Wooden Shed as Garage

overdriver

Anybody done it?

I need to fit 2 cars in, but don't want a monstrosity at the side of the house.

any ideas are welcome.

Except the shipping container one, which was not well recieved here in the homestead.

Please don't tell me to search, i have and can't find anything.

Thanks

Mick

corktina

i would think timber would be better than corrugated iron....it should "breathe" and not drip all over your car.

how about a simple car port? keep off the rain and let the air flow through plus nice and light for wotrking on the cars.

this is the one at my old house....can be built quite cheaply this one had sides (which could have been deeper in all honesty) and the plan was to brick around it eventually when noone was looking

Blue Punto

Carport looks excellent

If only I had the skills

corktina

have to confess i had it built professionallly and so good a job was it that I got them to do one at my new home...cost a good bit though and I reckon you could do a DIY job fairly easily with basic skills for a small amount..if you can source the materails.

overdriver

Very nice.

If you don't mind, Corky, can you PM me roughly how much something like that would cost?

riggsi

i built my shead from timber (20' by 30')and stables 30' by 12'.i think it cost about 7 k all in but that was with ceder shingles on the roof so it could be done cheaper

riggsi

overdriver

Just got a quote for 2k for 12 foot by 20, metal roof.

Doesn't seem half bad actually.

corktina

make sure that metal roof is coated...otherwise it will drip condensation

granadamad

overdriver wrote: »

Just got a quote for 2k for 12 foot by 20, metal roof.

Doesn't seem half bad actually.

we just built a 10 by 10 for 600 so id say you could do better or is the 2k including a concrete base aswell?

where in the country are you located?

Big Nasty

Buddy of mine got a 6m X 3m shed in Argos or the like for €900. Had to put down the concrete floor himself first but it does the job quite well!

overdriver

I've seen that Argos shed, yes. Its a bit on the ugly side, but it looked ok, albeit a bit flimsy. Was it ok quality?

I'm in Cavan, and have a broken wrist, so building things is not really on the agenda for me!

ds20prefecture

overdriver wrote: »

I've seen that Argos shed, yes. Its a bit on the ugly side, but it looked ok, albeit a bit flimsy. Was it ok quality

The one I was in was appalling. Very flimsy, particularly the doors.

overdriver

See this is why this board is so valuable.

I can delete that from my bookmarks now. No point in half doing it eh?

galwaytt

I have one of those Argo's shed's - yep, flimsy. Good enough for a lawnmower, but that's it. Doors not up to much.

Shanette sheds to good car-sized ones, as to Oran Precast in Galway. But you're looking at 6k money.

Condensation and lack of airflow is your enemy - in this respect a carport is actually very good.

overdriver

My dad's been talking me into building a proper garage, and have done with it. Pricey though.

the carport's looking better all the time to me.

How is it for keeping the weather off? The rain is almost horizontal here in Cavan.