A Timber Garage Can Be Much More Than Vehicle Storage

Here are five ideas to help you get more from your garage.

The In-And-Out Garage

An in-and-out garage has doors at both the front and rear of the building.

This is a practical option if the garage sits between your driveway and garden, making it much easier to move trailers, ride-on mowers, wheelbarrows and other equipment through the building.

On warm days, opening both sets of doors also creates excellent through ventilation, making the garage a much more comfortable place to work.

Because every Olson timber garage is made to order, adding doors to both ends of the building is a straightforward option during the design stage.

Combine a Garage and Stable

If you keep horses, why not bring everything together under one roof?

A larger timber garage can be designed with secure parking on one side and a stable, tack room or feed store on the other. This creates a practical building that works for both your vehicle and your horses while making the best use of the available space.

It's a popular option for smallholdings and private equestrian properties where convenience is important.

Find out more about combining garages and stables in this article.

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The Mechanics' Garage

If you enjoy maintaining classic cars or working on vehicles, it's worth designing the garage around your hobby.

A mechanics' garage can include a workbench, shelving, extra lighting and secure storage for tools and equipment. If you're planning an inspection pit, it's much easier to incorporate it before the foundations are laid.

This option is especially useful where planning restrictions limit the overall height of the building you can build.

The Heated Workshop

Our favourite and incredibly popular, popping in a log burner. The heat from a burner changes a timber garage into a warm inviting winter space. Whilst it is not easy to say how many garages actually store a car we can safely say many Olson garage are workshops and cold workshops, even nice timber ones are not nice in winter. A log burner transforms the space and quickly will have you spending hours in the garage. If you are going to heat the garage it is worth insulating and maybe consider a secondary door for those moments when it has got a little too toasty. It goes without saying that you need to get the stove installed professionally so the through roof section is nice and fireproof! Log Store For Log Burner in Garage

A Garage Gym

By making the garage a little longer or wider than you need there will be room for no end of exercise equipment. Tucked away from public view you can tone up and get fit in private and best of all remove the gym equipment from cluttering up the bedroom. That extra space can easily be adapted to an artists studio, workshop or simple storage if you decide to come off the exercise train. A timber garage or timber building is incredibly flexible, easily tailored to your requirements the possibilities are endless, we have even been asked for a building that is boat house at one end and garage at the other, just ask and we will do our best to offer a timber solution. If you would like to build your own quote for a timber garage click here.

Before ordering your timber garage, make sure you check if you need planning permission.

Design a Garage Around the Way You Live

One of the biggest advantages of a bespoke timber garage is flexibility.

Whether you need secure parking, a workshop, a home gym, extra storage or a combination of several uses, every Olson timber garage can be designed around the way you use the space.

Explore our range of timber garages, or get in touch with our team to discuss your ideas.