Door From House into Integral Garage???

[LookingOptimistic]

Hi All,

Just looking to see if anyone knocked through an internal wall of there house to put in a door through to their garage?

What sort of costs were involved? how long did it take?

[Pokerface81]

Not from a cost point of view, but make sure this is a self closing, fire resistant door. And that the floor level between the garage is set below the finished floor level of the house (if it’s to be retained as a garage) to ensure compliance with building regulations.

[earlynights]

We have this - the room next to garage is bloody cold as we have no insulation in said garage... (Don't know why). This probably makes other garage adjoining rooms cold too...

The fact the floor is lower in the garage isn't great for us- it's quite a drop and so pretty tricky to get heavy stuff in and of out of the garage & into the house.

For balance then - it's useful not to have to open lots of doors to get stuff out if the garage.

[earlynights]

The cost was bundled into a bigger build so I'm not sure about the cost.

Time - see above point - it seemed quick at the time - much less than a week...

There may be drains to deal with btw which would increase costs. Hope that helps.

[Pokerface81]

It’s because of the hazardous substances generally stored in garage, fuel, paint and for safety if these are spilt.

The floor of the garage is also similar to external ground level, and should have a fall away to the door.

[BikeRunSki]

Garages are lower than houses because -
Houses are raised above surrounding ground level in order to put in a damp proof course. Garages are built at ground level.

If the house does not have or need a DPC, garages still need to be lower than the house in case fuel is split in them. It needs to be contained to reduce the risk of fire in the house.

[PizzaPlanet]

Hi, I’m looking to do this too, have had one quite so far which I thought a little high but I have nothing to compare it to yet so it could well be the going rate. There are radiator pipes which would need re-routing, a lintel putting in, supplying a new door and making good £2k inc vat.

[StartedEarly]

Ha, we have an integral garage and I always wondered why there was such a step down into it. I broke my ankle stepping down awkwardly last year!
It's very useful though as I use the door end as extended kitchen storage with a chest freezer and shelves.

[BubblesBuddy]

We had a door from the hall into the integral garage at our last house. The garage floor was a step down but it wasn’t inconvenient. We had a long garage and converted the end into a laundry area.

Don’t divert central heating pipes without putting a radiator in the garage. We have had heating in two garages now and it makes them far more useable and doesn’t alter the heating in the house when you open the door.

I wouldn’t have a door to the garage from anywhere other than the hall or an existing utility room. I’d never do it from a kitchen or another room. It can be handy though if you use the garage regularly and having heating keeps your car in better condition!

[LookingOptimistic]

Thanks all for your replies; we have a rather large cupboard in kitchen which acts as utility housing washing machine/ dryibg machine/ fridge freezer, and through the wall in there is the garage so that is where the door would go i suppose.

It could possibly go through hallway into side of garage; i suppose i just get a builder round to quote scenario of both and choose cheapest/ quickest option,garage won't have car in it - just stock for our 2nd job we do in spare time (sell japanese anime/ gaming collectable merchandise), so would prefer to access this from the house.

[BubblesBuddy]

I would definitely go into the garage via the hall. Don’t alter the kitchen. More doors in a kitchen is a bad idea!

[ggirl]

Had this done from hallway , it was done about 20 years ago , I think it took about 2 days to finish and I'm sorry but can't remember the cost..it was tagged onto another job.

It is definitely worth doing , we have massive chest freezer in garage as well as all sports equipment/boots/coats etc.

[LookingOptimistic]

@BubblesBuddy Ah ok, probably easier do install in hallway anyway. Thanks

[hendricksy]

H less the garage is insulated it will suck all your air out and will be freezing in the house .

[BubblesBuddy]

I would recommend you try and heat the garage too!