gtr cook
Well-known member
Firstly I would like to say hello and I blame this forum for what I am about to start!
As you have probably guessed, garages over here are tiny. My current garage is just big enough to squeeze my pride and joy into.
This was ok to start with but 5 years on, I have out grown it and now need more off street parking and space!
I will start with my current single garage, as you can see things are quite tight in there. There is literally 2” either side as I pull the car in and exiting the vehicle requires the window to be fully down. Due to the tight fit, small jobs make me think twice- often leading to me leaving it for another day. Thing’s like cleaning the daily cars is a pain as the car needs to be moved to get to things.
Now after finding this site, I gathered some ideas together on how I could improve the situation. I threw some paint on the floor and walls and I think it came out quite good. An inexpensive makeover and the car now stays dust free.
First up, this is what i started with:
And how it looks now:
Just to show how tight it is:
The floor paint looked really good until I parked on it- despite claiming to be immune to hot tyre pick up, it didn’t “do what it said on the tin”. So now I have four bare concrete patch’s on an otherwise nice floor.
I am now in a position where I can put a 2 car garage in the back garden with a side entrance to the property. The builder has given a quote that I like and after I have cleared the space, work should hopefully start.
The garage itself will be 22’x22’ with a single door, electric and a tap for the hose. It will be constructed from blocks and eventually rendered and painted. Initially the inside will remain bare apart from concrete sealer on the floor. The plan will be to finish the inside myself and also see if insulation is required (I am guessing it will be). It will have a flat roof to meet the councils requirement of no more than 2.5 meters in height due to it being within 2 meters of the boundary.
The garden will also be tidied up- just haven’t had the time over the winter to do what’s necessary. The fence will also be replaced due to it being old and over Christmas the winds seem to have broken the concrete posts that hold it up.
As my time is limited and I am not really a fan of gardening, there flower beds will go and replaced with grass for a clean and low maintenance garden.
I will hopefully start clearing the area on Friday so will put up pics and garage info as i go.
Thanks for reading and hope to hear your thoughts and ideas.
Lee
As you have probably guessed, garages over here are tiny. My current garage is just big enough to squeeze my pride and joy into.
This was ok to start with but 5 years on, I have out grown it and now need more off street parking and space!
I will start with my current single garage, as you can see things are quite tight in there. There is literally 2” either side as I pull the car in and exiting the vehicle requires the window to be fully down. Due to the tight fit, small jobs make me think twice- often leading to me leaving it for another day. Thing’s like cleaning the daily cars is a pain as the car needs to be moved to get to things.
Now after finding this site, I gathered some ideas together on how I could improve the situation. I threw some paint on the floor and walls and I think it came out quite good. An inexpensive makeover and the car now stays dust free.
First up, this is what i started with:
And how it looks now:
Just to show how tight it is:
The floor paint looked really good until I parked on it- despite claiming to be immune to hot tyre pick up, it didn’t “do what it said on the tin”. So now I have four bare concrete patch’s on an otherwise nice floor.
I am now in a position where I can put a 2 car garage in the back garden with a side entrance to the property. The builder has given a quote that I like and after I have cleared the space, work should hopefully start.
The garage itself will be 22’x22’ with a single door, electric and a tap for the hose. It will be constructed from blocks and eventually rendered and painted. Initially the inside will remain bare apart from concrete sealer on the floor. The plan will be to finish the inside myself and also see if insulation is required (I am guessing it will be). It will have a flat roof to meet the councils requirement of no more than 2.5 meters in height due to it being within 2 meters of the boundary.
The garden will also be tidied up- just haven’t had the time over the winter to do what’s necessary. The fence will also be replaced due to it being old and over Christmas the winds seem to have broken the concrete posts that hold it up.
As my time is limited and I am not really a fan of gardening, there flower beds will go and replaced with grass for a clean and low maintenance garden.
I will hopefully start clearing the area on Friday so will put up pics and garage info as i go.
Thanks for reading and hope to hear your thoughts and ideas.
Lee
looking forward to the new build. 
