This looks good to me...

[trap125]

Well... I am biased as it is mine Sorry for the gratuitous post but I was rather excited to get my car(s) back after building a new garage. I haven't seen them for 6 months (the floors not finished before anybody mentions it

I forgot how good the GT3 looks and seems just the perfect size How anybody could not like one of these is beyond me... and then if you drive it Just an amazing machine. Apologies for making a post that has said all these thing so many times before...

[Orangecurry]

The floor's not finished.

You have the best taste in cars.

If the interior of the GR is black?

ps the strip lights are a mistake; you'll see any imperfections in the paint, and be getting the DAS out every other day.... though that may just be me

[smudger911]

Nice job.
Great to see a 993 lurking in the background too, enjoy.

[trap125]

Orangecurry said:

The floor's not finished.

You have the best taste in cars.

If the interior of the GR is black?

ps the strip lights are a mistake; you'll see any imperfections in the paint, and be getting the DAS out every other day.... though that may just be me

Apologies. The floor's not finished.

Many thanks

Yes the 993 has black interior. Hard back seats, RS steering wheel, suspension all revised, RS engine mounts, motor sound pack, HID's and a tickle by Wayne amongst other things

The GT3 is a factory Clubsport. Its fairly standard. Its got a few suspension mods, RSS engine mounts, 997.2 shifter, motorsport diff, Cup 2's, PFC front discs and pads all round.

I know what you mean about the lights! They will make me stay on top of keeping the cars looking good . However, I was pleasantly surprised by the condition on the GT3's paint. I had the front of the car clear wrapped shortly after I bought it. I have to say that I wouldn't hesitate in doing it again. It is a great product.

[trap125]

smudger911 said:

Nice job.
Great to see a 993 lurking in the background too, enjoy.

Thank you

[smudger911]

on the subject of the lights... they don't look like conventional strip lights. Are they LEDs?

[trap125]

smudger911 said:

on the subject of the lights... they don't look like conventional strip lights. Are they LEDs?

Yes, they are LED

[c4sman]

Cars and garage look amazing. I’m contemplating a ground up garage build myself sometime soon. If you don’t mind telling, what are your top tips and specifically what are your plans for the floor?

What dimensions did you go for and why?

[julian987R]

trap125 said:

Thank you

You need this for the garage
https://www.motor1.com/news/435839/porsche-dealers...

Sale/enquiry page https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/11901953...

[trap125]

c4sman said:

Cars and garage look amazing. I’m contemplating a ground up garage build myself sometime soon. If you don’t mind telling, what are your top tips and specifically what are your plans for the floor?

What dimensions did you go for and why?

The garage was a bit of a tricky build as its joined to the house. I went for the biggest garage I could fit in the space I had. The car side wall doesn't run parallel to the house due to boundary constraints and the ceiling heights / gradients were dictated by the house's existing window lintels.

The garage measures approx 10m long to enable me to get both cars in front to back. It's 5m wide at the entrance and narrows to approx 4.5 at the rear. I made the garage door 3.5m wide so that there was plenty room to get things in and out of the garage without any risk of hitting the cars but also leaving a handy corner for (more) storage.

Make sure that the concrete slab is perfectly level at your garage door area, otherwise there will be issues getting the door to seal at the bottom. Put in more lights than you might ordinarily. It makes for a far better working / cleaning environment. The garage is double skinned and insulated. Definitely worth doing.

Have a good think about how many sockets you will need and where to place them. I also put in exterior sockets front and rear and an outside tap front and rear.

Im considering putting garage floor tiles down. If I do I will probably go with Plasfloor, as from all the samples I got these seem to seal / fit better than any of the others when joining together. Then there are less worries about liquids getting underneath them if there is a spillage of sorts. They do seem to be the thinnest of what is out there but I don't really see a disadvantage in that. I would probably also put down an underlay before laying the tiles.

However, I may be able to get my hands on some industrial carpet tiles for free... so if that comes off I might go down that route as it won't cost me a bean. I can then see how they go and replace them with the Plasfloor tiles if and when I see fit.

I'm not going to paint the floor as I want something a little more comfortable and longer lasting. I also looked into resins but a few horror stories gave me the fear. Its also pretty expensive.

Thanks for the compliment about the cars and garage

[trap125]

julian987R said:

You need this for the garage
https://www.motor1.com/news/435839/porsche-dealers...

