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New Workshop ...

Postby Blackswanwood » 06 Nov 2020, 22:32

My new workshop has had a long gestation period but finally the build started this week. During the civil engineering phase my role is labourer ...

Having emptied the log store the roof came off.

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The the wall came down carefully so the bricks can be reused. The lime in the mortar was doing it’s job well making clean up of the bricks a bit of a chore.

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A couple of big bits of oak needed to come out.

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Then the concrete floor was cut and broken out ... even with a concrete breaker that was hard work!

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And then the digger was brought in

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Once the digger had finished it was time for some woodwork to build the shuttering for the raft.

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Raft Frame
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This was the scene at 7.45 this morning ... everything weighted down so it doesn’t float when the concrete goes in. The first thing the concrete pump operator said when he saw it was he’d seen full packs of blocks lifted but he thought we’d be okay ...

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Stop it floating away
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The concrete arrived on time

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Pumping starts and we all keep checking that it’s not floating ... the shuttering lifted by 1mm which was judged a success.



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10am and waiting for it to set

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Walls should be up by this time next week.
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Re: Foundations ....

Postby Malc2098 » 06 Nov 2020, 23:19

Wow! Good Progress.
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Re: Foundations ....

Postby Phil » 07 Nov 2020, 06:44

Nice.

Size? Looks large?
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Re: Foundations ....

Postby TrimTheKing » 07 Nov 2020, 07:49

Excellent work.
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Re: Foundations ....

Postby Mike G » 07 Nov 2020, 08:03

Damn, this photo-rotation quirk.......

That looks thoroughly professional to me. Did you float the concrete?
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Re: Foundations ....

Postby Blackswanwood » 07 Nov 2020, 08:59

Mike G wrote:Damn, this photo-rotation quirk.......

That looks thoroughly professional to me. Did you float the concrete?


No we didn’t Mike. There is 100mm of insulation and a screed to go in in due course so hopefully no one will ever see it!

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Re: Foundations ....

Postby Doug » 07 Nov 2020, 09:14

That’s cheating getting it pumped round :lol: looks like a promising start :eusa-clap:
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Re: Foundations ....

Postby Blackswanwood » 07 Nov 2020, 09:18

Phil wrote:Nice.

Size? Looks large?


It should be 29sq m of usable space once the walls are up ... 25% more than I have now.
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Re: Foundations

Postby Blackswanwood » 12 Nov 2020, 22:53

Good progress over the past few days.

I learned that letting the concrete driver offload what was left into the skip isn’t a great idea ...

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First job was to move the blocks that were used for ballast and take off the shuttering so the blockwork could start. The setting out of the first course was meticulous.

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The frame was knocked up last week and is to make the opening for the sliding doors. Once the first course was in the blocks went up quickly.

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First Blocks
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More Blockwork
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Then it was time to bring the bricks in. The inner skin of blockwork is built off the main slab and the outer skin of brick off the toe of the foundation.

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Foundation
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Bricks
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The insulation supply chain is apparently erratic at the moment ... so the joiners dug the brickies out of a hole by cutting the 2.4m sheets down to size!

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Joiners to the rescue
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Brickwork done to dpc level. Another bricky joined in today - they are needed for another job from next Tuesday so have their orders to get on with it over the next couple of days.

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Scaffolding goes up early next week so the joiners can get the roof structure in and hopefully roofers on the job by the end of next week.
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Re: Walls going up

Postby Malc2098 » 12 Nov 2020, 23:07

Coming along nicely.
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Re: Walls going up

Postby Mike G » 13 Nov 2020, 10:28

That's such a fiddly detail, building a toe on a raft, but it does pay dividends in the end. There's usually quite a bit of steel involved.

It looks to me like this is being built with an eye on converting it to living accommodation at some stage in the future. Is that right?
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Re: Walls going up

Postby Blackswanwood » 13 Nov 2020, 16:14

Mike G wrote:That's such a fiddly detail, building a toe on a raft, but it does pay dividends in the end. There's usually quite a bit of steel involved.

It looks to me like this is being built with an eye on converting it to living accommodation at some stage in the future. Is that right?


There is a fair amount of steel Mike.

