Before and after.....

[toolsntat]

Been a few years wait for the client to get this sorted but so much better....


Spot the difference anyone?



Cheers, Andy

 

[AndyT]

Before, the old garage door was just blocked up, but now there's a usable door, neatly disguised?

Some people are very lucky in the quality of jobs they get done for them!

 

[duke]

I do agree Andy, job well done.

 

[AndyP]

Looks very neat. How useable is the space between the door and the internal wall? It looks little more ghan a foot deep.

 

[toolsntat]

Before, the old garage door was just blocked up, but now there's a usable door, neatly disguised?

Some people are very lucky in the quality of jobs they get done for them!

Looks very neat. How useable is the space between the door and the internal wall? It looks little more ghan a foot deep.

Mr T, no, garage door is still for show only.
Mr P, no usable space between door and wall. With the cavity being only a couple of inches.

The bit I'm highlighting is purely a remedy to something which infuriated the clients from when the builders did it during the conversion work..

 

[AndyT]

Ah, now I get it. You've fitted that long, wide windowboard and made good at the ends.

 

[Windows]

In the first outside picture, you can see the top of the wall through the window (it’s not clear if there’s a capping then). You’ve reduced the height (and added a shelf to cap it off?) so that there’s no longer an obstruction visible from the outside through the window.

Have you also changed the depths? The window seems to project further forward to the outside in the before pics.

 

[AndyT]

Surely, anyone with a little built in garage like that will want to turn it into a workshop, and will need a door to the outside.
You've not let them use it for something less important, like a kitchen, have you?

 

[toolsntat]

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Surely, anyone with a little built in garage like that will want to turn it into a workshop, and will need a door to the outside.
You've not let them use it for something less important, like a kitchen, have you?

Alas, now an unfinished utility room which did at least become a workshop for a couple of days.....

 

[toolsntat]

Ah, now I get it. You've fitted that long, wide windowboard and made good at the ends.

The window board was the existing one which the builders put in.

 

[toolsntat]

In the first outside picture, you can see the top of the wall through the window (it’s not clear if there’s a capping then). You’ve reduced the height (and added a shelf to cap it off?) so that there’s no longer an obstruction visible from the outside through the window.

Have you also changed the depths? The window seems to project further forward to the outside in the before pics.

Yes, basically this.
What is visible is the edge of the window board and the white silicone sealant.
Admittedly the builders had to incorporate an extractor vent which added to the step in the over height of the board. All a bit of a futile exercise as they squashed it flat when fitting the plasterboard reveal.
Inside the room the light and visual effect of the window were considerably curtailed by just capping it flat. This is now lowered and has a slope providing (when viewed upon room entry) the full effect of the leaded light and increased room illumination.
One of the overriding things I've had to alter was the sliding garage door track and timber carrier that were left in position and higher that the window frame. It no longer carried the doors so cutting away part of it wasn't an issue.

 

[toolsntat]

 

[Windows]

Wow. You weren’t kidding about them squashing the extractor duct!