Drilling into garage block wall (legality)

binft

Hi,

I have a garage in a block of three, mine is in the middle. I'd like to get some cupboards/shelving to put up inside but most require them to be drilled to the wall. I have had a quick look at the walls and it looks as if each garage has it's own wall and something separating them in the middle. Are there any legality issues should I wish to drill some holes?

Thanks

neilmcl

Do you rent or own the garage?

If it's your garage then you're free to drill holes to put up shelving as you please, the holes really shouldn't be long enough to have any impact on the adjacent garage wall.

binft

neilmcl said:

Do you rent or own the garage?

If it's your garage then you're free to drill holes to put up shelving as you please, the holes really shouldn't be long enough to have any impact on the adjacent garage wall.

Yes sorry should have said I own the property which came with the garage.

Jeepers_Creepers

Binfit, are you saying that each separating wall is effectively a cavity type? If so, I'd say that's great, but also surely unusual...

If it is, then fill yer boots - drill away.

If it isn't, then most folk would, I think, still go ahead and mount shelves as they see fit, but they 'probably' shouldn't until they've agreed it. I've gone through a 4" concrete block wall in our current home when SDS drilling (with my first ever SDS drill...) to put up wall units. Well, not drilled right through, but 'blew' a nice cone of concrete and plaster off the other side. (Wife wasn't impressed that the only thing I could say was "What a GREAT drill!")

Not sure what the 'legalities' actually are. I'd be surprised if there's any mention of this in your deeds, and - I suspect - most folk would just go ahead. If you do proceed without 'discussion', then - if there's any chance at all it's a single-skin partition wall - put a ring of tape on your drill to make sure you don't go more than 3" at most!

fenwick458

I would imagine the legalities would be you can drill into it 50mm, which should be fine for cupboard and shelving.
you could even drill the holes 75mm deep if you think you need to, nobody is going to know, as long as you don't go through the other side! I'd attach the depth stop that seems to come with most drills and set it to 75mm max just to be on the safe side