temporary garage any ideas?

[tom28]

need some advice people..

 

currently me n me dad can't afford to build a garage to work on the escort in, so far the work ive done has been outside and as luck always is its been raining this weekend and its gettin colder now.

 

does anyone have any ideas of what i can buy as an alternative?..

 

i was thinking gazebo but i don't wanna buy crappy one that just blows away.. anyone got any recommendations?

 

thanks people!

[Baz.]

Why dont you make a tempory garage or a lean too (if you have a building close to work off) from 4 x 2 timbers and plastic corregated sheets, easy as 1,2,3,

[Yeomans22]

get 4 fence type posts, stick them in the ground, then make a timber frame arounf your car, some plastic corredated stuff as the roof, and some big mdf as the sides and door, just basic, keep the rain etc off until u sort a better garage.

[Cookie]

keep a beady eye in the local free paper and ad trader things m8, always people giving old pre-fab garages away as long as you dis-assemble it.

[vibrating_Cake]

from a building site, rent/buy/steal those fences with the small square/rectangle mesh wire metal things that go round building sites.

 

use this as a base, and cling film around it and somehow sort a roof out. from a gazebo maybe.

looks gash but is cheap and works, a friend of mine sprayed a car in a garage like that came out alright, was summer at the time and it acted like a greenhouse lol

[mk1super]

My mate bought one of them shipping containers that go on the trains and lorries, it does the job tho, cost him 250 quid, its dented to hell but fits a car fine and was far cheaper than a garage

[styut]

I bought a metal garage - it cost £500 delivered, and does the job fine.

[Rick]

My mate bought one of them shipping containers that go on the trains and lorries, it does the job tho, cost him 250 quid, its dented to hell but fits a car fine and was far cheaper than a garage

 

thats a good idea

[escysean]

I bought a metal garage - it cost £500 delivered, and does the job fine.

 

Pic mate?

[prefectopop]

Failing that google gala tents, that's what we bought for the altered dragster. really easy to build, lightweight and once you've done with it you can use it for birthdays/weddings/bbqs . Ours cost about 400 quid and they did it interest free over 10 months. Just make sure you peg it down - had to respray the sides of a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow a few months ago cos the owners put it in a tent like ours and it blew over! Oops.

[spitbarnatt]

My dad was telling me there were some good temporary garages in Costco the other week £140

[tom28]

thanks everyone for the info, still dunno what to do lol, may be bidding on a shed on ebay, dunno yet its only 10x20ft, 10ft wide dont sound too big though.. need space to work on her.. hmmm

[2.8i Cossie]

i built a carport / lean too out of unistrut and plastic corrogated sheets. Does the job! and cost about 250 total

[caprinerd]

gazebo`s tarps and duct tape

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

i want a tempary garage too only problem is the landlord might not be happy i park my car in a parking space just outside the rear garden

 

ideally i need one i can put up and dismantele as i need it

[tom28]

i think ill buy a 10x20 shed then when i get more money, extend it to 20x20.

 

i so badly wanna work on me car and using it everyday don't help got mot this month and it aint gona pass unless i do the tiny bit of welding on the chassy rail.. damn i hate this weather!

[tom28]

back agen, after many debates me n dad are building a garage from scratch, 20x20 ft long ill post a pic up later, base has been laid down and were now starting the framework, got loads of shelves from woolworths that i can use as racking, gona make seprate room in garage to have a bench n engine building area, gonna be the tits when its done, it's costing me alot but worth it at end of the day..

[Jiffer]

make sure you use pressure treated timber or spend some time going mad with the wood presevitive, also try and put some DPC in between the sole plate and the concrete, untreated softwood will rot quicker then an austin alegro

[YOUNGY]

buy a bouncy castle and blow it up upside down

[FredTransit]

I hate to say this, but I thought this was a temporary garage. Watch yourself with the neighbours and the Planning Dept. On another forum a mate was grassed up, and had to reduce the size of his garage. It was either that, or get fined, oh AND take the garage down. It wasn't visible from the road, so it must have been the neighbours as only they could see it.

[tom28]

thanks for the info mate, the farmers own every house where i live and he said do what ya like, real nice bloke

 

it's bigger than i thought it would be thoo, still can't complain

[julian.jay]

You can find information on the need for consent at www.planningportal.gov.uk follow the link to domestic properties and it is listed under garages.

[FredTransit]

thanks for the info mate, the farmers own every house where i live and he said do what ya like, real nice bloke

 

it's bigger than i thought it would be thoo, still can't complain

 

That's good, but it's not just down to the landlord/land owner. As I said in the other case it was the neighbours, and all land is subject to the planning laws. As long as nobody has a problem with it, and it can't be seen from public property, you should be OK

[caprinerd]

wheni was doing banger racing i use to use a farm local to where i was the area i used was away from public eye`s and i kept every thing tidy the farmer use to check the area every now and then, i built a wood frame and used tarps as wall and roof, but some one in the banger racing game got the arse because the farmer said no to him, and i had to clear out, when i moved out the farmer use it as a store from his tractors, in the shelter

[tom28]

Took sum piccys of me garage, gonna be great, where the green shed is is where im gonna have a seprate room with bench and some shelving

 

took pic of me car while i was outside and pic of me mums 190e, not old skool but i like it

 

 

what ya rekon?