im wellc hffed as I asked a roofing company I used to work for to quote me and they wanted Ł1450 for cash labour only so will give my mate a bonus

Was ment to be doing it myself but just havent had the time so had to decide what I need sorted (pay others to do for me) and the roof is the most important thing as the new kitchen will be stored in there till the house is finished

The drive way has now been started and other than them not conecting the aco to the soak a way when they said they had so I dug them a nice trech to put the pipe they "forgot" about then left the missus watching them all day





Looks good so far

back to the garage tho the council have now said its need fire protection on the outside as well as the inside now am using fire proof plaster board and am getting prices for fire proof shiplap at the mo

 

why do the council change the rules like that every 5 minutes??

surely thats the point of getting it properly designed so it complys with the regs etc??

 

Fuck knows mate it's just been one inspector that's the problem,Harris by name Harris by nature lol,
it's quite funny as I had my brother (general builder) doing the prep for the slab and he had to call Mr Harris, he was a condescending cunt down the phone because he thought he was talking to the me ( home owner) but totally changed his tune when he saw a 14stone shaved head bloke covered in tats lol, not seen him since as my brother was pretty direct with him


Anyway should have 1 side covered in the cladding done today, the roof is finished other than the muck work gutting is on, and will get som lights in today so I can start sorting the inside out in the evenings, so best get cracking

 

GREAT PROGRESS SINCE I LAST LOOKED IN LOOKS SO MUCH BIGGER NOW THE ROOF IS ON .

 

looks great,more pics??