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Good thinking for ringing the council I will do that on Monday and see what they say. I have read all the regulations about planning etc and as far as I can see I shouldn't need building control or planning so long as I keep it no higher than 2.5m ( if I have read it right). The garage will sit...

Yes the door is at the front on the shorter side. I do plan on putting a small side door and a small window in to on one of the longer sides but I don't think that affects the foundations. I only said 750mm depth of concrete just from what I have read off here on other people's similar...

Thanks for the replys :) The brown area is just the ground around it. The measurements are like that for no reason really, just how they came out. I can convert them if you want. I will get another diagram drawn up and will also get some pics of the ground for you to see too. I thought 750mm...

Following on from my other thread regarding a garage. Ive decided to build a single Concrete block garage with pillars. I have drawn up this diagram to show what I think I need to do: The plan Is 22ft x 12ft garage, Dig down 1 metre deep for foundations and 450mm wide, fill upto 750mm then...

Well he has been back on today with a price. He has said £3300 to build me a "shell" which is what I asked for. ie. the footings with steel mesh(not sure on the depth hes doing them), concrete pad too and a bare shell with double skin using 4" concrete blocks. Now I didn't think this was too...

I dont think hes an actual builder, he is just one of them that has done it all before and apparently knows what hes doing. I do want the garage floor as concrete too so maybe the £1000 is including the concrete slab too. At least the price for concrete is about right. Hes meant to be giving...

I'm currently in talks with my mate whos going to be building me a garage. I want the garage to be roughly 22ft x 12ft, if I have read it correctly then no planning persmission is needed so long as the walls are no higher than 2.5m which is fine. I want it made from concrete blocks and then...

Yeah its definitely been bodged up before with some sort of paint. Not sure what you mean about the guttering, its hard to tell on them pics but the main roofline guttering does go straight across above the top window. Above the top window is just a small flat roof. Also if the battens were...

I have noticed quite abit of damp/mould coming into the main bedroom which is behind these tiles, one bit of the wall can get literally wet as if the tiles are letting water straight in somewhere. Here are the tiles in question: They were like this when we moved in, now winters here...

I have just done this in my house. Same setup as yours and my stairs are still standing after taking it all down.

Thanks guys i have an idea in my head now of how to go about it so will give it ago.

I have this sort or cupboard in my head, or maybe bigger? Obviosely a very rough drawing there, the lines on the face of it are shelves

That sounds good, any chance you could draw a rough diagram showing that? Just so i can see axactly what you mean

I have been looking at this space and wondering if anyone has every used it for some kind of storage? And pics or ideas?

I just thought it will make the walls look abit nicer as they arent perfect. Do you think i will get away with just painting it?

I have finally got this room ready for some lining paper now. Its got 1 complete new stud wall skimmed with plaster and the other 3 walls also have a skim of plaster on most of it. So i need to know what order to do it all in and what exactly to do next? I have read that i need to seal the new...

I am a complete diy man and have done quite abit of plastering now, i use a crappy old black and decker drill that i paid £3 for from a car boot. Does the job perfect. Save my bosch professionals and Bosch SDS for nice jobs!

Yep all cables are threaded through the joists at the correct depth. I seen him do allot of it as i took a few days off. Like i said he hasnt plastered the chases im going to do that bit. If anyone in manchester are wants his details i can pass them on :)

Thank i will remember that. I do need to learn more about all the differant ways you can mix with sand and cement.