Sale/enquiry page https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/11901953...

$12,300!!!

[julian987R]

trap125 said:

$12,300!!!

Perhaps this then
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1253702

[trap125]

julian987R said:

Perhaps this then
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1253702

Thank you for another wonderful suggestion

As much as I know that it would look good... 6K!!! Wow!!! That's seems like absolute madness to me!

[trap125]

julian987R said:

Perhaps this then
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1253702

I forgot to say... Did you see that it's 88.5 cm x 63.5 cm in size? With it being that huge maybe it is a bargain?

[c4sman]

trap125 said:

The garage was a bit of a tricky build as its joined to the house. I went for the biggest garage I could fit in the space I had. The car side wall doesn't run parallel to the house due to boundary constraints and the ceiling heights / gradients were dictated by the house's existing window lintels.

The garage measures approx 10m long to enable me to get both cars in front to back. It's 5m wide at the entrance and narrows to approx 4.5 at the rear. I made the garage door 3.5m wide so that there was plenty room to get things in and out of the garage without any risk of hitting the cars but also leaving a handy corner for (more) storage.

Make sure that the concrete slab is perfectly level at your garage door area, otherwise there will be issues getting the door to seal at the bottom. Put in more lights than you might ordinarily. It makes for a far better working / cleaning environment. The garage is double skinned and insulated. Definitely worth doing.

Have a good think about how many sockets you will need and where to place them. I also put in exterior sockets front and rear and an outside tap front and rear.

Im considering putting garage floor tiles down. If I do I will probably go with Plasfloor, as from all the samples I got these seem to seal / fit better than any of the others when joining together. Then there are less worries about liquids getting underneath them if there is a spillage of sorts. They do seem to be the thinnest of what is out there but I don't really see a disadvantage in that. I would probably also put down an underlay before laying the tiles.

However, I may be able to get my hands on some industrial carpet tiles for free... so if that comes off I might go down that route as it won't cost me a bean. I can then see how they go and replace them with the Plasfloor tiles if and when I see fit.

I'm not going to paint the floor as I want something a little more comfortable and longer lasting. I also looked into resins but a few horror stories gave me the fear. Its also pretty expensive.

Thanks for the compliment about the cars and garage

Thanks for these details and some top tips there.

I’m in a very similar situation as it would be added to the side of the house. I have 9m to the boundary to play with so I think 7m allowable from a planning perspective not to get too close to the boundary. Depth wise I would have 6-8m to play with.

I have an existing 6x6, flat roofed, single skinned, double door garage at the moment on the other side but want more room and a double skinned insulated nicer space for an additional toy to live in addition. Somewhere I can have a cuppa and stare . Do you have access into the house as it’s attached? I am hoping to convert an existing window on the side of the house into a doorway as access from the garage to the house. I think I will have similar challenges on roof profile and height.

I have not had any quotes or architect drawings done but am imagining a end to end cost of circa £25-30k. Is this realistic based on your experience (I’m in the south where builders seem super expensive!)?

[trap125]

c4sman said:

Thanks for these details and some top tips there.

I’m in a very similar situation as it would be added to the side of the house. I have 9m to the boundary to play with so I think 7m allowable from a planning perspective not to get too close to the boundary. Depth wise I would have 6-8m to play with.

I have an existing 6x6, flat roofed, single skinned, double door garage at the moment on the other side but want more room and a double skinned insulated nicer space for an additional toy to live in addition. Somewhere I can have a cuppa and stare . Do you have access into the house as it’s attached? I am hoping to convert an existing window on the side of the house into a doorway as access from the garage to the house. I think I will have similar challenges on roof profile and height.

I have not had any quotes or architect drawings done but am imagining a end to end cost of circa £25-30k. Is this realistic based on your experience (I’m in the south where builders seem super expensive!)?

I toyed with the idea of putting access in to the garage directly from the house but it just didn't work. We have a side door from the kitchen that gives us access to the back door of the garage so its pretty handy.

I would use as much space for the garage as you possibly can. Cars will eat into the space massively and limit how and where you can store other things.

Yes, I would say 25-30k is a realistic budget.

[MDL111]

Awesome - That looks great
I really want a big garage - very jealous

[trap125]

MDL111 said:

Awesome - That looks great
I really want a big garage - very jealous

Thank you

Always wanted one too... its as good as I had imagined!