garage

Hi Folks, during winter our bathroom can be quite cold and doesn't really hold much heat. I have the bathroom window sealed up and loft insulation in place. Recently I have noticed a draught coming out of a gap between the tiles and our bath. The bathroom is above our garage. I went down to the...

Hi all. We have just moved into a new house, which has an old fused type consumer unit installed in the garage, which supplies the rest of the house. I would like to upgrade the unit to a modern split load type, but is it acceptable to install one in the garage? Or being in the garage, would...

Does anyone have experience with garage door closers? I just installed one and it seems to be working ok so far, but was wondering if others have one installed and what experience you have with these things. Here's the one I installed:

Hi all, Quick question, I have searched through many threads and topics on here but can't find the answer. I have a large garage at the bottom of my garden which has its own consumer unit. The garage has about 12 double sockets and a lighting circuit. What I need to do is to run power to my...

Hi all, Quick question, I have searched through many threads and topics on here but can't find the answer. I have a large garage at the bottom of my garden which has its own consumer unit. The garage has about 12 double sockets and a lighting circuit. What I need to do is to run power to my...

Hi all, A friend of mine is intending to replace some electrics in his garage but when he looked at the cable which comes up to the old fusebox it appears to be some sort of armoured cable. I took 3 photos of a short section of it and I'm wondering if anyone can shed any light on what it is...

Ooops put this in the wrong forum area.... Me and the missus are in the process of buying a house (well a bungalow that had the roof converted to bedrooms/bathrooms) that is also a bit of a project too. We will have the following work that needs to be done and wondered if anyone had any...

Me and the missus are about to buy a house (well a bungalow that had the roof converted to bedrooms/bathrooms) that is also a bit of a project too. We will have the following work that needs to be done and wondered if anyone had any experience of how much these would likely cost (won't be doing...

Hi. I’ve had a good look through all the posts but can’t find anything that matches my problem. I have a 5m x 2.5m single skin brick detached garage with an apex tiled roof. The garage sits on a concrete block foundation which is at the top of a fairly steep garden and public footpath. One side...

Hi all, So I got a builder to build me an outbuilding. I use it for a gym. It has a power rack in it and my gym plates. It also has my Mrs sofa from her old property. From what I gather I had 14x12ft concrete base and 2.5m height building. It has 2 French doors. Zero ventilation except for...

Hi we have 2 large garages made from wood, they appear as square boxes on our land registry document. We would like to replace them with a new timber frame garage and an office. Are we able to just knock them down and build new timber ones? They will be in the same position but the office will...

Morning All, I am hoping to kill two birds with one stone: I have a concrete sectional garage that needs to come down. I also have a pebble driveway, which we dislike as the pebbles seem to inevetably end up where we don't want them (in the house, on the road in front of the house,...) The...

Hi guys, I'm taking down a concrete garage down its around 16 x 22 foot but I will be shortening it to 14 x 10 foot I'm ripping up the block paving and putting a 2 inch base of concrete down 6 inch bigger all the way round for it to sit on I'll re wacker the base and level it if required as it's...

Hi All, Firstly thanks for taking the time out to read my thread. I'm currently building a workshop in my garden, nothing fancy but it will do the do for me. it will take up no more than 11% of the garden and is made from brick and block (cavity) and will have a hip style roof. It's in from...

Hi all, this is my first post, so I hope this is the right place... We live in a detached 3 bed with a garage alonside but set about 6ft back from the house (the back of the garage is level with the back of the house) I was thinking of extending the garage forward and bring it slightly past the...

Hi All Just registered so I could post this, any help most appreciated. There seems to be several schools of thought on here and other sites, so I thought I would raise my own specific thread rather than guessing on how to apply to my project. I've built a single skin block detached garage in...

Can I sell an integral garage (and drive) and retain ownership of the adjoining bungalow? There is no internal door joining house to garage Joining compartmentalise wall (including loft) meets building regs with 30mi s fire resistance There are no shared utilities (garage has none) Garage has...

Considering converting a room into a garage and looking for guidance. The room was originally a garage but was converted approx. 15 years ago. The physical size of the "building/room" does not change only its purpose (reverting back to former use!) The intention is to create a double garage...

Hello diynot members, This is my first post, although I have been reading a whole bunch of things from this site over the years, but now I require some assistance/ideas. I am in the planning stage of redoing my front garden, paving, water mains, garden wall etc and am now planning to build a...

Hi all, I have a garage in the middle of a block of 3, and therefore have no means of getting mains power to the garage. I have a home gym setup which I use approximately 1-2 hours a day. And use a single 12v 50w bulb (supplied with the solarmate kit as detailed in the link below). This single...