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?

 

[bobtskutter]

Evening all (at least it's evening in the UK right now )
The build is moving more into jobs I can do.
I've sprayed all the old timbers in the roof with woodworm treatment. 16L of dilute liquid, I never thought I'd use that much. I had to relocate all the wiring so I could get to some of the timber, which is why it's tied up with string in the picture below.
I've also installed 1"x2" battens to take blanket insulation.
It feels like I'm being constantly chased around the garage by all the off cuts I'm saving
I improvised a gauge block out of a very heavy concrete block, so I could cut the battens to go round the buttresses in the old garage. Eventually the walls will get ply lined.


Humm....a workshop warming party. Maybe I should light the BBQ.

Regards
Bob

 

[SoonerFan]

I like the improvised stop block. Quick, cheap and does the needed job. Good thinking on your part.

Great progress. Keep up the good work.

 

[bobtskutter]

The build is finished, now it's over to me for the fit out. The insulation has arrived, blanket insulation for the roof and walls, and 50mm PIR boards for the gables.
I used some scrap OSB to make a template for the roof angle and location of the structural timber. I cut the boards using the TS75 on slow speed with the TSO parallel guides. I kept thinking of the old Carlsberg advert "if Carlsberg cut PIR boards it would be the most accurate in the world"
I also used the Carvex with a foam blade to scribe round the timber work, the foam blade worked really well, almost no dust.
Two layers of 50mm PIR boards, foamed around the ages to seal them in, taped joints and extra battens to take the roof blanket insulation. I'm knackered!
Bob

 

[bobtskutter]

FOUND PHONE!!!!!

Well, not quite. So far this job has cost me a new watch strap and a new phone. I put the watch in a safe place (in the garage) and then knocked it off the safe place and broke the strap. I put my phone on a block of wood on the floor then dropped the air powered stapler on it from the roof, the screen looks like it's taken a shot from an air gun.

Anyway...on with the build.
The blanket insulation is a royal pain in the
It's not uniform width, or thickness. Taping all the joints rapidly becomes old. It takes ages to put up.

Anyone remember the Crystal Maze?

It's not the easiest thing to cut. I'm using my mothering laws old dress making scissors, and they just about cope. Using a stanley knife is no good, it won't cut all the way through unless you press it very hard against a cutting board. I 3D printed a cutting tool which works well.

You're supposed to tape every joint with 75mm foil tape. It's very time consuming trying to seal around joists that go through the insulation. So I gave up, and added timber blocks to the joists so i could staple the insulation to it and then use foam (lots of foam) to fill in any other small holes. Much faster.

It's also difficult to drive screws or drill bits through the insulation. The internal layers wrap themselves around the screw or drill and stop it dead.

I'll post some more about how i got round this when I get to needing to drill through it again. It's taking me so long to put this stuff up I'm focusing on getting the job finished instead of taking photos.

(oh, and this afternoon I fired a 14mm staple into my leg, that was the icing on the cake for this job)

More to come

Bob