Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

[no effort]

jke11y said:

Could you please tell me the height of your garage to the ridge? Or even the height internally to the peak? I'm building a new garage later in the year with a view to it taking a lift.

Surely the height of the roof has to take into account the lift system you want to install, the vehicles you want to lift, the roof pitch and construction.

[jke11y]

no effort said:

Surely the height of the roof has to take into account the lift system you want to install, the vehicles you want to lift, the roof pitch and construction.

Of course, and now I know from phazed's post that with his lift, roof design and from the cars in his photo that 4.7m to under his ridge is OK. I'd be lifting / stacking much smaller cars so my proposed 4.2m should be OK.

[Parabola]

FalconWood said:

Superb garage & amazing cars. Thanks for sharing.

Just wondered... Do you have another garage 'Round the Back', with less glamorous stuff in?
I know if I was in the position to own the cars you do, I wouldn't be able to resist also stocking up on random less valuable cool old motors!
E30's, Old Range Rovers & G Wagens, Fiat Spiders, NSU Ro80's etc!

Edited by Parabola on Wednesday 25th March 14:09

[phazed]

phazed said:

Steve H said:

I reckoned on needing just under 4m when i was designing mine.

Actually I have 4.70 to under the ridge.

I have spaced braces so cars can go as high as you like with just over 6ft working space under the car.!

Edited by phazed on Monday 23 March 08:14

During construction.

[properphatboy]

Love this thread and snapped some pics while getting the bike out of winter storage yesterday as I thought it was time I added my lowly contribution.













Access is an issue for cars due to where the doors are so its only really used for bikes and working on parts off the car at the minute. Had power, the hanging storage and the metal racking at the back when we moved in, everything else has been done since. not bad for a first garage IMO though.

Edited by properphatboy on Thursday 2nd April 16:55

[100 IAN]

aww999 said:

100 IAN said:

NewAge Pro Series 18 Gauge 10-Piece Cabinet...
£1,899.99

http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/co...

That looks great Ian, and about half the price that I imagined for something like that. Can anyone comment about the quality of this gear?

Now 2x extra units and £650 cheaper! but 24 gauge (0.6mm) rather than 18 gauge (1.2mm) so possibly a bit flimsy (I'm only guessing as i haven't seen them 'in the metal')

http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/co...

[RegMolehusband]

The NewAge Pro Series and the Bold Series are two very different products in terms of strength and capacity.

Here's the Pro Series at good prices. http://www.garagepride.co.uk/product/newage-garage...

[phazed]

100 IAN said:

aww999 said:

100 IAN said:

NewAge Pro Series 18 Gauge 10-Piece Cabinet...
£1,899.99

http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/co...

That looks great Ian, and about half the price that I imagined for something like that. Can anyone comment about the quality of this gear?

Now 2x extra units and £650 cheaper! but 24 gauge (0.6mm) rather than 18 gauge (1.2mm) so possibly a bit flimsy (I'm only guessing as i haven't seen them 'in the metal')

http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/co...

That would never work in mine, too tidy and no chicken

[King Herald]

frodo_monkey said:

Ready for me to trailer the cars over tomorrow :

I saw the Reliant signs, and immediately thought of my old Reliant Regal, then I saw the three wheel dollies and realised you are actually racing them.


ps. Yes, I also saw the fourth one against the wall, in another pic, but I guess that is just a spare, right.

[ChrisG C2S]

RegMolehusband said:

The NewAge Pro Series and the Bold Series are two very different products in terms of strength and capacity.

Here's the Pro Series at good prices. http://www.garagepride.co.uk/product/newage-garage...

Does anyone have experience of the NewAge Bold series?

[S6OOH]

I cannot contain my excitement anymore, it aint a "best garage" but its the best I will ever have and I am so excited. 60 sq meters and once building control have signed off can add the mezannine which gives another 15 sq meters for storage.

Still awaiting the roller shutter that should arrive next week (and waiting for the centre shuttering to dry so I can paint the centre of the floor!)

Need to fit the bike racks and trickle chargers tomo an generally sort out whilst the guttering it fitted but sooooo excited.

Will stick up a few more pics once occupied!

[S6OOH]

[S6OOH]

[Loudy McFatass]

S6OOH said:

I cannot contain my excitement anymore, it aint a "best garage" but its the best I will ever have and I am so excited. 60 sq meters and once building control have signed off can add the mezannine which gives another 15 sq meters for storage.

Still awaiting the roller shutter that should arrive next week (and waiting for the centre shuttering to dry so I can paint the centre of the floor!)

Need to fit the bike racks and trickle chargers tomo an generally sort out whilst the guttering it fitted but sooooo excited.

Will stick up a few more pics once occupied!

Wow.

[aww999]

It's not just a garage, it's a display cabinet for your fleet! Very nice

[Craikeybaby]

I'd say you're underselling your garage there, I think it looks great!

[Carlique]

Has anybody got/used one of these park & slides? Thinking of getting one but not too sure how good they actually are. Any user experiences would be welcome thanks

[S6OOH]

Thank you for your comments guys. A couple of updates after some jobs today, just awaiting the door and building control sign off then we can fill it up and complete the additional jobs:

[S6OOH]

[Timbergiant]

We moved to a new place last year and the garage was a dirty, dingy, mice and spider infested, flat roofed nightmare, I decided it needed changing as a matter of urgency, once the building work got going it was certainly dirtier but its been worth it, EcoLED light panels from E36GUY.
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