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Upgrading My Z-Shed


Ian

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Those of you that have been here long enough may remember the original Z-Shed (Not @Keyser fake one :P)

 

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This was where I built my HKS supercharged Z over a winter :lol: it was an experience for sure.

 

Last year, I moved house and my sole requirement was either a garage or space to build a garage - the rest of the house the Mrs could have and do what she pleased with.

 

So, we bought a house with a decent sized garage, not quite a double but a decent size none the less

 

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As you can see, it needed a bit of work doing to it.

 

After almost 12 months, I finally got around to getting some prices on sorting it out. 

 

A few builders came to price up the job and the general consensus was that the roof was unsafe. Tiled roof on a timber structure and it was starting to bow - this was much more work that just getting the floor laid and the walls done :( 

 

On the bright side though, it means I can now get the garage I always wanted (even if its not quite as wide as i'd like)

 

work to be done;

 

Remove roof

Raise building structure as high as possible without the need for planning

Fit new roof

Lay new concrete floor

Insulate and board walls

New electric roller door

New LED lighting strips

Fit outside tap

Build ramp into garage 

 

Work was supposed to take 4 weeks, we are currently coming to the end of the 4th week and still not finished - I reckon still another 2 weeks atleast

 

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Scaffolding goes up

 

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Roof comes off

 

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Floor getting marked out

 

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Floor getting laid (4 inch thick concrete)

 

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Higher sides going up

 

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New roof goes on

 

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New roof finished

 

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Height of new vs old

 

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Ramp into garage being dug out

 

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Tomorrow should see the start of the interior walls starting to go up :)

 

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17 hours ago, Ian said:

Z-Shed (Not @Keyser fake one :P)

 

Ahh but yours is hyphenated mine was The Z Shed now The Z Shed II, and the dress requirement here does not include mankini's unlike your original Z Tent :lol:

 

Nice to see the garage coming along mate :thumbs:

 

Great things are expected :)

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Something satisfying about making a garage bigger/better. My advise would be to make it as big as possible at the start as it soon fills up. I bought a shed the same size as a single garage to free up space in my garage. Even then there wasnt enough spare room in the garage. So I then had the garage extended so its now something like 5m x 12m. Plenty of room I thought... but no, my car is still sitting on the drive. :lol:

 

LED lights are awesome, but expensive. I fitted like 12 5ft strip lights in mine and they weren't cheap, (I wired the garage up myself so no labour costs) but the difference in light is amazing. :thumbs:

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Almost there, just waiting on the new door to arrive.

 

Half of wall done

 

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Back wall done

 

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4 LED Strips fitted

 

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Ramp into garage laid out and filled

 

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You gonna insulate the roof Ian?

 

I would them metal ones condensate and drip ..... just a thought :)

EDIT: Although that may not be metal is it that fibre stuff??

 

Looking good though :thumbs:

 

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Today was a momentous day, the door went on

 

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Dunno whats going on with the shape of the ramp on the first pic :lol:

 

Just need to paint the outside, inside and floor and I can start moving in :teeth:

 

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