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Paul Narramore Registered User
Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 181 Location: Aylesford, Kent.
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:57 am Post subject: New garage/workshop |
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Sadly I am one of those Rochdale owners who've had a Rochdale under a tarpaulin for many years and have failed to start a restoration of the car for many reasons, one being that the existing garage contains two motorbikes. I have dreamt for years of having a large timber garage/workshop and the ones I saw were fetching £3500 or more. A few months ago I bought on ebay a 6m x 6m timber garage and this involved hiring a 7.5ton truck and travelling to Lancashire where my son and I spent seven hours dismantling it. That was a 17hr day.
As the garden is on a slope, a substantial base had to be built. I really didn't want to wake up one morning to find it had slid to the bottom of the hill! The base will cost me DOUBLE the cost of the garage but it will be done properly. Heavy rain has delayed the final concrete laying which I'm having done by professionals as I want a really smooth finish. However once they've been on Tuesday, I can start work on assembling the dismantled garage/workshop. Hopefully I won't have forgotten how it all goes together.
Here are some pics of the construction so far. The first two pics have been taken from the original ebay entry.
http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z312/Paul_Narramore/Building%20of%20the%20garage/
At long last I will soon have dry storage for my Olympic and three motorbikes. |
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calex_fr Registered User
Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 408 Location: Champagne (France)
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:07 am Post subject: |
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Beautifull Paul, beautifull !
_________________ Alexandre Contat
from France
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KN Registered User
Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 62 Location: Sydney Australia
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:03 am Post subject: |
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You have inspired me. My present work space is so small & cluttered you have to go out side to change your mind. It is not conducive to working in. I have in principle approval from the minister of finance & planning. I spent the day measuring and drawing. Plus a list of requirements.
regards Keith Nicholson ESU816 Phase 1.5. Sydney. _________________ Olympic Phase 2r ESU816
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Paul Narramore Registered User
Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 181 Location: Aylesford, Kent.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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I should point out that the pic shown above of my garage/workshop is one placed by the seller on ebay. Mine is still in pieces but I hope to have the walls erected this weekend. Because the ground is on a pronounced slope, and because I didn't want to wake up one morning to find it had slid down the hill into the River Medway, the concrete base has had to be substantial, like £1500 worth of 'substantial'. Concrete foundations, concrete blocks, Type 1 Roadstone, DPC and screed, plus one course of bricks. The bottom piece of tongue & groove on each panel is rotten and of course the wood yard don't stock that size (5"x1") so they have to be specially machined. However I'm nearly there, especially when the Cuprinol Heritage Shades 'Somerset Green' stain and the new wood arrives. The garage/workshop will house the Rochdale and my three motorbikes plus work bench, power points and lighting and fridge for the beer
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calex_fr Registered User
Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 408 Location: Champagne (France)
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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A party of my workshop :
_________________ Alexandre Contat
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Paul Narramore Registered User
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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That's a nice looking barn. Bugatti blue, the French national racing colour ? |
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Paul Narramore Registered User
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Rodsmith Registered User
Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 187 Location: Pembrokeshire, West Wales
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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It's looking good Paul! The trouble is that it will soon fill up leaving you too little room for the rebuild...... I like the original rear arches, are you keeping them like that, or not? I think it is difficult to fit a wider wheel under the standard arches. Have you replaced the roof guttering if so what with ?
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Paul Narramore Registered User
Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 181 Location: Aylesford, Kent.
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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Rod
My aim is to keep the rear wheel arches as they are so the widest wheels that will fit.The roof guttering is as per original.
Some years ago I thoroughly stripped the car of the engine/gearbox, front subframe and suspension, rear axle and suspension, doors, rear hatch and seats, even the internal steel tubes, and all this is stored in a small shed at the bottom of the garden.
I had new steel tubes made up by a local engineer as the originals were rusted thorough, disposed of the original Ford Cortina engine and acquired a 2 litre Fiat Twin Cam engine and 5-speed gearbox. The same engineer has welded in new threaded rods into the front subframe and removed the anti-dive ie the top and bottom threaded rods are parallel.
It's my aim NOT to allow the workshop to get cluttered as that will defeat the whole idea of building it. I've never ever been able to work in a spacious environment and even though I've three motorcycles to go in there and need to build a work bench and store lots of shelving, it's going to remain neat and tidy. |
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zefarelly Registered User
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: |
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I'm lucky I got mine built when I did, similar in size to Pauls, and its only at the bottom of the garden, even luckier was buying the lock up next door to it, knocking a door through and turning it into a machine shop . . . . I've still got another on rent for parts storage . . .and 4 cars in a barn on a farm!
it wouldn't be hard to find more crap to fill up the loft if I thought I could get away with it ! |
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Paul Narramore Registered User
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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James
PM'd you.
Paul |
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Paul Narramore Registered User
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:08 am Post subject: |
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After allowing a couple of months for the concrete floor to fully dry out, on Saturday I brought everything out of the workshop in preparation of painting the floor. With all clutter removed, I swept the floor from all of the dust - the screed creates quite a bit of dust - and 'painted' the floor with a special diluted acid etch to provide a key to the floor paint. Naturally I ran out and the paint shop was closed until Monday <doh>.
I'll get some more of the stuff today then give it's first coat of light grey garage floor paint, not the cheap and nasty stuff from the local DIY stores but top quality Bradite Polyurethane garage floor paint. I'll give the floor a couple of coats and then I'll be able to get all my bikes and shelving in there at last.
The work bench is built, and I now have a pillar drill and drinks fridge - a proper home-from-home
On re-reading the instructions on the tins of paint, I have to sluice down the floor with clean water before allowing to dry then applying the paint. So another day goes by as I wait for things to dry.
Tuesday morning and still large damp patches all over the floor having been left overnight. I've a greenhouse heater warming the workshop as I speak and perhaps I can get a coat of floor paint down by the afternoon. This is really dragging on. At least there'll be no race to get the Olympic finished for my daughter's wedding on 10 July 2010, a promise I'd made when she was a little girl. She's now happy to be taken to the wedding (which will be held in a local brewery!) in a red Citroen 2CV. So that'll be my 6th 2CV
Wednesday morning, still damp patches. It'll be the weekend before the floor is bone dry enough to paint. Damn. |
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Dave-M Registered User
Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 377 Location: Yorkshire, England
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:14 pm Post subject: workshop |
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Paul, Is the floor dry enough to paint yet?
Regards
Dave _________________ Ph.2 Ford 1500 GT
GT with Rochdale Chassis |
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