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My garage is well and truly past it's best and needs to be replaced.
I've been looking at precast sectional concrete garages and timber garages but obviously each company recommends their garages over the other.
The garage isn't used for keeping a car in, it's got my bikes, tools and other associated gubbins and it's used for my turbo trainer during winter.
Either one will be on a concrete base so I can carry on using a ground anchor to chain the bikes to.
Which is best any why, 44mm timber garage or precast concrete?
Always found wood kept the damp in.
Buy a shipping container.You can get them with windows in .Cover it in Trellis and grow stuff over it to tart it up?
I went for wood as I think it looks nicer.
Could you not have one built? Presuming your using an existing slab, you buy the blocks, get a brickie to lay them to your design (doors windows etc), sparky to add power, chippie/roofer to close it @ a Hormann electric door at front? Its what i did.
Will timber affect "being built from conbustible materials if within 1 meter of the curtilage of the property" ❓
Buy a shipping container
Shipping containers won't work. The garage will be too far away from the road to lift it into place.
Could you not have one built?
I was wanting to do this but the prices I've had are more than double the price of a precast or wooden one.
Will timber affect "being built from conbustible materials if within 1 meter of the curtilage of the property"
Now that's something I never thought of.
I'll have to go and look into that now to see if I could even use a timber one.
The garage will be too far away from the road to lift it into place.
How are the precast concrete sections lifted into place? Are they small and lightweight enough to get in without a crane?
Yes, they are small enough to be taken in by hand or on a trolley.
you'll end up with something more than twice as good too. If money is a big factor then I'd lean towards wooden but you do need to check building regs for out buildings.I was wanting to do this but the prices I've had are more than double the price of a precast or wooden one.
I would go precast. Timber looks nicer but concrete can be more secure and will last forever with little to no maintenance. Timber will need regular maintenance even if you buy treated. Concrete ones can be made to look nice too.
[i]I was wanting to do this but the prices I've had are more than double the price of a precast or wooden one.[/i]
But it'll be twice as good 🙂
Whatever you build, remember that anything above is free space 🙂
My last garage was brick with a tall roof, 10ft from floor to roof beams and then over 6ft in the attic.
If there was some way of stretching the budget, I'd get something built. You'd end up with exactly what you want, can sort external security and windows as required, extra storage in the roof space. Maybe roof lights to avoid the need for windows in the side, though not sure which would be most secure.