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Wow thanks 🙂💪

Yeah bang in line with what you said originally 👍 Thanks for the additional info, I had no clue what that other stuff was.

I have the quotation for the planning application. They have quoted £1,500 ex VAT and excluding any other fees like the application itself and other items they list such as consultancy fees. See extract below: So I am reading this to mean the £1500 covers the cost to do the drawings only...

Haha I would love to be anything like as talented and successful as RC. He kinda does all the building stuff too though, he project manages the builds he does. But I know what you mean, premium builds premium customers... I've been super lucky with the best customers so far and it's a good...

😅 Good point. It does seem to be more about garages at the moment. I'm happy with that direction though, I would like to do house extensions too and in the future maybe houses. In his little culdesac there are 5 houses: 1 - just moved in and they want me to build them a cartlodge 2 - built...

oh yeah, and its well over PD as its 5.47m tall. I think PD would allow 4m for dual pitch and 2m away from boundary

@HOJ yeah the customer wanted to be able to auto park his car and it needed the white lines to do so. I just used masking tape and it worked pretty well. Car managed to park itself too. I have to say the mezzanine floor is always my favourite with these builds, so much space up there, would...

Thank you 👍 I'll report back later once I've got things moving. Looks like I'll be doing this myself.

Thanks everybody. Anybody got an idea on the cost for a consultant to handle a planning application for a double garage? I have contacted one for a quote but not heard back yet. I will also need to contact the local council and find out the cost to make the application if I did it myself. Martin

Exactly the sort of info I was looking for, cheers 👍 I'm more than happy to burn time on this one if it means I learn a thing or two and potentially pave the way for more efficient / profitable applications in the future.

Hi all, I'm going to be building a double garage for a client in a few months and they don't have planning yet. They have asked for my help. The question is do I simply ask a planning company to handle it for us or shall i just handle it myself. Based on your experience is it worth the hassle...

That's super useful, thanks for taking the time to explain. The one you posted first is ok on budget I would guess. I basically have to decide between bottom mount 'off the shelf' lift or top mount using off the shelf hoist but with bespoke design for the connections and such like.

Thanks that's great info!👍 I need it to lift 100kg and go up about 2.7 metres, let's call it 3m. Let's also at least double the weight based on your advice😅 In terms of budget we haven't discussed anything, I said I would just take a look at it for him and give him a number. It doesn't need to...

Good call on the car jacks being too short. I've looked at the hydraulic ones, here is one: Lift The hardest part is knowing what to type into Google to find what you are looking for 😅 Any suggestions? Regarding the roof, I planned to strengthen it in select places and distribute the load.

Regarding the safety stuff that many have mentioned, I have given that some thought, and it is important. I don't think it kills the project. I need to design in multiple safety features, and / or use off the shelf, tested designs where possible. But I also need to have this conversation with...

Looking like a decent option. It will be about 2.5 metres. Maybe 2.7 I wonder if I could buy just one leg, sounds ridiculous but maybe it isn't.

Weirdly I had that exact machine on site only a week ago. I wish I had taken a closer look at it now!

Not sure I follow completely but it sounds like it might be describing one of my other designs which I haven't modelled up yet but will be doing one evening this week.

Poo I've done some research on the cupped wheels. Very hard to find them to start with. But if you search for pulley guide wheels a load pop up. The issue I'm having is finding one that's compatible with scaffold tubes or any part of tube really. The advantage of the U channel and trolley is...

I've looked on their website and I'm not sure i found anything suitable. Did you have a particular one in mind? I might be just looking in the wrong place