rabiddog
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| posted on 15/10/03 at 05:44 PM |
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Never mind building a sports car for under £250......
My rant for the day,
Never mind building sports cars built for £250 some one should write a book on how to build a decent size shed or garage for under £250 they'd
make a fortune!
Seriously a builder friend of mine told me that to errect a brick built garage cost about £15000
Any one got any ideas how to make a decent shed on a budget?
Craig
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JoelP
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| posted on 15/10/03 at 05:49 PM |
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do it yourself. foundations are easy, brick laying is easy if you arent a perfectionist, and roofing is just carpentry.
readers digest DIY book is massive and covers everything!
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rell
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| posted on 15/10/03 at 06:11 PM |
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I heard someone say that befor it looked a bit of a mess so he had it pebble dashed looked a lot better and it is still standing 15 years later
have a practace with a BBQ.
some people can do it and some carn't it and some can do it with some practace its as simple as that.
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Mk-Ninja
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| posted on 15/10/03 at 06:18 PM |
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You could try this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3149166033&category=30
But seriously try Ebay or Loot for precast concrete units.
Gordon
I'm sure I've got one, just don't know where I've put it
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stats
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| posted on 15/10/03 at 06:18 PM |
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Shed? Try a Barn
The house we moved into has a small "Barn" 'bout 20X18ft earth floor Yet to be concreted but got power got water got radio and
building a locost. This can't be so expensive and diy capable timber joining 3 metal frames with corrogated roof and wooden shiplap for the
sides with lots of nails or nail gun. Proposed time three days and that is with time for coffee breakes
Stats
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rell
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| posted on 15/10/03 at 06:19 PM |
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how big do you want you garage it should be proper man size with apex roof and cavaty wall for 15000 
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flyingkiwi
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| posted on 15/10/03 at 06:21 PM |
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was watching that inventors program on sky the other day, some guy had come up with the idea of brick "teabags". The idea being that you
stick the teabag (full of mortar mix) between two bricks then pour water down the holes, the poly bag dissolves leaving behind a prefectly formed
mortar. Bloody easy if you ask me!
It Runs!!!!! Bring on the SVA!
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ned
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| posted on 16/10/03 at 09:19 AM |
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I helped my Dad erect a concrete section garage, they're often in the local ads as Gordon suggests, we knew a builder at the time who was
erecting a new garage, we just had to go and collect the old one before it was dumped for hardcore...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Mix
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| posted on 16/10/03 at 09:39 AM |
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Top Tip
If you live in a rural area or just want to P the neighbours off consider getting a refrigerater box body off of a lorry. They are quite cheap,
insulated, secure and with the addition of a few second hand windows and skylights make excellent garages.
Mick
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rell
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| posted on 16/10/03 at 10:00 AM |
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if you leave the refrigerator unit on you will have air con for the summer lol
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 16/10/03 at 12:39 PM |
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There are local planning regs regarding siting and sizes of sheds and garages - check yours before doing anything. In Northants, anything over 10 mtrs
cubed volume is likely to need permission. thats a fairly small shed...
atb
steve
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/10/03 at 06:07 PM |
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if its on wheels you dont need permission i think. doesnt necessarily need to move, just have a castor on each corner!
JC got a russian warplane in his garden with no permission even though its huge.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 16/10/03 at 07:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
if its on wheels you dont need permission i think. doesnt necessarily need to move, just have a castor on each corner!
JC got a russian warplane in his garden with no permission even though its huge.
my son tells me its a lightening, but he could be wrong.
Clarkson lives in the cotswolds - im pretty sure that some rule is against it!
Mark Allanson cant even put a locost in a barn in cornywoll
atb
steve
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 16/10/03 at 07:13 PM |
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thought it was a harrier
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Mk-Ninja
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| posted on 16/10/03 at 07:49 PM |
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its alot easier to land a harrier than a lightning in your back garden
I'm sure I've got one, just don't know where I've put it
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/10/03 at 08:54 PM |
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that rich git clarkson probably has space for a damn runway anyway! actually i like the bloke, but its a bit mad innit? buying a warplane....
steve, i dont actually know what plane it was i just guessed russian cos not many countries would sell warplanes to civilians, russia probably
would!
[Edited on 16/10/03 by JoelP]
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 16/10/03 at 09:10 PM |
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"its alot easier to land a harrier than a lightning in your back garden"
Both are as easy to land in your garden, but the former would have a much greater chance of taking off again!
Steve was right, the barn I was using has planning permission as an agricultural building, but locost building is not considered as agricultural use,
so planning regs and one old git neighbour means building in the back garden alfresco. Old git now has a locost being built 6 feet from his kitchen
window instead of 50 feet away in a fairly soundproof barn!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/10/03 at 09:13 PM |
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its amazing that some neighbours would even bother souring relations by moaning about what you do in your own goddam barn. bloody fools, i think we
have the last laugh anyway.
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ned
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| posted on 17/10/03 at 09:25 AM |
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I have a friend who has similar problems. Living in a converted barn looses you all normal rules eg conservatories, garages, porches etc all need
planning permission. The garage block he built for his cars is down as agricultural - tractor restoration (the tractors now live outside
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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thekafer
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| posted on 19/10/03 at 10:53 AM |
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When its not regs,its neighbors
A guy up at work wanted to build a shop in the lot behind his house.He built a shop to look like a horse barn,complete with bridals hanging on the
wall outside,a weather vane,a feed barrel ect...One would never guess it was a shop from the outside.Neighbors never said a thing and according to him
they normally b!tch about everything.
someday,Fletch
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 22/10/03 at 05:46 PM |
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I've got a 20ft container on order cost £200 literaly waiting for it to fall off the back of a wagon clad it in timber put a cheap roof on it,
if the neighbours don't like it they can go F##k themselves when i move it goes with me
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