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  1. 19th March 2008, 06:04 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by George130 View Post
    Dig down and gu up.

    It's a big job but you can do it. It's easier with a metal shed. Father in laws shed is a monster. Neighbours still remeber the day they left for work to come home and discover the shed had grown a lot taller.
    Sounds like my parents garage, it was built first and their friends would comment on how fast the house was going up, Dad would look at them puzzled and say " the house, we havent started building it yet " . 12 car garage with self contained flat on one end - my big bro and i were in heaven.
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  2. 19th March 2008, 06:32 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by agrojnr View Post
    Work on the fender outside thats what i do with the disco


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    Guess you kinda missed the description of sloping driveway and inspection pit in the garage!
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  3. 19th March 2008, 07:45 PM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by George130 View Post
    Dig down and go up.

    It's a big job but you can do it. It's easier with a metal shed. Father in laws shed is a monster. Neighbours still remeber the day they left for work to come home and discover the shed had grown a lot taller.
    George

    Not such a silly suggestion.

    My father and I jacked up a 15' X 20' wheatherboard shed using a couple of Hi-Lift jacks. Lifted up one side first then raised the footings and lowered the bottom plate onto the new footings and then did the other side. It meant that we were able to put the tractor under cover.

    Both sides, across and the diagonals of the shed were reinforced with extra bracings before we did it but it only took the 2 of us to do.

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  4. 20th March 2008, 06:21 AM #24
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    If the roof is a truss roof then the bottom cord cannot be altered. The trusses are engineered and built as 1 unit. Do not alter them.
    If you have a normal pitched roof with ceiling joists or collar ties bolted or nailed acroos the width of the span then there should be no problem lifting the structural pieces higher. (these stop the outside walls from spreading apart with the roof load on it) What type of roofing is there. If there is roof tiles I would be very careful, roofing iron is much lighter.
    Pictures would be handy.

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  5. 20th March 2008, 10:51 AM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by aloa9061 View Post
    Guess you kinda missed the description of sloping driveway and inspection pit in the garage!
    Nope saw that

    It just sounds like our place


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  6. 28th April 2008, 10:15 AM #26
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    update

    Hi guys,

    Well the defender fits.....

    only issue is I took the roofrack off and let the back tires down to 5psi!!!

    Anyway the pit worksa treat so I now have fresh oils in everything.

    My architect recons the roof mod should be much a problem now just need to find the time to do it!

    Cheers
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