Project planning

The past few weeks has seen the project plan coming together nicely. 

The structural analysis work was completed back in March and the architectural work is similarly more or less completed. The project has been registered with the council's building control department so there are no further administrative tasks outstanding. 

The grand plan

One problem that has exercised me is what to do with all the stuff that is in the garage and summerhouse. Most of the summerhouse stuff is garden furniture that with the better weather can now be outside. 

A cunning plan was hatched by my builder to move the summerhouse away from the construction work area, onto the patio, so it can be used to store garage stuff. I must confess that I had my reservations as to the feasibility of moving such a large structure intact but I reckoned without the capabilities of four strapping lads and sure enough it was quickly repositioned within a couple of hours this morning.

The summerhouse repositioned and repurposed as a temporary store

This leaves the work area clear and I can now take my time shifting the garage paraphernalia into the summerhouse. It's an opportunity for a good clear out too, after 25 years of accumulating stuff that might, one day, be handy but which is then never looked at again.

Demolition work will likely commence before the end of April with the first item on the agenda the removal and safe disposal of the asbestos roof material on the garage. Around the same time the existing double garage door will be removed and taken away for servicing, to be reinstalled on the new garage in due course.

It's starting to feel real now, almost 10 months after the original idea was born.