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[Anthony30]

I would love a small four post ramp, but the garage is two small, and would mean knocking through the bedroom upstairs.    One day I'll build my own. Need my own house first.

[Jordie]

Jordie did you say dogs swimming pool?!?!

 

By that, I meant plastic padling pool for the dog.... not an actual swimming pool. Though that would have been cool, should have thought of that when I had the mini digger on hire, though removing all that soil might have been abit awkward.

 

The soil we removed we used to level garden and rest of it was luckily used on another project site, which needed top soil, so only cost me a tipper for the weekend to get rid of it.

[Jordie]

That looks ace. Really want to paint my floor. The glue/water is a good shout as a temporary solution.

The problem I have is that I have some large bulky items in there that I have nowhere else to store them (bike trailer / tumble dryer / bikes)
 

 

I moved all my floor based items to one half and did it in halfs at a time. I was off work for a week, so painted half each morning and left to dry rest of day...Hence it taking best part of a week. But safe to know it had fully dried....I know someone who painted theres quickly and the paint come off onto the car tyres first time they used garage. I used nononsense screwfix branded floor paint in flint grey. Didnt use any sealer, but the floor had been sealed using pva previously.

 

Interior walls are plasterboard painted white. Dulux was cheaper than home brand stuff during BnQ sale, so went for that. I would recormend painting the walls even if its brick as it lightens up the work area and again helps with dust.

 

I plan to board the cieling at some point and have some insulation for it, but not 100% happy with the roof so holding off doing it.

[screech]

I've not read through the whole lot, but have picked up on a few things.
If you're worried about the roof being asbestos, how about baton and board it?
If you're going to be using rotary tools, then I suggest you fit high frequency fluorescent lights otherwise the tools may appear stationary when where actually turning.
Painting the floor is a great idea, which I see has already been mentioned. If you want it to last, use an epoxy paint, and etch the concrete first.

When we moved 2 years ago a garage (or room for 1) was the top of the list. This is what I got...


But now I have this...




It's almost finished, the floor was painted yesterday, need to leave it at least 7days before doing too much on it.
It's getting plenty of lights and sockets, as well as being painted white throughout.
Storeage and workbench I think is a big must, so a bench along the back wall, and plenty of cupboard space on the walls.

Edited by screech, 01 August 2015 - 08:57 AM.

[jamesmpi]

I've not read through the whole lot, but have picked up on a few things.
If you're worried about the roof being asbestos, how about baton and board it?
If you're going to be using rotary tools, then I suggest you fit high frequency fluorescent lights otherwise the tools may appear stationary when where actually turning.
Painting the floor is a great idea, which I see has already been mentioned. If you want it to last, use an epoxy paint, and etch the concrete first.
When we moved 2 years ago a garage (or room for 1) was the top of the list. This is what I got...
But now I have this...
It's almost finished, the floor was painted yesterday, need to leave it at least 7days before doing too much on it.
It's getting plenty of lights and sockets, as well as being painted white throughout.
Storeage and workbench I think is a big must, so a bench along the back wall, and plenty of cupboard space on the walls.

Wow that look great. You must be local to me judging by your location.

[screech]

Looks that way, if you're in chi, I'm near Worthing.

[Ben_O]

 

But now I have this...

If you don't mind me asking, how much does something like that cost to build?

 

I have an excellent garage at the moment but am likely to be moving soon to somewhere that has no garage but plenty of space to build one so i am considering it.

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[Jordie]

 

 

But now I have this...

If you don't mind me asking, how much does something like that cost to build?

 

I have an excellent garage at the moment but am likely to be moving soon to somewhere that has no garage but plenty of space to build one so i am considering it.

 

Cheers

 

Ben

 

 

Depends what its built from and what base you have to build on.

 

Highest single cost item for me was having the concrete pumped in for the garage base and driveway. I had nothing to build on, so had to dig down a several feet and channel for the electric duct, then 12 ton of stone, then compact, then membrane, then steel mesh and concrete. If you allready have a concrete base, your laughing really. You can get pre-fab garage, timber garages/workshops, tin/metal type etc, which would be a quick build on a solid base.

 

Heres some more recent photos of mine. Doesnt look big on the photos, but when I was building it, I had a transit double cab tipper in the "footprint" of the garage and still have space around it. Obviously a tipper wont fit through the door now, but most cars arent as big as a tipper, so room for most things.

 

[Big Sam]

Been looking at building a garage recently. Just dismantled a shed and got space for just don't want to spend loads as I will be moving in few years and they aren't always something that adds value