Announcing - Project Garage Mk II - The uber extension !!!

[Roadkill]

Mental note : Must update this thread.

[Cunning Plan]

[Roadkill]

Is it wrong that I'm considering extending the garage again ?



The main thing that stopped me before is the pond that lies just beyond the end of it but I've been having issues with it and am considering losing it . . .

[Titsy]

Just buy your neighbors garage and be done with it...

[Roadkill]

Yeah, that'd work, too.  Would be more expensive, though.

[ianjpage]

Quoting: Roadkill

Is it wrong that I'm considering extending the garage again ?


The main thing that stopped me before is the pond that lies just beyond the end of it but I've been having issues with it and am considering losing it . . .

LOL no it's not a surprise - you just want to get 2 cars and a abike in there with a "man cave" as well, might as well just go whole hog and go to the back fence !!!!

Thought you were going to stick a shed there, or is this in place of said shed

[Roadkill]

Quoting: ianjpage

Thought you were going to stick a shed there, or is this in place of said shed

Yeah, it'd be in place of the shed.  

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: Roadkill

Is it wrong that I'm considering extending the garage again ?

We are currently looking to buy a house, but finding one with room to build a garage is not easy.

After looking at a few houses with 'a garage', I quickly realised that the standard single garage is just a glorified cupboard and if I wanted any space to be able to work on vehicles, I would have to build a garage.

I am sure I would end up doing something similar to what you are doing here.

[Roadkill]

If you look back at page 1 of this thread you'll see my first "lean-to" extension.  That was built out of 6' x 6' fence panels (about £15 each) and 3"x3" posts (about £10 each).  The roof was 3"x2" timber with a plastic sheeting.

The whole thing cost a few hundred to make and lasted fine until I "upgraded".

Basically.  If you're really stuck, you can make something very useable for change of £500 - less if you use secondhand bits.

[art b]

Quoting: Roadkill

Is it wrong that I'm considering extending the garage again ?

no one ever said .....

''i wish my gargage/cock was smaller''

[Roadkill]

LOL.

I'm also looking at this :

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or

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2 birds, 1 stone.

It's damn close on the width, runway's too short and I'd need to modify the floor . . .

[ianjpage]

lol that would be cool but would there be enough height?

could always put it at ours, plenty of room lol

[art b]

Quoting: Roadkill

It's damn close on the width, runway's too short and I'd need to modify the floor . . .

you wont lift a caddy on one o them....

[Cunning Plan]

Not sure how much work you could get done inside a garage with one of those installed.

Nice though!

[Andy]

Are you considering the four post lift for working under or just to make it easier for storage?

What about Baz's Dunlop lift? That looks proper smart!

[FUBAR]

Yeah Baz's lift is proper smart, especially tiled in like that, Very Chic

I wouldn't lift the Camaro on it though, not without very sturdy Subframe connectors, but I guess the Viper is a bit more engineered in that area so it's fine.

Also because of changes to the car Dean's Camaro now has a Balance pivot point that is literally about 6" behind the front wheels (Not the arches, the actual wheels), if that, so to use a mid-lift system like that would require a BIG bag of sand in the boot to make the car stable.

[Roadkill]

I wouldn't put the Cadillac on the ramp, I'd put the Camaro on the ramp and park the Cadillac underneath.  

Extra parking space AND access for doing servicing.

[Big Mouse]

Baz's garage and ramps look crap - he should be ashamed of it and just sign the whole lot over to me to ensure no one ever sees it again.


Please.

[Roadkill]

I'm putting the 4-post lift on the back burner for now (simply because I have a storage space for an extra car at the moment, anyway) . . .

However, in order to accommodate future projects ( ) I do need more space . . . .

I have considered extending the existing garage again but like it how it is and if I did lengthen it again, they'd be nothing stopping me but the back fence (and that another 25-odd feet away !)

Note at this point that the limiting factor previously was the pond - which I've now decided to remove (long story).

So I'm going to be building a shed . . or two.   Or maybe even three but probably just two.

The plan is to build a small one to act as a true shed . . ie. to store the BBQ, gardening tools and Jensen's outdoor toys . . .

The other shed (workshop) will be much larger, will have a workbench and will act as an over-spill for larger tools (jacks, vice, axle stands, power tools etc . . )

This will clear some room in the main garage so I can use the space better and also give me an area (in the new workshop) to do heavier and dirtier work.



I was intending to be moving house around this time but, providing I can eventually achieve storage for 5 cars am happy to stay put another 5-7 years or so, so expansion to suit makes sense.

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Roadkill

So I'm going to be building a shed . . or two. Or maybe even three but probably just two.

Actually one.

I had a measure-up and the "little one" won't work where I want it so plans are already under way to build a 1.4m x 3.85m shed/workshop.

The old pond is drained and the fish re-homed.  De-construction of that area has begun in order to clear the necessary room.



It'll be a fairly rapid build-plan as I need want it built so I can start gathering parts ahead of starting the Cadillac next year.

[VIPER]

[art b]

ya can never have to much shed space...

im just part way thru a workshop built in the huge carport,
part of it was just standing empty ...

dug out 5 inches all over,
put down a full size membrane, which goes up the walls
then built a floor using pallets and chipboard sealed on both sides,used 3 hardwood doors across the front,

and i also have a large pair of cedar doors for the garage side..

heres a quick couple of pics of the work in progress,

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[Roadkill]

Not much meat left at the top left hand side of the left door, Art !  

Also, 'LOL' at your Dog taking a p!ss at the exact moment you took the pic.

Good stuff.  Can never have too much space.

You'd have even more space If I took the Dart of yer hands.

[Incursus]

Quoting: Roadkill

You'd have even more space If I took the Dart of yer hands

Get in line

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Incursus

Get in line

I'm not building you another one.