Hi everyone. This is my first post here :wave: However I've been following DW for several years.
Back in 2016 when I was 24 (I'm 27 now), me and my girlfriend "ordered" our first house. Our plot was large enough to fit a 72 m2 garage in extension of the house, which would be 166 m2, with a covered terrace in addition.
I'm a perfectionist and love to detail and maintain our cars (pictures of these will follow later) :buffer: It was therefore important to me, that I could have pretty much all of my detailing-gear in the garage as well as my other tools, 2 and 3-piece alloys etc. Having my own garage has been a dream of mine for a long time, and in the fall of 2016 the work began.
The external dimensions of the garage would be 8,39 metres long and 8,57 metres wide.
My plan with this thread is to post pictures of the drawings, the "build", show my detailing collection and my passion for cars :thumb:
It really is crazy. Copenhagen had it's hottest day for more than 43 years today!
We call the inner walls "aerated concrete". Between this and the outer wall-bricks is insulated with "Rockwool" (see attached picture). This is according to the danish building regulations, making the outer walls 41 cm thick!
We may moan about them sometimes..but thankfully in the UK we have good Building Regulations and Building Inspectors...
Installing lintels like that is wrong in any language..
The building regulations in Denmark are far more strict than in the UK. Trust me
The lintel is installed as it should. It is just a basic lintel for the garage door. There are no hinges on the picture, as you wrote. Just a small piece of wood which obviously has been removed, as it was just for temporarily "support".
We may moan about them sometimes..but thankfully in the UK we have good Building Regulations and Building Inspectors...
Installing lintels like that is wrong in any language..
"The building regulations in Denmark are far more strict than in the UK. Trust me "
Not familiar with building regulations in Denmark...but I can see when something is wrong in a photo.
Ignore the fact the lintel is only bearing on...75/100mm each side..if that!.
On the right side (looking at pic) the lintel sits on a complete panel...the piece is next to it
On the left side...the lintel sits on a piece of panel.
That is not good building practice...and would never comply with UK regulations.
I can see what you mean now. However for both the UK and danish building-regulations concerning correct installation of intels, all lintels should have a suitable bearing onto the wall at each side of the opening. As long as the aerated concrete can support (which it can do easily), there are no problems.
However my OCD would have made it even on both sides as stated by you, if I had made the concrete walls, but in this case I didn't make them
I can see what you mean now. However for both the UK and danish building-regulations concerning correct installation of intels, all lintels should have a suitable bearing onto the wall at each side of the opening. As long as the aerated concrete can support (which it can do easily), there are no problems.
However my OCD would have made it even on both sides as stated by you, if I had made the concrete walls, but in this case I didn't make them
"all lintels should have a suitable bearing onto the wall at each side of the opening"
Not "suitable" in the UK...minimum 150mm
But...I only ask the question out of interest,not to overly criticize.Enjoy your home:thumb:
Your builders might be dodgy...but Denmark can proudly claim to have one of the best in Nicki Pedersen..
I'm really happy with the 5 litre containers from Autoglym, Bilthamber etc.
PS. I investigated some more about the lintel, and it has been supported by bricks from top to bottom in both sides after the pictures was taken. Will show this later. So everything should be ok, though the aerated concrete-support could have been made better.
Very nice set up, Autoglym is much under appreciated here, some of it is really good stuff
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