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[Jim]

Looks Fantastic

[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!

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!! 

I think it's fair to say some of them play in a different universe from you and I.. One just bought an aluminium bodied Kirkham replica advertised at £90k despite already owning £40k's worth of Crendon replica 

[DaveA]

Brilliant Build, and very quick.

[twiglet]

Another quick update:

The following pics show 100mm of Celotex insulation being laid...









After that, I laid plastic sheeting to act as a damp membrane, and then began to lay the steel mesh that will reinforce the concrete floor...









More to come... 

[Auto Addict]

Looking good, can't wait for the next episode

[Rods2]

Lovely neat brickwork, looking really good. 

Where you are insulation the floor are you going to do the same with the walls with stud work and plasterboard?

[albitz]

Getting there lad,getting there.

[Keith ABS]

  Didnt think about underfloor heating to keep it cosy when laying underneath one?
keith b

[twiglet]

Lovely neat brickwork, looking really good. 

Where you are insulation the floor are you going to do the same with the walls with stud work and plasterboard?

Yes mate, I'll be putting in 4" x 2" studwork between the internal brick piers.  Then 3" of Celotex between the studs.  Then I'll be lining the walls and ceiling with sheets of MDF. 

The reason for choosing MDF is it provides and stronger fixing (for shelves, etc) than plasterboard, but is cheaper and gives a better finish than ply.  The walls and ceiling will then be painted in a nice, light-reflecting white.

I'll also be fitting Celotex between the roof trusses and on the gables, so it'll be fully insulated. 

[twiglet]

Getting there lad,getting there.

Slowly but surely matey... 

[Vamps]

That garage is better built than my house.........

[twiglet]

  Didnt think about underfloor heating to keep it cosy when laying underneath one?
keith b

You'll laugh mate, but I did consider it. 

I'm not going to have any form of boiler in the garage, so that discounts the wet systems.  And although I did think about putting the electric version, I thought I wouldn't just be able to turn it on, and for the concrete to be warm, so it would either have to be turned all the time, or I'd have to remember to turn it on in advance.  Neither of these options appealed to me tbh.  Besides, if I'm on my back under a car, I'll invariably be on my creeper board anyway. 

I do have another cunning plan for keeping the garage toasty though... 

[twiglet]

That garage is better built than my house.........

  Cheers mate 

[05omegav6]

I wish my drive was insulated

That garage is better built than my house.........

+1

[paul.lovejoy]

i think its going to double up as a nuclear shelter. Great to see a real quality job