I would just like to say

marjon · Wednesday at 12:06

kevstar said:
No I aint leaving the metal on The trusses are plenty strong enough plus if you look at the garage walls you will see some
pillars, im putting H beams on top of these to give more support, plus I can fit rollers on em.

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Thats a cracking space to have

. Disappointed there's no pit though. Yes H beams are needed, I have 2 in my garage, wish I could have got away with doubling the width (but too risky).
Wonder how long it will take before you struggle to get 2 cars in there

.

J

kevstar · Wednesday at 12:09

6pot said:
I'd love a garage like that, great loft too.

I'm surprised the scaffold boards are cost effective because they are thick and sturdy so you'd have thought they wouldn't be cheaper than ordinary floorboards. Makes a nice strong floor though.

As @Stanleysteamer mentioned do you have to account for the weight though? I would think they must be much heavier than a floor made of floorboards or tongue and groove chipboard sheets etc?

I had to buy new boards for the scaffold & I thought since ive done a few floors with them id use them for the floor. I could make
other things out of them & buy other material for the floor. Ive seen that chipboard flooring tbh ive not priced anything else.
I might do that later, only one issue is delivery here is a pita or use one of two local merchants one will be a no no.
Now your making me re-think. (now thats dangerous)

kevstar · Wednesday at 12:16

Hippo said:
If yer sand them when they're down there will be a lorra mess. Put them frew the planner.

I did think about that yesterday so ive dug my planner out & it needs new blades.

think they are 25 sovs.

marjon · Wednesday at 12:22

kevstar said:
Snot afternoon here yet, your lucky to have nice weather its cats n dogs here, tis to get colder so either snow or frost I like the
frost at least I can work outside. Not back to work until monday.

We had a frost this morning, when I took my mug of hotel coffee over the road into the Sea Garden (goggle it Varna) for a smoke, sitting in the sun

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When I say back toit I mean it in a retired/relaxed way. But I have to be the hunter gatherer, well, the quad+trailer will get a run to the wood shed and then I have to stack it in the rear porch

. We seem to have a not nice weather forecast for the weekend.
so you all know what they say about PPPPP

.

J

Freddie17 · Wednesday at 12:25

marjon said:
We had a frost this morning, when I took my mug of hotel coffee over the road into the Sea Garden (goggle it Varna)

Looks very nice!
Almost like Dover in the summer.

kevstar · Wednesday at 12:30

marjon said:
Thats a cracking space to have. Disappointed there's no pit though. Yes H beams are needed, I have 2 in my garage, wish I could have got away with doubling the width (but too risky).
Wonder how long it will take before you struggle to get 2 cars in there.

J

We did look at putting a pit in but it was too risky being very near close to flowing water, my mate said he could do it
the planning would be a headache id probably still be waiting for it to get passed.

I had 3 cars it before the concrete went in

marjon · Wednesday at 12:31

Freddie17 said:
Looks very nice!
Almost like Dover in the summer.

It is very nice

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Cant comment on Dover as only ever gone through under the cover of darkness at the ferry port

.

J

Freddie17 · Wednesday at 12:32

marjon said:
It is very nice .

Cant comment on Dover as only ever gone through under the cover of darkness at the ferry port.

J

You prolly got the best view then…

Stanleysteamer · Wednesday at 12:45

kevstar said:
No I aint leaving the metal on The trusses are plenty strong enough plus if you look at the garage walls you will see some
pillars, im putting H beams on top of these to give more support, plus I can fit rollers on em.

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Fur enuff!!
Here is a bit of advice, (gulp not like me I know) but my ex s-i-l did it in a garage he built.
If you are going to use I beams and rollers, why not have one that pivots at least at one end, the other end on rollers off a beam going the other way, (or you have two beams that go sideways) so you could winch an engine out then simply swing the beam sideways and move the engine out of the way without having to shift the car?
I can see that if you don't the height this may be a non starter, and if you have the length then the beam and rollers would be enough on their own.

I'll shut up now!!

Stanleysteamer · Wednesday at 12:47

kevstar said:
No I aint leaving the metal on The trusses are plenty strong enough plus if you look at the garage walls you will see some
pillars, im putting H beams on top of these to give more support, plus I can fit rollers on em.

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It seriously is lovely and big!!

(And yes I do say that to all the gurlz!!

