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You never heard of a roof rack? You'd be amazed at what's been on the top of the scoob.

Lol - part of the reason for the back garage door was so we could look to get a Westfield for weekend use and keep it out the back with the trailer!

I do hope so - can start all those little finishing touch type jobs on the house then. I just hope I can fit it all in!

It certainly all adds up. I'm doing what I can, in otherwords the electrics and plumbing as well as the joinery etc in the workshop, but my brick laying skills aren't up to doing a garage that's for sure. The trench and footings weren't too bad, about £1000 or so for a couple of days hire of a...

It certainly isn't a cheap option. With running power and water, architect and planning fees I reckon it's run to close on £17K for the basic structure. Mind you being on a hill and needing so much concrete didn't help. I am beginning to worry about space already though, I still want to be...

International floor paint on mine. Mind you having a damn great Butane gas heater does help!!

Indeed - as the garage is the full width of our garden (the poly tunnel etc to the left is next door's) and we only have a narrow path down the side of the house, there was a danger that we wouldn't be able to get larger items (like a mini digger) up the garden when we get on with some of the...

No - the floor is solid concrete. The wiring is being done radial rather than as a loop, so if I need to add another socket it's no big deal. The sockets are being set in an easily removable 6" wide bit of ply so I can get back in if I need to. I may end up ceiling mounting one in the main...

If you look at the pic with the extension lead hanging off the wall, above it is where the cupboard with the MCB will be and also the transformer. You may see the cable with yellow insulation which the output of the transformer will plug in to. On the same picture under the left hand side of...

And then on to where we are currently at! Studding in place ready to receive some insulation. Wiring and lighting done as well as the alarm. Plumbing in place for sink, water heater and external tap. Kitchen type units to go in front and high level cabinets above, one to house the MCB for...

Footings complete and the base goes down, another 12 cubic metres of concrete Walls going up Workshop window gets fitted Main structure complete - view from the rear and some may now guess what the garage isn't full width! and from the front

Couple of reasons - the second of which will become more apparent as the build progresses. The first was at the suggestion of the architect to make getting planning permission easier.

The garage will be 5m x 5m with a 3m x 3m workshop on the back connecting through, giving me the option to over run in to the garage on larger projects. The foundations were fairly deep due mainly to being on a hill Then they were filled with rather a lot of concrete Next came the footings...

We moved in to our current house 2 years ago. During that time we've pretty much gutted the place, and most of it I've done myself. The one exception however was the garage and workshop, the construction of which started late in 2005. I'm now finally sufficiently complete on the house related...

Just got some nice 8'x4' 9mm ply at the weekend from my local supplier, seemed reasonable at £12 a sheet

Unless in a kitchen?

If you're using standard 4" UK soil pipe, use a straight connector for the blast gate and cut it in half, you then have the seals and can just push the 4" pipe in to each end.

For those with the double aluminium up and over doors, it's worth noting that these are easier to open than one of those UHT containers of milk. Stopping the top moving is fine, but put a scaffold pole to the bottom corner and you can bend the corner of the door up very easily, and gain access...

Okey dokey, think I follow, I'll give that a go - cheers!

OK, slightly unrelated, but having looked at the tutorial I've started mocking up my workshop to plan out wiring, air ring main etc. I've put the studding in by drawing a vertical rectangle then used push/pull to give it thickness, trouble is the studs look hollow - see the image below, any...