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    attaching stud wall to exterior wall - damp course question

    Either screed the garage floor with min 50mm, pref 100mm screed to level it (typically garage floors have a run off slope) and put a membrane DPC under running it up the walls to the existing DPC level and then tying it in to the existing DPC with mastic/bitumen paint, use liquid DPC (bitumen...
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    Sectional concrete garage

    It is possible to get additional panels if you know which manufacturer. This would be quicker/easier/more weather-resistant than a timber frame. For the door/window/frames fixings use the 3 holes already provided (2 on 1/2 height sections). Your frame would have to go across the outside of...
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    Building a workshop - Questions about the base

    unashamed bump :).. need some answers, anyone?
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    concrete sectional garage

    Thats the general recommendation from the manufacturers. 100mm hardcore, 100mm concrete for a basic garage, more if the soil needs it for stability, 75mm bigger all round than the external size of the garage, sloping trowelled edge for water run off. Normally they don't seem to recommend mesh...
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    Building a workshop - Questions about the base

    Hi all, new member here. I'm building a new workshop/bike store/man cave in the back garden, having outgrown the garage. The workshop will contain my machine tools (milling machine @ 400kg and lathe @ 250kg + benches) Overall dimensions of the slab is 6m x 4m, the workshop itself will...
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