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Evening all!
I have bought a house for the first time ever and have a garage again, yippee!
I need to:
1) Get a new garage door (old up and over is knackered). Ideally want a wooden side hinged door.
2) Get a new side access door - UPVC ideally, but definitely heavy duty and lockable / secure
3) Get a new double glazed window
4) Level off the floor
Has anyone attempted these jobs themselves for the first time? Can you offer any advice, links to reasonable companies supplying good kit at solid prices?
Feeling very overwhelmed, the budget I have to do the garage is £1000 but getting tradesmen in to do all of the above will give me a £3k bill!
Thanks in advance guys, really want to take the plunge and do as much as possible myself, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed.
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That's all pretty straight forward stuff. My advice is to have a go. You'll probably find it's much easier than you thought it would be.
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Also congratulations on getting your first house.
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Also congratulations on getting your first house. Thanks Igor! Garage door... Think it is easy enough if I can get wooden side hinged jobbies, easy enough to cut wood to size! Fitting a UPVC door and window, never done it before! Off to YouTube I guess. Screeding the floor to level it as much as possible... Looks easy in theory haha! |
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Facebook marketplace is your friend here.
You can pick up perfectly useable doors etc inc garage doors rollers etc for bargain money.
In my lockdown lockup thread I have never done any of the stuff on such a scale previously and as you say, YouTube is an excellent educational tool.
Just slack each job one at a time and it will soon come together.
Also you will have the satisfaction in knowing you have done it yourself.
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paul99
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Facebook marketplace is your friend here. You can pick up perfectly useable doors etc inc garage doors rollers etc for bargain money. In my lockdown lockup thread I have never done any of the stuff on such a scale previously and as you say, YouTube is an excellent educational tool. Just slack each job one at a time and it will soon come together. Also you will have the satisfaction in knowing you have done it yourself. Look on your local freecycle or freegle groups, doors pop up regularly, that'll be a few bob saved for starters. |
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In exactly the same position as yourself (although still waiting to exchange). Also hoping to get it all painted white inside, new lighting, and add extra doors to the rear to drive vehicles through to the garden and store/work on them. Stick your progress in here and I can try and avoid making any mistakes you make  |
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In exactly the same position as yourself (although still waiting to exchange). Also hoping to get it all painted white inside, new lighting, and add extra doors to the rear to drive vehicles through to the garden and store/work on them. Stick your progress in here and I can try and avoid making any mistakes you make Same for me, although wifey won't go for the extra doors! |
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In exactly the same position as yourself (although still waiting to exchange). Also hoping to get it all painted white inside, new lighting, and add extra doors to the rear to drive vehicles through to the garden and store/work on them. Stick your progress in here and I can try and avoid making any mistakes you make Same for me, although wifey won't go for the extra doors! No option once you have cut the hole in the wall!! |
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If you are cutting the holes then you can buy off the shelf doors and windows from somewhere like Screwfix for not much money.
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If you are cutting the holes then you can buy off the shelf doors and windows from somewhere like Screwfix for not much money. Ar the moment I am trying to find doors and windows to fit the current apertures in the structure, would I be better off buying more standard sized hardware and increasing hole sizes in the structure? |
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If you can get usable windows and/or doors cheap or free I'd be inclined to adjust the apertures to suit. You haven't said yet what the existing structure is made from. That will have a large bearing upon how easy it is to adjust.
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I got my 7x7 mahogany solid hardwood garage doors with leaded windows off eBay about 10 yrs ago for £50. The 8 ft long double glazed unit was £4.50, again off eBay. I had the garage built with openings sized for the window and doors. Other end of the garage opens onto an alley and has 2 x double doors.  |
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Simple answer is no. You don’t have to adjust the opening sizes.
Measure the minimum and maximum size of your existing openings, take 5mm off the minimum size and order to that size from somewhere online or a local window supplier.
Old windows are stripped out.
Brackets are screwed to the outer frame of the new window.
Windows lifted into hole. Make sure it’s plumb and level. Screw brackets to existing blockwork.
Expanding foam round any gaps, let it dry, cut it back and mastic round the perimeter outside. Make good inside with timer/upvc or leave as is.
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Last Edit: Apr 5, 2021 19:27:48 GMT by crossy10
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If you can get usable windows and/or doors cheap or free I'd be inclined to adjust the apertures to suit. You haven't said yet what the existing structure is made from. That will have a large bearing upon how easy it is to adjust. Very good point. It's a single skin brick garage. I've got alerts set up for Windows and doors on ebay and spend way more time than is healthy on Facebook marketplace! Once I have some hardware I'll document my attempts at installation! If it can help someone else not make the same mistakes I inevitably will then it's worth it. |
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Buy yourself some long concrete bolts to fix them with and the correct sized drill. It's the quickest way and edit than knock through fasteners
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