Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Aug 08, 2008 7:02 am Re: Converting a Car Port to a Garage - anyone done this? 2Aug 08, 2008 8:19 am After 4 years - we're in! Re: Converting a Car Port to a Garage - anyone done this? 6Aug 08, 2008 9:48 am I reckon you won't need a permit, it's an existing structure.
You could just build stud walls in between the posts and weatherboard. Should be relatively easy and fairly cheap. Or build stud walls and use corrugated iron/colorbond screwed to the walls. A garage door will cost you some money if you want a roller door (allow $500 or so) or build some swinging doors. Or if it's just for storage, weatherboard it up and just put a normal 800 wide door in. Buy one with door jamb from a second hand yard. Re: Converting a Car Port to a Garage - anyone done this? 7Aug 08, 2008 10:58 am _Al_ I reckon you won't need a permit, it's an existing structure. You could just build stud walls in between the posts and weatherboard. Should be relatively easy and fairly cheap. Or build stud walls and use corrugated iron/colorbond screwed to the walls. A garage door will cost you some money if you want a roller door (allow $500 or so) or build some swinging doors. Or if it's just for storage, weatherboard it up and just put a normal 800 wide door in. Buy one with door jamb from a second hand yard. Nice one - thanks for that! That sounds exactly what we're after. Ideally we would like to have a garage door for resale value, so it could be advertised (and used) as a garage. So you think we could get away with stud walls with corrugated iron screwed on, and a roller garage door, and we'd be away?!! Sounds fab...any ideas of the cost?? Thanks again Re: Converting a Car Port to a Garage - anyone done this? 8Aug 08, 2008 12:17 pm Easy enough to work out.
Pine studs 600mm apart, one for top and bottom of each section of wall, and don't forget noggins.....one more length. Unsure of stud size as they aren't load bearing so wouldn't need to be all that big. 90x35 should be more than enough and allow for a normal door jamb to be put in etc....but look it up in the regs, don't just go by my say so. Calculate for each wall you want to fill in. Call past Buntings for a ball park price on pine studs, then see a timber yard. Also, put a moisture barrier down under the bottom plates to stop the wall pulling moisture from the concrete. It's just plastic stuff on a roll, timber seller will have it. I doubt the slab will have a plastic barrier underneath. Coupla Dynabolts to hold bottom plates to the concrete. Some good galvanised screws to screw the frame to the posts. Weatherboards....length of wall x whatever the size of the boards are minus 30mm or so overlap gives you the amount each board covers. Will probably be about 15 boards or so high. So 15 x eg. 5m for one wall = 75 linear metres. I got weatherboards a few years ago for about $1.15/linear metre. Hunt around timber yards and compare prices once you have a total that you need. Add about 10% to your lengths as you will have short falls here and there. Also, buy them white primed...saves you time and pink primed ones are a b!tch to paint over if you are using a light colour. Then a box of galvanised nails, drop saw and crashometer you're off. You could price up Blue board or similar if you couldn't be bothered nailing on weatherboards.....I think it will cost more but it's easy to install. Then just paint it. Does this help? Re: Converting a Car Port to a Garage - anyone done this? 9Aug 08, 2008 12:34 pm That helps big time Al...thanks ever so much...really appreciated!!
I'll be in Buntings this weekend pricing stuff up!! Re: Converting a Car Port to a Garage - anyone done this? 10Aug 08, 2008 3:33 pm I think your better off asking your council as there would of been approval for a carport. Worst case scenario is that you don't get approval and is then asked to remove the addition to your carport. Re: Converting a Car Port to a Garage - anyone done this? 11Aug 08, 2008 6:19 pm Minx I think your better off asking your council as there would of been approval for a carport. Worst case scenario is that you don't get approval and is then asked to remove the addition to your carport. yes we'd def ask before doing anything I looked into it a few years ago and my conclusion was to just build a carport that will support panels and get a system installed separately. The company I looked at had… 1 6483 Well these guys are not looking good... I sent them a written enquiry last week and they have not yet replied. If they cannot respond to a simple… 4 10636 2 9458 |