Hi all,
We've got a 2nd child due end of Feb, this gives me 6 months to get a new man cave so child #1 can have my current one as her new bedroom.
Now, along our house we have a car port that can take 2 cars, gated at the front. Behind this is a door to the back garden, then the concrete walled garage. This first needs converting before I can think of making a full man cave at the end of the garden (or I might just build myself a yurt back there).
Now, the garage is odd. It starts about 1.5m behind the house, it is the tallest end of 217.5cm and slants down to 202.5cm at the other end. About 5-6m long and about 3m wide. It's made up of concrete pillars with concrete slabs placed between them (like you get at the bottom of standard garden fences). It's sturdy but the roof needs replacing and it also has its own electrical supply/fuse box. It does have a smaller sewer cover which I'll need to plan around but that's not the issue.
How would you go about converting it? I'm thinking of removing one set of concrete slats and adding a door in so you can get to the garden. Raise both ends to the max height allowed and have it sloping back to use the existing car port guttering (car port will be replaced too later).
Would you keep the existing structure and build wood frames either side of the concrete and insulate? Knock it all down and replace with something else (thinking maybe a nice straw bale building). Anyone done anything like this?
We've got a 2nd child due end of Feb, this gives me 6 months to get a new man cave so child #1 can have my current one as her new bedroom.
Now, along our house we have a car port that can take 2 cars, gated at the front. Behind this is a door to the back garden, then the concrete walled garage. This first needs converting before I can think of making a full man cave at the end of the garden (or I might just build myself a yurt back there).
Now, the garage is odd. It starts about 1.5m behind the house, it is the tallest end of 217.5cm and slants down to 202.5cm at the other end. About 5-6m long and about 3m wide. It's made up of concrete pillars with concrete slabs placed between them (like you get at the bottom of standard garden fences). It's sturdy but the roof needs replacing and it also has its own electrical supply/fuse box. It does have a smaller sewer cover which I'll need to plan around but that's not the issue.
How would you go about converting it? I'm thinking of removing one set of concrete slats and adding a door in so you can get to the garden. Raise both ends to the max height allowed and have it sloping back to use the existing car port guttering (car port will be replaced too later).
Would you keep the existing structure and build wood frames either side of the concrete and insulate? Knock it all down and replace with something else (thinking maybe a nice straw bale building). Anyone done anything like this?
