Luke
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Having sort of taken inspiration from the 'show us your garage' thread, and seeing as I'm moving house shortly, I've started thinking about a workshop. So far i think my options are -
If there's an original garage,
- extend it out to one side, possibly with a complete new roof
- knock it down and build on the same site
- add additional space elsewhere
If there's no garage, build from scratch
- bolt-together steel frame with panels
- rendered breeze-block and 'proper' roof
- complete wooden structure.
Lots of potential ideas going round in my head, but the decision is going to come down to cost, planning permission, and time scale i imagine. I've not done any bricklaying before, but i know someone that can, and who'd probably help/teach me. welding up brackets etc for a steel frame is no problem.
I'd like a pitched roof to gain some storage space, i think. Ideally it'd be wide and long enough to get a vehicle in and be able to work all around it.
Obviously there are security/longevity/simplicity pay-offs involved too.
Any input? experience?
Cheers
Luke
If there's an original garage,
- extend it out to one side, possibly with a complete new roof
- knock it down and build on the same site
- add additional space elsewhere
If there's no garage, build from scratch
- bolt-together steel frame with panels
- rendered breeze-block and 'proper' roof
- complete wooden structure.
Lots of potential ideas going round in my head, but the decision is going to come down to cost, planning permission, and time scale i imagine. I've not done any bricklaying before, but i know someone that can, and who'd probably help/teach me. welding up brackets etc for a steel frame is no problem.
I'd like a pitched roof to gain some storage space, i think. Ideally it'd be wide and long enough to get a vehicle in and be able to work all around it.
Obviously there are security/longevity/simplicity pay-offs involved too.
Any input? experience?
Cheers
Luke