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[Rick]

Reading a couple of articles, confirms that many a spanner-man (or woman) has lost their garage space, either to mountains of junk, or during house renovations to extended living quarters.

Has anyone here suffered such a fate?

RJ
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[peter scott]

It gets close at times. I acquired a collection of old radios earlier in the year and that filled all the free space until I found good homes for them. More recently the purchase of a large ladder presented problems but fortunately I spotted a useful set of metal shelves in a skip just a couple of days later and the more efficient storage returned things to workable condition again.

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[Ellis]

Three weeks ago I cleared, cleaned and reorganised my garage. All my tools were back on their wall hooks and I was pleased with myself. The object was to move the Mark2 from the carport inside the garage over the winter.

In the meantime I have bought a self propelled rotary mower, a new compressor and ladders. I needed to overhaul my chain saw, acquired some new kitchen units and another petrol strimmer.

Guess where they all are?

I'm back to square one and the Mark 2 is still under the carport.
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[Riley Blue]

I have so many boxes of car spares, panels, tyres, wheels, gardening stuff, two bicycles and assorted other junk in my garage I had to rent another form the council to put my Riley in. It too is starting to accumulate tools and junk - it never ends....

[badhuis]

Most people living in houses with a garage do not use the garage to park their car. Because modern cars being outside all the time do not deteriorate whatever the weather.

The space in the garage is used for storing bikes, washing machines etc etc.
So when you do not have an old car this does not matter much (although you miss the luxury of having a snow free, defrosted, reasonable warm car in the winter mornings).
Most modern cars are almost too wide to fit in a standard sized garage!

If you have an old car you need the garage to store it. Build a shed for all the other stuff.

[badhuis]

Forgot to tell that I too lost my garage. My "garage" was in fact an old council bath house attached to my house. Seven years ago I made it my living room and build a larger garage next to it.

[mikeC]

In the last 40 years I have moved house twice; in both cases the garage was the first priority - 'house attached' was all we were looking for - the estate agents couldn't understand accommodation for cars was more important than the number of bedrooms
Our present garage had six XJ jaguars jammed in it when we viewed the property, although I have only been able to get three cars in it (plus general storage and workshop facilities
Oh, the joys of having no children

[47p2]

4 vehicles in one garage and one vehicle, 6 bikes and various machinery in the other with plenty of room to manoeuvre
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[ukdave2002]

I bought a house with enough space to build a garage to my spec (correction with a limit from my better half!)

laid every brick myself, made all the doors, windows and roof trusses even got my children as cheap labour !!!



although the garage could fit 4 cars, the Stag lives outside most of the time, and I generally don't have more than 2 cars in it at any one time.

Dave

[ukdave2002]

I bought a house with enough space to build a garage to my spec (correction with a limit from my better half!)

laid every brick myself, made all the doors, windows and roof trusses even got my children as cheap labour !!!

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although the garage could fit 4 cars, the Stag lives outside most of the time, and I generally don't have more than 2 cars in it at any one time.

Dave

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[Rick]

[baconsdozen]

I envy you,I've never had a garage as such just workshops full (usually) of tools. I moved a year or so back and have room for a car port or small garage by the side of the house but I'm not really sure if I want to stay here so it's on hold at the moment.
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[badhuis]

Not sure if wrapping a vehicle up in waterproof sheets and keeping it outside will turn out good. For a short while it might do, but for a longer period...
When the weather is damp (for example here today with some fog), the dampness will get under the sheets. And then, because of the waterproof sheets, there will not be enough ventilation so the damp cannot escape, and will accelerate rust on the vehicle.
It would probably be better to put corrugated metal sheets on top of a vehicle (or hang a plastic sheet just above the car) so that rain will not directly enter the car, and there will be enough ventilation to let dampness escape from the vehicle.
Easier said than done of course, and it will be a more sorry sight. But in the long run it would be better.

That said it all seemed to have worked out fine looking at the condition of the Dodge now!

[Rick]