concrete base for garage?

boom123_2

Hi there I need to lay a concrete base for a garage 5.42m long by 3.26m wide how deep should i go for foundation? Any advice much appriciated!!

ormus

http://www.pavingexpert.com/concrete.htm

sharon_currie

You need a minimum of 6 inches you will also need to lay a plastic membrane under your concrete to stop the water being pulled into the ground hence to stop it drying out to quick and cracking hope this helps:j :T

weekendwarrior

There is a good picture of how the shuttering should be assembled here-

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/forum1/viewtopic.php?t=1258

You have to scroll a fair way down the page, but then it is clearly visible!

boom123_2

WOW! Thats how to build a garage, my garage consists of the same panels, I only hope it turns out as good as the one shown on ultimate handyman site, next thing will be how to construct a roof!
Just wondering do I have to dig down 6 inches or can I construct a frame to put concrete into? Like in the handyman link?

ormus

the last garage shown was the same as my previous garage. bought SH for 200 quid. easy to erect.

btw. theres a company near me that advertises a concrete sectional garage, erected (on your own base), for 999 quid. think thats pretty good?

weekendwarrior

You may be better off digging down 6 inches, if you don't you will need to make a ramp up to the garage.

It also depends on how firm the ground is!

boom123_2

I bought the garage for £50 SH it wasn't assembled but its a big size! BARGAIN!!!! I guess its gonna have to be digging down 6 inches as the ground is pretty soft.

Weekend warrior was the garage on the link you sent yours??

weekendwarrior

boom123 wrote:

I bought the garage for £50 SH it wasn't assembled but its a big size! BARGAIN!!!! I guess its gonna have to be digging down 6 inches as the ground is pretty soft.

Weekend warrior was the garage on the link you sent yours??

No, it was someone called millemg on the UHM forum, I remembered seeing it and I was impressed by it and when you said you were doing one I thought you might like to see it.

I did a concrete base about 7 years ago, I dug down about a foot and used blockboard for the shuttering and some 3*2 timber. The bsae that I did was about 11 feet by 18 feet. The one in the picture is a monster!

I love seeing before and after pics like that