A build log of my place, a 6.5 x 5.5 x 2.5m diy home workshop!

[kingcreaky]

Hi All.

Its been a while since positng on here, but I have been very much active in the background . Ive even met up with some of you. :D

So, although im a member of many forums (I have too many hobbies) I find myself warmest to this one, and its for this reason I have decided to post my workshop build thread here, I know its a bit off topic, but atleast this forum has a category for workshop's. Even though there is a distinct LACK of posts in here!! Gav's thread re container drew my attention to its existence.. so here goes.

It all started, when living at my previous house, in the middle of suburbia with a garden not big enough to swing a cat. My wife wondered why I spent literally all my spare time at my parents. She later realized I was like a fish out of water with nowhere to get oily. Work commitments required a change in location, and top of the priorities for search criteria, was an external garage and rear access.

So, in 2006 I bought this. my very own



Oh, and a house!. but lets face it.. its all about the garage!!

So, I have rear access. And its also all over the deeds to the house. But the access is shared with a farmer, and the council rentable garage side that resides behind my house.

Within a year of moving in, id adapted it to make it wider and deeper






here are a few more (these are probably over the years after the first build, so garage looking older) Although pictures generally not of the garage itself you can see it in the background.. along with the old council garages




lol. mini upside down!

and slowly building tools, and other interests other than cars. I started renting garages as they became available... and knocking through



until I had a little empire!.



So to be clear, my garage is the one at the bottom of my garden. All the rest are council garages, and owned by the council.

But all that is good comes to an end. We are no longer in the 70's, Times have changed, the garage site behind me over the 30 years its been there has fallen into disrepair, and the council no longer have enough demand for rentable garages, and as such they decided to sell the site... to "a developer" :-(

and work began!!


The only thing worse, than the fact, my lovely perfect house backing onto open fields, and basically my own private empire of garages is being turned into a housing estate, is the fact they are "apartments". (they mean flats). 2 blocks of 4 one bedroom, and two dorma bungalows (you can see bungalows in picture)

So... now is the time, for me to make my workshop bigger. But Im not made of money, so il have to do it as cheap as I can for now.

Its presently 6m, by about 3m and 2m high. I intend to make it 6.5m, 5.5m x 2.5m high (limited on height due to building restrictions, being so close to my perimeter)

So, dwarf wall (as garden ground is higher) concrete panels on top, then a proper wooden insulated flat roof with torch on felt.

1.) hand mix 8 tonnes of ballast and many many bags of cement, then build dwarf retaining wall out of dense blocks


2) temporary garage (to store contents of workshop)

[kingcreaky]

3.)disassemble


4.) leave garage door in place (all the way through, rebuild concrete panels ontop of wall)




5.) build dwarf wall at back







spend a forture on 6x2 beams, and install roof with garden side overhang.





the additional panels, were stolen from the garage site, prior to the garages beind demolished. so excuse graffiti!!

[kingcreaky]

So, as all of the above was pretty much done last weekend, my priority was to finish the backside (builders side) and the garage door side, thus to avoid any potential complaints.



front side semit temporary, as changing the garage door for a roller shutter.













so, need to finish the garden side (install gutter)

and the backside (facing neighbour)

out of necessity, this week I have installed lighting



you may notice the wooden rings...

they are actually christmas tree base's I have an order for. 1000 of the f*ckers so doing that aswell

If I anybody interested, il photograph more and add to this thread as I complete the build. Seems big now. but il soon fill it.

[EddyCurrent]

Shame about the new development.
I like how you kept the door in place like a Hollywood wild west town film set.
The dog seems to approve new shed.
Are you sure you will still have access to the up and over door in future ?

[kingcreaky]

Are you sure you will still have access to the up and over door in future ?

Like I say, the deeds to the house show right of way of a vehicle to garage. I had a solicitor check

then, all through the appeals, and planning process for the development, there has been acknowlegement of shared access with my address. So as its been acknowledged, Im hoping so

But If im honest, I dont know whats round the corner. Im just hoping I get nice neighbours, and this big cloud that has been looming over me since the council decided to sell, shifts and everybody lives happy ever after.

It is critical however, I keep the big door closed, otherwise it will be like an advert for prying eyes
and, that I insulate it. Otherwise they will soon moan when my machines crank up at 10pm at night!!

:d

[GEOFFREY]

That will be a very nice large workshop when insulated and finished. Your wifes main problem will probably be in trying to get you out of it!! I have an insulated sectional panel up and over door which is absolutely brilliant, although it does restrict headroom in the doorway area. These doors are very strong (40mm foam sandwiched by ally sheets) and seal very well. I am sure it will all work out well for you. Good luck.G.

[Lee Roberts]

Lol, loving it king keep the pics coming! You also have a PM :).

.Me

[Lee Roberts]

Looking good Matt, got your PM will reply shortly, just picked up a pvc mis-measure window (9x4ft) myself for 50 notes off the guys at one of the pvc suppliers I use, so give some of them a call as you just build the frame to fit the window and they typically can't wait to get rid of them (cheap cheap cheap) my guy has got some smaller width windows and 2-3 doors going as well so it's looking promising here.

.Me

[Lee Roberts]

Also give sheving ply a try for your internal walls, osb has a quite similar structural strength but the ply is a nicer finish and lends better to screws and fixings, it's a middle option to osb and far eastern construction grade ply, generally it's not external grade so needs treating but if you pop a vapour barrier up first you should be ok for a long long time.

.Me

[EddyCurrent]

. . . you should be ok for a long long time.

This is one of the few advantages I can think of about getting older, things don't have to last as long