Ageism

[HappytalkAgain]

We did a free standing double garage for my sister back in 2013 and all the walls are cavity.

I keep my Porsche in there and my BIL keeps a couple of nice motorbikes there as well.

It’s all lovely and dry.

But a cavity is not regulation on a garage.

Mine is built in 6” solids. Dashed externally and plastered internally. Also nice and dry.

 

[Spider10]

It will be finished in studding timber with insulation then plaster boarded same as the 1 next to it which I built the roof is a type of perspex so no condensation or damp or weight

 

[Darrell]

But a cavity is not regulation on a garage.

I wasn’t sure tbh.
Both my sister and her husband are building surveyors so perhaps they went a bit OTT.

 

[Darrell]

It will be finished in studding timber with insulation then plaster boarded same as the 1 next to it which I built the roof is a type of perspex so no condensation or damp or weight

Love the car. What is it?

 

[Spider10]

Just to add have you ever tried telling your dad how to do something

 

[Spider10]

Just to add have you ever tried telling your dad how to do something

It's a 1920 Studebaker big 6 tourer

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I had to bite my tongue at the Postman Pat comment...

I believe the Postman Pat comment was because he now looks like him now his hair is longer and wears glasses, or did I miss something? That’s the way I interpreted it.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

We did a free standing double garage for my sister back in 2013 and all the walls are cavity.

I keep my Porsche in there and my BIL keeps a couple of nice motorbikes there as well.

Sound like you built it for yourself and your BIL rather than your sister!

When I was a lad, I used to buy Mom Matchbox cars for birthday and Christmas

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

My kids think I'm too old to drive my cabrio, and are very embarrassed when I'm playing

I picked my son up from school a few weeks ago and the next day a boy rushed over to him and said “Your Grandad drives and really cool car”.

Little $417

 

[HappytalkAgain]

I wasn’t sure tbh.
Both my sister and her husband are building surveyors so perhaps they went a bit OTT.

It’s certainly a better way. If an insulated cavity (and floor) it would give the option to easily convert into a habitable room.

The reason I didn’t add a cavity was purely down to wanting the maximum possible internal space. Will be easily converted into a snooker room if I’m ever able to retire.

(Interior Timber frame, insulated, boarded and skimmed.)

(Well done if you haven’t dozed off. )

 

[HappytalkAgain]

I picked my son up from school a few weeks ago and the next day a boy rushed over to him and said “Your Grandad drives and really cool car”.

Ditch those crocs Rob.

 

[Darrell]

Just to add have you ever tried telling your dad how to do something

He’s dead but he thought he knew it all tbh.

 

[neilrr]

Are those grits?

 

[Darrell]

Are those grits?

What are grits?

 

[E55BOF]

"Grits are made from ground corn, typically from less sweet, starchy varieties often referred to as dent corn. Grits can be made from either yellow or white corn and are often labeled accordingly."

Americans eat them.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Ditch those crocs Rob.

But they look so good with my Bermuda Shorts and Hawaiian Shitts…

 

[Dippo]

I'm surprised it let you type that!

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Cold in the winter and damp like most single skin constructions..

A proper garage !

Rusty tools on the walls and shelves full of tins of nuts and bolts, and “things which might come in useful one day?”

 

[Piff]

Not sure if same regulations apply if the garage is attached to a house, but generally Building Regulations don’t apply to “outbuildings” up to about the size of a double garage.
They also don’t apply to a porch or conservatory which can be up to the same sort of size.

 

[Spider10]

Not sure if same regulations apply if the garage is attached to a house, but generally Building Regulations don’t apply to “outbuildings” up to about the size of a double garage.
They also don’t apply to a porch or conservatory which can be up to the same sort of size.

it use to be 30 sq m floor space
I thought this thread was about Ageism not rules and regs about a garage