Michael Gilligan | 01/03/2022 20:20:53 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Does anyone happen to recognise this particular system of concrete panel construction ? . Grateful for a lead to the manufacturer MichaelG. |
Dave Halford | 01/03/2022 20:59:24 |
2536 forum posts 24 photos | Banbury Buildings is a possibility. |
Robert Butler | 01/03/2022 21:12:25 |
511 forum posts 6 photos | Michael It does look likely, but if you Google Banbury Buildings and look for Grace's website the panels do look very similar. BUT it also looks as they are no longer in business. Robert Butler
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Michael Gilligan | 01/03/2022 21:27:12 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Thanks Dave & Robert MichaelG. . Edit: __ off at a tangent already ! Anyone interested in the case-law of ‘passing off’ should enjoy reading this: https://academic.oup.com/rpc/article/87/16/463/1598683 Edited By Michael Gilligan on 01/03/2022 21:38:05 |
Dalboy | 01/03/2022 22:03:01 |
![]() 1009 forum posts 305 photos | Have a search for "concrete sectional buildings" you may find what you are looking for |
Michael Gilligan | 01/03/2022 22:17:47 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | There lies the problem, Derek Even with the quotation marks … . . Which is why I asked if anyone recognised it. MichaelG. Edited By Michael Gilligan on 01/03/2022 22:19:32 |
Chris Crew | 01/03/2022 23:03:03 |
![]() 418 forum posts 15 photos | I have a 13' x 21' pre-cast concrete garage with the door aperture replaced with a 'site-office' front as a workshop. The ship-lap front has a window and 4' wide double doors to enable machines to be moved in and out if necessary. This building has performed very well for almost 25 years except that the corrugated concrete fibre roof developed hairline cracks which started to leak. This was entirely my own fault as I had hung too much weight from the internal roof trusses ( three Transwave converters and shelving etc.). I cured this problem by laying 2 x 2 purlins along the external roof and bolting powder-coated corrugated steel sheets to them with bog-standard loft fibre in-between. I suffer from very little condensation or corrosion and the building is easily heated in winter, although I do keep an old Dimplex convection heater switched to its lowest possible setting on 24/7/365. This only kicks in at about 50deg's but may have to be reviewed in the light of rising energy costs. The building was originally supplied by Compton but I believe this firm has been taken over by Lidget. |
Bill Phinn | 02/03/2022 00:05:06 |
1076 forum posts 129 photos | Posted by Chris Crew on 01/03/2022 23:03:03:
except that the corrugated concrete fibre roof developed hairline cracks which started to leak. This was entirely my own fault as I had hung too much weight from the internal roof trusses.
I know two other people with the same style of roof as yours on their concrete sectional garages. Both roofs have suffered, after a couple of decades, from widespread hairline cracking and then inevitable leaks. I suspect your own actions, Chris, aren't entirely to blame. |
Redsetter | 02/03/2022 06:37:30 |
239 forum posts 1 photos | It looks to me like a Compton. As said, they are no longer in business, but I think parts are still available.
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Michael Gilligan | 02/03/2022 07:31:55 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Thanks for all the suggestions … but I remain bewildered https://www.comptonspares.com/wp-content/themes/JointsWP/assets/images/garage-brochure.pdf … does not appear to show anything that is closer than ‘generically similar’ to the construction in question. If I do manage to conclusively identify it, I will post the information here. MichaelG. |
mgnbuk | 02/03/2022 07:58:08 |
1394 forum posts 103 photos | Might have been a local manufacturer no longer trading, Michael. Prefabricated sectional garages in my area were know as "Grimston" garages after a manufacturer near Bradford. Grimston ceased manufacturing many years ago - their old site is still derelict. Their products were the more usual bolted together vertical sections, not the "post & plank" arrangement that your appears to be. Maybe worth asking older locals if they recall a manufacturer in the area. Or, if you have an idea of the age of the garage, look in the small ads of period car mechanics magazines - IIRC national suppliers of such buildings used to advertise there. Nigel B. |
Michael Gilligan | 02/03/2022 08:15:01 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Posted by mgnbuk on 02/03/2022 07:58:08: . Might have been a local manufacturer no longer trading, Michael.
. Indeed it might, Nigel Apologies for the quality of the photos [they are not mine] … This ‘fence’ is probably contemporaneous, and may be from the same [as yet unidentified] supplier. . . MichaelG. . Edit: __ I have just found this … which looks encouraging .
Edited By Michael Gilligan on 02/03/2022 08:28:43 |
Dave Daniels | 02/03/2022 09:07:04 |
87 forum posts | Looks vaguely like the cast pattern on mine. From these folk: https://www.leofricgarages.co.uk/index.html Agree entirely with comments re: Fibre Cement Roofing. Durable it ain't. D.
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Ady1 | 02/03/2022 09:19:39 |
![]() 6137 forum posts 893 photos | prefab concrete garage as a search term and look through the images ...trying to the ignore the amount of advertising linkage is getting harder and harder... Big in the 80s, the sideyways ones were never as popular as the vertical ones if memory serves, maybe because of the build volume required, or the build skills My uncle chucked a vertical one up on his own edit: if you've got a strong back there's a few freebies looking for a new home Edited By Ady1 on 02/03/2022 09:31:58 |
Michael Gilligan | 02/03/2022 10:08:13 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Great response from ‘fencingnorthwales’ … pretty sure these ‘gravel boards’ are what was used for the fence: https://www.huwsgray.co.uk/shop/welch-rock-face-gravel-board-6-x-12 and ‘though the Garage remains a mystery. MichaelG. Edited By Michael Gilligan on 02/03/2022 10:15:16 |
Robert Butler | 02/03/2022 22:02:09 |
511 forum posts 6 photos | Michael, if you Google the Leofric website you will see they do a variety of finishes including Rockwall which may be suitable. Only a small image however. The Gravel Boards mentioned are freely available from a number of sources and have a rather generic surface finish. Hope this helps. Robert Butler |
Michael Gilligan | 03/03/2022 07:11:33 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Posted by Robert Butler on 02/03/2022 22:02:09:
Michael, if you Google the Leofric website you will see […] . Thanks, Robert : **LINK** https://www.concrete-garages-sheds.co.uk/concrete_sheds_garages_concrete_panel_system.htm Description of their ‘Panel and Post’ system is at the bottom of that page. MichaelG. |
Michael Gilligan | 03/03/2022 08:16:19 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | PostScript Anyone who has tried lifting a concrete panel might find these brief instructions amusing: **LINK** http://leofricgarages.co.uk/how_to_erect.html MichaelG.
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mgnbuk | 03/03/2022 08:55:23 |
1394 forum posts 103 photos | Probably easier lifting that style of panel than the 7' high vertical sections Michael. I prefered the "get someone else in to do it" approach when I had one erected in place of a 1930's timber framed asbestos panel clad garage at my first house. 12' 6" x 18' apex roof vertical panel garage erected in around 3 hours by two guys - with no aches, pains, trapped fingers etc. on my part. Nigel B |
Mike Poole | 03/03/2022 11:22:08 |
![]() 3676 forum posts 82 photos | I built my fence with concrete channeled posts and concrete gravel boards, the panels were 1.8m and the gravel boards 6ft, the panels are too narrow and I had to add the missing inch to the panels to make them fit securely. If anyone is taking on a fence project then check the sizes. I imagine there will be a few fence projects in progress after the winds recently. Mike |
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