My new garage build thread.

[jsf55]

Can you not sheet over it to give it a bit of protection, cheap tarp or something ? drier Sunday

 

[Exuptoy]

TBH fair John, it's so bad out there just now I'll leave it till tomorrow to see if we get a few dry spells in between the showers. A gutter will cure the majority of my issues. Sunday is showing 0% chance of rain on the weather app so fingers crossed it'll cure almost of my ills.

 

[jsf55]

The other way is to borrow or rent a big dehumidifier that'll pull loads of water out

 

[Exuptoy]

A bit pointless until I can stop it coming through the walls. It needs a few good coats of paint followed by a week or two of dry weather to allow it to dry thoroughly. A gutter should make a big difference, it's only being washed off where there is consistent water dripping in the same places. Gutter got delivered today so hope I can get some time to install it before going back offshore.

 

[Olderisbetter]

A bit pointless until I can stop it coming through the walls. It needs a few good coats of paint followed by a week or two of dry weather to allow it to dry thoroughly. A gutter should make a big difference, it's only being washed off where there is consistent water dripping in the same places. Gutter got delivered today so hope I can get some time to install it before going back offshore.

This is why i use tanking slurry on block now, It is an extra time and cost but i rarely have issues after i use it.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Got one good coat all round today, then ran out of paint, finished the blocking inside. Made a start fitting the LED fittings and wiring back to a Wago box. Just final connections tomorrow and borrow a supply for the lighting from the old garage and we will have lights at least.

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Also met @jsf55 today who called in on his way past with his absolutely stunning Ford Pop. Without a doubt the nicest sounding car I have ever heard! Aural porn! It was nice to meet you John.

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That Pop was amazing before i got to the under bonnet picture, Is there a build or details to this beauty.

 

[jsf55]

There's a bit on Instagram, I've had so many threads lost with webshots and photobucket https://www.instagram.com/madfrankyfraser/

 

[Exuptoy]

This is why i use tanking slurry on block now, It is an extra time and cost but i rarely have issues after i use it.

Can you just do the inside of the blocks then and just paint over it?

 

[Exuptoy]

I want to use the top of the walls as storage as I have done in the building next door. For that I purchased long stay brackets from toolstation with batten fixed to them and I’ll do the same again on two walls but on the side wall I thought I’d just use the battens double screwed to each joist. So yesterday when I purchased the gutter I bought 14 x 5.4m lengths of batten and today it was just in the way so I made a start on the joist fixed ones. Still need the wall brackets from Toolstation for the other walls. I basically used a piece of YT2 20mm trunking as a spacer between each batten and screwed direct into the joists. Handy storage for minimal cost. I did a pull up on the timber under one joist so if it’ll support a 92kg lump then it’ll be fine for my junk!
I also finished the wiring aside from the supply legs from the DB. I also incorporated a 16a blue socket and an outdoor socket for the garden. Still need to source an RCBO for the Merlin Gerin DB. I also fitted an LED bulkhead to the door as it has the light option (as it is an emergency battery backed fitting it stays on for a while as there is no maintained live supply to it - I may yet sort that and make it an emergency light by swapping out the cable for a 4c flex).

 

[Olderisbetter]

Can you just do the inside of the blocks then and just paint over it?

I have done brick and block work on just the inside on a few walls, i use Bostick cementone from toolstation.
https://www.toolstation.com/bostik-cementone-tanking-slurry/p79194

 

[Olderisbetter]

I used the slurry on my extension inside and out on the corner where the ground was higher next door and nothing has come through but i did apply it very thick.

 

[Exuptoy]

Sorted my gutter. Hopefully that’ll cure my water ingress. Only a metre wide so not much driving rain here just overspill from the roof. Spent a while with a hose and no issues.

 

[Olderisbetter]

You will soon have that camper in place and be working on it, I finally got my beetle up into the garage to start working on it today, but it is going to be kept on the wheels for as long as possible so it can be pushed out to get other things in to work on.

 

[Exuptoy]

Nice, an oval too! You gonna start a thread?

 

[Olderisbetter]

Nice, an oval too! You gonna start a thread?

At some point i will be starting a thread but it will be very slow as this beetle is on the back burners back burner..and i am still on the hunt for parts.

 

[qwakers]

Can you just do the inside of the blocks then and just paint over it?

yes, and yes. its how i did mine.

 

[Exuptoy]

Back home now and I purchased a Bott tool cabinet last week which matches one of my existing ones with the intention of building a bench in front of the window. I have some short 9x3’s here long enough for sturdy legs and 8x2’s for a bench top so a plan has been formulating in my mind and I ordered some 4x2 PSE planed timber time make the remainder of the frame. I’d like to get the floor finished first with some epoxy but the blocks in the wall are still wet and the floor can wait.

Here’s my rough plans made earlier, excuse the colouring .

What I have......

....and what I want to build.......

To achieve it I bought a refurbished Evolution Rage S300 cross compound single bevel mitre saw with a 300mm throat from eBay, boxed for £91.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Back home now and I purchased a Bott tool cabinet last week which matches one of my existing ones with the intention of building a bench in front of the window. I have some short 9x3’s here long enough for sturdy legs and 8x2’s for a bench top so a plan has been formulating in my mind and I ordered some 4x2 PSE planed timber time make the remainder of the frame. I’d like to get the floor finished first with some epoxy but the blocks in the wall are still wet and the floor can wait.

Here’s my rough plans made earlier, excuse the colouring .

What I have......

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....and what I want to build.......

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To achieve it I bought a refurbished Evolution Rage S300 cross compound single bevel mitre saw with a 300mm throat from eBay, boxed for £91.

Do you have a link to that on Ebay, I have been looking for something to chop multi materials for a while but i always worry about how well they cut metal as i have always been use to only cutting wood

 

[Mac168]

To achieve it I bought a refurbished Evolution Rage S300 cross compound single bevel mitre saw with a 300mm throat from eBay, boxed for £91.

Be interested to hear how you get on with the evolution rage, mine didn’t inspire me much the one and only time I tried it on steel. Just after I got it I tried to cut the first scrap bit of steel I had to hand. Said steel was shortly no longer to hand as it was swiftly launched out of the back of the saw and halfway across the garden. Saying that it’s been great otherwise so can’t complain, I’ll have to try again with something a bit bigger.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Be interested to hear how you get on with the evolution rage, mine didn’t inspire me much the one and only time I tried it on steel. Just after I got it I tried to cut the first scrap bit of steel I had to hand. Said steel was shortly no longer to hand as it was swiftly launched out of the back of the saw and halfway across the garden. Saying that it’s been great otherwise so can’t complain, I’ll have to try again with something a bit bigger.

Odd, I've never had any bother with mine. It IS very noisy though, and will spit hot shrapnel all over the place if you're not careful.