-G- Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 (edited) So I recently moved house with the better half & part of the deal was building a garage, which is currently under construction. The size is going to be 7.5m x 6m x 2.1m so around about 90 m3 in volume (accounting for walls) and about 45m2 floor space. We have an electrician ready to install a distribution board in the garage once its built, but I'm still humming and heying about the lighting & heating & also Frost protection I should have installed. The garage will be detached and away from the main house. Has anyone built a garage before & can share any nuggets of wisdom on what to avoid or otherwise embrace? I'm not going to be routing water into the garage so anything I install needs to be electrical - I've been thinking convector heaters or Infra-red heaters (how do they affect car paint? I assume they don't??) - I'm really not sure what to opt for. Thanks in advance. Edited November 12, 2016 by -G- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 (edited) Personally I would install an electric underfloor heating mat more for control, I.e can set temp/timer for frost protection etc and then some additional space heater if you want to get it toasty and work in there, you would need to tile over however, but no big deal and makes it more plush. Edited November 12, 2016 by Jetpilot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I've been looking for a garage for ages (ideally with a house attached!), just watched this the other day as part of my Larry mancrush regime. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 You can never have too many lights in a garage. Don't use downlighters as they don't offer enough light. Separate your lights into 2 or 3 separate switches so you can vary the amount of light you have in there. As you won't always need (or want) the full Blackpool Illuminations. Put double sockets everywhere. I have 14 sockets in mine and still get frustrated when needing to use an extension 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richf Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Yep , sockets are key you can never have enough , i have 4 tubes in my double garage and use a work lamp when i'm doing stuff on the car , the tubes are really good when detailing as the show the swirls etc Heating , a fan heater will do it , i have two double rads in my garage but they are set for frost protection only , a small fan heater provides enough heat for me if im working in there with the door shut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 LED lights, they're amazing compared to the florescent tubes and you can get them in the same kind of strip light fitments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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