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Re: New Garage
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 6:30 pm
by Mad Mart
Progress is a bit slow at the moment with the inclement weather. A lot more type 1 stone being delivered tomorrow.
I will have an Aco drain along the front of the garage. This is the pipe to take the rain water to the rear of the house to meet up with the existing drain.
Re: New Garage
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 6:48 pm
by dollyman
It's amazing how much stuff is needed underground just for a garage Mart
You could almost build a block of flats on that lot
Everything is so much heavier when wet as well, good job the digger is there.
Tony.
Re: New Garage
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:33 pm
by Mad Mart
dollyman wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2019 6:48 pm
It's amazing how much stuff is needed underground just for a garage Mart
You could almost build a block of flats on that lot
Everything is so much heavier when wet as well, good job the digger is there.
Tony.
18 tonnes of type 1 stone arrived this morning...
Still raining quite a lot here and the weather not expected to change much over the next few days.
Once this stone has been laid & compacted it's time for a layer of sand, which obviously can't be laid until we have some decent weather.
Re: New Garage
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:19 am
by dollyman
What are you having as a floor Mart? It seems one hell of a lot of prep for concrete.
Tony
Re: New Garage
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 1:42 pm
by NickMorgan
Excellent! One of my favourite restorations on here at the moment!
Re: New Garage
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:43 pm
by Mad Mart
dollyman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:19 am
What are you having as a floor Mart? It seems one hell of a lot of prep for concrete.
Tony
Yep, just concrete. I don't know if this is standard prep or not, I guess it is.
NickMorgan wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 1:42 pm
Excellent! One of my favourite restorations on here at the moment!
Thanks Nick.
Re: New Garage
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 4:34 pm
by dollyman
I guess things have changed Mart, we had a two storry extention built seven years ago and nothing like that
It's a garage that will withstand an earthquake
Not a bad thing though
Very nice.
Tony.
Re: New Garage
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:50 pm
by RSi
It's exactly what I had to do for my garage 9 years ago - 'Type 1' compacted solid but no sand, don't understand that part. My concrete is 8" deep and 2 layers of reinforcing but that was only for fitting a 2 poster ramp at a later date if I wanted, without the ramp thingy it would have been 6 inches of concrete on top of the type one.
Agree, this is a great resto to follow.
Re: New Garage
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:20 pm
by GlenM
RSi wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:50 pm
It's exactly what I had to do for my garage 9 years ago - 'Type 1' compacted solid but no sand, don't understand that part. My concrete is 8" deep and 2 layers of reinforcing but that was only for fitting a 2 poster ramp at a later date if I wanted, without the ramp thingy it would have been 6 inches of concrete on top of the type one.
Agree, this is a great resto to follow.
The sand is to blind the top of the aggregate, so that it doesn't puncture the polythene damp proof membrane that will go on top before the concrete. As you say, 150mm/6" is standard for a garage floor. A142 reinforcing mesh is always worth adding in the concrete of a garage floor (it's in stock at most builders merchants), ideally about 50mm up in the concrete, for which you can buy plastic feet. Type 1 is quite expensive to use as a base material for concrete, well compacted hardcore is acceptable, and we often use crushed material which can be bought quite reasonably.
Re: New Garage
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:53 pm
by RSi
GlenM wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:20 pm
RSi wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:50 pm
It's exactly what I had to do for my garage 9 years ago - 'Type 1' compacted solid but no sand, don't understand that part. My concrete is 8" deep and 2 layers of reinforcing but that was only for fitting a 2 poster ramp at a later date if I wanted, without the ramp thingy it would have been 6 inches of concrete on top of the type one.
Agree, this is a great resto to follow.
The sand is to blind the top of the aggregate, so that it doesn't puncture the polythene damp proof membrane that will go on top before the concrete. As you say, 150mm/6" is standard for a garage floor. A142 reinforcing mesh is always worth adding in the concrete of a garage floor (it's in stock at most builders merchants), ideally about 50mm up in the concrete, for which you can buy plastic feet. Type 1 is quite expensive to use as a base material for concrete, well compacted hardcore is acceptable, and we often use crushed material which can be bought quite reasonably.
I stand corrected
you're absolutely correct, it was quarry dust we used, I remember now then the polythene
Re: New Garage
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:59 pm
by xvivalve
'Hardcore' is without definition!
Type 1 has a defined standard for which alternatives are often presented, some of which get accepted. Undefined crushed material from unknown sources can have all sorts of rubbish within, which can compromise the function.
Re: New Garage
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 6:05 pm
by Mad Mart
At last, some progress today. A layer of sand followed by the damp proof membrane. The building control inspector should be around tomorrow to inspect proceedings so far. The concrete for the floor will be here either Wednesday or Thursday.
It's not your eyes, the photo is out of focus.
Re: New Garage
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 9:37 pm
by Matt Cotton
The weather looks more favourable for a few weeks now Mart so that should help.
I'm sure we will all be suffering with garage envy once complete!
Re: New Garage
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 10:22 pm
by RSi
Good progress.
Re: New Garage
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 7:52 pm
by Mad Mart
The building inspector gave the thumbs-up to proceed with the build yesterday. Unfortunately Ben (the builder) couldn't get a morning slot for the concrete delivery until Monday.
you're absolutely correct, it was quarry dust we used, I remember now then the polythene 