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Jeano

posted on 30/1/17 at 09:08 AM Reply With Quote
Garage Door Widths

Looking at a house at the moment, i really wanted a double garage but its hard to find inside the M25 within budget. I have found a house with double length but single Width.

What width are your doors and what cars can you fit in ?





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Drives: MK Indy F20c with hairdryer

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Myke 2463

posted on 30/1/17 at 09:55 AM Reply With Quote
Garage approx 23 years old 2.2m wide.





Be Lucky Mike.

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loggyboy

posted on 30/1/17 at 11:02 AM Reply With Quote
Will vary on age and builder/manufacturer.
There are back fix and side fix options which will add to variations.





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Bluemoon

posted on 30/1/17 at 11:09 AM Reply With Quote
No real standards, you need to find out what it is!!

Double length garages are not so bad, my MK had a few months.. being built in one..

Dan

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nick205

posted on 30/1/17 at 11:43 AM Reply With Quote
We replaced an old sectional side track up n' over door a couple of years back. The door company we used fitted a Hormann up n' over door made to the right width and height. Although a single panel door it looks sectional from the outside so matches with other doors in our street. I'd imagine most suppliers/fitters will make a door to fit the aperture. Costs weren't high either otherwise ours wouldn't have been done.

http://www.hormann.co.uk/






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907

posted on 30/1/17 at 12:52 PM Reply With Quote
I couldn't afford to build a detached double.

Had to go for semi detached....

which is good. One side is the dirty side and the other is absolutely filthy.



[Edited on 30/1/17 by 907]






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Jeano

posted on 30/1/17 at 01:11 PM Reply With Quote
Cheers guys, i dont need to buy a door.

I just want to know the garage width and what car fits inside ie. 2.2m 2005 Audi A4





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Irony

posted on 30/1/17 at 01:42 PM Reply With Quote
I have a standard single garage in my house and its 8ft wide. You cannot practically get any tintop in it at all. My neighbour successfully parks in his. He has a Passat in a 10ft wide garage. He struggles to get in and out but he has a massive belly and is 75.

For a Tin top I reckon 10ft is the minimum practical width unless is a original mini. My kitcar is 6ft wide in a 8ft wide garage. Essentially very difficult to work on.

I am currently putting plans through for a bigger garage. Its going to be a meter wider and a meter longer! Yay.

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nick205

posted on 30/1/17 at 04:47 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Irony
I have a standard single garage in my house and its 8ft wide. You cannot practically get any tintop in it at all. My neighbour successfully parks in his. He has a Passat in a 10ft wide garage. He struggles to get in and out but he has a massive belly and is 75.

For a Tin top I reckon 10ft is the minimum practical width unless is a original mini. My kitcar is 6ft wide in a 8ft wide garage. Essentially very difficult to work on.

I am currently putting plans through for a bigger garage. Its going to be a meter wider and a meter longer! Yay.



Yup - most single garages will allow a tin top to be driven in/out, but getting yourself in/out of the car in the garage is a different story. I recall hanging a small bit old carpet on the wall in my old garage to avoid door edges being trashed. It was only a diddy Peugeot 205 as well.






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Nickp

posted on 30/1/17 at 05:54 PM Reply With Quote
I restored my Lancia Montecarlo in a 9ft wide single garage which was seriously hard work and it wasn't the biggest car. I've since knocked the arse out of that single garage and have a 4m wide x 5m long working area out back of it
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