5.5m x 5.4m garage. Too small?

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I've just heard from our builders that they will fit the garage doors on Monday.

The work on house and garage started in October. So, it's been a long and thanks to Covid 19, an unduly complicated project. However, come Sunday week both cars will be safely tucked up in their brand new home.

Until Monday, when I'll probably chuck my car into a ditch on its first run out.

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dhutch said:

Electric classic? Tell us more! Why not.

https://youtu.be/OTAf-qv0Qxw

This is a walkaround of our 500, filmed by the company who converted it, Electric Classic Cars. They didn't undertake any restoration work on the car.

I built it for Mrs B's something birthday, five years ago. We put a 126 engine in it, the engine in the ECC film is from another vehicle.

Mrs B test drove a converted classic 500 last year and decided to get it converted. It's been stored at ECC while we had the garage built and the car will be transported to us by a PHer on Friday.

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Garage doors fitted. They've not had their final coat of paint. But, it's almost complete.

Thanks to poster Spurry and others, each doorway is 2m 80cm wide. That's 50cm wider than originally planned and I'm so glad I listened.

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The doors are hardwood.

As for the 500. They are not rare. Over 4 million were built and thousands survive. I had already swapped out the original engine for a 126 unit. So, the car wasn't original.

This was the car when I bought it five years ago. The car's renovation took 18 months to complete. (Yes, we converted it from LHD to RHD.)



So, I contend that rather than ruining the car, we actually rescued it from the scrap heap and gave it a new lease of life.

Oh, and saving the planet has nothing whatsoever to do with it. Mrs B wanted her car electrified so, it was electrified.

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Wozy68 said:

Blame it on the vino .... I’d had far to much. The garage is looking great and fair dos saving the 500

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I call them the 'Spurry doors'

I'd not thought about a method to hold them open. I suppose that's because previously I've had up n over, metal doors.

Could you elaborate on those door stops, please?

The garage builder is here at the moment. I'll have a word with him now.

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AJLintern said:

A simple way to keep them open would be a floor bolt that extended far enough to locate in a piece of tube buried in the drive.

Sadly, as we have a gravelly drive, they're a non-goer.

The garage chap suggested something like these.

https://www.locksonline.com/Corded-Garage-Door-Hol...

Looks like they'll do the job nicely.

Unless someone else has a better solution?

ETA: Reading back, Spurry mentioned exactly those!

You strike again, Spurry.

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Thank you. I may do a thread on the whole build someday. The car's being delivered over the weekend. I hope to get it out Monday/Tuesday.

Sadly, Mrs B had a fall a few weeks ago and damaged her shoulder. So, no driving for her for a couple of months.

A win for me! I can't wait to try the little 500 out!

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First resident arrived this evening.

Settling in well, so far... .

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Well, they fit.

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Congrats!

That's Mrs B's bike leaning against the back wall. I really dont want freestanding bicycles near the cars. However, delivery of our bike shed is way behind schedule. So, needs must.

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To all intents and purposes the garage is complete. The doors get their last coat of paint on Friday.

The cars have their new home.

Thanks to those who followed my trials and tribulations. A special thanks to those who offered excellent advice along the way, on this and a couple of related threads.

We took the electric 500 for a spin this morning on deepest Suffolk country lanes and it surpassed my expectations by far. What a FUN car to drive.

On Wednesday it's the 964's turn. Hopefully, I'll keep it out of the ditch.

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This morning the garage doors received their final coats of paint. They're still drying.

The project is complete. Nothing more to see here.

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Inkyfingers said:

Looks good, though how long before you decide you could have done with a triple

I wanted a triple. Apparently, "We didn't need one".

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Camoradi said:

That looks like it has always been there. I particularly like the dark timber doors

I'm pleased that we went with hardwood doors.

The plan was to have the garage fit in with local outbuildings. Lockdown meant we had to go with artificially aged roof tiles, rather than actual old ones, which would have matched the house.

But, needs must as we needed to weatherproof the garage and so couldnt wait for long enough to source the ideal tiles.

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Difficult to give an accurate figure as the garage build cost was included with quite extensive work on the house.

However, I'd estimate a few quid over £25k, give or take.

Stuff was added (hardwood doors), which increased costs, while other stuff was deleted - (a large window), which reduced them.

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THREAD RESURRECTION TIME!

Insulation question.

I'd like to insulate the garage and I have a couple of questions.



Foil over rafters, insulated plasterboard over rafters or insulation on A frame ceiling?

Thanks.

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