Double garage costs???

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TheDetailDoctor

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8,787 posts

212 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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Anybody had a double garage built? Just wondering what the costs are for a brick built, pitched roof double garage.

hornetrider

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207 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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We recently costed single garages, and iirc it was in excess of 10k. As a result we priced up a single concrete garage (Compton) and it was about 4/5k all in including base.

Davi

17,153 posts

222 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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it's well worth speaking to builders at the moment - labour costs are plummeting as they have to take any work they can!

mrmaggit

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250 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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My other half's parents had a 6 metre by 6 metre double garage with two 8' x 7' up and over doors, with plain clay tile four-hip roof built seven years ago, in very poor ground conditions, final cost was about £15,000; but by using cheaper materials and the current state of the market, you should be able to beat that price.

HTH

mickk

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244 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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mrmaggit said:
My other half's parents had a 6 metre by 6 metre double garage with two 8' x 7' up and over doors, with plain clay tile four-hip roof built seven years ago, in very poor ground conditions, final cost was about £15,000; but by using cheaper materials and the current state of the market, you should be able to beat that price.

HTH
Nice, i hope they had a 4 post lift put in as well.smile

Slagathore

5,824 posts

194 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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Fell free to drop me a PM with some more details.

I work for a Bristol based builder, so may be of some usesmile

Coco H

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239 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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The base for our large triple was around 2k. In the end brick was too expensive. Right now you must find builders prepared to be very competitive with prices

jkennyd

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201 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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I've been quoted on a concrete section which was going to be 4m x 10m and that £4200 built without the base.

mrmaggit

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Tuesday 7th April 2009
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mickk said:
mrmaggit said:
My other half's parents had a 6 metre by 6 metre double garage with two 8' x 7' up and over doors, with plain clay tile four-hip roof built seven years ago, in very poor ground conditions, final cost was about £15,000; but by using cheaper materials and the current state of the market, you should be able to beat that price.

HTH
Nice, i hope they had a 4 post lift put in as well.smile
No, unfortunately. It has spurred a line of imitators, there are now four, the same, within three hundred yards.

TheDetailDoctor

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Tuesday 7th April 2009
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I'm looking at something like a double garage, with a double width single door, then next to it an open fronted covered area (like a garage with no door) about 1 1/2 garages wide, with drainage to a ceptic tank.

Nicholas Blair

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286 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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TheDetailDoctor said:
I'm looking at something like a double garage, with a double width single door, then next to it an open fronted covered area (like a garage with no door) about 1 1/2 garages wide, with drainage to a ceptic tank.
Ball park £25k for a good spec garage inc elec/water services/decor.

TheDetailDoctor

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Wednesday 8th April 2009
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This looks like just the ticket..... http://www.timberbuildingsuk.co.uk/product/double_...

King Herald

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218 months

Wednesday 8th April 2009
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Nicholas Blair said:
TheDetailDoctor said:
I'm looking at something like a double garage, with a double width single door, then next to it an open fronted covered area (like a garage with no door) about 1 1/2 garages wide, with drainage to a ceptic tank.
Ball park £25k for a good spec garage inc elec/water services/decor.
This cost me about £7k altogether, but I built it myself, everything, apart from mixing/supplying the concrete for the base. Real roof tiles, concrete block walls etc. It is not quite finished yet, still needs the gable ends covered with PVC cladding.





The stair hinges up out the way. biggrin

maser_spyder

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184 months

TheDetailDoctor

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Thursday 9th April 2009
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dan101smith

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213 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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mickk said:
mrmaggit said:
My other half's parents had a 6 metre by 6 metre double garage with two 8' x 7' up and over doors, with plain clay tile four-hip roof built seven years ago, in very poor ground conditions, final cost was about £15,000; but by using cheaper materials and the current state of the market, you should be able to beat that price.

HTH
Nice, i hope they had a 4 post lift put in as well.smile
Someone point me at a good value 4 post lift for a double garage, please!

dan101smith

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213 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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Also, if a double garage has two single doors with a brick pillar in between, is it likely to be a major arse-ache to change that to one large door?

JRM

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234 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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dan101smith said:
Also, if a double garage has two single doors with a brick pillar in between, is it likely to be a major arse-ache to change that to one large door?
Only if that pillar is supporting and I would suspect it would be. You need to check if there is a supporting steel running between the 2 side walls above the doors

Davi

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222 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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JRM said:
dan101smith said:
Also, if a double garage has two single doors with a brick pillar in between, is it likely to be a major arse-ache to change that to one large door?
Only if that pillar is supporting and I would suspect it would be. You need to check if there is a supporting steel running between the 2 side walls above the doors
and importantly, if there is a single beam running through already, make sure it's of sufficient size to take the weight without the pillar there supporting it midway!

ss64ii

304 posts

220 months

Sunday 12th April 2009
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Got any drawings you can send over?
I'd say about 10K but would need to see some sort of detail first.