On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:54:03 -0000, "Roger Mills \(aka Set Square\)"
wrote:

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Nigel Molesworth wrote:

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:45:40 -0000, Roger Mills (aka Set Square)
wrote:

dimensions would need to be at least 18 or 20 feet long by 15 feet
wide.

Length depends on cars, check a Volvo Estate.

Indeed - my V70 (not latest model) is just under 16' including towball. I
wouldn't really want it to be a shoe-horn fit though.

Double doors are 14'
wide, and you need at least two lengths of brick either side.

Are you saying that at (say) 9" per brick, that makes the width 17'? That
would presumably be the overall (external rather than internal) width
though? Or are you saying that you need 2 bricks either side of the door in
addition to the thickness of the side walls? If so, why?

I think that you need one double width each side - that's what mine
has. Alternate courses are with bricks positioned opposite ways
round. There are then brick pillars of the same dimensions along
each side and the intervening walls are single thickness brick.

I suppose that one could go for double thickness, although I'm glad
that mine wasn't built that way since I was able to fit Celotex in the
intervening spaces and get better insulation than could have been
achieved with cavity insulation - if there had been cavities.


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..andy