New workshop

[Grumpy Northener]

After 2 and half loads using the Hi Lux with Luton box trailer we were moved in so next on the list was to start moving the cars - my 52 Javelin was first

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Rubbish image - but loaded and ready for the 60 mile trip westwards

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The garage space is larger than I thought - looks like I can get 3 motors in - 2 side by side and one across the front or rear of them which leaves the loft for parts storage / bench work area - just waiting for the deeds to arrive from the solicitor but it also looks like that there is a small parcel of land to the side boundry of the garage - should this be the case I will be erecting a workshop area to the side of the garage which will be accessed by knocking a new door through the side wall of the garage - just more work to be added to the list

[TerryG]

It looks lonely in there!

[JPB]

The garage space is larger than I thought...

#*%€$rd!

It's possible to go off people you know! Seriously, just how many of us have the luxury of being able to say such a thing?
I'm now moving out of respectfully envious territory and into the realms of the insanely jealous!
Don't get me wrong, I have storage, but it's over 80 miles from my house.

[Grumpy Northener]

They had be a downside though !!! - Returned home from an evening with friends on Sunday night - just reversing in to the parking bay and thought thats odd the security light has not come on - left the truck lights lights on so that the other half could see to the door and open up - no lights in the house either - then comes her voice ' I can hear running water' I rush in and turn the mains off in the kitchen by the light of my mobile phone screen - find the torches in the truck & the car - Bugger - 2" of water in the lounge / dinning room - and its still flooding through the ceiling and down the walls !!! - moved the obvious bits out of the way - checked upstairs to find that a plastic inline feed fitting had failed in the stud wall - spent utill 4 in the morning bailing the water out - luckly its a slate & stone floor, tapped a small hole in the ceiling and took a further 8 bucket fulls out - then just left it to drip -managed to get some of the electric circuits back on and left the heating on overnight and all of yesterday - looks like we are lucky - nothing of any value damaged - floor is ok and just some paint damage to the ceiling & walls in the lounge & kitchen - we were planning to redecoreate anyway at some stage - wifey found a couple kitchen drawers & cupboards full of water yesterday and just some staining on the kitchen ceiling. I will have to repair the hole in the plasterboard that I hacked out on the stud wall to access the plumbing repair. We could claim on the insurance for the redecoration but they are not going to do it my expected standards and I cannot be bothered with the hassle / policy excess & being stung with increased premiums for the next five years - so just another few jobs on the list then !!!

[TerryG]

It's just a little distraction to take your mind off restoring cars for a couple of hours Don't let an accident in the house detract from the joy of having a new garage to play in!

[kevin]

worth a look at

http://www.autostopcock.co.uk/video.aspx

hope you get things sorted quickly

kev

[Topaz]

checked upstairs to find that a plastic inline feed fitting had failed in the stud wall -

We could claim on the insurance for the redecoration but they are not going to do it my expected standards and I cannot be bothered with the hassle / policy excess & being stung with increased premiums for the next five years - so just another few jobs on the list then !!!

So sorry to hear that - I see the conversion of the Chapel was done about 20 years ago - were push fit plastic fittings in use then or is that evidence of some later work. Unusual for it to fail in that way as I would have expected it to go soon after installation unless there was some sort of surge on the main to increase the pressure too much.

I remember many years ago (1970s?)when my father still had his plumbing business and had bought a batch of faulty copper pipe that was a cheap foreign import but sold by a reputable merchant as top UK quality - it had impurities in it that made it go porous over time and he lost a fortune having to go back to several jobs and replace it . . . .

Having seen your standards on the Jowett, I can appreciate why you want to be in control of the repairs and redecoration and if there's no structural damage then that sounds like the best idea - of course you'll have to tell Mrs GN that it will take ages to dry out and so you may as well spend the winter in the garage working on the car !!

Mike

[rich.]

bad luck mate
get an the insurance involved as it sounds a lot more work than paint.. get a dehumidifier going asap.

[mach1rob]

Hope you get it sorted without too much grief.

[JPB]

^^^^^

What he said, me too.