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Thanks again for the useful advice. The electrics aren't a problem. There are 2 rings of 32A (one for garage space, one for storage space) and a 10mm armoured cable. All certificates in place and I've worked closely with the electrician on this to ensure there is enough capacity for now and any...

Thanks for that Yes, there is ample power and water dowm there already - it's just a case of getting the waste water away. PrenticeBoyofDerry, when you say that w waste connection is need to a gully...The washing machine is currently in the kitchen. A waste pipe takes the waste to a gully...

Hi all, Grateful if I could pick your collective brains on whether I will need to inform building control regarding putting a washer and dryer in the separate storage room in my garage. The building is block and render 8 x 5 metres, with the garage taking up 5.5 x 5 and the storage space...

Hi all, Grateful if I could pick your collective brains on whether I will need to inform building control regarding putting a washer and dryer in the separate storage room in my garage. The building is block and render 8 x 5 metres, with the garage taking up 5.5 x 5 and the storage space...

Brilliant, thanks! Here are a couple of photos of the garden. There will be a large garage which spans the width of the garden which comes up to where the grass currently starts at the far end, if you see what I mean. The fence and gate will be gone. I'll need to access the house from the garage...

Hi everyone. I have a mid terrace property with a very narrow garden - it's 5.5 metres wide and 24 metres long. There are plans in place to build a large garage at the end of the garden, a cherry blossom tree smack bang in the middle and a patio next to the house I wish to keep. The rest is a...

Nothing that exciting - they are easily amused. :D Thanks for that.

Your interpretation is correct - the foundations would be done in 1m sections so it doesn't disturb the neighbouring garages' foundations (which are apparently 6 inches!) The builder has said that the cost of doing it in sections would be considerably more becuase he would have to dig a hole...

By the way - something that I haven't mentioned is that the garage will be detached. Does that make any difference? Could a pad and beam system still be used? It certainlyy sounds like the most cost effective in this case. Is there any reason why the pads can't be dug in one go and then...

That'd work on one of the windows I suppose, but two of the windows are on either side of the back door, so they aren't in a full recess - if you catch my drift - nothing to fix it to!

The strip foundations will be across two walls (i I understand your question).

I'm pretty confident there aren't drains nearby.

That's really useful, thanks both. I'm not too keen on using velcro as the missus says it'll look "tacky" (seems everything I do is tacky these days :roll: ). ColJack, I think I get what you mean. The idea is to use soemthing which the lath slots into and then pull back on the chain to create...

I'm trying to get a garage 8 x 5 metres built. I got someone to draw up plans and they have said I need to build the foundations 1200mm deep and they have to be filled in bays and tied rather than as a trench. My builder has told me that this is going to increase the cost considerably - as the...

Thanks - Yeah, I've obtained permission and everything, just trying to work out how to do it within budget really. My builder said that the problem is the strip foundations are drawn as being dug in 1 metre bays and then tied. This means that he will not be able to get a concrete lorry to...

Noseall. Thanks for the reply. I have no idea why the foundations have been drawn as 1200mm. Everyone I've told this to seems to think that it's madness. The neighbours' garages will be right next to mine. Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by made up ground? So a raft is expensive, is...

Hi, I'm trying to get a garage 8 x 5 metres built. I got someone to draw up plans and they have said I need to build the foundations 1200mm deep and they have to be filled in bays rather than as a trench - all of which seem a bit OTT to me. It's basically to protect the garages on either side...