Garage Refresh

[HFLagos]

Some good ideas, may try something similar to mentalnerve's approach. Have 2 pretty much identical garages on either side of the house, sadly there isn't a CSL in the other one.

Looking at rubber / tiled flooring for the garage or simply painted, will need to replace garage door mechanism with something newer and maybe a new garage door at the same time.

Quite a lot of height in the other garage, may allow a lift to be put in to store 2 cars but that will need £££!

[cslsuperfan]

This was a side extension with garage and 2 beds and a bath above. It does get marginally chilly in winter. We did insulate the garage ceiling with rock wool but in hindsight could've used Celotex but at the time money was tight as it always is! The roller garage door is insulated and pretty well sealed as is the bifold door at the back plus the garage ticks over on a low temp with the rads in there. :smokin:

Heated garage is the nuts!!!!

Wingback chair, bookshelf and a beer fridge and you can move in!!

[mentalnerve]

So that attaches to your internal home space?
Does it not suffer from cold-bridging, ie get drafts coming through?

Nothing wrong with having a JCW dude... Might be selling mine shortly for another project. :blalalala:

This was a side extension with garage and 2 beds and a bath above. It does get marginally chilly in winter. We did insulate the garage ceiling with rock wool but in hindsight could've used Celotex but at the time money was tight as it always is! The roller garage door is insulated and pretty well sealed as is the bifold door at the back plus the garage ticks over on a low temp with the rads in there. :smokin:

[Paulgreatheadcsl]

I can only but dream of doing this to my place lucky :birdman: ha

[Stumpy]

So that attaches to your internal home space?
Does it not suffer from cold-bridging, ie get drafts coming through?

Nothing wrong with having a JCW dude... Might be selling mine shortly for another project. :blalalala:

[mentalnerve]

Where you've taken the photo from, you've got a sliding door? Where's that lead to? Sorry to be nosey, just looks an odd design/layout...

:beer:

Nosey bstrd :hahaha: but well spotted, the garage is attached to the side of the house so i could in theory drive any car from the drive through the garage and out into the garden . Well that was the theory when I asked the architect. He said yeah no reason why you can't have a roller garage door on the back, 8ft should be enough. During the build process I thought it's gonna be dark in here, why don't I have some bifold doors on here instead, looks a lot nicer and you can see the cars when they are in there under the spot lights. Little did I know was the space the folded doors take!!! They take approx 2 ft off the 8ft making it near impossible to get anything through the gap now. I've half tried the wife's 120 but it is very tight. So anything with flared arches is not gonna go. Shame really cos I did think about building a big wooden shed around the back to double up as another garage, I'll just have to settle for a jcw or a 70's 911 . I'm such a dreamer.

[Stumpy]

used a 2 pack epoxy from regal paints. etched the concrete floor, primer coat , top coat. its too nice to put a car in now plus i havent got a csl yet, so i just go in there and roll around on the floor for a bit :smt043:smt043

Where you've taken the photo from, you've got a sliding door? Where's that lead to? Sorry to be nosey, just looks an odd design/layout...

:beer:

[glendog74]

Clearly this has to come out Rob.

Nice job mate. :smokin:

Lol! :hahaha:

used a 2 pack epoxy from regal paints. etched the concrete floor, primer coat , top coat. its too nice to put a car in now plus i havent got a csl yet, so i just go in there and roll around on the floor for a bit :smt043:smt043

Great, I have garage envy now...! :bigcry:

[Mike R]

Hindsight and all that :bigcry:

[mentalnerve]

An Orange 997RS would look great sat in your garage

Matching floor scheme!!

I am officially ashamed of my garage.

thats the plan

i had the opportunity to get one for £93k summer 2014. this one thats sitting at porsche centre solihull is £165k. ( has been reduced from £179k- so a total bargain then)

[cslsuperfan]

An Orange 997RS would look great sat in your garage

Matching floor scheme!!

I am officially ashamed of my garage.

[Mike R]

That's lovely .

[mentalnerve]

used a 2 pack epoxy from regal paints. etched the concrete floor, primer coat , top coat. its too nice to put a car in now plus i havent got a csl yet, so i just go in there and roll around on the floor for a bit :smt043:smt043

[AlexGTT]

Clearly this has to come out Rob.

Nice job mate. :smokin:

[glendog74]

Says Mr Simple Minds in their 60s

:hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:

So, Architect been in touch and the new Toughspeed HQ is currently in the planning :-D :-D :-D

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