Internal wall lining

Starting to take shape as the walls are plaster boarded.

Bedroom window bricked up

Removed existing linking bedroom window and bricked up, to allow the annexe to become a self contained "semi detached" bungalow.!!

A reminder of how it was before I ruined it..!!!

Windows finally go in !!!

It's now beginning to look like a house rather than a garage !!! The french doors open onto decking, looking over a lovely lanscaped designer garden. (ok, one day maybe)

The Archers

Here's one I made earlier.!!

Insulation & Electrics

The floor is now insulated with 50mm kingspan on visqueen, with 22mm flooring boards.
All external walls are now studded with 60mm Kingspan between stud and block. Visqueen will be applied to studding before plasterboarding. The electrical "first fix" is completed with new consumer unit and wiring to all sockets, lights and switches etc.

Internal studding

I have now studded out the interior of the build. The garage construction is single block, with no cavity. The building regs. therefore require studding with cavity and insulation as shown. A Bathroom, kitchen, lounge and bedroom are created by stud wall partition.

Internal ceiling height

The ceiling height inside the existing garage was looking a bit low, more so because of the required floor insulation etc. I employed a structural engineer to do calculations and drawings for altering the 22 existing roof trusses to allow another 30cm ceiling height. This all worked out well (although time consuming) All the roof trusses had to be cut, legs strengthened, and the lower truss beams bolted up to the new level. Dawn cut all the studding (ohhh my nails !! ) for the bolts while I cut and assembled the trusses. Worth it in the end though !!
This picture shows the strengthening legs and bolts etc.

Roof tiled and garage doors removed.

Garage door openings are built up to window height. Still trying to work out those gutter levels !!!

2 internal doorways knocked through into new extension

Roof is felted and battened

The new roof is felted and battened, ready for tiling. The 4 valleys are constructed from lead flashing to drain into "various" gutter levels (still trying to work this out, bit tricky!! )

Front wall and roof trusses.

The front wall is built, Catnic lintel fitted over window opening, roof trusses in place, tied into house and garage roof either side.

Building starts

The footings and concrete slab are in place, and the back wall of the extension link is built.