Old garage structure

[trevorbayliss]

I am planning on building a new garage next year hopefully.

We have a precast concrete double length garage in the garden at the moment.

Is this worth anything to anyone ? Can these garages be reused ?

If so do you know who may want it, where i should advertise it. It may well be worthless, but someone may want it and so come and dismantle it.

The obvious alternative is to smash it up and pay to go into landfill, but i would prefer to recycle if possible.

 

[nickjb]

They come up on freecycle occasionally and there is usually some interest. The normal deal is they are disassembled and collected. Worth a go, better than going to landfill

 

[trevorbayliss]

freecycle is usually done on Facebook now. I will have a look though.

 

[richw]

I had one I didn't want in my back yard. Someone removed the asbestos roof tiles for me. I photographed the remains and stuck it on eBay as 'buyer collects'. Got fifty quid for it, and someone dismantled it and took it away!

Pics of the madness are here
http://richardwalker.letterboxes.org/garden

 

[noseall]

Pre-fab concrete sectional garages are total pants brand new. God only knows what interest a second hand one garner.

Nice pics Rich. The only mistake I can see is that you allowed the slabs to oversail the wall when building an awkward curve (yours is a quadrant). It's always better to bring the wall up to the same level as the slabs and finish the wall with say a solid blue brick laid flat. This means that the wall can frame the slabs and avoid problems with little slab cuts tipping.

We often bring the wall up to the slab level....

Pat7

• noseall
• 17 Sep 2016

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• noseall
• 17 Sep 2016

 

[richw]

Ah yes, that edging does look nicer! I sort of did mine without thinking, then planned to render it, then attached the bamboo. I think I had had enough by the end! I enjoyed it for a few years, then moved house.

I have since paid someone to lay a patio and it's absolute Crayola compared to the one I did.

 

[tomfe]

Yes they are worth something, normally the 'travelers' buy them and sell them to old ladies.

 

[JohnD]

Apart from the look of it, is it better to have brick edging? I am planning to have sandstone slabs laid on a concrete base (rectangular, so no awkward cut bits).

 

[tomfe]

is it better to have brick edging?

Engineering bricks are very hard so will resist chipping and are frost resistant so wont spall.

What where you going to use?

 

[noseall]

Apart from the look of it, is it better to have brick edging?

No.
In instances where the patio is on a higher level than the surroundings i.e. when a retaining wall is required, then it is often better for the wall to finish at the same level as the slabs rather than the slab form a step over the wall. This is especially relevant when building a curved wall because you will always end up with small cuts when doing a curve - hence the need to 'frame' them in.
You can also end up with settlement differential meaning the slabs can end up cracked or dislodged from the bedding.

 

[JohnD]

it will be built on the flat, with the bricks level with the slabs.

I meant to have the brick edging as a "frame"

I'd like it to look like this

edit
oooh, that was big

 

[noseall]

The brick Framing will be considered cosmetic. Quality and expensive but prettier than running the slab into the lawn.
Go for it.