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Garage Conversion

A Popular Way to Increase Living Space

A garage conversion has become an increasingly popular way to increase living space at your home. Whether it will be used as a home gym, an office, a play room, home cinema, utility area or something else entirely, converting the garage is a cost effective way to add living space.

The Benefits of a Garage Conversion

With a garage the structure is already in place, avoiding the need for expensive building work, especially ground work and foundations. The existing garage can usually be lined and insulated, quickly transforming it into a warm and dry living space. Compared to building an extension to the house, this means less mess, less time and importantly much less cost. Usually there is no need to apply for planning permission for a garage conversion, although this should always be checked.

Some Things to Consider

People that have had garage conversions often miss the storage space. It’s true that we often notice how much we used something, when it’s no longer available to us. The garage is a useful place even if it’s not used to store the family car. Often it’s the place we store things we want to keep safe and dry, or would look untidy kept elsewhere. The lawnmower, the bikes, tools, garden furniture, even our recyling bins. Where will all these things be kept if not in the garage?

The Best of Both Worlds

A partial garage conversion may be the answer. A stud wall can be built dividing the garage into two spaces, one for storage and another that can be converted into living space. The best way to achieve this would be with a roller door, because they retract vertically, they hardly take up any space inside the garage, maximising the useable storage space.

There are other benefits to this approach. One of the more expensive parts of a full garage conversion is infilling the door way. Often there is no foundation across the door threshold, as there wasn’t supposed to be a wall there. This means in order to infill the door with brickwork (or blockwork and render) to match the house, a foundation may need to be dug across the threshold.

A partial garage conversion saves this work (and expense). A new bespoke roller door can be supplied and fitted, along with a stud wall, for a fraction of the cost of foundations and brickwork.

If you are planning a garage conversion, speak to us to find out what roller door options would help you maximise the use of your space and save money on the conversion costs. Give us a call on 01245 905509.

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Chris & Carole Sykes April 2024

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Great service from Sam from start to finish.
Sam came in person (which is rare nowadays) to take the measurements. We received the quote by email on the same day. We are very happy with the service we received and the quality of the door.

Paul Wiltshire Feb 2024

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Jackie Brown October 2023

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These guys were so knowledgeable, helpful and attention to detail was second to none.

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Dean Whittaker 5/5/23

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Andy Oliver April 2023

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Sam and Nicole recently fitted a new garage door for us. And i must say they are extremely nice people to deal with. The quality of workmanship was excellent. They where very knowledgeable with the product they installed. They also left the work area clean and tidy. My personal opinion is if your looking to have a new roller door fitted you won't go wrong by using Chelmsford roller doors.

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