neilp9876 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Possibly one for jameyp but I am looking at building a double garage and a wooden one appears to be about a fifth the price of a brick one. What do I need to be aware of with a wooden garage? Do they need a foundation? What doors can I use? I don't want a felt roof so what alternatives can I use? Anything else? Cheers for any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Loads of options, You can build it off a reinforced slab, use any doors you like, lots of options on the roof from corrugated sheets to full on tiling it. I built this car port for a customer a few weeks ago, you would only have to feather edge the sides and fit some barn doors for a very cheap triple garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Shingles on a sloping roof are very attractive, my brother used them on his garage and we used them on our hut. http://www.wickes.co.uk/roofing-shingles-red-20-sq-m/invt/164088/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Shingles on a sloping roof are very attractive, my brother used them on his garage and we used them on our hut. http://www.wickes.co.uk/roofing-shingles-red-20-sq-m/invt/164088/ Used them on our summer house, been on for years and still look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seba Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 How about humidity in a wooden garage? I looked to build 3 garages last month but prices ...well i found them crazy but maybe it's just me. For 3 garages in bricks they'd charge me 6600€, and this is material only, no labour hours. For the 3 carports like on jamies picture above they'd charge me +- 2500€ just material again not even built. This is reasonable if you can do it yourself but it's still "open" so not really a garage and can't think it would be of any help in winter. Or does it? i have no experience with this and am very interested in building them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilp9876 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 I was thinking about a high sloped roof for aesthetics and using the loft for storage. Would like to use real tiles but will check out the shingles. Is a wood garage likely to be damper, suffer other issues that a brick garage wouldn't? Just been quoted £11 SQ.FT, does that sound about right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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