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There isn't a plan for it to be converted - once we went down the brick and block route (which was dictated by a planning complication we have to contend with) it felt sensible to do the extra few miles and get it to habitable standard. Once I'm in there I won't be giving it up!
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Re: Walls going up

Postby Mike G » 13 Nov 2020, 16:50

Forgive me Bob, I wasn't suggesting you had an inadequate amount of steel, for a second. I was talking in general terms about toes, which involve quite a lot of formwork, and quite a lot of steel.
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Re: Walls going up

Postby Blackswanwood » 13 Nov 2020, 17:28

Mike G wrote:Forgive me Bob, I wasn't suggesting you had an inadequate amount of steel, for a second. I was talking in general terms about toes, which involve quite a lot of formwork, and quite a lot of steel.


No worries Mike and definitely nothing to forgive - I just added the picture to illustrate for anyone following that you were right!

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Re: Walls going up

Postby Blackswanwood » 25 Nov 2020, 00:25

Things have slowed down since my last update due to one of the guys needing to self isolate as his wife had been working with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 which led to us missing our slot with the scaffolders.

The outer skin of the brickwork went up

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Brickwork
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Then the scaffolding

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Scaffolding
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The plan had been to bring in a lift to get the beam up to height but someone forgot ... so with no further ado it went up the ladder

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Steel
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This is the end of day picture with the beam in place and brick/blockwork completed to wall plate height

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The oak trusses were also a challenge to get in place.

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Oak Truss
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After a bit of pushing and pulling they came together.

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Truss in place
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Joiners will be back tomorrow to finish off

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End of day
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Re: Walls going up

Postby Doug » 25 Nov 2020, 08:25

That looking very good :eusa-clap:

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There isn't a plan for it to be converted - once we went down the brick and block route (which was dictated by a planning complication we have to contend with) it felt sensible to do the extra few miles and get it to habitable standard. Once I'm in there I won't be giving it up!


I went down the same route when I built my shop 16 years ago, I’ve not regretted it & the added bonus that with an insulated duct from the house I tapped into the central heatings so it’s pleasant in there whenever I walk in & no worries with rust :D
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Re: Almost ready for a roof ...

Postby Mike G » 25 Nov 2020, 08:45

This is a really lovely build. The kingpost roof is a northern thing, mainly. I don't see a tenon for a ridgebeam, though. What's happening there?
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Re: Almost ready for a roof ...

Postby Malc2098 » 25 Nov 2020, 11:05

There are kingposts down here in Devon, but the post is a touch thinner above the diagonal brace.
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Re: Almost ready for a roof ...

Postby AJB Temple » 25 Nov 2020, 11:55

Really nice quality job there.
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Re: Almost ready for a roof ...

Postby Cabinetman » 25 Nov 2020, 13:17

Wonderful to see the progress being made on this job, love the bricks, and obviously love the oak work did you do that?
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Re: Almost ready for a roof ...

Postby AJB Temple » 25 Nov 2020, 14:35

Just out of interest, I see from earlier pictures that the old part of the roof has fink trusses. It's a big improvement to put King post oak in for the new part. Presumably you plan to do a high ceiling room with insulation at high level. I would be interested to see the drawing of how that is planned.
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Re: Almost ready for a roof ...

Postby MattS » 25 Nov 2020, 17:30

This looks like it's going to be a beautiful workshop to work in, that oak truss is lovely
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Re: Almost ready for a roof ...

Postby Blackswanwood » 25 Nov 2020, 20:29

Thanks for the comments guys.

Mike/Adrian, the trusses need to be trimmed down to height. The plan is to do once the gable wall is up to height which happened today. The beam will sit on the top - the design is as per Adrian’s comment. Here are some drawings to illustrate it better than I can describe ...

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Roof
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I have managed to fix a couple of days off and will be getting stuck in on getting the rest of the roof timbers up. Compared to the graft others have put in on workshop builds I must admit to feeling like I am cheating!
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Re: Almost ready for a roof ...

Postby Mike G » 25 Nov 2020, 21:34

Ah, I see. Purlins rather than a ridge beam.

I'm looking out for stopped chamfers. ;) :D
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Re: Almost ready for a roof ...

Postby Cncpaul » 26 Nov 2020, 09:55

Robert, that’s a great job, made even better by having a good builder
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