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 Post subject: Conversion Factory
PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:31 am 
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Gents,

I have been busy building my new garage, the pool is next and then the house. Our tenants have not moved out because they are building elsewhere but they gave me access to commence building.

Anyway here are photos of the garage.

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My steel beams

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I have watched many people struggle with getting work done on their conversions for a fair price and quality, so i am going to offer my services for those that would like to undertake a conversion. I dare say we will be in our new house by the end of September so i will be available there after to assist in all aspects of conversions.

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Good show. Please don't tell me you knocked that up in your spare time?

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Would you mind putting the general size of the workshop (and features , toilet etc ?) and a ball park cost ? I love the look of the building but am wondering how much more expensive than a steel garage it would be . It'd be a lot more comfortable to work in than a steel one :D

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I'm in the planning stages of a new garage so I'm keen to hear that sort of stuff too.

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Ditto again. Just bought a new place and planning the new shed for the backyard. :D

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Would you mind putting the general size of the workshop (and features , toilet etc ?) and a ball park cost ? I love the look of the building but am wondering how much more expensive than a steel garage it would be . It'd be a lot more comfortable to work in than a steel one :D


Whats wrong with brick?

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I'd prefer brick , it won't get as hot or as cold as a steel shed would and looks 100 times better than a steel one , the main difference though is the cost .

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 Post subject: Re: Conversion Factory
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minimetoy wrote:
Gents,

I have been busy building my new garage, the pool is next and then the house. Our tenants have not moved out because they are building elsewhere but they gave me access to commence building.

Anyway here are photos of the garage.

My steel beams

I have watched many people struggle with getting work done on their conversions for a fair price and quality, so i am going to offer my services for those that would like to undertake a conversion. I dare say we will be in our new house by the end of September so i will be available there after to assist in all aspects of conversions.

Dan


Lerve those RSJs 8)

Can I ask why you put the access door to the right and the narrow frontage :?: (some sort of easement issue :?: )

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Dan,

All the best with the factory - hope you turn them out as if they were on a production line!!

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How good does you garage look...and with plenty of room to move around....
Greenacre..perfect 8)

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Gents,

The garage is 10.6m long 5.2 m wide (8.1m long) and 3.8 m wide at the front. It will have a toilet shower and basin on the side which is where the pool will go, this is for the kids when they use the pool. I stepped the front for looks and to make sure the garage did not over bear the back yard. The beam running down the garage is 5.4 m long and will have a rolling dolly with block and tackle on it, i have also thought about building a hanging rotiserie from the beams. The gyprocker starts tomorrow, i will have 3 phase power and have run some fixed compressor lines from one side of the garage to the other. The reason for the additional entry door is that once the house is finished my wife will park her car in the carport and the entire garage will be for my projects :lol: the garage doors will actually be old fashioned type hinged doors, so i preferd to have a seperate entry so i did not have to open the garge doors all the time.

As far as cost, i am in the industry so i have an advantage there. A steel shed will be much cheaper when you consider the bricks i used are almost $1 per brick to buy and i have maintained the bungalow look. I did a rough estimate at the begining and it was atround the 40-50k mark that included demo of an old asbetos garage and about 40m of electrical inground submains.

And Yes JC i have been working on this in my spare time - before work every weekend and i can't wait till its finished.

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 Post subject: Girly mans
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Gents,

The garage is 10.6m long 5.2 m wide (8.1m long) and 3.8 m wide at the front. It will have a toilet shower and basin on the side which is where the pool will go, this is for the kids when they use the pool. I stepped the front for looks and to make sure the garage did not over bear the back yard. The beam running down the garage is 5.4 m long and will have a rolling dolly with block and tackle on it, i have also thought about building a hanging rotiserie from the beams. The gyprocker starts tomorrow, i will have 3 phase power and have run some fixed compressor lines from one side of the garage to the other. The reason for the additional entry door is that once the house is finished my wife will park her car in the carport and the entire garage will be for my projects :lol: the garage doors will actually be old fashioned type hinged doors, so i preferd to have a seperate entry so i did not have to open the garge doors all the time.

As far as cost, i am in the industry so i have an advantage there. A steel shed will be much cheaper when you consider the bricks i used are almost $1 per brick to buy and i have maintained the bungalow look. I did a rough estimate at the begining and it was atround the 40-50k mark that included demo of an old asbetos garage and about 40m of electrical inground submains.

And Yes JC i have been working on this in my spare time - before work every weekend and i can't wait till its finished.

Dan


Cripes...in '85 bricks were about $300 a pallet (about 500)....gotta say...great work...RSJs..hmmmmmmm....but...gyp :?: you some kind of "girly man" :?: :P

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looks very nice... but until I read your reply about cost, I was gonna say that the bloke next door to me had a brick single car garage built, a basic pitched pergola built and a short concrete driveway added on, and it came to about $25K - just a tad more than your average $4K 6mx6m kit shed!

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:14 pm 
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Some are lucky to have a two Car Garage (Ya Me)
Some have a Single
You may even have a garage but can not use it for the car, due to the ramp is to sharp with a grass drive way (hated this.

But I know If i was building a house I want the Brick Garage I wanted.....Its Our Room of the house and get it the way you would want it.

minimetoy power on by chance

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