Started on my new garage at last!

[Easy_Rider]

I'm finally going to have my garage build, 4.5m x 6m garage / workshop. Although in stages as and when we can afford it.
We found a drain which we believe was for the static caravan the previous owner had here so that was handy for the sink in the garage, cut it out, moved it back and will gully to it.
The keen eyed will notice all the re-enforcement, it's wet clay ground so the slab needs to float.
The last drop of the 7m3 of concrete was at 6pm and the temperature was dropping so all the smoothing was doing was chasing water and lines back n forth. So I'll self level and paint the floor.

 

[tintin40]

Did any one write in the wet cement?

 

[JeRkY]

you forgot the bike anchor points...

 

[Vinevo]

I recently extended my garage over the last 8 months and not quite finished yet, which is attached to the house and the Building Regs depatrtment made me dig 1.8 M footings, we did 0.6 by mini digger as per the drawings and the rest by hand, as we couldn't get the digger back in due to site/footings layout, of course it's all down to local Planning Departments/Building Regs and ground content.
Looks good now though, good luck with yours.

 

[Easy_Rider]

This is a floating slab, cannot dig deep footing because of the wet ground conditions and trees nearby.
It has come under permissible development so no planning permission was needed and I do not require building regulation approval since it is under 30m2, not attached to the house and a few other restrictions which I will comply to. Strangely I needed permission from the church! The rest will be brick and slate to match the house.

I was lucky that no wildlife decided to cross it overnight as it was still wet. I was fully expecting a squirrel or cat to be stuck it it, might have anchored my bikes off that, certainly it would have scared thieves away

 

[Vinevo]

Should be reasonably straight forward by the sounds of it. I asked my local council about extending the garage before I put an offer in and bought the house and they said I could do it under permitted development rights no problem. I bought the house, then went back to them to let them know I would be starting and they changed their minds and said I would need planning permission, which resulted in another pile of money and a delay of 4 months!, got there in the end though and it's turned out just as I planned so all worth it.

 

[EarlofBarnet]

Looks a fair size. Proper project though, look forward to updates.

 

[FMJ]

Strangely I needed permission from the church!

If I had to ask permission from a church to build my garage I'd definitely be looking at stained glass windows in either this:

or this:

This would work too:

 

[Easy_Rider]

Homer d'oh