27-05-2011, 11:21 PM
I suppose that I should admit to having a workshop, especially as I haven't made much of a contribution lately.
We moved into this house some four and a half years ago. One of the attractions for me is/was that it has a splendid 24' x 12' garage at the bottom of the garden, albeit concrete, with rear access. We spent the first winter deciding what to do and then, just as we were getting started, a series of domestic disasters overtook us which rather slowed things down. Anyway, eventually I got round to raising the roof of the garage by a foot with the help of son and friends - it was very low at the back end - and installed some extra windows under the roof so it wasn't pitch black all the time. The other obvious problem was that it was freezing cold in the winter. In practice I couldn't do anything between December and April unless I was really desperate. Two years ago I experimented by erecting a 'curtain' across the end and installed a couple of heaters so that I had a small area that I could keep warm. That was moderately successful so I decided that I would build a wall across the end section. All the materials were available by last October, but of course winter arrived very early and it didn't happen. Well, now it has - see attached.
That's my mate Tone, ex buildings, who actually built it. There's still a bit to do by way of hanging the door and getting everything back to where they belong - that's not really where a VT4 should be. I also need to get rid of some machinery, put up shelves, etc, etc. However, I'm hopeful that come the Winter I'll have somewhere warmish to escape to.
Alan
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We moved into this house some four and a half years ago. One of the attractions for me is/was that it has a splendid 24' x 12' garage at the bottom of the garden, albeit concrete, with rear access. We spent the first winter deciding what to do and then, just as we were getting started, a series of domestic disasters overtook us which rather slowed things down. Anyway, eventually I got round to raising the roof of the garage by a foot with the help of son and friends - it was very low at the back end - and installed some extra windows under the roof so it wasn't pitch black all the time. The other obvious problem was that it was freezing cold in the winter. In practice I couldn't do anything between December and April unless I was really desperate. Two years ago I experimented by erecting a 'curtain' across the end and installed a couple of heaters so that I had a small area that I could keep warm. That was moderately successful so I decided that I would build a wall across the end section. All the materials were available by last October, but of course winter arrived very early and it didn't happen. Well, now it has - see attached.
That's my mate Tone, ex buildings, who actually built it. There's still a bit to do by way of hanging the door and getting everything back to where they belong - that's not really where a VT4 should be. I also need to get rid of some machinery, put up shelves, etc, etc. However, I'm hopeful that come the Winter I'll have somewhere warmish to escape to.
Alan
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