Well where do I start…..
Probably best with why im part of the club . I have a s14a that ive played with a little (forged hks lined block, 3076 turbo, giken box… you get the idea!). I’ll get around to a build thread on that once im settled in with the workshop.
Now on with the point of this thread, my new workshop.
I had a pretty good setup at the last house I was at but with the growing family the wife wanted to move somewhere bigger.
I’ve always lived in the sticks and so has the wife so it was an easy choice picking a new place. Only conditions were no neighbours and if it didn’t have a workshop I was allowed to build
Now onto the fun part, moved into the new house and it only had a single garage attached to the house, hence full permission for me to build which is great as it can be laid out how I want it! keep in mind im not a builder by trade so progress was slow and i only done work as / when i had saved enough pennies or could beg / borrow kit.
The time is Feb 2012. I submitted my notice for building to the council and cracked on with prepping the site.
Felt pretty bad doing the site work as the garden to the house was kept nice before i moved in, but needs must.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
At around april after a few phone calls and checking round all the local farmers I settled on the following frame from graham heath down in Englandshire because none of the local boys could match the spec.
Was very happy with the service from GH but I don’t have much luck with haulage firms and the delivery of this kit wasn’t any different…. When loading the kit onto a hi-ab truck in aberdeen they managed to put the forklift through the roller door , the boys are too used to dealing with offshore kit! Got replacement lath sorted by the haulage firm but just means more work in the future.
so this is what arrived... simple enough jigsaw to deal with.
Time is now aug 2012 - got the go ahead from the council and started to properly take the site down to hard course, the land at the house was built near an old quary so good for me there wasnt much top soild but it made for slow progress with the 1.5tonner. Because it was such heavy going on the little digger, decided to make progress with digging the column pads only and take the site down further when i could get my hands on a 3 - 5 tonne digger.
Maybe it was slow going because she was driving....
pretty deep founds
daughter thinks they were left by moles!!!
with the pads dug out, it allowed the concrete to go in. marked up the levels with the laser and got going with the pour!!!
was a struggle to get the 8-wheeler in the drive, i had a bit of a panic as i would of been charged for the concrete and its disposal!!!! After we got it in the mental note for all future deliveries to be 6-wheelers was burned into my mind.
Obvisouly the driveway must of been done on the cheap or by people who enjoy living in caravans and not paying tax because it was only around 1/2" thick and the truck sank into it all over the place.....
Got hold of a 2.5tonne digger and got the site level
and put down sub base to make it all nice and flat