Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

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Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Monday 25th March 2019
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Greg_D said:
i hadn't read that link, just the house one, thanks
Fair enough smile

scoobygaz1

218 posts

144 months

Monday 25th March 2019
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Self made as well started off with a market stall in Exmouth!

epom

11,399 posts

160 months

Monday 25th March 2019
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That's some house....and it has a lake, perfect for the next would be supercar dealer.

Str6mik

192 posts

175 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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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

DSC_0240 by mikeharper2, on Flickr

RATATTAK

10,593 posts

188 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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Mine ... probably not the best but I like it ...



acme

2,971 posts

197 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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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

DSC_0240 by mikeharper2, on Flickr
Ah, FK8 in CW, how you getting on with it?

Nice garage toosmile

DoubleD

22,154 posts

107 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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I love every garage thats posted

catfood12

1,410 posts

141 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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bertie said:
I know I’ve posted befor but I’ve had an update...

Got fed up of the faff of barn doors so had them all changed to insulated and automated sectional doors.

Drive up, hit remote button, drive in... beautiful!

Also had a tidy up today...











Great garage, great GTC4 fella ....coolcoolcoolcool

Str6mik

192 posts

175 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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acme said:
Ah, FK8 in CW, how you getting on with it?

Nice garage toosmile
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.

acme

2,971 posts

197 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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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.

Mustang Baz

1,632 posts

233 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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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 smile











Edited by Mustang Baz on Tuesday 16th April 15:18


Edited by Mustang Baz on Tuesday 16th April 15:18

DoubleD

22,154 posts

107 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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What a wonderful space. Have you got plans as to how you will use it? I can see that you have a bigger door and a smaller one?

cbmotorsport

3,065 posts

117 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Fantastic build that. :-)

Tickle

4,879 posts

203 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Very nice indeed

bertie

8,545 posts

283 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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That’s a lovely looking thing, are the doors electric or manual?

Mustang Baz

1,632 posts

233 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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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 smile. 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.

bertie

8,545 posts

283 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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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 smile. 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.

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

RichB

51,433 posts

283 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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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 :-)




DoubleD

22,154 posts

107 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Painting the wood white would be a good start. You could maybe look at doing some boarding after that.

suffolk009

5,344 posts

164 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Nail some plasterboard or T&G boarding onto the rafters. Then paint it all white.