To gain access to a secondary garage, I have to drive my car out of the back of one garage and across some lawn. I have a stack of plywood sheeting I put on the lawn to protect it, but the back of the garage is a sun-trap and my wife suggested some decking would be great.
It needed to support the weight of a car and also be `tiltable` so it could be flat or sloped.
First was a trip to a local steel stockholders I use for £85 worth of 50x50x6mm Angle iron, a few offcuts of bigger stuff some decking and 4x2.
The corner as it was Friday Lunchtime. The stacks of plywood outside the back of the garage.
Back door removed and steel brought through
455m of 38x125mm treated Decking and 24m of 47x110 treated timber
The stack of plywood on the old decking.
Cut the Angle iron into the correct shape and laid out in position.
Corners mitred and also chamfered. My welder is only a 90Amp one and 5mm is too thick without helping it by chamfering the edges
Obligatory photo of some welding
Everything was laid out on the flat garage floor to minimise distortions whilst welding.
Painted frame.
The bracket secured to the concrete base with extra part welded on. The piece welded onto the base of the frame sits between the upright and the concrete, allowing the entire deck to `hinge`.
Some larger 80mm Angle iron brackets secured to the concrete base. Also hase some 50x50mm welded to it, for the part welded to the frame to sit in.
The 4x2 timber was secured to the steel base by screws from the back of the frame
All joints liberally treated with preservative
The frame in place, ready for lifting into place.
The first piece of Decking fitted
The front fascia mitred and fitted.
Fitting the 2nd piece.
A couple of hours later. It would be much faster to lay if the Deck was at 90 degrees to the lawn instead of 45, but I prefer it angled, even though it means more work getting the mitres right.
Getting there
The Rear door was too high for the new opening, so a bit was trimmed off the bottom
and a bit more off the top
Ran out of time last night, well, the Pizzas were ready and the beer was cool
Carried on next morning.
Cutting around the stone face.
Deck finished
A removeable plinth was made to fill the gap under the fascia. The corners were reinforced.
Lots of room underneath and you can see how the frame sits on the rear brackets.
This was ALL the deck wasteage
The Plywood stacked under the decking
With plinth slid into place.
From this
To this :thumb:
It needed to support the weight of a car and also be `tiltable` so it could be flat or sloped.
First was a trip to a local steel stockholders I use for £85 worth of 50x50x6mm Angle iron, a few offcuts of bigger stuff some decking and 4x2.
The corner as it was Friday Lunchtime. The stacks of plywood outside the back of the garage.
Back door removed and steel brought through
455m of 38x125mm treated Decking and 24m of 47x110 treated timber
The stack of plywood on the old decking.
Cut the Angle iron into the correct shape and laid out in position.
Corners mitred and also chamfered. My welder is only a 90Amp one and 5mm is too thick without helping it by chamfering the edges
Obligatory photo of some welding
Everything was laid out on the flat garage floor to minimise distortions whilst welding.
Painted frame.
The bracket secured to the concrete base with extra part welded on. The piece welded onto the base of the frame sits between the upright and the concrete, allowing the entire deck to `hinge`.
Some larger 80mm Angle iron brackets secured to the concrete base. Also hase some 50x50mm welded to it, for the part welded to the frame to sit in.
The 4x2 timber was secured to the steel base by screws from the back of the frame
All joints liberally treated with preservative
The frame in place, ready for lifting into place.
The first piece of Decking fitted
The front fascia mitred and fitted.
Fitting the 2nd piece.
A couple of hours later. It would be much faster to lay if the Deck was at 90 degrees to the lawn instead of 45, but I prefer it angled, even though it means more work getting the mitres right.
Getting there
The Rear door was too high for the new opening, so a bit was trimmed off the bottom
and a bit more off the top
Ran out of time last night, well, the Pizzas were ready and the beer was cool
Carried on next morning.
Cutting around the stone face.
Deck finished
A removeable plinth was made to fill the gap under the fascia. The corners were reinforced.
Lots of room underneath and you can see how the frame sits on the rear brackets.
This was ALL the deck wasteage
The Plywood stacked under the decking
With plinth slid into place.
From this
To this :thumb: