Great Uses For Your Double Garage

If you want to transform vacant spaces into beautiful and functional areas that feel like part of your home, we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the best double garage conversion ideas from the garage experts at Garolla. Besides ensuring you don’t waste a single inch of space, it’ll also greatly enhance your lifestyle. From a home gym to a private cinema, find out some great double garage interior and design ideas to make your garage your favourite room in the house.

Double garage conversion ideas

Turn your garage into a home office

When it comes to double garage ideas to make a family home more functional, setting up a home office is a great option. Whether it is for children to carry out homework or for you to have somewhere quiet and organised to work from, converting a double garage into a home office offers many benefits. 

If your garage is connected to the rest of your home, you can install a door for easier access. To make your garage even more practical, consider features such as shelves, storage cabinets, electrical outlets, and natural or electrical sources of light (i.e. a window or lamps). Moreover, think about basic amenities such as facilities for making tea and coffee, as well as heating

Convert your garage into a utility room

To put garages that sit adjacent to the rest of the house to good use, they can be changed into a utility room or a boot room. If it’s not already the case, incorporate a back door to facilitate access, you could also add a toilet, a sink, and shelving units. If you have pets or enjoy the outdoors, a utility room is not just advantageous, it is also handy for keeping laundry and all sorts of shoes out of sight. 

Setting up a home gym in the garage

Converted double garage ideas became very popular in recent years, and among them, turning a garage into a gym has hit the top trend. If you are serious about working out, you can do yourself a favour and fill your garage with good home gym equipment. 

To make your double garage even more suitable for exercise, we recommend adding an air conditioner unit or at least a window that can be opened to let in the fresh air. Give it the feel of a real gym by adding slip-resistant flooring, a flatscreen TV, and large mirrors, and incorporate a handy shower area at the back.

Convert a garage into a home cinema

Should you find that your television isn’t close enough to a cinematic experience, then a home cinema garage conversion is exactly what you should go for. Make sure you do it right and set up a decent sound-proof system to respect the neighbours. You can also control the amount of light by mounting a window and installing blackout blinds.

Since you’re starting from scratch, you can include as many power outlets as your new entertainment system will require. A blank canvas mindset is also helpful when it comes to lighting and furniture placement.

Transforming your garage into an entertaining space

Garages are perfect for entertainment rooms where you can practice a variety of hobbies. You can turn them into a craft/DIY workshop, a gaming room, a reading room, a sewing space, a drawing/painting workshop, and the list goes on.

Having a room entirely dedicated to your hobby is a great addition to your home because it will minimise clutter elsewhere and keep your home organised and separated. Depending on your hobby, the wide shape of the existing garage may be exactly what you need. 

Double garage ideas

Two single garage doors

If you have two cars and want to protect your vehicles from potentially damaging weather conditions, then two single garage doors might be what you’re looking for. 

One of the advantages of using two single garage doors for homeowners is to have better control over temperature changes. Using only one door at a time helps keep cold winds outside in winter and maintain cool temperatures in summer. 

Two single garage doors also give more flexibility by granting both cars separate access to your garage. In case one garage door breaks, you can still get your cars out. 

A double garage door

It is important to keep in mind that two single garage doors will require more maintenance. While installing double doors for your garage means you just need one set of accessories, such as a remote, this also reduces repair hassles by half. Additionally, these doors allow more room for wider and larger vehicles like SUVs or pickup trucks. As an added benefit, it gives you more space if you need to carry bulky items in and out of your garage. Our roller garage doors are made-to-measure, so you can purchase a reliable door with any dimension.

What is the minimum size of a two-car garage?

Double garages aren’t necessarily double the size of a single garage. The standard width of a garage door can vary. However, a double garage door is usually 16 feet wide (5 meters), with a single garage door ranging from 8-9 feet. 

A 5.5m width garage door includes 0.3m for passengers side allowance, plus 1.8m for the car, plus 0.8m for the car’s door, and the same again. 

Just bear in mind that these are general rules and that garages in Ireland can have different dimensions depending on the size of your property or the area you live in. At Garolla, we design bespoke electric garage doors to match your exact needs and deliver our products directly to your door.

Are you looking to install or replace your double garage doors? 

At Garolla, all of our double garage doors are handcrafted in-house from the highest quality materials. We can design and build double garage doors in a range of sizes, colours, and finishes that can suit all budgets.

We offer expert and knowledgeable advice and we’ll discuss our full range of doors and their benefits so you can make an informed decision.

We also offer a 2-year warranty with all of our roller garage doors, delivered and installed straight to your home.

Feel free to contact a member of our experienced team if you have any other questions.