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[henryd]

Looking fantastic 

+1 very nice indeed

[mantahatch]

Indeed very good. From your picture I see brickwork across the front where the garage door would close on to. Is that what I see or are my eyes failing again ?
I ask as that is not how it would be built round here. Round here it would just be shuttered across the front and then the garage floor would be poured and the concrete would form that front edge.

[Lazydocker]

It does say that it's temporary

[mantahatch]

Ah thank you, dodgy eyes missing a post somewhere 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Wow!!  That is coming along very nicely

Love it!

[paul.lovejoy]

looking very nice James very nice indeed, whens the sign board going up over the entrance 

[aaronjb]

I don't know whether I'm more jealous of the size, now, or your sheer motivation and fitness (the amount you get done in a weekend)!

There's a similar thread on another forum I frequent where a fella is building a 6m x 15m garage with 'relieved' roof trusses to allow a two post lift.. suddenly I feel very garage-inadequate!

[cleggy]

A really brilliant piece of work, your enthusiasm is to be commended

Soon be time to get the carrots in

[paul.lovejoy]

I don't know whether I'm more jealous of the size, now, or your sheer motivation and fitness (the amount you get done in a weekend)!

There's a similar thread on another forum I frequent where a fella is building a 6m x 15m garage with 'relieved' roof trusses to allow a two post lift.. suddenly I feel very garage-inadequate!

got a letter yesterday the garage i rent is being sold in april finding another is going to be a bloddy nightmare.

garageless in ramsgate

[twiglet]

Indeed very good. From your picture I see brickwork across the front where the garage door would close on to. Is that what I see or are my eyes failing again ?
I ask as that is not how it would be built round here. Round here it would just be shuttered across the front and then the garage floor would be poured and the concrete would form that front edge.

It's a valid question, and I'll try and explain, although it will become more clear in pictures when I get to that part.

The bricks are forming a temporary shutter for the concrete floor, and the top 2 courses are set back into the garage by 2 inches.  After the floor is poured, these 2 courses will be removed.  The lower courses will remain to provide a good foundation for the driveway where it meets the garage floor.  The driveway will be 1 inch lower than the grage floor, which means the garage door will effectively be closing into a rebate, thus preventing any driving rain from entering the garage under the door.

Well that's the plan anyway.  It's my design, so it could all go horribly wrong yet! 

[twiglet]

I don't know whether I'm more jealous of the size, now, or your sheer motivation and fitness (the amount you get done in a weekend)!

There's a similar thread on another forum I frequent where a fella is building a 6m x 15m garage with 'relieved' roof trusses to allow a two post lift.. suddenly I feel very garage-inadequate!

6m x 15m  Christ, you're not the only one!! 

Although, I had built my garage that big, I would be skint and divorced by now!! 

[mantahatch]

Indeed very good. From your picture I see brickwork across the front where the garage door would close on to. Is that what I see or are my eyes failing again ?
I ask as that is not how it would be built round here. Round here it would just be shuttered across the front and then the garage floor would be poured and the concrete would form that front edge.

It's a valid question, and I'll try and explain, although it will become more clear in pictures when I get to that part.

The bricks are forming a temporary shutter for the concrete floor, and the top 2 courses are set back into the garage by 2 inches.  After the floor is poured, these 2 courses will be removed.  The lower courses will remain to provide a good foundation for the driveway where it meets the garage floor.  The driveway will be 1 inch lower than the grage floor, which means the garage door will effectively be closing into a rebate, thus preventing any driving rain from entering the garage under the door.

Well that's the plan anyway.  It's my design, so it could all go horribly wrong yet! 

That actually sounds like a good idea. I cannot for the life of me think why this is not done on all new garages. Well done 

[scimmy_man]

did you nail the tiles down?

before it sets too hard give the course of bricks (where the scaffold boards have allowed a build up of mortar) a good rub with a wire brush.

[acope]

looks great...looks ginourmous 

[twiglet]

did you nail the tiles down?

Yep! 

before it sets too hard give the course of bricks (where the scaffold boards have allowed a build up of mortar) a good rub with a wire brush.

There's no mortar build up mate, as the brickies were spotlessly clean. The areas just above the scaffold boards have now been attacked with a stiff broom, and they are fine.