)

Stanleysteamer · Wednesday at 12:50

Hippo said:
If yer sand them when they're down there will be a lorra mess. Put them frew the planner.

Seriously do hope there are no buried nails or screws in them.

But yes, agree, less messy.
Compromise. Plane the edges and sand the tops.

kevstar · Wednesday at 12:53

marjon said:
We had a frost this morning, when I took my mug of hotel coffee over the road into the Sea Garden (goggle it Varna) for a smoke, sitting in the sun .
When I say back toit I mean it in a retired/relaxed way. But I have to be the hunter gatherer, well, the quad+trailer will get a run to the wood shed and then I have to stack it in the rear porch. We seem to have a not nice weather forecast for the weekend.
so you all know what they say about PPPPP.

J

Looks very horrible now go away

You wouldnt be able to light up here youd get drowned

I think ive been there when I was on holiday a long time ago, they had big black flying beetles with crash helmets on.

Lucky you.

Stanleysteamer · Wednesday at 12:53

kevstar said:
I had to buy new boards for the scaffold & I thought since ive done a few floors with them id use them for the floor. I could make
other things out of them & buy other material for the floor. Ive seen that chipboard flooring tbh ive not priced anything else.
I might do that later, only one issue is delivery here is a pita or use one of two local merchants one will be a no no.
Now your making me re-think. (now thats dangerous)

I put that chipboard loft flooring down in guess what? The loft. It's OK, but nowhere near as thick or strong as the scaffold boards, obvs.

marjon · Wednesday at 12:55

Stanleysteamer said:
Fur enuff!!
Here is a bit of advice, (gulp not like me I know) but my ex s-i-l did it in a garage he built.
If you are going to use I beams and rollers, why not have one that pivots at least at one end, the other end on rollers off a beam going the other way, (or you have two beams that go sideways) so you could winch an engine out then simply swing the beam sideways and move the engine out of the way without having to shift the car?
I can see that if you don't the height this may be a non starter, and if you have the length then the beam and rollers would be enough on their own.

I'll shut up now!!

Really depends where he puts his bench/work area.
Mine runs front/back from the middle 1 so it gets out of the space a car takes.
Mine also runs right up to the edge of the bench so anything heavy could be got there

.
Did I mention Peas earlier

.

J

Stanleysteamer · Wednesday at 12:57

kevstar said:
I did think about that yesterday so ive dug my planner out & it needs new blades. think they are 25 sovs.

If you don't need new blades now, you will after!!

Stanleysteamer · Wednesday at 13:01

marjon said:
Really depends where he puts his bench/work area.
Mine runs front/back from the middle 1 so it gets out of the space a car takes.
Mine also runs right up to the edge of the bench so anything heavy could be got there .
Did I mention Peas earlier.

J

Good point!
It all takes more thinking out than you'd think!
Lots of peeps seem to drop engines etc onto wheeled, or castered, strong tool boxes, but that involves a REALLY smooth floor.

Sorry you lost me at "Peas"!

marjon · Wednesday at 13:07

kevstar said:
they had big black flying beetles with crash helmets on.

We do have a few bugs that can be pretty scary, yes.

When I pick up an oak log that has a 5-10mm hole bored through it, I don't really want to meet what that Grub turns into

.

J

kevstar · Wednesday at 13:08

Stanleysteamer said:
If you don't need new blades now, you will after!!

I will put them through on the old blades first & make sure it takes all the heads off the screws n nails before destroying the
new ones.

Stanleysteamer · Wednesday at 13:10

marjon said:
We had a frost this morning, when I took my mug of hotel coffee over the road into the Sea Garden (goggle it Varna) for a smoke, sitting in the sun .
When I say back toit I mean it in a retired/relaxed way. But I have to be the hunter gatherer, well, the quad+trailer will get a run to the wood shed and then I have to stack it in the rear porch. We seem to have a not nice weather forecast for the weekend.
so you all know what they say about PPPPP.

J

Looked up that Varna place. Looks really nice and would knock Dover into a Cocked hat.

kevstar · Wednesday at 13:11

marjon said:
Really depends where he puts his bench/work area.
Mine runs front/back from the middle 1 so it gets out of the space a car takes.
Mine also runs right up to the edge of the bench so anything heavy could be got there .
Did I mention Peas earlier.

J

I like the idea of the bench going down the middle how do I get my car out thats parked sideways at the rear.

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