Sandman
Distinguished Member
Hi all,
I have decided to embark on my new project. I am going to build a garage.
I live in a 1970's detached block and brick house. I would like the garage to be attached to the side of the house with the floor level matching the exsiting house floor level. I will be building the garage the entire length of the house so in the future the rear part of the new structure can become a kitchen extension.
Anyway I am pretty handy and spent 3 years working as a site engineer on large civil engineering projects, although I know how to dig and pour founds and slabs I dont know much about residential buildings.
I was thinking about a 450mm wide found but am unsure about the depth it should be. Can anybody help? I will then build the structure with breeze block and clad with facing brick to match the house. I will bring the ground within the garage up to height with type 1 then pour a 150mm (?) slab. Does this sound OK? Also how does the new block/brickwork attach to the existing house brickwork? Does this construction sound ok or am I going down the wrong route altogether. I am good with AutoCAD so once I know the construction method I will draw up plans to submit to the council.
Anyone have any pointers for me?
I have decided to embark on my new project. I am going to build a garage.
I live in a 1970's detached block and brick house. I would like the garage to be attached to the side of the house with the floor level matching the exsiting house floor level. I will be building the garage the entire length of the house so in the future the rear part of the new structure can become a kitchen extension.
Anyway I am pretty handy and spent 3 years working as a site engineer on large civil engineering projects, although I know how to dig and pour founds and slabs I dont know much about residential buildings.
I was thinking about a 450mm wide found but am unsure about the depth it should be. Can anybody help? I will then build the structure with breeze block and clad with facing brick to match the house. I will bring the ground within the garage up to height with type 1 then pour a 150mm (?) slab. Does this sound OK? Also how does the new block/brickwork attach to the existing house brickwork? Does this construction sound ok or am I going down the wrong route altogether. I am good with AutoCAD so once I know the construction method I will draw up plans to submit to the council.
Anyone have any pointers for me?