Garage

[rab1]

i've just bought a new bachelor pad (nationwide paid). but i`m looking to build a garage and i`m looking for any tips etc. ie depth of founds/ twin or single skin etc etc ???

[Carberry]

twin skin with insulation so you have a place to hide from the mrs.

Make it look like a garage on the outside, turn the inside in to a Man Cave

[rab1]

we split up, now in the mothers spare room hence the bachelor pad bit.

[msh paving]

Scottish building regs. could be different from england, might be worth asking local builders what is done in the area, by the way i'm looking for any work at mo. rab MSH

[henpecked]

Its good to think ahead, so if you can go the cavity route, it would work out hand long term. Also, think about a high gable, you can build to 4m as long as its 6m from the house (LLL will correct me if Im wrong) so use the extra space to its full.

[rab1]

mark, i`d love too mate but this is a budget job. i`m looking at the founds right now and was looking for real info on what is required depth/width wise etc.

[lutonlagerlout]

all founds must be 1 m minimum below existing ground level
if a machine does them a 450 bucket is wide enough for a cavity wall plus overhang
most garages are single skin as they are purely for storage,so 2300 opening for the door and 2 piers at the front of 335mm or 450 mm
slab should be min 100mm thick concrete on type1
flat roof is fine
on a budget i reckon you could do a single garage for 3.5-4k
that is doing nearly all the ground work yourself
LLL

[local patios and driveway]

If theres no trees build it on a raft rather than strip foundation, thats your foundations and floor poured in one go. As the rest have said insulation is key nowt worse than a garage thats cold and mildew etc gets on everything. If its budget, timber frame and clad on maybe 4 course of brick? Insulate then plasterboard

[lutonlagerlout]

if you do a raft use a toe and mesh Rab
the rafts i see that have broke their back is no ones business
LLL

[rab1]

my budget is around the 3k mark but i can do 90% of the work myself. was planning on hand digging the found etc and doing everything bar laying the bricks (rather not practise/learn on my own build). flat roof with felt, cutter connected to existing storm drain etc. its purely for storage of tools etc but would prefer double skin insulated but not essential.

[GB_Groundworks]

theres a spec on the main site for a garage slab with toe beam......

[Tony McC]

There is! It's here

I'm going to have to get around to updating all these drawings at some stage. They keep bloody changing the nomenclature used for concrete.

[rab1]

thanks for the input lads

[r896neo]

It depends what you need it for. For just general storage and you don;t mind a little damp then a single skin on a raft is fine.

If its going to store lots of expensive tools, motorbike etc then assuming your doing it yourself i would definatly go for a normal strip footing with a cavity wall. It will work out a decent bit dearer but I am a little against garages on rafts as i have been asked so many times by people how to stop water coming into the base of the wall. i.e the 2 courses below dpc

The wall to floor junction on a raft is very hard to waterproof effectively, so if you have any kind of higher ground on one side then don't go for a raft.

[rab1]

The land on all sides is level which is a bonus, the one thing i dont want is damp.