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yeah thats a similar layout to mine. what size are the joists? seems quite alot of space between each of your joists if you only have 17 joists. mine are 450mm centres. havent fitted the ashlar wall yet so there's still a bit of bounce in the floor. all the rafters are fitted and its felt and battened. still need to build the gable end walls and felt them and build the ashlar wall. we hoped to do that last weekend but the snow and rain didnt help us at all. yeah thats the right link. it mainly is a woodworking site but there is a section for garage/workshops.

yeah i only own the garage on the end so i couldnt make the whole block one building. ive got it so i drive thru my single garage into the larger building. they will be connected so u wont kind of know it was added on if you know what i mean. yeah i owned the garden in the first place which backs onto the garages which was handy. yeah my internal size is 9.5m by 5.5m. i think its a fair size but im sure il fill it up soon. are you having a pitched roof on urs? im having one on mine, so its going to add alot more space for storage.. depending on how big it feels i might have the office up there instead of in the garage. not sure yet tho. i did think about a pit but i wasnt really sure where to have it. ive got alot going in the garage so it may of got in the way. ive got plans of a 2m x 2m spray booth in there which folds away. im sure if i wanted to add a pit later on it wouldnt be too much of an issue. plus i dont think i could handle any more digging for a while. ive got enough dirt to deal with as it is!! lol i did look into a floor mounted ramp which goes in the ground. there not as expensive as i thought so might save for one of them!! have you been on www.ukworkshop.co.uk tango. its not a bad site for information if your planning a build.

haha. yeah the water was building up quite a bit when we had some bad rain. lol ive got it perfect really for space. i already had an existing garage which is kind of at the bottom of my neighbours garden. theres a little cul-de-sac i drive down to get to my garage. so all ive done is knocked thru my garage and i can drive into my back garden, so i thought id put a new garage at the bottom. cheers for the comments. sorry if ive made a few of you green. lol. its been a dream of mine for years to have a nice workshop like this. cost a fair bit to do but i can pay for that later!!! lol il take some more pics at the weekend of it with the roof on. its a large pitched roof, so plenty of storage up there!!

yeah i thought about a drain but the only waste pipes i can T into are the neighbours and id rather not do that. to be honest i probably still could wash the car in the garage and just sweep the water out the door after i have finished. tho it may get very slippy once the floor is painted. lol yeah going to get plenty of light in there. more than i need probably. i hate dark garages. haha, to be honest ive never done block work before. ive had a go since we've been doing this but its not as good as it could be!! plus im pretty slow at it.

mike - its already in place, we think alike!! lol these pics were the day before all the joists and steels were fitted. the steel has been put across the 2 piers nearest the entrance to the garage. its a workshop/garage. as u can see from the pic where the haden van is parked. the opening is in thru where the tarpaulin is hanging. i own the garage on the end and have knocked the back out of it so as u can drive the car thru. when im finished il comfortably be able to open all doors on one car so as i can work on it. there will be plenty of space around the car so i can still do other stuff while a car is in there. and i also will be able to park a car in the exsisting garage u drive thru. hopefully after this weekend il be able to get my car in it.

evening everyone. well for the past few months most of my weekends have been taken up with lots of work building a little dream of mine. its something ive wanted to do for years and finally its all coming together. the measurements of the garage are about 5.5m x 9.5m plus an existing single garage on the side. i started back in may digging out the footings. took many weeks using a digger for a week and the rest was done by hand. i got very lazy for a while and things took there time. after a little kick from people it got me going and i called in help to get me started again. since the base had been completed i have had the help from my girlfriends sisters partner to do the block work and roof. a couples of pictures of a wet weekend, and how no water would be stopping us now!! as of last weekend we are up to the stage of having the joists on and all of the rafters cut and ready to fit. we both hope to have it water tight by the end of this weekend. after this stage the build will slow down a bit due to lack of funds. the first job will be to build a stud wall and a couple of large work benches. this is quite in-expensive to do but will take quite a while to get it all right.

i posted a few times yesteday but they are not showing up. one was a for sale ad. i had a reply from wozza but how did he see the topic when i cant? i also put a post in the "stealth sub box" in the for sale section but that isnt showing up. im confused

my mate used just normal spray paint on his cars and the paint is fine. keeps the glossy shine and doesnt come off. i used heat prrof paint and they look crap. im going to redo mine with normal car paint.

im sure i can spare a fiver for this. can you pm me the paypal adress pleeeease. not sure i can make the do yet tho. il have to speak to the woman first and let you know.

im so sorry to hear this tony. things do get easier with time and they are never forgotten. i too lost my mum a few years ago to cancer. i also couldnt be with her at the end either. u made the right desision even tho i do ask myself if i did or not sometimes. keep ur chin up and i hope things feel a little easier to deal with soon. neil

twas a good meet. a bit chilly for my liking tho!!! lol

says above that the shipping was included. ive contacted him and asked if he will sell for that price. just waiting to hear back. he's emailed me back but wanted to know how much it was in $. he should of just used a conversion site like i did and saved the extra email to me.

yeah i should be good for this. see you all there!!

will do guvnor!! fingers crossed thats the problem!!

the noise coming from mine doesnt sound like plastic against rubber. it only made this noise from the first drive after fitting the new discs and pads!! i can only think there the issue but how?

any ideas with mine? mine rubs when you turn sharp. but looking at the arch liners they dont seem affected. it only started happening when i fitted the new aftermarket discs. really annoying me alot. i also pushed the backing plates back but didnt not make a difference.

can i join in and come along? pretty please. i know mine doesnt have a bodykit but its had a few mods done. the mods are in my sig. can send some up to date pics to whoever needs them. would love to see mine in a mag.

looks like a replica to me!! i may be wrong tho!!

yeah mine sat like that too when i first had it fitted. got the guy who cut the cat out to set it more centre!!

yeah black alloys look the nuts!! i done mine. ive also masked and painted the red line round it!! painted the centre badges red and added lexus text to one spoke on each wheel.

i had the same lip spoiler on mine that is in them ebay ads. i only paid £20 delivered for mine. have a search about, ul get it cheaper!!! think mine come from china or japan!! dont pay over the odd's!!

mines £300 fully comp. 28 years old, 2 years ncb. i was with admiral last insurance year and when i got my renewal i got a price of £400 odd but then went on confused.com and admiral gave me a cheaper quote of £300 so i phoned them up and they changed my renewal!! lol done thereselves out of money there!!!

that vxrmarc is a member on a website i go on. he lives near me i think as he has detailed loads of friends cars. apparently he is the nuts when it comes to detailing. does some very good write ups on car detailing.

isnt this the same design as the induction kits you buy for the is200? do they soak up the heat too? i thought about doing the same thing and getting the parts seperate and making my own kit. i could probably score some free tubing from work too so would be pretty cheap.

all i done when i done mine was keep it running and spray degreaser over everything then leave it for a bit. then after about 10 mins give everything a spray with the jet wash.