Richard Porter wrote in message ...
On 26 Sep 2004 Adrian wrote:

As the timber single garage we currently have is rather past tense, I'm
currently thinking about alternatives.

The whole thing is fairly knackered ...

One thing that I think I'm going to have to do is increase the size of the
concrete base - the current garage seems to measure about 3100mm wide, but
the new ones all seem to be 3400mm. Is slapping a 300mm wide strip of
concrete to the side of the existing slab an option, or do I have to
consider replacing the whole bloody lot? eeeek

If you drill holes into the side of the crete, squirt resin in and put
threaded s.s. bar in there, that will bond the new to the old
effectively. The less work option is have an expansion joint there.
The downside of that is the 2 cretes are not bonded, and differential
movement is not impossible. It should be ok though.

I'm not familiar with timber flatpack garages, but I know with sheds
you can make a better building for less mullah by making your own
instead of buying flatpack. £3400 sure buys a lot of wood.


NT