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07-03-2020, 10:59 AM
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I've never used the garage to put a car in. When I worked from home, the garage in any property we had was fitted out as my workshop.

The garage we have now has a large bench for doing things on, tools, a bike and power wheelchairs. The space is far too valuable to put a car in.
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I agree Mart, same here..
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07-03-2020, 01:10 PM
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Normal size garage door?

OK those "loose" wires at the top are for outside lights
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07-03-2020, 11:14 PM
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Re: Garage Door

Originally Posted by mart ->
I've never used the garage to put a car in. When I worked from home, the garage in any property we had was fitted out as my workshop.

The garage we have now has a large bench for doing things on, tools, a bike and power wheelchairs. The space is far too valuable to put a car in.
Used to be the same with my garage, next to the garage is a double carport where my cars used to reside but these days my garage is now only half workshop and half car park as I do a lot less work in it.

In the workshop half is a large steel bench (about 2 by 1.5m) I used mainly for welding and a smaller wooden bench with a pedestal drill, both benches have vices. Then there are cupboards and shelves for all my tools and equipment.

It is 6m by 6m so plenty of room for both these days though I used to wish I had bought the 8m by 6m version.

I don't have a pic to hand of the whole garage so this will have to do. You can see the workshop section to the left and a glimpse of the double carport to the right.




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10-04-2020, 10:57 AM
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Having a bit of time on my hands, I finally got my son to help me rip the old garage door and frame out to fit the new one. As such I need some new timber for the new frame so I thought I would do Click and Collect from B&Q, there is a virtual queue of 129000 people waiting online, I am now up to queue position 53000, so, I hope nothing happens to my connection.
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10-04-2020, 11:21 AM
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5 minutes and 9000 to go.
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10-04-2020, 08:55 PM
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5 minutes and 9000 to go.
Sorry to hear that Spitty, as it happens, My son in law is responsible for loading up the delivery lorries at B&Q on his forklift...I'll have a word.....
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12-04-2020, 12:16 PM
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Couldn't wait for B&Q (who phoned just whilst typing this) so I made a frame from material I already had, then I discovered the wall one side is exactly plumb but the opposite side is 25mm out, bottom to top, so, this has been packed out accordingly, when the door is in the brick and timber will be clad in UPVC so this correction will be invisible.
can't remember how to post photos so I will get my daughter to post one later
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12-04-2020, 05:40 PM
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Here is the photo, good job I had to make a new frame.

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12-04-2020, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by spitfire ->
Here is the photo, good job I had to make a new frame.

getting a straight piece of timber is an achievment in itself. Don't be likke an ex neighbour who laid timber out on his lawn and coated with preservative. Next day it was all twisted up
 
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