rsguy

looking to buy a garage to store my car in and maybe work inside to do a few repairs over the winter.

just wondering if anyone has or has had one of these garages

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7137536.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=cgid:18091942045|tsid :59156|cid:189934285|lid:96719556685|nw:g|crid:776 27770045|rnd:13219216168942817164|dvc:c|adp:1o6|bk u:1&gclid=Cj0KEQiAsNyxBRDBuKrMhsbt3vwBEiQAdRgPsoyj WVj4qZIGQIUQPmqRZGhDT2pZ0Bu74zy7g8YyLPkaAhpW8P8HAQ

juat wondering if they are any good.

2wdsaph ben

Without clicking link is it one of the metal ones? If so you need to consider the size of the garage as most hardly fit a car in and have to be careful about condensation.
Mi built my own garage out of 4x2, 18mm shuttering ply and feather edge boards.

These look good
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/p...&TC=SRC-garage

2wdsaph ben

rsguy

wow looks nice. you done a great job there.

the machine mart one looks ok however its not very secure as it only takes someone with a knife or stanley blade and they are in. really need somethink secure.

my car size is 14ft8 long and 5ft10 wide

i think a 12 foot wide garage would be enough with plenty of space either side.

the link i posted is a murryhill 16x12ft metal garage. read reviews some good some bad apprently they are hard to errect ( lots of parts and nuts etc ) and also its only thin metal.

seems either a wood or concrete garage are they best however alot more expensive than a metal garage.

not seen a wooden 16 x 12 in my budget around £1400.

2wdsaph ben

Could probably use reclaimed 4x2 and ply and make it in that budget. My ply and timer was from site hording. Only downside is horrible pink inside lol

gcfcos

Nice garage that. Would it be expensive to build one out of breeze blocks?

2wdsaph ben

If you can lay them yourself would be quite cheap way of making one. I'm a joiner so wood was easiest option for me

davidfordrs

I bought my metal garage from argos about 6 years sago and although it's still up I would not recommend one to anybody, it was a nightmare to put up, metal is very thin and me and a few mates had quite a few deep cuts while building it, during very cold icy winters there's always icicles hanging from the roof etc, this is going to be it's last year then il be building a bigger wooden one, mine is 20x12 and is more than big enough to do all sorts of work on the car so can't complain about hat but as I said I would not recommend buying one if it's the same as mine.

gcfcos

Bet it's nice and warm in there too with some heating on.

muz

I'm building one over Xmas out of pallets to go in my workshop. Like a garage in a garage.
Build a strong frame out of pallets and then board the sides.

I've collected 30 pallets so far and it's cost me a pint.

Search online for pallet garage and some of the stuff you can do is amazing.

2wdsaph ben

Haven't put heating on down there but it is nice and dry.

To make it cheaper you can miss out the ply and put feather edge straight onto the 4x2 but won't be as secure and double skinned