Domestic Garages - function?

Crikey Dale - plenty for the money really! Ditch the trellis, free the garage!

I cheated with our garage. When we moved to Wilmslow 4 years ago, we bought a house without a garage... but a rather conveniently proportioned plot. In the back garden I had a timber single garage built to order - 22' x 10'. Space is not particularly a problem with all round good access to the Z. Plus being timber it is great for classic storage. It also looks really nice. It's fully lined and has plenty of power now too.
 
Rich, in Wilmslow I reckon your garage is worth as much as that house Dale is looking at :eek:. Do you live next to any Man U footballers?

My previous house was £15k in 1979 - those were the days! We thought it was tough then!
 
I was lucky enough to build a very nice garage at my last house in Basingstoke which was 24x28 ft, But then we moved to sunny Scotlandshire so I had to leave it behind!. But it's not all bad because I have a detached double garage that is 20x20ft which isn't to bad, You can get two cars in with plenty of room to get in and out if you drive one in and then back the other in leaving plenty of room on both drivers sides.

But as most of us have done over the years one side has filled up with bikes/lawn mower/strimmer/tents and all other sorts of random shit, I really need a big shed now to move all the crap into, I then want to tile/paint and add some heating for my little Datsun lol.


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Pmac has my dream garage (as long as he's not in it ! ).
You don't know the half of it
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Thanks guys:smash:

For those who havent visited.... my garage is around 23ft x 17ft.
Its a sectional concrete one but is chipboard lined and roof insulated.
Its big enough for 2 cars and associated working space.
When Im forced in to it i can tolerate/accomodate Skiddell AND Zbloke at the same time + myself.:eek:
It is fitted and kitted with everything the three of us need to do anything and everything on our cars and associated sub assemblies.
Compressor + tools. welders. hydraulic press.. Steel faced workbenches. Heated + lighted to a cosy level. I have racks of tools. parts washer. Acid dip tank etc etc.
All tucked in to the top of my garden nice n low so it didnt upset any neighbours or spoil their view. We operate power tools and the compressor in short bursts and never at anti social times.
 
There's no way I can fit the Zed in my single garage. I built a car port (the 'Z-Port'!) which has plenty of room around the car. It's not a bad compromise and I can even wash / detail it under there when the weather is bad.

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I'd rather have a decent double garage with under floor heating though!
 
Over the years i have built a few sheds and garages and i have found that the best way is an L shape, this one i built this summer is just under 30 square meters and with a height of not more than 2.75 metres for no planning regs, oh and has to be at least 5metres away from the house problem is the precast companys cant do these for you so the long sloping roof has to fabed up by yourself the roof sheets are tile efect with an anti condensation felt bonded on the inside
 
Ahh here it is just right for my Z to live in
 

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tel240z said:
Ahh here it is just right for my Z to live in
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Nice job Tel that looks great, It wouldn't do me because as you've seen I'm far to fat to get out the car once it was in :(, Mind you I could always push it in and out ;). I do that sometimes anyway so I don't have to keep getting in and out of the car anyway:eek:.



Rob
 
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It's not the greatest of areas, in fact it's technically in S*****land! :eek: And there are rumours that there is going to be a new housing estate directly over the road which will make it a mess for quite a few years, but for the price....

2 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Aster Terrace, Philadelphia, DH4, DH4
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if i was buying a house i would go for that !!!!
when we was looking a renting i would only look at houses with atleast a double garage,got lucky with the house we are in it had a big double garage,20 ft wide ,28 ft long and my old house had a 14 ft wide and 20 ft long garage so i built a shed down the side for storage and my tools to keep the garage space clear.

modern house designers still think we drive Morris Minors or Minis and not real cars !!!!!!!!!!!
 
Paul_S said:
I built a car port (the 'Z-Port'!) which has plenty of room around the car. It's not a bad compromise and I can even wash / detail it under there when the weather is bad.
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I like it, that would do me just fine. :thumbs:
 
I dream of having a decent sized garage with such luxuries as electricity and being attached to where I live, every garage I've had for the past 8 years has been a tiny, dark crap hole.

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5 Minutes from home, poky garage number 1

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20 Minutes from home, crappy garage number 2 I even had a second garage at this point for my tools and parts

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Garage number 3 behind my flat but always damper than an otters pocket

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Current garage number 4 behind the flat I rent but to far to run power cables and snooty neighbours
 
My first garage was an asbestos metal framed damp pig hole. but it gave birth to a beautiful MG midget. My next house move was to a smaller garage which gave birth to nothing other than a divorce.
My next move was an integral garage which was a bit wider and spawned a TR. Then I met with my new partner and we gave birth to a Healey 3000, another TR6 and then we moved. We built an extension which housed both cars and then I ran out of room..
We moved into the sticks and I got a double garage that was just big enough for the two cars but nothing else.. I then built a 24 foot square wooden garage which produced issue in the form of:
A digger. two land rovers 1947 and 1958, Cortina 1600e with stage 1 tuned engine and my beloved Maserati 4.7 Indy... Then the daughter got old enough to realise she was miles away from the centre of attention and it was decided that the wife also was missing the attraction of Meadowhall shopping and a local sainsburys.. it was decided not by me I may add that we should move... heart break hell..
I insisted I would not move unless I had the minimum of a double garage.
We moved to a smaller house in a posh part of town which soaked up most of the equity we had gained but at least it had a double garage.. but along the way I had to sell most of my collection of cars as there was just no room.
Bang went the landrovers and the cortina, bang went the Tr6 and the Healey.. and lastly bye bye to my Indy which was a bit too big to fit in the garage.
The things we do for love. Daughter happy wife pleased.. me depressed as hell.. no classics to coddle.. then came a scimitar {dont be sick} it was a mistaken buy on flea bay.. I hated the thing but rebuilt it anyway.
Then one day I discovered the true car of my restoration dreams. a 240Z... rusty almost and dead, just about salvageable.. I dragged it kicking and screaming back to a stage where It is now just about ready to put back together and paint...

My story of garage's is long and eventful.. My garage is a place of restful relaxation, quiet reflection on some days and others it's a hive of industry and creation. without it I think I would have succumbed to the pressures of life. I am in there most mornings before i set of for work. My garage above all is a place to escape to.. to be me.
I hope that you find yours a similar place.
 
My parent's garage holds a Prius quite nicely, only room to get out the driver's side though. Doubt it would fit my Mondeo.

Our current garage I've no idea, but I do know the mondeo will just fit down the driveway at the side of the house. Still clearing room for the Z so we'll see :)
 
Well I eventually got my double garage! :thumbs: Its about thirteen years old and is a decent size and I have a couple of meters spare at the back once the cars are in. It was the sales office when the estate was being built and the only house with a double. The missus won't see much of me now :rofl:

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Zed the Reds story has made me feel quite sad!
When I lived in Oz I had the smallest garage in the street, it was 20ft x 30ft and 12 ft high.
So of the other garages were 4 times that size and could fit about 6 cars and still have a large workshop area.
Its a real culture thing in Oz! yer just not a bloke without a shed or garage to retreat to.
 
The garage was a massive part of the reason I bought my house. It's pretty decrepit and needs a complete refurbishment including a new roof, but it has the potential to be an excellent little mannexe once that's done:
 

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