ballpark to extend garage

Rosa_Damascena

GDB2222 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165211647657

I don’t know which is more surprising, the£18k price, or the 51k mileage? It means that people are actually driving the thing around. 

It looks like a dodgem on the loose!

canaldumidi

Money_Grabber13579 said:

GDB2222 said:

I'll just add that you can get away with a lot less than 2m, and I’ve seen this done with a standard door size, which obviously simplified construction, but meant positioning the car very carefully. 

Anyway, I'll leave you with the thought that maybe you don’t need a wider garage, just a means of getting out of the car. Surprisingly, I can’t find any cars with a sliding driver’s door. 

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/peugeot/1007/3780/peugeot-1007-pictures

Is he really driving that thing with the door open.....?!

GDB2222

canaldumidi said:

Money_Grabber13579 said:

GDB2222 said:

I'll just add that you can get away with a lot less than 2m, and I’ve seen this done with a standard door size, which obviously simplified construction, but meant positioning the car very carefully. 

Anyway, I'll leave you with the thought that maybe you don’t need a wider garage, just a means of getting out of the car. Surprisingly, I can’t find any cars with a sliding driver’s door. 

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/peugeot/1007/3780/peugeot-1007-pictures

Is he really driving that thing with the door open.....?!

The wheels are blurred, so …

canaldumidi

GDB2222 said:

The only cheap solution that I can think of is to knock out just a chunk of the side wall. You only need a section big enough to open the car door and get out of the car. So, maybe 2 metres long. The steel and the piers will be suitably insubstantial, and maybe the piers can be mainly in the car port area? You will want an electric remotely operated door, probably.  

Thanks for all your comments folks.

No, the carport can't be widened - it's squeezed in between the house (garage) wall and the property boundary.

There's access through the car port to the rear garden. Good point about maintaining this.

Interesting idea GDB222.

If parking in the garage and removing a chunk of external wall to allow space for door to open, would need to consider security to prevent access to the garage.

Alternative would be to build a 2nd single garage where the carport is with a gap between the 2 garages to a) allow door to open and b) allow access between the two. This would presumably avoid the structural issues associated with knocking down the entire wall and removing the building's corner support?

GDB2222

I assume that you would only need a fairly modest lintel over the opening, and hopefully wouldn’t need to strengthen the foundations. 

I suggested a roller shutter door to keep the garage secure. 

Section62

GDB2222 said:

I assume that you would only need a fairly modest lintel over the opening, and hopefully wouldn’t need to strengthen the foundations. 

I'd suggest that to allow for different length cars in the future, and also to allow more flexibility in positioning the car (e.g. space in front to work under the bonnet) then the minimum size of the opening ought to be about the 2m mark.  And at that kind of span a steel beam is almost always the sensible option for a retrofit job.

canaldumidi

GDB2222 said:

I assume that you would only need a fairly modest lintel over the opening, and hopefully wouldn’t need to strengthen the foundations. 

I suggested a roller shutter door to keep the garage secure. 

It's access into the garage via the opening that would be a security issue, unless the existing carport was made secure eg by conversion to a garage.

But yes, my current house has an electric door and I love it!

GDB2222

canaldumidi said:

GDB2222 said:

I assume that you would only need a fairly modest lintel over the opening, and hopefully wouldn’t need to strengthen the foundations. 

I suggested a roller shutter door to keep the garage secure. 

It's access into the garage via the opening that would be a security issue, unless the existing carport was made secure eg by conversion to a garage.

But yes, my current house has an electric door and I love it!

I think we are at cross purposes. I meant a roller shutter to close off the new opening. 

You could have any other sort of door that suits, but a roller shutter is secure and takes up little space.

canaldumidi

GDB2222 said:

canaldumidi said:

GDB2222 said:

I assume that you would only need a fairly modest lintel over the opening, and hopefully wouldn’t need to strengthen the foundations. 

I suggested a roller shutter door to keep the garage secure. 

It's access into the garage via the opening that would be a security issue, unless the existing carport was made secure eg by conversion to a garage.

But yes, my current house has an electric door and I love it!

I think we are at cross purposes. I meant a roller shutter to close off the new opening. 

You could have any other sort of door that suits, but a roller shutter is secure and takes up little space.

Yes - cross purposes.

Brilliant!

anotheruser

A bit sad that nobody as yet has actually answered the OPs question.
While having other points is great, some sort of estimate from people who have had perhaps similar work done would surely be welcome too?