Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

[Doofus]

RichB said:

nteresting dichotomy! I'm just going to epoxy mine in grey

Trichotomy, surely?

[suffolk009]

VladD said:

suffolk009 said:

Mate of mine who is a tiler says you always place a whole tile in the centre (doorway, fireplace etc). If you don't having a grout line in the centre visually divides the room/whatever into two. Once you notice this, it's all you can see.

So if you have three garages, do you tile down the centre of each one, or just the middle one?

Obviously you've analysed the size of tile and grout you'll be using and will have the bricklayer set out the building accordingly. Gotta think like Ron Dennis on this one and have it built so there are no cut tiles, at all, anywhere.

[RichB]

Doofus said:

RichB said:

nteresting dichotomy! I'm just going to epoxy mine in grey

Trichotomy, surely?

Indeed ;-)

[VladD]

suffolk009 said:

VladD said:

suffolk009 said:

Mate of mine who is a tiler says you always place a whole tile in the centre (doorway, fireplace etc). If you don't having a grout line in the centre visually divides the room/whatever into two. Once you notice this, it's all you can see.

So if you have three garages, do you tile down the centre of each one, or just the middle one?

Obviously you've analysed the size of tile and grout you'll be using and will have the bricklayer set out the building accordingly. Gotta think like Ron Dennis on this one and have it built so there are no cut tiles, at all, anywhere.

[Pork]

SDB660 said:

"Where do you keep all the microfibres, polishes, waxes, oils, tools etc?"

A key goal was to have a garage for a car and to remove all the other stuff that had seemed to accumulate within it over the years. Being a single garage, space was restricted.

Garden stuff inc bikes. Now in a shed.
Misc stuff in new garage loft or thrown out.
Mechanic type stuff. Am rubbish at mechanics so downsized tool kit to essentials. Alongside garage a storage area is being created for them and....
.....Car cleaning stuff.

Also had water and electric fitted to front/side of garage so plugs inside not required for car cleaning.

Know the above will not work for many people, but it works for me.

I think you've done a sterling job, well done .

[eltax91]

suffolk009 said:

VladD said:

suffolk009 said:

Mate of mine who is a tiler says you always place a whole tile in the centre (doorway, fireplace etc). If you don't having a grout line in the centre visually divides the room/whatever into two. Once you notice this, it's all you can see.

So if you have three garages, do you tile down the centre of each one, or just the middle one?

Obviously you've analysed the size of tile and grout you'll be using and will have the bricklayer set out the building accordingly. Gotta think like Ron Dennis on this one and have it built so there are no cut tiles, at all, anywhere.

You quip about Ron but you are dead on. My FiL installed some machines at McLaren in a new extension to the factory. He and his team did 3, lined them all up so they were in the middle of the width available, same gap either side and between machines, all picture perfect. Several hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of accumulated invoices.

Then the boys came in to finish the factory and tiled it. Ron had my FiL's company back in for £20k worth of extra work to move one of the machines because the edge was 25mm inset from the nearest grout line of the new tiled floor.

[DoubleD]

Maybe Mclaren should be addressing other issues ha ha

[TTmonkey]

MDMA . said:

Have to ask, but why did you not do 9 full tiles wide instead of the 8 and 2 cuts? Or same width cuts on each side? That would really annoy me, but nice build anyway.

You never start tiling against a border edge. Ever.

[suffolk009]

eltax91 said:

suffolk009 said:

VladD said:

suffolk009 said:

Mate of mine who is a tiler says you always place a whole tile in the centre (doorway, fireplace etc). If you don't having a grout line in the centre visually divides the room/whatever into two. Once you notice this, it's all you can see.

So if you have three garages, do you tile down the centre of each one, or just the middle one?

Obviously you've analysed the size of tile and grout you'll be using and will have the bricklayer set out the building accordingly. Gotta think like Ron Dennis on this one and have it built so there are no cut tiles, at all, anywhere.

You quip about Ron but you are dead on. My FiL installed some machines at McLaren in a new extension to the factory. He and his team did 3, lined them all up so they were in the middle of the width available, same gap either side and between machines, all picture perfect. Several hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of accumulated invoices.

Then the boys came in to finish the factory and tiled it. Ron had my FiL's company back in for £20k worth of extra work to move one of the machines because the edge was 25mm inset from the nearest grout line of the new tiled floor.

From what I've heard, that doesn't surprise me.

[MrChips]

Finally got the bulk of mine done this weekend, just the sink to plumb in now and we're done. Can't believe this is my garage when I open the door now!



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[TheLordJohn]

One can only assume you do a bit of detailing on the side with that collection...!?

[TheRainMaker]

Wow, that's a lot of cleaning products.

[edo]

Finally re-oiled the oak!

[So]

edo said:

Finally re-oiled the oak!

You're selling your garage?

[edo]

So said:

edo said:

Finally re-oiled the oak!

You're selling your garage?

Yes. Comes with a free house

[S11Steve]

The ground has been broken in preparation for my new garage.

[So]

edo said:

So said:

edo said:

Finally re-oiled the oak!

You're selling your garage?

Yes. Comes with a free house

Clearly a stamp duty scam land tax scam, I'm reporting you to HMRC.

[edo]

So said:

edo said:

So said:

edo said:

Finally re-oiled the oak!

You're selling your garage?

Yes. Comes with a free house

Clearly a stamp duty scam land tax scam, I'm reporting you to HMRC.

[Jonny TVR]

Mine now has carpet .. terrible pic

[acme]

edo said:

Finally re-oiled the oak!

I'm in the process of building something similar, and like you I want sectional folding doors, which seems unusual on a wooden building.

Have you any advice/suggestions re these etc, ideally I don't want electric ones, though unsure if they have to be on these - I'm choosing them for their insulation capabilities.

Thanks in advance.