Popular Post Adam001 Posted October 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2021 All quite proud of this so thought I would share. Wanted a dry space to keep the rain off the truck for ages, finally did something about it... Fitting chemical anchors into the ground and the garage wall to support a large beam to span the door (under the pavers is a 300mm deep concrete pad) Putting the post and main beam up Adding the main beams then the stability supports On with the rafters Then the roof and a side stability support All done Took all week as we hit a few issues as you do but no compromises and super happy with it, still have full access to the garage, strong, loads of clearance and its quite a bit longer than the 110 and best of all, fraction of the price of a professional one! Adam 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Well done ! and a cobra in a rather nice colour on the way in the garage too !? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam001 Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 Just now, Anderzander said: Well done ! and a cobra in a rather nice colour on the way in the garage too !? That Cobra is the bane of my life, it's sat there sulking at me for not building it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Go on !! 😁 tell us about it ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Carport looks great. lucky 110. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 That looks great! Any reason for not going the full width of the garage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam001 Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) 16 hours ago, landroversforever said: That looks great! Any reason for not going the full width of the garage? Yeah 2 main reasons. One was the cost, lept up significantly as i would have needed to go up a size on the rafters and with the length of them and the current climate they would have been very pricey. Second was we are hoping to do an extension which would eat into the space a little so a little future proofing..but mostly reason one! 😋 Edited October 24, 2021 by Adam001 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Very Nice ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy_SP Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Well done! I've been building (or more to the point, not building) a car port for some time. It's located at the side of my yard - in order to get the space, I had to demolish a stone wall and then dig out the bank behind it. I estimate that I've moved the best part of 50 tons of soil/clay/rock - all by hand. Loads of people said 'just hire a digger', but that would only have cut down the work by a small amount as we used a lot of the better soil to help level up the 'lawn' - which is more like rough pasture. And that process meant sifting through it all to remove stones, broken glass, bits of old metal, etc. I've now got the area cleared - but it'll have to wait for the ground to dry out before I can get the footings for the retaining wall in place. At least that's my excuse - in the meantime, I can get on with the Defender... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Paddy_SP said: Well done! I've been building (or more to the point, not building) a car port for some time. It's located at the side of my yard - in order to get the space, I had to demolish a stone wall and then dig out the bank behind it. I estimate that I've moved the best part of 50 tons of soil/clay/rock - all by hand. Loads of people said 'just hire a digger', but that would only have cut down the work by a small amount as we used a lot of the better soil to help level up the 'lawn' - which is more like rough pasture. And that process meant sifting through it all to remove stones, broken glass, bits of old metal, etc. I've now got the area cleared - but it'll have to wait for the ground to dry out before I can get the footings for the retaining wall in place. At least that's my excuse - in the meantime, I can get on with the Defender... Any excuse to hire plant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy_SP Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 11 hours ago, landroversforever said: Any excuse to hire plant! I agree - driving a digger is one of those things included under the 'Most fun you can have with your clothes on' banner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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