dhutch
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| posted on 2/5/11 at 02:20 PM |
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Second hand concrete (or timber) garages?
Anyone got an views/thoughts on the above?
Im hopfully shortly going to in the position of owning somwhere to put a garage (and if not now, in a year or so) and while in the long term im
seriously considering having a proper brick/tile one build in the short term im expecting to need something cheaper and faster!
I dont mind adding a new roof or simular (particularly if the origanal was asbestos renforced) but im just wondering how well these things come part,
transport, go together back again? Seen a few on ebay and am wondering if its an option or not. Clearly local is king cost wise!
Presumably they typically just rest on the concrete slab with no as such proper foundations?
Daniel
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chrisxr2
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| posted on 2/5/11 at 02:36 PM |
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shed
could you not put up a wooden shed/ garage fairly quickly??
Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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whitestu
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| posted on 2/5/11 at 02:47 PM |
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New concrete ones aren't expensive - a basic sngle garage is about a grand.
By the time you have bought one secondhand and transported it it would have to be very cheap to make it a good deal.
Stu
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 2/5/11 at 02:53 PM |
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second making a large wooden shed, woods quite cheap if bought in bulk from a timber merchant and warmer in the winter
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Dum-Dum
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| posted on 2/5/11 at 03:08 PM |
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I thought the concreet ones had to have their posts sunk into the foundation/base
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grub
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| posted on 2/5/11 at 03:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dum-Dum
I thought the concreet ones had to have their posts sunk into the foundation/base
No they stand on a concrete base.
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dhutch
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| posted on 2/5/11 at 03:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by whitestu
New concrete ones aren't expensive - a basic sngle garage is about a grand.
By the time you have bought one secondhand and transported it it would have to be very cheap to make it a good deal.
This is true, im hoping for a double, which are a bit more, an dhave seen them second hand for effectively 'free to collector' prices at
which point its a weekend work for a grand or two. If life was that simple.
quote:
Originally posted by chrisxr2
could you not put up a wooden shed/ garage fairly quickly??
Well, thats certainly the other option, but is a weekend or so's work too and while not super-pricey wood isnt free.
Just tossing up the options really.
As well as thinking how i can design it such that i can reuse the base if i did then build a proper garage, presumably they like houses have the wall
on foundations and then just float a floor inside that?
Daniel
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