Well, I needed a bigger garage and like the area we live in, so decided on a little home at the end of the garden to mess with the cars and bikes, and to store my work tools and bits of crap that you always amass

I started clearing it a couple of years ago, and have been keeping all the above stuff in the house :lol1: :eek2: Jen and myself decided enough was enough and started the build (well I did) We want to build an extension and have to clear all the mess out of the house in order to knock the existing kitchen down

the new garage will be approx 5m wide, 10m on the long wall and 6 on the short, Apex roof on the front with a flat bit on the back, oh and a toilet in the back corner

Some pics of the garden as it was

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/DSC07541.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/DSC07544.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/DSC07547.jpg

Looking a bit better now it's cleared
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/DSC07828.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/DSC07830.jpg

Start with the digging
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/DSC07843.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/DSC07847.jpg

Trenches dug and filled with concrete
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1467.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1468.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1470.jpg

Backfilling
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1474.jpg

Crap pipe in on bed of pea gravel and back filled
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1476.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1477.jpg

MOT/ crushed hardcore going in and as we were at 9am this morn

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1478.jpg



More pics will be up as the build progresses :thumb:

will this be something you actualy finish :lol1:

:razz:

I finish everything, it just takes a little time if it is for myself :mad: :lol1:

i hope youve sacked your gardener:lol1:

i hope youve sacked your gardener:lol1:
He does need the sack, keeps planting Scoobs around the garden!!;) :nono: :)

:razz:

I finish everything, it just takes a little time if it is for myself :mad: :lol1:


a little time!!!

just like the impreza :wonder: :norty: :razz:

It'll be worth the wait in the end ;)

:razz:

the garage or the impreza???

they were both started at about the same time!!! :norty: ;) :p

What was Mike doing there? was he lending a hand?

Need to sort my garage tbh - needs a new friggin roof

Looking good Adam:thumb:

It wasn't Mikes, it was mine :p

Cheers Gav :thumb:

Jeez how many cars do you own???:wonder: :thumb:

atm, TVR, Discovery, Metro VVC, Scoob RA, Touareg, Jens P1, and the bikes (5), but lets keep this on topic please :p

oh so no update i see!!!

have you done anymore on this or has it tailed off :norty: :p :D

i tak it yu had planning permission passed ok :lol:

he got 5 bikes passed his mrs, getting 1 plan past the local authority will be a walk in the park in comparison!

have you done anymore on this or has it tailed off :norty: :p :D

What do you think? :lol1:

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh243/stoneface_01/smilies/whistle.gif

Come on Adam, get your ass in gear:p

:lol1: well its progressed a bit more from when I was last there - at least the weeds have gone :D

your car will be tax exempt by the time its done :smug:

UPDATE:

since the last post, things have moved on,
Crushed stone pretty much in and level
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1480.jpg

Visqueen and crack control mesh in and ready for concrete
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1557.jpg

Concrete going in
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1559.jpg

Starting to be tamped
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1561.jpg

got the people that deliver the concrete(seem sound blokes) to arrange someone to powerfloat the base. I'm not happy with the result, although the weather played a little part, it should be shiny and smooth, it's a little mottled and isn't shiny :( they also turned up completely rat arsed. Guess who wont be doing the base in the extension or getting any recommendations!


Drying waiting for powerfloating
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1562.jpg

P1sshead powerfloating in action :(
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1564.jpg

Going off quite well
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1565.jpg

End result, gravel going in round side and back
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1640.jpg



Bricks & block are going up, quite a bit done yesterday, cant find the camera to get a picture though, will get some up v.soon


:razz::D

i take it you had planning permission passed ok :lol:

Don't need planning permission :norty:

Need building regs though as it's having a toilet in it.

Planning rules are not needed if it's more than 5m from house, less than 3.9m high, takes up less than 1/2 the garden and is less than 35m2 floor area :D

I was reported for it, planning came round to see what was going on! Planning officer said that I don't need permission, to which I replied "I know" :D

Pics of block and bricks going up, will get some up hopefully tomorrow showing how far we get today

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1644.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z288/RA500/Garage%20build/IMG_1645.jpg

It isn't half fun carrying the blocks round the back :(

Drying waiting for powerfloating
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P1sshead powerfloating in action :(
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he looks like sinbad from brookside :lol1:

he looks like sinbad from brookside :lol1:

....I thought Chris Moyles :lol1:

Powerfloating looks like fun to me :D

PS. Sinbad deffo :thumb:

why is the thread called 500's garage build? your not doing anything:nono: , you have just paid a load of people to come and do it, its like me saying 'ste's driveway build, when i got my drive done by some fellas':wonder:

Ste, :p

I've done everything apart from lay the concrete and bricking up,

So to this stage, I've:

cleared the garden
dug the foundations
laid the drainage
laid 10 tons of hardcore (including barrowing it from the front to back)
laid visqueen
laid crack control mesh
carried 612 concrete blocks & 320 bricks to the base amongst sand etc
done general labouring
started painting the walls to give me a head start :p

will be fitting the roof and tiling it, plumbing, elec, fitting it out etc myself

you got them to do it all, thats why you cant call it that :p

I reckon that gives me the right :D

Ste, :p

I've done everything apart from lay the concrete and bricking up,

So to this stage, I've:

cleared the garden
dug the foundations
laid the drainage
laid 10 tons of hardcore (including barrowing it from the front to back)
laid visqueen
laid crack control mesh
carried 612 concrete blocks & 320 bricks to the base amongst sand etc
done general labouring
started painting the walls to give me a head start :p

will be fitting the roof and tiling it, plumbing, elec, fitting it out etc myself

you got them to do it all, thats why you cant call it that :p

I reckon that gives me the right :D


Comeback of the year:notworthy

Comeback of the year:notworthy
and ste hasnt posted since :lol1: