Any hints & tips would be appreciated for the insides.

 

Look forward to following this project Brian.

 

why is the water coming in?
what is the condition of the pointing, it looks like there is a few gaps arounts the windows so look to point these up and check the lower levels.

a pic of the outside would be good to see whats what, could save a few bob.

 

The water is coming in below the damvproof course, as it's never been properly sealed since it was built.

The exterior is all very good, new-ish roughcast all round, and a new roof as of a few years ago. The water is coming in from the sides of the garage, not near the gaps in the walls around the windows (I took those pics to show some of the repairs that will be done over time).

Luckily the builder is very good, is my neighbour, and is making good progress in sealing and tanking the floor, as well as finally screeding and putting down a level concrete floor over the tank for the first time in it's life The current floor is like someone has poured it down and levelled it with a floor brush at best!

It's like a garage where they finished the basics but forgot to deal with the sealing or interior.

Here's tonight's progress pics after some more felting, tanking and now the first stages of the level for the floor to go down:







Making progress...

 

Big job!

 

Indeed. All in around 20 hours so far I estimate. The great thing in, as it's my neighbour next door, when he finishes other jobs, her has been working on it from late afternoon until late (10pm tonight). Also going to finish it Saturday/Sunday.

These are todays progress pics - you can see that the bulk of the floor is now having it's levelling/screed, finally bringing the floor smooth/level and up to the height of the garage door entry lip, which previously needed boards to get over. Probably about 2 inches thick on top of the concert base.

Pretty pleased so far, and will hopefully make the garage completely useable and ready for development inside & with a new garage door/window replacement or refurb etc.

 

Looks spot on, got a great project there

 

Thanks guys. Looking a lot better than it did last week already!

 

Looks good that. It will be a very usable space once done. Are you thinking of adding insulation?


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Making a nice job of that.

 

Thats quite a good sized garage, but a lot of work. Starting to look better already.

 

Not specifically as it's not a very cold garage anyway.

My basic plans for the garage are:

Refurb OR replace the window
Replace the garage door (possibly higher opening if possible)
Seal up and issues outside the garage (any filling/pointing included) and paint roofline & the roughcast too.

Once the outside is completely watertight, and the inside floor/tanking is completed, I am looking to do the following:

Gyproc the ceiling, with some insulation above it.
Fit new, better lighting.
Sort the electric, multiple sockets and trunked properly (it's RCD's inside the house so ok in that sense).
Sort the plumbing/sink and make that all secure & neat.
On the back wall, I will fit kitchen cabinets along the floor at the wall, a work surface and some wall cabinets too. These will be the main storage.
Bike racks & other higher storage on the walls.
At the entry to the garage will be the rack/tool storage cab with all the car cleaning products and pressure washer etc.

Possibles:

Paint or install garage flooring
The walls - potentially just paint a light colour OR dot/dab Gyproc on the walls, joint fill & paint.

Beyond that, who knows

 

Here is where 50% of the contents are stored:



Rear 3/4's of the floor nearly cured - will be continued tomorrow and Sunday by the builder:

 

Progress being made. Garage floor almost finished, a few bits to tidy up, back wall crack sorted & sealed around window too, painted exterior roofline 1 coat after cleaning the roof & guttering last night.

Getting there:





Next steps - sorting the electrics, then getting the walls battened & Gyproc'd (wth insulation), bracketing the roof to the walls (as it has, we have now discovered) nothing except it's weight holding it in place (!!!), and then Gyproc (& insulation) on the roof. Then can begin other jobs - sorting the scrappy window out, changing the garage door, doing a bit more exterior work and then the interior build can begin. Oh, and when asking our builder to check out a wall down the driveway as it has some moss in the roughcast a section falling off, turns out the roughcast is hollow behind & not bonded to the brickwork - so that has to come off and be re-done too!!

Will be a while yet

 

The garage floor is also curing well, and looking reasonably good now. Next step is waiting on a price for all the gyro/insulation inside, exterior side wall on the driveway, wooden fence/gate to the rear of the garage, and tonnes of other jobs, and me sorting the electrics and basic plumbing - and for my OCD, stripping the sink out and cleaning 30 years of cement, oil & crap off it - it's quite a good quality porcelain sink so I hope it will clean up well - any tips appreciated for cleaning it up!

 

Anyone have good recommendations for ceiling lights for the garage - thinking to replace the single fluorescent strip light with a pair of LED lights, if such a think is available at a decent price/quality...

 

http://www.lyco.co.uk/deltech-41w-cool-white-led-batten-4ft.html
I have the 5ft version of this light which is very good. At this price they are a steal. ( I paid £60 each)

 

It's coming on really well, look forward to seeing the finished work :thumb:

 

Yeah - looking forward to it too. It's been a borderline useless area (albeit storing "stuff") to hold the pressure washer, tools, car stuff and various other bits of wood/junk/tables etc - but never safe for a car, bike or anything I don't really want rusting.

It will be great just getting it to a basic steel - new concrete floor, gyproc walls & ceiling, electrics and plumbing sorted and exterior good - then I can start installing storage, painting it and actually using it...

 

Thanks.

5 metre long garage - 4 be enough?

 

Yes, 4 should be good.

 

Thanks.

 

Garage is a heap as needs completely sorted inside, but no point as still loads of work to do so not many updates. Worst part is - car cleaning stuff currently in a tent and pressure washer/hose is not connected = dirtier car than I would like!!! Put the racks back inside from outside and a few bits of wood to avoid any rain (and brushed the floor):




A couple of pics of the good quality Armitage Shanks sink that needs a "detailing"!!:

 

The garage project is about to move onto the next phase, after discussions with the builder (and a plumber & electrician via him). Just waiting on a garage door price/install, and a ramp being built to suit at the entrance, then the inside wall, ceiling, plumbing, electrics etc can begin in earnest.

Spent some time on the 30+ year old sink that has probably seen EVERYTHING down it.

Started like this:




Not the tidiest, so off went 3 hours of work (!!!) using industrial degreaser, scrubbing brush, 2 scrapers, sponge grit pads, Wonder Wheels (finally a use for it) and the pressure washer.











Quite proud of that - came up well. Now, where did I put my wax

 

That looks wicked!


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It's a bit better than it was

 

after some hard work thats a great turn around, excellent sink.