Existing garage & workshop cleared and stacked in container. Skip due for delivery on Wednesday ready for weekend demolitions with my son 
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New Workshop - my lockdown holiday project
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flying haggis
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and you can guarantee that what you need most urgently will be at the back of the temp container............
Haha, that's what I feared so became a little OTT with my packing. Time will tell lol
Late last year I moved all my stuff out of my old garage and into an outbuilding ready to start demolition of the garage and building the new shop. I thought long and hard about how to store it all and put the expected least needed items at the back. Now it is all trashed as I continually waded through all my stuff to get to items I never thought I would need....
My garage was temporary 25yrs ago, so similar timescale!! Hopefully this current project will be a bit quicker, hire of the container focuses the mind
There's no chance to do that in mine, it's too tightly packedLate last year I moved all my stuff out of my old garage and into an outbuilding ready to start demolition of the garage and building the new shop. I thought long and hard about how to store it all and put the expected least needed items at the back. Now it is all trashed as I continually waded through all my stuff to get to items I never thought I would need....
I kid you not, I have climbed over it all to get to one thing or another, often looking for something I thought was there but wasn't...
I've tried to be logical but needle & haystack come to mind, my fingers are crossed
All set for demolitions at the weekend.
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What a tiring but successful weekend, the old Boat Shed has gone and now onto the more subtle skills needed for the new bike shed & workshop - Design, Specification, Project Management, Levels and Setting Out. Then I can get back on my tools
It'll be just under 30m2, now the old shed is down I can finalise plans to comply with permitted development. Plan is to rebuild at approx 90 degrees to the original making sure I keep clear of the weeping silver birch.
MARK.B.
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That is a very tidy site , all ready for the fun to start
Cheers Mark, you should see behind the camera lol
Works properly started at last. Great progress today, old slab broken up, reduced level & trenches dug ready for concrete on Monday.
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DBT85
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Nice progress. Goes fairly fast soon!!
Thanks DBT85, it'll be even better once we get into the carpentry, all timber, OSB and insulation now ordered and deliveries/storage booked.
Storey height rod & door frame set up over the weekend to allow us to get an idea of the height of the new building.
Concrete delivery, foundations partially dug to maintain digger access.
Blockwork at Workshop end ready for beam & block concrete floor, Bike Store to have standard concrete oversite.
Beam and block floor complete, ready now for a few courses of facings to the perimeter.
Groundworkers off site for now just need to pin down a bricklayer !!
PS. Our garden is my wife's pride and joy and although slightly smaller is being relatively unaffected, we both just need to come to terms with the change of view.
A bit of a photo catch up on my garage/workshop project, slow progress but things are now back on track.
Half brick thick plinth to dpc level
Temporary profiles and door frameset up to confirm workshop height and checking window locations
Studwork walls erected, openings formed for door & windows.
Half brick thick plinth to dpc level
Temporary profiles and door frameset up to confirm workshop height and checking window locations
Studwork walls erected, openings formed for door & windows.
Insulation, OSB & chipboard purchased and stored ready for the next stage when the workshop is weather tight
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