alistairolsen
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| posted on 1/9/10 at 02:39 PM |
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Building a locost garage
Ok, assume one has a small garage and wanted to remove it and replace it with a larger one and that planning constraints werent in place.
Some garages in the area are wood clad and some are rendered.
If doing all the labour myself, am I better to build in timber frame or steel frame and is there an easier cheaper way to a rendered finish than
hundreds of bricks and cement? (im sure portacabins are rendered ply?)
Cheers
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franky
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| posted on 1/9/10 at 02:58 PM |
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concrete sectional, safer than brick built ones as you can't smash a hole in
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MikeR
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| posted on 1/9/10 at 03:11 PM |
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Why not get a portacabin - there is one on ebay for 500 quid! including heaters, air con and kitchen sink!
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 1/9/10 at 03:26 PM |
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Id imagine the floor wont be up to driving a car on and also while I said that planning wasnt an issue, it may not say no (cos there is one there
already) but planners/neighbours/me will want it to not looks completely shit.
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rpm
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| posted on 1/9/10 at 05:19 PM |
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easiest way is to use the existing floor slab if its concrete, extend it and then construct the walls from studwork, clad the outside with ply, cover
the ply with building paper then expanded metal lath then render it, stick a flat roof on and away you go shouldn't take more than a few
weekends and apart from the flat roof and possibly the rendering no real building skills involved, just commonsense
expert
ex= a has been
spurt= a drip under pressure
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coozer
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| posted on 1/9/10 at 05:23 PM |
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What about an ISO shipping container? £400 for a 40' one.
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 1/9/10 at 07:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rpm
easiest way is to use the existing floor slab if its concrete, extend it and then construct the walls from studwork, clad the outside with ply, cover
the ply with building paper then expanded metal lath then render it, stick a flat roof on and away you go shouldn't take more than a few
weekends and apart from the flat roof and possibly the rendering no real building skills involved, just commonsense
Now thats the kind of gen I needed. Id go for a pitched roof (wooden construction isnt new to me, brickwork is  ) whats this expanded metal lath?
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 1/9/10 at 08:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by alistairolsen
whats this expanded metal lath?
basically its mesh, something for the render to key to.
material cost will be a bit higher going timber frame/ply then mesh. the inside would also need boarding out and you would also insulate it.
wouldn't cost that much for a decent blocklayer to chuck a garage up as a cash job
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