Help working out garage floor area.
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Topic: Help working out garage floor area.
Posted By: Ham328
Subject: Help working out garage floor area.
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2015 at 10:37pm
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Any of the forum boffins able to give me a rough idea of my garage floor space in m/sq from my sketch below? It's probably a bit out of proportion but the angles and lengths are close enough. I got the lads on E36 coupe to work this out for me a few years back and IIRC the best answers were somewhere between 25 & 30 m/sq but the thread it was posted on is no more. Cheers 'n' that  ------------- You're Rendering That Scaffolding Dangerous!! |
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Posted By: Brian H
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2015 at 8:27am
I cannot quite get your angles to work so the drawing below keeps the wall dimensions. ------------- 
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Posted By: dteagles
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2015 at 8:57am
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Beat me! I was also struggling with the angles, I think 45 is perhaps 145 and 35 135? -------------  Think about what you can do for the club, not what it can do for you... |
Posted By: Mike Fishwick
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2015 at 9:52am
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A quick mental job gives about 32 metres sq, with a bit left over for another coat. ------------- A Z3 is not just for Christmas - it's for life! |
Posted By: stevie53
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2015 at 1:23pm
Mate, All I can say is that is one  up shape of a garage you have there ------------- 94 E34 M5 Artic Silver 00 E39 M5 Imola Red 95 E34 M5 LE Rosso Red 08 E92 M3 Graphite Grey 08 E90 M3 Silverstone II 11 F10 M5 Singapore Grey |
Posted By: Mike Fishwick
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2015 at 2:26pm
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Don't knock it until you try it! The triangular area tothe left gives plenty of room for a decent-sized bench and some storage racks, without impeding on the space for a car. Mine is roughly the same size, but with a rectangular area to the left, and it is very useful for working on one side of the car at a time. It also provided space for an storage area and entry/exit airlock. Given the space, you can work wonders - mine went from this: http://s143.photobucket.com/user/MikeFishwick/media/5s_zps6ef02f71.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  To this - complete with air conditioning to cool, dehumidify, and heat! http://s143.photobucket.com/user/MikeFishwick/media/16s_zps1d7b9304.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  ------------- A Z3 is not just for Christmas - it's for life! |
Posted By: Ham328
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2015 at 10:37pm
If you mean the other way round (ie 145=35 and 135=45) then your probably right. I'm an instrument pipefitter so probably refer to angles differently from a draughtsman but the end result should be the same. My angles add up to 360 degrees  Here are the original plans. The previous house owner wanted an en-suite bedroom extension then used the remaining space out to the boundary for the garage. That coupled with the fact we are on a corner plot leads to the strange dimensions. (The observant will notice my sketch is upside down compared to the plans. The garage door is on the wall that is 4000 long on my sketch. How I managed to draw it that way I've no idea)  Here's a shot of the outside. The en-suite bedroom is the higher window to the extreme left.  And the inside. Despite being a tip when this was taken it shows as Mike says the room to work around a car. There's actually enough room where the lawnmower is to park a motorbike should the mid life crisis hit at any point.  Thank's for the answers so far. I think i'll err on the safe side and allow for 35 m/sq when I decide what to do with the floor. ------------- You're Rendering That Scaffolding Dangerous!! |
dteagles wrote:Posted By: Diggerman
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2015 at 8:41pm
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Approximately 37.2 sqm hope this helps . ------------- Diggerman |
Posted By: Ham328
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2015 at 11:30am
Hmm. It's a fair bit higher than any estimates so far. I think I'll need to get someone who knows what they are doing to physically come and measure it up. ------------- You're Rendering That Scaffolding Dangerous!! |
Posted By: Brian H
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2015 at 2:36pm
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I have overlaid my earlier diagram on your drawing, don't think I was too far off with my angles. I have coloured the area referred to in the calculations. Unless I am doing something fundamentally wrong (has been known) your area is 27.22sq m  -------------
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Posted By: Mike Fishwick
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2015 at 4:53pm
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Better to be on the safe side and call it 32 or 35 metres sq, leaving enough paint for a second coat in areas where wear will be higher, such as inside the doors, and in front of the bench. Anyway, most manufacturers lie about coverage! ------------- A Z3 is not just for Christmas - it's for life! |