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[OmegaAnglesey]

Very nice 

[henryd]

  Didnt think about underfloor heating to keep it cosy when laying underneath one?
keith b

You'll laugh mate, but I did consider it. 

I'm not going to have any form of boiler in the garage, so that discounts the wet systems.  And although I did think about putting the electric version, I thought I wouldn't just be able to turn it on, and for the concrete to be warm, so it would either have to be turned all the time, or I'd have to remember to turn it on in advance.  Neither of these options appealed to me tbh.  Besides, if I'm on my back under a car, I'll invariably be on my creeper board anyway. 

I do have another cunning plan for keeping the garage toasty though... 

Waste oil heater by chance ?

[aaronjb]

I'm just waiting for twiglet to finish his, then I'm going to ask him to come and build me one.. or a house, like you folks say - his garage is better built & insulated than my house

[TheBoy]

  Didnt think about underfloor heating to keep it cosy when laying underneath one?
keith b

You'll laugh mate, but I did consider it. 

I'm not going to have any form of boiler in the garage, so that discounts the wet systems.  And although I did think about putting the electric version, I thought I wouldn't just be able to turn it on, and for the concrete to be warm, so it would either have to be turned all the time, or I'd have to remember to turn it on in advance.  Neither of these options appealed to me tbh.  Besides, if I'm on my back under a car, I'll invariably be on my creeper board anyway. 

I do have another cunning plan for keeping the garage toasty though... 

Waste oil heater by chance ?

I was surprised how much heat those thing generate

[albitz]

I can remember when I was a teenager nonchalantly leaning against one with my hand,christ that hurt for weeks.
If it is a waste oil heater I will let Twigs have all my old oil at very competitive rates.

[henryd]

  Didnt think about underfloor heating to keep it cosy when laying underneath one?
keith b

You'll laugh mate, but I did consider it. 

I'm not going to have any form of boiler in the garage, so that discounts the wet systems.  And although I did think about putting the electric version, I thought I wouldn't just be able to turn it on, and for the concrete to be warm, so it would either have to be turned all the time, or I'd have to remember to turn it on in advance.  Neither of these options appealed to me tbh.  Besides, if I'm on my back under a car, I'll invariably be on my creeper board anyway. 

I do have another cunning plan for keeping the garage toasty though... 

Waste oil heater by chance ?

I was surprised how much heat those thing generate

Mine heats a double length nissen hut easily,if on the high setting it can be a bit much but low is fine,downside is five gallons a day required to feed it.

[twiglet]

Small update:

I've now had the roller door installed!     I used a local company that I have used in the past, and have always been very happy with.  It's an electric roller shutter door, and the slats are over an inch thick and filled with dense Celotex type insulation, so the thermal properties are pretty good.  I spec'd mine with 4 remote controls (1 each for the 3 cars and 1 for in the house),a control box inside the garage, so I can open/close the door without having to find a remote, a courtesy light that comes on when the door is opened/closed and stays on for 3 minutes, sensors that stop the door closing if something is in the way, and also a internal manual override in case of a power failure.

Here are a couple of pics.  I will get some more detailled ones later...







More to come... 

[doz]

Secureglide?

[omega3000]

Very nice , i can see you locked in there for long nights tinkering and who wouldnt 

[paul.lovejoy]

those omega's are spopilt rottern

[omega3000]

Recon me dad could build that in 2 days "bricks only"  Being an ex brickie him and his mate use to build a 3 bed house in 3 days . No wonder he's knackered now 

[dbug]

Remember a gang of brickies building a complete detached garage from groundworks up in less than 8 hours - it was a load of crap though.  It was on a new estate I had a house built on in the early 70s - the guy whose garage it was paid £2.5K for it in those days - my new house (4 bed detached with double garage) cost less than £14K then.

[paul.lovejoy]

Luxury they had it easy when i was a lad the brickies used to get up an hour beore they went to bed, They worked a 25 hour day lay 3000 bricks all for 2 bob and had to pay a shillling to the tax man

[P6UL K]

James the 'OmeGarage' is looking absolutly AWESOME mate, huge congratulations for all the hard work put in!!! 

[VXL V6]

Kevin from Grand Designs is popping along next week to see if you've moved in.