Retroanaconda

Yes I would have space but I won’t be going down the lift route so no benefit to rearranging things like that. It would also mean I couldn’t use the space to the side of the workshop for lean-to storage and garden shed etc. which is the plan.

Look out for the seatbelt mounts on top of the A-frame crossmember too. There may be shims between the front chassis mounts (the ones on tubular outriggers) and the tub, keep a note of those.

Today has seen the temporary shed get a floor and a door, so I have started moving stuff across in preparation for the big one coming down. I also re-purposed the old hot tub power supply to give me a couple of sockets in there, for use on the build. Once everything is moved across it’s on with dismantling the big garage. Current plan is roof off first, then cladding/insulation and finally the frame.

The 6m is the external length too, so it’s actually closer to 5.7m by the time the wall thickness is taken into account. If I can squeeze a few more inches in I will, but the boundary is a bank that will need supporting and a drain at the bottom. Discussions with the council have flagged a few building standards issues but hopefully nothing insurmountable. I will likely have to remove the windows from the rear wall though, or change the cladding to a non-combustible type.

It’s a legitimate concern I found I had good space in the last workshop, and this one is more than twice as wide so fingers crossed. Good storage options will also help avoid there being lots of stuff on the floor around the walls I hope. My main concern is the front-to-back length - 6m sounds long but by the time you have a 110 in there with the back door open it doesn’t leave much. Sadly that’s all I can fit in the space I have so it will have to do.

Approaching water-tightness…

Good spell of weather today, and the temporary shed is ready for its roof felt, breather membrane and cladding. I've put a simple flat roof on for now, but when it gets relocated to its permanent position I’ll build a nice pitched roof for it. Likewise the cladding will be recovered bits off the garage as it’s dismantled, and then it’ll get nice new stuff later on.

Does the galv plant in Glasgow not do it?

The lean-to is gone, leaving a nice space for my temporary shed which will be around 3m x 2.5m. This will become the garden shed elsewhere once the main workshop is built, so it will be built to be moveable. Then I’ll put a replacement lean-to up in this location for storage of various bits and bobs.

The additional cost and complexity would be disproportionate, and I would lose some of the very useful roof storage. I’m quite happy without a lift but being able to get two cars in side by side. These are the plans

No, but I’ve considered a 4-post many times. The roof height required means it’s not an option this time - but maybe it will be the next. A barn would be best for that sort of thing.

That is indeed the plan! Hot tub is gone, so the first job is to get the green lean-to dismantled so that I can put up a temporary shed there for my tools etc.

I’m not sure I need underfloor heating, but the usual provision will be made for a decent power supply and probably a CAT6 cable too as the router (if BT ever get the fibre installed) will be on the other side of the house. The existing garage is not a bad space, but the new one will be nicer still

As some of you know I’ve moved house again and am missing my old garage already, all my stuff is in storage and I have plans in place to build a new one. I have a decent sized (8m x 5m) timber garage already but it’s not in the best condition and is not tall enough to get the cars in. So let’s rebuild it but bigger! Plan is to knock this one down and extend the slab to then create a 9m x 6m building which will allow me to have two cars in side by side and still work on them. Planning permission (it’s not permitted development) is going in this week 👍🏻 This is the current garage, complete with lean-to and hot tub - both of which are due to go in the very near future. All being well I will extend it to the rear and at the other end where the trailer is.

This is exactly the case. I’ve had the same discussion with various salesmen and drivers on test events. I’m sure they’ll fix it in V2