Garage

lexi

Any help appreciated guys. I am building a Garage 6M X4M . 4M high to apex. 100 mm single dense block with piers. Ithink Ihave figured the best way to do the Piers on the main walls. Just lay two block flat into stretcher course etc??. Any method of building the corner piers?. Pic or drawing would be brill of good methods for either.

Alex

smashey

Why not go for a cavity wall? Then, the piers in the middle would be okay and you shouldn't need them at the corners.

Mellor

As smashy said corner piers aren't required as the two walls provide support to each other at the corner.
But that said, i'd be inclined to go for a 215 wall, either cavity block or block on flat. The main reason being stability and feeling of solidness, but also so that the internal face of the garage is flat, this is better for storing stuff, install work benches etc

lexi

Thanks for replys guys. I am fighting space here.........and budget. Garage is going in between three retaining walls. I wondered about the piers in the corners?

In single leaf brickwork it is common to see them in the corners. I don`t think the dimensions of block lend themselves to tenon into corner piers so readily.

I suppose I could build piers in the corners by simply stack bonding and steel tieing them in. If they aint needed I wont bother............maybe careful use of mesh would add strength in corners together with tenon of bonding.

The detail is set and all the materials are there. The roof has 4m truss of 8x2 and 6x2 angles with 35deg and I will be using concrete tiles....so it is no lightwight roof. . The truss are heavy because they are attic profile. The blocks are 7n dense so should be ok. Would be grateful for any more thoughts or ideas with that detail.

Alex