Timber Garages ,any recommendations ???

[gazcos]

I'm moving to a new house soon and although its got no garage there's plenty of room to build one. I'm thinking of getting a timber garage,somewhere in the region of 12ft x 20ft. I fancy timber because its relatively cheap,should breathe and not condensate and no planning permission should be required as i understand its seen as a temporary structure.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations with regard to suppliers of these. Any suggestions would be usefull and photos would be good too.

 

 

 

Cheers Gaz

[neilcoker]

try chart stables www.chartstables.co.uk there the cheapest i could find. check out the planning side of things when i looked into it i was told it had to be a least 1 meter from perimeter of land and at least 100 ft from a road for it not to require permission hope this helps

[stephens_xpack]

Timber structures are pretty simple, you should be able to knock one up yourself and cut the cost massively. You can get plenty of images off the net to give you some inspiration. It's what I did and well chuffed with it.

The other guy is right about being 1 meter from your perimeter but only after a certain size and I don't know what that is, to do with beng a fire hazard with fences etc.

[GJUK]

What about a concrete pre fab one?

[gazcos]

What about a concrete pre fab one?

I had a concrete one some years ago and i found it cold and damp. It was old but it put me off concrete garages.

[GJUK]

What about a concrete pre fab one?

I had a concrete one some years ago and i found it cold and damp. It was old but it put me off concrete garages.

 

True, mine is right now. Having said that It would be more secure than a glorified shed. You could also insulate one if it helped...

[Ken B]

I have one of those log type garages. They are very expensive now compared to what they were when I bought mine. But I'd have one of these over a concrete garage anyday. A during building pic and after:

 

I had a concrete sectional one at my old house, it was fully lined/insulated but was still damp and everything aluminium on the car got light corrosion over winter months. Though will say these are better/safer for working in as less risk of fire if you do a lot of welding and grinding.

[stephens_xpack]

No disrespect but prefab concrete not only damp but look kak. If worried about security with wood you could build one from block and either render it or clad it in wood to get the look you are after, and if worried about cost only clad side you can see.

[Jiffer]

get yourself a good concrete base down, get some timber delivered and frame one out yourself, if you go down this route remember:

treated timber, idealy tanalised

and if you are using roof sheets try and avoid metal ones unless they are pre-insulated as they will condensate and rain on you for ever, cement roof sheets are good and last forever, but they are heavy, also consider snow load make sure the roof is strong enoungh to take a good covering of snow.

[GJUK]

They do look rubbish you're right there. At least they don't require painting in the summer though. That's a job I like avoiding

[gazcos]

I have to say that looks spot on, and they look a doddle to build . Cheers mate !!

I have one of those log type garages. They are very expensive now compared to what they were when I bought mine. But I'd have one of these over a concrete garage anyday. A during building pic and after:

 

I had a concrete sectional one at my old house, it was fully lined/insulated but was still damp and everything aluminium on the car got light corrosion over winter months. Though will say these are better/safer for working in as less risk of fire if you do a lot of welding and grinding.

[Ken B]

Another couple of pics. took me and my missus about a week, but we wasn't on it solid, couple hours a day. Some bits I could do on my own, but the high up logs are too long and heavy (70mm thick) to do on your own so had to wait until someone could help me. Very simples tho, and I treated every peice before fitting it along the jointts etc so no damp can get into the wood.

Even in winter it retains a certain amount of warmth, and now I use a halogen heater to keep chill off if i'm in there rather than the space heater i used in the concrete sectional one previously.

[marky4]

i got one of these doubles, had it 10 years now it's been spot on

 

you can have any size, hieght etc. you want, mine is 20 foot x 18 foot but is higher than normal so i could get my van in.

 

price has gone up abit though

 

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