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mrs wants a washing machine in garage can I put a drain in the garage and pipe it to the main drain and break into the manhole its a brick one with concreted sides I need to raise the manhole too for new yard floor I would then to able to drain the utility sink into the same and remove the...

do I need building regs to lay concrete base it will cover all my rear yard for building a concrete garage on when funds allow if it helps it is already fully concreted but has a steep slope so want to hack up and relay

hi all have purchased a concrete garage now I want to use it as a lean to garage so can I make or get made some roof trusses falling 1000mm in 4500mm because it cant be a front to back lean due to location would the trusses need to be calculated for building regs

Hi all after checkin various internet sites I now realise I cannot use box profilesheets on a boundary wall of a garage so Now looking at a prefab garage how high can the walls be seen some panals at 2000mm and 2200mm need to apply for planning so thats not an issue its a terraced house one...

thanks I don't wanna disturb neighbours walls would you recommend using sectional garage panals upto the walls

can I use timber or steel cladding attached to 2 builings and 1 wall plus garage door

at planning stage of new steel framed garage been told box profile sheeting will not be allowed due to not fire proof garage would be clad for its length ontop of a wall 300mm high above the lean to above the doors and on the roof it will be built upto 3 boundaries will this meet approval or...

hi all can I fill a recessed manhole with concrete as it will be in the middle of my garage and a standard manhole will be un even for rolling a jack on

building a new lean to garage but the ajoining wall is not mine I would feel safer not bolting to this can I do the following 1 build a freestanding lean to frame 2 run 2 steel purlins plus block exterior wall the length of garage 3 use 4 x 2 c16 timber for rafters only using box profile...

hi all looking for a supplier of folding garage doors I want to keep the space free in the roof space but don't have the headroom for a roller door so think folding doors would be ideal that way I can go for 10ft wide and 7.5ft high can you recommend a supplier

Thanks tony would steel chanel be better or I could run a steel beam the length of the garage then the rafters could be timber and maybe 4x2 or 3x2 check the pics the steel would rest on the existing rear porch and the lintel above the new garage...

as the pics show the current and new door would be tight to the left the current timber frame is fastened to the party wall and I want to fit a roller door so was thinking a 100mm x 100mm steel frame the max garage width is 4375 to external wall so 3050 door +100mm+100mm frame +140mm for...

designing my new lean to garage and the roller door will cover most of the end of the garage can I build a steel frame for the end to house the door and a window then clad the space above the door and below the window with cladding the roof will be box profile sheets so lighter than tiles in...

ok no one like steel what size timbers do I need 6x2 7x2 8x2 etc they can be braced top and bottom at 45 degrees to the walls if required

each roofing sheet would weigh 35kg per metre width

need someone to confirm that 100 x 50 steel is ok as headroom height is so important and or what size timber could be used in its place

in steel u can use shallower rafters in timber I think I would need rafter 2 to 2.5 times thicker limiting headroom I only have 2050mm to top of roofing sheet at the eaves so with rafters and sheets in steel will have around 6ft in timber around 5 ft

hi all building a new garage and want to use rafters to give maximum headroom the width of the rafter would be 16ft can I use 100mm x 50mm steel box section with timber noggins the roofing would be box profile sheets it is of lean to construction bolted to an existing wall and a new outer...