Attached garage, without secondary access?

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Part of my extension is putting a garage attached to the eaves end of the house (roughly 4m x 9.5m) but I'm not sure whether to bother with a seperate access door from inside the property, it wouldn't really 'fit in' anywhere to be honest. I know Hormann can provide a manual over ride on their doors so I'm not worried about power cuts or not being able to gain access etc. I'm just wondering who else doesn't have secondary access and does it bother you?

I can always add it later but as mentioned there's not really anywhere it fits ideally.

You can get an idea of the layout here, the only difference is I'm ditching the playroom now and making the garage full length. Garage will have drainage and hot/cold water so not much I need to go into the house for.

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Snake the Sniper said:

When you mention the manual override, do you need to be inside the garage to operate it? My roller door can only be manually opened from inside, and would need forcing open from the outside. For that reason alone, I'd put a door from the garden in. As said, chances are you'll need to pop in there from time to time to grab something or other.

Nah it's just an additional lock barrel that you can operate from the outside. There's a path round the other side of the house for taking anything round to the back garden.

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CoolHands said:

haven't looked at your plans but one disadvantage of door into house is the cold. You can't insulate door easily and also can get draughts around door etc the garage in winter is pretty darn cold. Just a thought.

This is a great point, if I go with a single door I'd be fitting an insulated Hormann entrance door (already have one on the house).

I think I've pretty much decided to leave the door out just now (but have lintels sized) and will decide later whether to go single or double opening depending on what I do with the space.