500's garage build

500 · 03 July 2008, 11:15

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

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

Looking a bit better now it's cleared

Start with the digging

Trenches dug and filled with concrete

Backfilling

Crap pipe in on bed of pea gravel and back filled

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

More pics will be up as the build progresses

jaytc2003 · 03 July 2008, 12:43

will this be something you actualy finish

500 · 03 July 2008, 13:25

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

j4ckos mate · 03 July 2008, 13:34

i hope youve sacked your gardener

carl555 · 03 July 2008, 23:05

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Originally Posted by j4ckos mate

i hope youve sacked your gardener

He does need the sack, keeps planting Scoobs around the garden!!

pete higham · 04 July 2008, 23:42

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Originally Posted by 500

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

a little time!!!

just like the impreza

500 · 04 July 2008, 23:51

It'll be worth the wait in the end

pete higham · 04 July 2008, 23:53

the garage or the impreza???

they were both started at about the same time!!!

**The Chief** · 09 July 2008, 10:18

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

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

Gav · 09 July 2008, 11:39

Looking good Adam

500 · 11 July 2008, 10:06

It wasn't Mikes, it was mine

Cheers Gav

**The Chief** · 11 July 2008, 10:19

Jeez how many cars do you own???

500 · 11 July 2008, 10:49

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

pete higham · 15 July 2008, 17:10

oh so no update i see!!!

have you done anymore on this or has it tailed off

salsa-king · 15 July 2008, 17:52

i tak it yu had planning permission passed ok

jjones · 15 July 2008, 22:27

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

jaytc2003 · 16 July 2008, 09:59

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Originally Posted by pete higham

have you done anymore on this or has it tailed off

What do you think?

**stoneface** · 16 July 2008, 10:49

Gav · 18 July 2008, 12:34

Come on Adam, get your ass in gear

scoobyverysoon · 21 July 2008, 13:03

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

your car will be tax exempt by the time its done

500 · 27 July 2008, 07:35

UPDATE:

since the last post, things have moved on,
Crushed stone pretty much in and level

Visqueen and crack control mesh in and ready for concrete

Concrete going in

Starting to be tamped

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

P1sshead powerfloating in action

Going off quite well

End result, gravel going in round side and back

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

500 · 27 July 2008, 07:40

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Originally Posted by salsa-king

i take it you had planning permission passed ok

Don't need planning permission

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

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"

500 · 27 July 2008, 08:39

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

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

jaytc2003 · 28 July 2008, 00:34

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Originally Posted by 500

Drying waiting for powerfloating

P1sshead powerfloating in action

he looks like sinbad from brookside

DCI Gene Hunt · 28 July 2008, 09:55

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Originally Posted by jaytc2003

he looks like sinbad from brookside

....I thought Chris Moyles

**Scoobychick** · 28 July 2008, 10:49

Powerfloating looks like fun to me

PS. Sinbad deffo

moneys · 29 July 2008, 00:34

why is the thread called 500's garage build? your not doing anything

, 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'

500 · 29 July 2008, 01:11

Ste,

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

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

I reckon that gives me the right

Gav · 29 July 2008, 11:03

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Originally Posted by 500

Ste,

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

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

I reckon that gives me the right

Comeback of the year

jaytc2003 · 01 August 2008, 00:19

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Originally Posted by scoobygav555

Comeback of the year

and ste hasnt posted since