Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?
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My rather modest Garage but feels special to me!
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Str6mik said:
My rather modest Garage but feels special to me!
DSC_0185 by mikeharper2, on Flickr
DSC_0187 by mikeharper2, on Flickr
DSC_0191 by mikeharper2, on Flickr
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Ah, FK8 in CW, how you getting on with it?DSC_0185 by mikeharper2, on Flickr
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Nice garage too
acme said:
Ah, FK8 in CW, how you getting on with it?
Nice garage too
Absolutely love it. It's much better than the sum of its parts, and is faster than any front wheel drive four banger has any right to be. Genuinely over UK b roads I think it's as quick as my Exige / GTR. The liberties you can take in it are unbelievable. I wish it had a touch more character though - even if it was mapped to pop and bang etc, or sounded a bit better. Nice garage too
Str6mik said:
Absolutely love it. It's much better than the sum of its parts, and is faster than any front wheel drive four banger has any right to be. Genuinely over UK b roads I think it's as quick as my Exige / GTR. The liberties you can take in it are unbelievable. I wish it had a touch more character though - even if it was mapped to pop and bang etc, or sounded a bit better.
Many thanks for the reply. A very interesting response & appreciate your candidness. Having driven a friends Focus RS, which is full of ‘character ‘, it does worry me that it might be lacking. Though vastly different the one common theme across my fleet is character. I’ve not heard of a recommended exhaust mod?
Sorry for thread diversion.
A personal bucket list moment with the completion of our triple-garage project - never had one before so it was worth waiting, specc'ing and building it correctly. 5 month build, albeit over winter with all the usual delays.
Overall, I am delighted with the outcome. Key learnings were that lots of time up-front planning (even down to the small details) is worth its weight, high quality surveyors/engineers and builders - a well as tight weekly management of the process (and details) – are essential; but also that small, not necessarily large-cost "quality" touches can make a major difference at the end of the day in the overall look, feel and use. We don’t regret any of the decisions we made, which were made with one eye on the functional use of the garage, but arguably an even bigger eye on how the garage “sat” vs the rest of the house/home.
Key specification points were;
- Very restrictive foundation options given near-by tree roots; raft/pile used
- Brick build in flemish bond, heritage brick with slate roof (to match house/accord to planning and quality feel)
- One double door of 4.9-5m width; one single door of 2.8-2.9m width
- Internal width of garage no less than 5.9m to allow c40-50mm either end of a 5m max car
- Bi-fold Accoya doors (which took a long time to source in a cost-effective, quality way)
- Porcelain ceramic tiles (used Dotti R9's, a good adhesive and electric underfloor heating mat)
- Oak feature joists from local timber
- Electrics/lighting sourced from domestic lighting providers vs "outdoor" retailers - a minefield of temptation and possible expense!
Clearly some of the above are much more about aesthetics/"value" than pure use as a garage
Overall, I am delighted with the outcome. Key learnings were that lots of time up-front planning (even down to the small details) is worth its weight, high quality surveyors/engineers and builders - a well as tight weekly management of the process (and details) – are essential; but also that small, not necessarily large-cost "quality" touches can make a major difference at the end of the day in the overall look, feel and use. We don’t regret any of the decisions we made, which were made with one eye on the functional use of the garage, but arguably an even bigger eye on how the garage “sat” vs the rest of the house/home.
Key specification points were;
- Very restrictive foundation options given near-by tree roots; raft/pile used
- Brick build in flemish bond, heritage brick with slate roof (to match house/accord to planning and quality feel)
- One double door of 4.9-5m width; one single door of 2.8-2.9m width
- Internal width of garage no less than 5.9m to allow c40-50mm either end of a 5m max car
- Bi-fold Accoya doors (which took a long time to source in a cost-effective, quality way)
- Porcelain ceramic tiles (used Dotti R9's, a good adhesive and electric underfloor heating mat)
- Oak feature joists from local timber
- Electrics/lighting sourced from domestic lighting providers vs "outdoor" retailers - a minefield of temptation and possible expense!
Clearly some of the above are much more about aesthetics/"value" than pure use as a garage
Edited by Mustang Baz on Tuesday 16th April 15:18
Edited by Mustang Baz on Tuesday 16th April 15:18
bertie said:
That’s a lovely looking thing, are the doors electric or manual?
Thank you sir/all for the nice comments. The doors are manual Bertie.I think you have just replaced yours to be automated, but I was not aware an automated bi-fold was an option, and to be fair, it doesn't concern me at all being human-powered . They are very easy to operate overall. I looked at a lot of door options but for the specific "feel" I wanted, a really good quality bi-fold with double glazed glass/wood door ticked the boxes miles better than anything else.
Mustang Baz said:
Thank you sir/all for the nice comments. The doors are manual Bertie.I think you have just replaced yours to be automated, but I was not aware an automated bi-fold was an option, and to be fair, it doesn't concern me at all being human-powered . They are very easy to operate overall.
I looked at a lot of door options but for the specific "feel" I wanted, a really good quality bi-fold with double glazed glass/wood door ticked the boxes miles better than anything else.
They are a better looking option I totally agree.I looked at a lot of door options but for the specific "feel" I wanted, a really good quality bi-fold with double glazed glass/wood door ticked the boxes miles better than anything else.
The automatic sectional are certainly a compromise aesthetically and look nowhere near as nice I agree.
However it’s surprising how much of a pain opening and closing manually becomes IMHO
...or maybe I’m just lazy
Mustang Baz said:
That's a really smart garage MB. I am particularly interested in the ceiling is finished. Is it plasterboard tacked onto the rafters? MOved house a couple of years ago and now I have a triple garage which is great but I am yet to sort out inside. I will likely just paint the floor light grey (from past experience I'm happy enough with a painted finish) but I hate the ceiling, it's so dark and gloomy. As you may be able to see it's just the black roof lining tar paper under the tiles. I don't want to put in a low flat ceiling because I like the impression of height given by the exposed trusses. I know they're not real oak beams like yours but I wondered about boarding onto the rafters and painting it white and perhaps painting the trusses grey to smarten it up.
We're getting there with the garden, builders do the bathrooms so hopefully soon I'll be able to sort out the garage :-)
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