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Craynerd new workshop project log
raynerd:
I do appreciate what you are saying but having just moved house, I don't have £600!
It seems a hell of a cost when it is just that one corner damp when it rains other than physically under the door.
dsquire:
--- Quote from: awemawson on September 08, 2014, 04:46:14 PM ---Absolutely no point in setting up your workshop unless it is dry. These things don't come cheap. Undoubtedly you can do it yourself for much less but it depends on your skill level :bugeye: :bugeye:
--- End quote ---
Chris
It all depends on how bad you want a dry workshop. When you were born you didn't know how to do anything but poop and pee. Since then you have come a long way and learned to do many things. Doing a bit of reading, watching a few You-tube video's and asking a few questions you can learn all that you need to know to have yourself a do-it-yourself garage floor party. :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :D :)
This is pretty much the same way you learned to build clocks except you didn't have the party. :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:
Cheers :beer:
Don
raynerd:
Guys, I might just take some more pictures tomorrow in day light. I might be hoping for the best, but there is only the one corner of the workshop damp and looking it, I'm wondering if the floor has a DPM and actually the water is running in between the adjoining corner concrete slabs and dripping down onto the floor. I am probably being overly optimistic now I know the price of a new floor!!
I've noticed that there is actually a fillet inside the garage running all the way around rather than outside the building. How could I tell if a DPM is installed ? I've looked online and others seem to have an issue of a fully damp floor around large areas of the build rather than just a localised area as I have.
I do have the contact details of the local manufacturer - I need a replacement roof panel so may give them a ring tomorrow and see if they can tell me more. Of course they may not have installed it but they are local firm so I expect they have.
raynerd:
Don, yes, it's very true. I built a porch, did a fully compliant to building regs loft conversion and many other jobs all from youtube, books and forums! None of them have fallen down yet so I'm sure I could attempt a floor. The issue is, like Andrew said, it's so expensive and critical t get it level that it probably is not worth the risk of attempting it!
awemawson:
There are nowadays fully liquid screeds that come in a tanker, are pumped in.and self level. Never used them. No idea of price. But they flow level if thick enough so theoretically need less skill to lay. Seem to remember seeing them on a Grand Designs program.
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