Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

[eltax91]

DoubleD said:

Would 1 big door not be better than 2 small ones?

Yes. However, the house was designed and approved for planning by someone else prior to me offering on the land. I don't have the time nor inclination to go back through the planning process. Plus, 'er indoors prefers the "kerb appeal" this way.

Lift will be restricted to LH side anyway, my wife will actually use what garages are designed for and park her daily in the RH side.

[soupdragon1]

My current garage is 'pending'. This is my previous garage



Before the refurb...



Upstairs





Then converted to a golf simulator on the ground floor



Immovable obstruction = free drop without penalty?



The rough grass around the back was for chipping and the smooth material for putting practice.

Putter collection

[Doofus]

soupdragon1 said:

"garage"

Hmmm...

[RichB]

soupdragon1 said:

... This is my previous garage... <clip> ...converted to a golf simulator

I don't think you've got the hang of this forum have you

[Bryans69]

RichB said:

I don't think you've got the hang of this forum have you

[soupdragon1]

Yeah, it hasn't passed me by that this is a car forum and I should really hand in my man card for converting the cars space into something else

....but it's still kind of cool, right?

[Zarco]

Muncher said:

It's like someone used the wrong side of the scale rule!

[DoubleD]

soupdragon1 said:

Yeah, it hasn't passed me by that this is a car forum and I should really hand in my man card for converting the cars space into something else

....but it's still kind of cool, right?

Golf can never be cool ha ha

[Venturist]

Reeso said:

There are some lovely garages on here. Even the ones that haven't even been started yet as you can see the potential.

Mine was finally finished off last week while the car was away for its service. Left hand side fitted, whole place cleaned, walls re-painted, bike rack on wall and the floor steam cleaned.

I'm rather please to say the least.

Cheers all

Very nice, are those real slate tiles or clever plastic/rubber ones?

[Muncher]

layercake said:

Lovely space id like to know about those lights also and what color are those tiles? Also did you use colored grout or just filled with the grey adhesive?

Cheers

They are just 48W LED panels from eBay, there are lots of sellers, about £25 each, the tricky thing is mounting them on a flat ceiling, I used white L shaped screw in picture rail hooks to suspend them.

They are Vitra Dotti tiles from Direct Tile Warehouse, they are a slightly speckled light grey, using a grey grout.

[Muncher]

Zarco said:

Muncher said:

It's like someone used the wrong side of the scale rule!

Yeah it’s a happy side effect of having a very tall door that maintains regular proportions which goes some way to hiding the size of the building.

[Tickle]

Muncher said:

My car is now back in mine for scale.

That looks a great space, the lighting looks good for working in too.

[rodericb]

Zarco said:

Muncher said:

It's like someone used the wrong side of the scale rule!

Reverse Spinal Tap


Stonehennnnggggeee.....!!

[Reeso]

Venturist said:

Reeso said:

There are some lovely garages on here. Even the ones that haven't even been started yet as you can see the potential.

Mine was finally finished off last week while the car was away for its service. Left hand side fitted, whole place cleaned, walls re-painted, bike rack on wall and the floor steam cleaned.

I'm rather please to say the least.

Cheers all

Very nice, are those real slate tiles or clever plastic/rubber ones?

They are/were the cheapest tiles that Tops Tiles did. Ceramic I think from memory.

[Mustang Baz]

Just posted this discussion eliciting expert input on a triple garage build project - help/insight really appreciated

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Thanks in advance, Craig

[Max M4X WW]

Benjy911 said:

Still a bit more to do to tidy it up, waiting for next doors roof to stop leaking through before I board the beams up but I'm pleased with it.

After

Does anyone have any ideas of what to do with a ceiling similar to this? I am planning on spraying or painting the walls white as per the OP but not sure weather to leave the wooden beams and 'strawboard' roof/ceiling of mine or paint the lot. Don't really want to install a ceiling, but was thinking of OSB if I did!

[Krikkit]

Assuming it's a flat, not pitched roof (great for storage) I'd probably put a few of those LED panels in the giant detailing garage above and call it a day.

ETA: I hope he doesn't mind, but CDR's garage from the thread linked above:

CDR said:

Attached are pictures of my triple garage built in 2013 / 2014. It has habitable accommodation upstairs which includes a lounge / bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. Like you it was being constructed next to a period house and was also being constructed on green belt land. The previous double garage was demolished. I took pre planning advice prior to submitting the planning application. The council planners were very restrictive on the ridge height, which was frustrating because it reduced the usable space upstairs. They also insisted that the brickwork matched the existing house which therefore required imperial hand made Bovingdon bricks laid in English Bond. The bricklayer we used was semi retired and he had never laid bricks in this style before. The architect recommended that the garage was insulated to ensure that the habitable space upstairs didn't suffer cold soak from the garage. Therefore the garage slab has 85mm of flooring insulation, the walls have Earthwool Dritherm insulation and the garage doors are Hormann 40mm insulated doors. It is effectively insulated to the same standard as a new house and there are no problems with condensation.

I engaged all of the individual trades to construct the garage because quotes from builders for a turnkey project were way beyond what I considered reasonable.

CDR

Epic.

Edited by Krikkit on Wednesday 23 May 14:23

[uk66fastback]

Max M4X WW said:

Does anyone have any ideas of what to do with a ceiling similar to this? I am planning on spraying or painting the walls white as per the OP but not sure weather to leave the wooden beams and 'strawboard' roof/ceiling of mine or paint the lot. Don't really want to install a ceiling, but was thinking of OSB if I did!

OSB would be good, I went over the top and plasterboarded and then artexed mine ... OSB would have been fine, painted white.

Also, it's somehere to attach the LED lights you WILL want to upgrade too ...

[DoubleD]

Max M4X WW said:

Does anyone have any ideas of what to do with a ceiling similar to this? I am planning on spraying or painting the walls white as per the OP but not sure weather to leave the wooden beams and 'strawboard' roof/ceiling of mine or paint the lot. Don't really want to install a ceiling, but was thinking of OSB if I did!

I painted mine. It makes a huge difference to light levels and cuts the dust down.

[S11Steve]

Still a work in progress, but the car is in finally!