A nice new home for my Omega's - Build Thread

[twiglet]

Good work Twiggers!!! Hope we don't see you on Cowboy builders soon  I've just laid rubber matting in my Man Cave. Oh it's lush after concrete floor.

I'd be very surprised if I ever appeared on that programme, although that bird from Emmerdale is fit! 

Will probably have rubber matting in front of the bench, but I want to be able to fly around on my crawler board, so the majority will be left as painted concrete.   

[twiglet]

Good work JT!  I look forward to parking my car in there when i visit lol 

That name is subject to copyright/trademark 

I'll make sure I leave you a space mate. 

Too late, I've already nicked it!! 

[twiglet]

Looking brilliant 

Are you going to paint and seal the floor or leave it as concrete only?

I intend to paint the floor with a grey epoxy floor paint. 

if you use epoxy , please check its specs.. some epoxies need very long time to dry if applied 10 celcius or below..

Cheers Cem, but by the time I come to paint the floor, the garage will be a nice, constant 16 degress. 

[P6UL K]

Any updates James? 

[Sir Tigger KC]

My mate's double garage has a tiled floor and hot & cold running water!!    Now that's posh!! 

Looking good Twiglet!! 

[twiglet]

Sorry guys, work has been continuing on 'Omegarage' but I just haven't had chance to update this thread.  I'll make a determined effort to bring it up to date over the next couple of days.   

Ok, the next thing I really wanted to get done, was to get the soakaway installed, and all of the surface water drainage connections done, as well as run the service ducts back up to the house.  Here is the soakaway going in...













And being back-filled...





And here is the drainage pipework going in...

Note the Y fitting halfway along the pipe that runs along the front of the garage.  This will eventually be connected to a run-off drain in the middle of the driveway, to aid with taking water away when I'm washing the cars.







More to come... 

[Marks DTM Calib]

you did well to get a spot 5m from any buildings for the soakway

[twiglet]

you did well to get a spot 5m from any buildings for the soakway

Not a big problem to be honest, my garden is pretty big.  It's about 15 metres wide, so even with the garage taking up about half the width it was easy to site it on the other side of the garden and maintain the 5 metre restriction.  Building control were very happy.   

[twiglet]

Also fitted the UPVC personnel door to the side.  Just needs a bit of trim to finish it off now...

[twiglet]

Here's a nice delivery...



3" Celotex for the walls, 2" Celotex for the roof space, 22mm T&G flooring for the loft, 12mm MDF for the walls and 6mm MDF for the ceiling! 

[twiglet]

More pictures of the materials...

[twiglet]

Bought myself one of these from Machine Mart for £150...



It does compound mitres, has a laser guide, and will cut wood, plastic and metal with the same disc.  I've used it quite a bit already and I'm very impressed. 

[twiglet]

This is what the garage is replacing...





It was originally sited at the bottom of the garden.  I relocated it here and have used it as a site office.  It has now served it's usefull purpose, so I was going to break it down for firewood.  However someone offered me £50 for it, so I dismanted it and they collected it.  Bonus!! 

[Sir Tigger KC]

We saw it on ebay the other day.... 

[twiglet]

A small update...

I've managed to get all the guttering and downpipes installed...





And I've had a major clear up of the surplus materials and general rubbish.  Looking much more like a garden now...



The caption for the following picture is...

Omega says "Oi!  How did that bloody bike manage to get in there before me???"