Bobs Workshop Extension

[bobtskutter]

Here's my thread about my workshop extension.

The plan is to extend my existing single car garage by 3.5m and use that space to store all the typical family stuff.  Eventually it will be insulated, ply-lined and heated.  But right now it's just at the ground works stage.

regards
Bob

 

[Mini Me]

I had a mezzanine floor in my workshop for storing family stuff mainly items we inherited from both families after our parents passed away. It also served to hold stock for my dust collection business and after I sold the business I backed a trailer into the workshop and took it all to the tip. I could not even tell you what we threw away and have missed none of it. I then removed most of the mezzanine floor and recycled it building storage for tools and timber. I am now a firm believer in if it does not get used get rid of it.

 

[Moler]

...use that space to store all the typical family stuff...

Not sure why all that's it's in your workshop? you need to have word  [wink]

Looking forward to progress  [smile]

 

[SoonerFan]

...use that space to store all the typical family stuff...

Not sure why all that's it's in your workshop? you need to have word  [wink]

Looking forward to progress  [smile]

[member=82919]Moler[/member] based on your terrific first post I can tell you will fit in great around here.  Welcome to FOG!!

 

[Vondawg]

Haha made me laugh

 

[bobtskutter]

The back garden is slowly turning into a mud bath.
The soak away has been dug out and a drainage crate installed.  The crate was wrapped with fabric and then back filled with pea gravel and covered over with top soil.  There's quite a divot which needs filling in!
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A trench has been dug and then pipework installed to connect the new guttering to the soak away.
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And the shuttering for the concrete slab foundation has been installed.  There's a lot more work to do on the foundation, hopefully that will happen next week.
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Regards
Bob

 

[bobtskutter]

Drainage connected up to gullys, plastic damp proof membrane installed and concrete poured.  Slab leveled off and ready for brick laying.

Bob

 

[Spandex]

Definitely interested to see a UK workshop build… No offence to the Americans and I still enjoy seeing what you build, but your workshops are all about the size of my house, so it’s nice to see something a bit more relatable occasionally.

 

[bobtskutter]

Almost ready for brickwork.  Hardcore put down and compacted then more concrete laid to make a path and somewhere to put the bins.

Regards
Bob

 

[bobtskutter]

Brick laying has started
The bricks are "smilies", they have wire cut patterns in them that look like a smile.  The brickwork is left with hessian cloth over it at night to protect it from the weather whilst the mortar sets.  Wooden templates have been made up for the door (which is new) and window (which is recycled).

Regards
Bob

 

[SoonerFan]

Thanks for sharing your journey to an extended workshop. I always enjoy seeing how others go about building workshop space. Your addition is looking great!

 

[bobtskutter]

Time for an update.
The walls were finished, and then as if by magic the roof arrived!

...followed by a gang of roofers. They removed the old tiles and felt, then fitted new breather membrane and tiles in one day. They worked so fast Mrs Skutter didn't get many photos

Barge boards and soffits were replaced in PVC, and a hand made ridge tile with an owl was installed to add some character.

The owl came from a local tile works (about 3miles away) that still makes traditional clay pan tiles, although the ones on my garage are concrete from the local builders merchant. There's still some finishing detail to do. More to come.

Regards
Bob

 

[SoonerFan]

Good progress! Tile roof and PVC will make for a low maintenance addition. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Cheese]

Brick laying has started
The bricks are "smilies", they have wire cut patterns in them that look like a smile. The brickwork is left with hessian cloth over it at night to protect it from the weather whilst the mortar sets. Wooden templates have been made up for the door (which is new) and window (which is recycled).

Regards
Bob

Nice job on the workshop addition Bob...it's coming together nicely.

FWIW...in the States we'd use a heavy burlap to protect the mortar and in colder weather we use "concrete blankets" or in very cold weather, heated concrete blankets.

 

[woodbutcherbower]

It's coming along nicely, mate - I'm very envious having survived an entire career in a freezing cold machine shop the size of an A4 envelope into which is crammed a Wadkin spindle moulder (1967 vintage), a bandsaw, a mortiser, a tenoner, a jointer/planer and a few other bits. It's a section of an old farmer's barn in which he let me put down a concrete floor and stud walls in one corner of it. It already had 440-volt 3-phase, so I was up and running in about a fortnight as I recall. I've now been there 30 years and the rent has never gone up since day 1

The 'assembly shop' is a scruffy old double garage where stuff is put together and painted. But I've somehow managed to churn out decent work over the years.

But anyway - the reason for the post is that I might just be up North on the night that you have your 'workshop-warming' party. Coincidence or what, eh?

Will there be beer and girls?