Ball park 137m2 build cost

[Pocster]

Tuff tiles - in a garage / dungeon setting . Easy to wipe down I bet you dirty (expletive deleted)er 😉

Edited November 14, 2023 by Pocster

[Andehh]

Get a bigger TV and centralise it by shifting it left?? Prob not be much more once you've removed, patched and repainted the wall and then drank £200 of wine to forget the mess you've made of it!

[Eric]

Tiles look good, will they just fill up of dirt though?

[Dan1983]

Moved it around and slightly better in this orientation 

[Dan1983]

You can hoover over the tuff tiles and it seems to give enough of a vac to pull any dirt off the floor so easy to clean really 

 

Looks like I can chop and re weld the tv mount worst case to make the last arm shorter.

Still not sure what I was thinking when I mounted it before boarding!

 

Will see what it looks like once work bench is in on that back wall.

 

Thinking about using kitchen units, chopped at the back so it can ride over the oak and sit back against the wall then 2.5-3m oak worktop and a vice (would be used for light work only)

Or buy a proper toolbox/ chest then mount an oak worktop on with overhang at the rear to bridge the gap

 

[Dan1983]

Next job was to get a eucalyptus tree removed as had concerns in high winds 

Will also allow us to get the hedge in across that side of the garden

 

[Mr Punter]

I am pleased you removed that.  I think they are awful and quickly grow much too large for the average garden.  Best left to the Aussies.

[saveasteading]

3 minutes ago, Mr Punter said:

I think they are awful

There is vast hectarage in NW Spain of this, grown for paper. the whole area is dead to most nature, because of the toxicity of the trees, and being alien of course.

plus it spreads as a weed and increases forest fires. I'm not a fan.

Is that worse than larch and spruce here? I will have to think about that.

 

 

[Dan1983]

Yes been a worry for a while now!

I don't think the tree was even that old maybe 40 years max

Just starting to split the wood now as surprisingly makes good fire wood

 

Just need to get the stump ground now 

[Dan1983]

Got most of the wood split that I want, stump being ground Thursday!

[Dan1983]

Finally just about finished the work benches in the garage, just need to make some plinths up around the bottom and paint them matte black!

 

Was trying to sort some benches/ storage at not silly money just for extra storage and light work etc

They are 2.46m wide so decent size

All in both benches have been done for £700

Units are not the best and were a pain to build!

 

Edited September 5, 2024 by Dan1983

[Pocster]

30 minutes ago, Dan1983 said:

Finally just about finished the work benches in the garage, just need to make some plinths up around the bottom and paint them matte black!

 

Was trying to sort some benches/ storage at not silly money just for extra storage and light work etc

They are 2.46m wide so decent size

All in both benches have been done for £700

Units are not the best and were a pain to build!

 

Thats my Dewalt screwdriver - can I have it back now ?

[MikeSharp01]

1 hour ago, Pocster said:

Thats my Dewalt screwdriver - can I have it back now ?

Ah yes that explains a lot - it seems that you were, before you lost it, using a drill for driving screws. 

[Pocster]

Just now, MikeSharp01 said:

Ah yes that explains a lot - it seems that you were, before you lost it, using a drill for driving screws. 

I’m still learning.

[Dan1983]

Top driver the dewalt!

use it all the time

[Dan1983]

Prep for front laurel hedge today

Ground needed levelling and trench digging

 

Also need to be able to get a car in the garage for storage so got the area graded back as had become overgrown 

Just need to get some type 1 now to build it up

Will be a temporary measure until we can get the dive done (after patio etc)

[Dan1983]

[Dan1983]

Installed the colour coded flush loft hatch yesterday so another job done

[Dan1983]

Hedge all in now, not the best of weather for it today!