{"id":1047,"date":"2020-10-21T10:55:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T09:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihni.uk\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2020-10-21T10:55:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T09:55:40","slug":"residential-garage-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihni.uk\/?p=1047","title":{"rendered":"Residential Garage Build Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, and thanks for checking out my ramblings on the site. Today I’m going to document from start to near completion the tale of finally adding a garage to my house after having wanted one for 8 years.<\/p>\n

In the early months of this year we were looking at moving house to a bigger place with a bit more space and a garage. We set a budget, and we set a bit of budget creep as well. Most days were spend looking at houses online and even going out and viewing a few. So we decided to get guys out to value the house and then we had to cancel, as we all went into lockdown in the UK.<\/p>\n

As we’re all well aware, 2020 has been a bit of a clusterfuck, so with that in mind, we descided to stay put for a little while longer and improve where we are.<\/p>\n

First on my list was a garage, and with working from home 4 days a week in my new job anyway, I wanted an office in it too.<\/p>\n

I called a couple of builders and had quotes from \u00a316-20K for the spec of garage I wanted. This is money I’d rather have placed into a new house. So an alternative had to be looked at.<\/p>\n

At the start of June we took a trip to H2Buildings<\/a> in Dungannon to see what they had, and see if these would be suitable for my needs.
\nOn rolling into their yard I could see a garage the same size but a different spefication to what I had in mind and for a pre-fabricated, set in place building It looked good!<\/p>\n

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I was happy with what I could see and decided to put my order in.<\/p>\n

My basic options was set as follows:
\n24FTx12FT
\nFully insulated and clad inside
\nSeperate Office area at the back
\n3 Windows
\nElectric Garage Door
\nuPVC Pedestrian Door<\/p>\n

Marty came out for a site visit, and said that all looked good and provided me with the next step in the process, to get a concrete base laid to the following specs:
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So In July I had my contractors from Moore Brother<\/a>s come in to start the groudwork for my base:<\/p>\n

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The area was cleared and 4 ton of stones laid. Frame was laid out and the ducting for the power and network cables for the office.<\/p>\n

The foreman overseeing the job was a bit of a ball buster…<\/p>\n

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Next day the cement came, 3 cubic yards of 35nm concrete.<\/p>\n

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With the base laid, it was time for the guys to start on tidying up the rest of the garden.
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With a bit of cleaaning up, the grouds work guys were almost finished. Top work!<\/p>\n

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Because im a fussy bollocks, I drew up the M&E diagram for the shed for the manufacturer.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, these were a bit over what building standards would allow for a building of this size So I brought it back a bit to suit. Just had to loose some of the ancilary sockets.<\/p>\n

Fastforward to October and we are now into another lockdown in N.Ireland, not as restrictive as the last one, but still a hassle. Maintaince work was still allowed so in came the spark!<\/p>\n

Next was getting the power and network cables to the garage, as I needed a direct 40AMP feed from the main consumer unit in the house and didnt want to dig up my drive way to bury it, I opted for a 50mm galvanised trunking run at low level for both power and network. This will be painted black to tidy it up later down the line!<\/p>\n

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With that terminated I got a delivery date for my Garage which should be Saturday 24th October, the global cluster fuck has really slowed things down!<\/p>\n

I took a run back to H2 to deliver a network cabinet for them to mount on the wall so that its incorperated into the overall design and not tacked on like an afterthought, where I got to see my garage for the first time!<\/p>\n

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The team at H2 were busy rendering the outside when I arrived, and should be painted Santex Ivory Stone<\/a> by the time it arrives on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Once thats done It’ll be time for Moore Brothers to come back add in the drainage and ramp to get into the garage.<\/p>\n

Then, onto the inside!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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