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Mike G wrote:Ooooh, TWO more possible workshop builds! Any help I can give will be a pleasure. You'll find my recent build as a sticky in the WIP section of the forum. Since then, I have developed an idea for building smaller workshops without a concrete base, and yet avoiding the usual problems with timber bases.
Welcome, BTW.
tabs wrote:......Just wondering at the moment about the base construction, depth of concrete , reinforcement?,whether to try to get it as smooth as possible (never done it before), whether it needs a hardcore subbase etc, how much do I add on to length and width compared to size of workshop? Whats the normal procedure for the average workshop in this forum?( Any recommendations I can read up construction methods for base?)....
Mike G wrote:Ooooh, TWO more possible workshop builds! Any help I can give will be a pleasure. You'll find my recent build as a sticky in the WIP section of the forum. Since then, I have developed an idea for building smaller workshops without a concrete base, and yet avoiding the usual problems with timber bases.
Welcome, BTW.
tabs wrote:Yes I've been following your workshop thread (and your extension) with great interest- lots of useful info which I'm sure I will be going back to read a few times.
I'm in negotiations with the swmbo to maybe pinch a bit more off the garden but as is the plot I am already allowed is 5.5m by 3.5m but I think I need to take a metre off both those dimensions cos thats right up the the boundary in the bottom corner of the garden.
Hope you're healing well.
tracerman wrote:...Also , the surface must be dead level and smooth , as construction of furniture will be need a level surface . Even if you cover the concrete with a wooden floor , you need a reliably dead level base .
Steve
RogerS wrote:Is there an issue re fire-proofing if you get close to a boundary or is that a neighbouring building on the boundary line? I know Steve Maskery over on UKW had a problem with his but maybe it was because his workshop is the size of an aircraft hangar.
tabs wrote:Lol
Thanks for info on foundations Steve - I just wondering in view of all the digging and shifting I'll have to do for a slab foundation how the price of strip footings etc and those precast concrete t beams would compare?
9fingers wrote:tabs wrote:Lol
Thanks for info on foundations Steve - I just wondering in view of all the digging and shifting I'll have to do for a slab foundation how the price of strip footings etc and those precast concrete t beams would compare?
My gut feel is that unless there are particularly awkward access problems, that ready mixed concrete solid slab will be cheaper than small quantities of beam and block flooring. The latter is fairly competitive if you are taking a whole wagon load of the beams but the price can soar if you only want a few. You still have to screed the beam & block whereas you can power float the concrete slab to a finish acceptable for a workshop.
I'll be watching with interest - we like workshop build threads!
Bob
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