Been pretty busy recently. After a lot of heavy rain we got some hardcore down on the garage base and got it compacted down, it was a bit sloppy in places but it soon dried up nicely after a week or so of better weather.
We then got some more hardcore for the patio area and whacked this down so it was nice and solid. A lot of the soil I used to level it up was removed again as it was just too mushy so we filled this with harcore and it is now much better.
The garage base was now ready for the concrete slab, we put a pipe in for the concrete to be poured around to allow the electrics to be buried in the ground upto it and then through the base into the garage. Also a layer of damp proof membrane was put down for the slap to be poured onto.
One of the few things we have never done and didn't fancy doing as it was a job that needed doing properly was pouring and smoothing out the concrete for the floor. So I had a few quotes for people to do it for me and in the end I ordered the concrete myself pre mixed and had a couple of guys do the labour. By the time we had bought wellies and hired tools to rake and level the base also it worked out cheaper to get someone to do it and it would save us trying to learn on such a big area.
They did a great job nice and level as well as smooth.
Between the edge of the drive and the garage will be gravelled to help with drainage and should leave a nice area to wash the cars. There is an inspection chamber which will sit too low so this has been raised up. I also put a new downpipe on the conservatory leading into a drain and pipe directly to the inspection chamber. Before the downpipe was just sunk into the mud, meaning the water just soaked into the ground which was useless. The spare offcut of drainage was used on the other side with some holes drilled in the top half for another soak away.
I got a new exhaust for the zed but I wasn't keen on the colour
A trench has been dug for the amoured cable which will supply electric to the garage. The cable will run alongside the soak away pipe that was already in place.
The shuttering has been removed, most of the edges packed up ready for some gravel to go around and the base has had 3 coats of sealant.
@gookah didn't do a bad job cementing in the new height of the chamber.
Just waiting for the timber to be delivered so we can start building the garage.
We then got some more hardcore for the patio area and whacked this down so it was nice and solid. A lot of the soil I used to level it up was removed again as it was just too mushy so we filled this with harcore and it is now much better.
The garage base was now ready for the concrete slab, we put a pipe in for the concrete to be poured around to allow the electrics to be buried in the ground upto it and then through the base into the garage. Also a layer of damp proof membrane was put down for the slap to be poured onto.
One of the few things we have never done and didn't fancy doing as it was a job that needed doing properly was pouring and smoothing out the concrete for the floor. So I had a few quotes for people to do it for me and in the end I ordered the concrete myself pre mixed and had a couple of guys do the labour. By the time we had bought wellies and hired tools to rake and level the base also it worked out cheaper to get someone to do it and it would save us trying to learn on such a big area.
They did a great job nice and level as well as smooth.
Between the edge of the drive and the garage will be gravelled to help with drainage and should leave a nice area to wash the cars. There is an inspection chamber which will sit too low so this has been raised up. I also put a new downpipe on the conservatory leading into a drain and pipe directly to the inspection chamber. Before the downpipe was just sunk into the mud, meaning the water just soaked into the ground which was useless. The spare offcut of drainage was used on the other side with some holes drilled in the top half for another soak away.
I got a new exhaust for the zed but I wasn't keen on the colour
A trench has been dug for the amoured cable which will supply electric to the garage. The cable will run alongside the soak away pipe that was already in place.
The shuttering has been removed, most of the edges packed up ready for some gravel to go around and the base has had 3 coats of sealant.
@gookah didn't do a bad job cementing in the new height of the chamber.
Just waiting for the timber to be delivered so we can start building the garage.
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At least it is getting done properly whilst it's a mess, will save making more mess in the future. Started painting some fences as well, just waiting for 8 new ones to replace some rotten ones.
