garage - ideas on fit out for clean dry storage space

6 years ago

We have a single garage (attached to side of house) which is not used for a car as it's too small. So it's become a dumping ground for everything. It's also dirty, dusty and cold, due to a rough concrete floor, brick walls and a north facing and broken up-and-over garage door. Our plan is to create a clean storage area in the garage and also perhaps a place to use our exercise bike and cross trainer. We've got quotes for an insulated garage door and were thinking of plaster-boarding the ceiling (as it's currently open rafters) and laying pvc/rubber tiles on the floor. Does this sound enough to create a cleaner, warmer space, are there other issues we need to consider. e.g. should we also insulate the walls or is that unnecessary. We don't want to spend more than we need to but there seem to be so many differing opinions online about how to go about this and what is best. The walls of the garage are the house wall on one side and a party wall with our neighbour's garage on the other. The flat roof of the garage was recently replaced with full insulation to building control standards. There is electricity there so we could have a heater when exercising in the colder months.

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kikiamack
6 years ago
For many years, we had a similar set up with exercise equipment, tumble dryer, extra freezer and storage in the garage. We used garage floor paint to eliminate the dust from the floor shortly after we moved in. We just put an offcut of carpet on most of the floor, but rubber will work as well. The biggest difference to draughts etc was changing from an up and over garage door to an electric roller door. I’m sure extra insulation on walls wouldn’t hurt though.
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suzyr
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6 years ago
Hi Kikiamack, thanks for your reply. Is yours an insulated roller door do you remember? I'm not sure if floor paint would work as our floor seems to be a mix of concrete and some sort of chippings (not sure if that's the correct terminology for the stones) but it's quite a rough and not very level surface.
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Yeah I see your point. The door is into the garage is from the kitchen. It could be moved higher to go directly into the utility but we’d need to reconfigure the whole kitchen then compared to just adding a door on a bit of wall which isn’t used at the moment. Yes the waste pipe actually from the upstairs bathroom is next to the garden door so very close. Again, the loo and sink could be positioned on that adjoining wall to be closer to the waste but it would mean swapping the door and window around too so more building work expense. With regards to the locking and distance - yep totally agree. Both sets of our parents have a combined loo with utility and that works well, but they’re internal. I like being able to quickly get to the loo from the garden personally. There’s nowhere else for it to go really. The under stairs isn’t a useable space unless more building work was to occur and we’d lose a back door and it’s far from the waste pipe in that position.
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6 years ago
Hi Suzy, this is something that we can definitely help you with so if you would like to discuss your requirements please do get in contact. We have lots of experience in turning a cluttered garage into a clean and organised space. Plus we offer the opportunity to do as much or as little as you want depending on your budget.
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kikiamack
6 years ago
Hi Suzyr, it’s been a number of years since we bought the roller door but I don’t recall it being specifically sold as insulated. I think more of the draught proofing comes from there being no air gaps around the door due to the way it (and presumably all roller doors) are constructed.

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