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15-07-20, 05:23 PM | #13 |
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How about one of these
https://www.portablespace.co.uk/shop...40ft-container Totally weather proof and good security, the hi cube ones are taller... Depending on your needs maybe a 20 footer would do..
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The new garage was replacing an older, existing Compton model (Lidget took over Compton) which already had a good base. A new base was installed on top of the old base and raised slightly (at my request). The new base concrete was treated with a liquid sealant but there wasn't any extra plastic membrane/damp proof course fitted. Since the original garage was 40 odd years old I don't know if a membrane was fitted - I had damp issues with the old one but that was roof/window and wall leaks. The salesman who sold the garage also installed the base. The garage sits on a concrete raft which is about 3 inches wider than the garage and the damp issues I had was when water would run underneath the walls. Whether the rain caused it I don't know but the raft had sunk slightly so it tended to funnel the rainfall towards and under the walls. After the concrete truck had delivered the load and the workmen finished leveling it resumed raining and then continued to rain every day for nearly 2 weeks. The garage was assembled 1 month later on a dry day and then... it started raining again. I had to wait a couple of months (because:rain) before they could return to seal the walls/floor meet-up with a fillet/and liquid sealer which took care of the issue. I've had no problems since. My neighbour across the street had the next model down Lidget installed 6 months or so before mine and the only problem she had was because it was installed during a heatwave/extended dry spell (!) and the raft developed a crack - no leaks though
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Perhaps a slightly different "Damp" issue with my garage.
You see where the rear tyre on the left sits. A workshop pit! It is full of water. Whenever I drain it, a month later it is full. So obviously below the water table despite my next door neighbour's patio being 7ft lower than my ground level. I need to re-concrete the drive. So seriously considering cutting in a drain to the pit first. Next garage issue. Junk. the daughters other push bike. That small toolbox on the right because the wife ejected my everyday tools from the house and I need to shift them. The dryer because there is no room in the kitchen but at least vented to the outside world. All meaning it is a pain in the neck to use the pit in the first place! I need a bigger garage.
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@timwilky methinks you need one of these ( or similar )
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CLARKE-ELEC.../dp/B008R8YGYS
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