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nathy_87

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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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15th Dec 11 at 17:02

what have you done in your garage (if anything) to prevent the door getting hit on the concrete?

Nismo

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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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16th Dec 11 at 10:04

Can just about see it here, I have fixed carpet with foam behind it to the wall.

Neil

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Registered: 2nd Nov 03
Location: Newcastle Drives: E46 MSport Coupe
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16th Dec 11 at 10:13

Do you mean, the car door hitting the garage wall, or the garage door hitting the floor?

If it's the car door, just a bit of carpet along the wall when the door opens.

_Allan_

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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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16th Dec 11 at 10:39

Carpet along the wall is popular as said or you can splash out and get some rubber/foam bump strips.

http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/260890633096?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

Plenty of products available.

Ben J

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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Cheshire
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16th Dec 11 at 12:22

My Dad has done the carpet on wall trick. Not that its needed atm.

[Edited on 16-12-2011 by Ben J]

Jimbothebarbarian

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Registered: 19th Apr 07
Location: Cumbria..........drunk..
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16th Dec 11 at 14:33

Buy a wider garage?

nathy_87

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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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16th Dec 11 at 18:25

Ok cheers guys, how are you attaching the carpet to the walls?

Ian

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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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16th Dec 11 at 18:28

Made it massive

What is the wall behind? Brick or breeze block?

mattk

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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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16th Dec 11 at 19:09

quote:
Originally posted by nathy_87
Ok cheers guys, how are you attaching the carpet to the walls?

screws?

Ben J

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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Cheshire
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16th Dec 11 at 19:41

Think my Dad used screws/rawplugs with nice big washers to stop the screw head pulling through the carpet.

nathy_87

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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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16th Dec 11 at 19:42

.

I've got breeze blocks at the back of my garage but it leads on to a field.

chr15barn3s

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Registered: 5th Oct 03
Location: Farnborough
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16th Dec 11 at 22:33

A piece of the sticky back foam that you use to stick behind speakers and subs etc... Had a square of it hanging round in the garage. Perfect! Really sticky too and has been up 3 years on shitty dusty concrete.

kennySRi

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Registered: 12th Nov 10
Location: Lancashire
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16th Dec 11 at 23:35

I have never thought of putting carpet on the wall...what's wrong with just being careful whilst getting out? You don't see cars with carpet on their doors parking on car parks

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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16th Dec 11 at 23:42

sometimes it can't be helped.

the wind could blow it open or you'd be fixing something and it'd just hit the wall.

has happened to me many times as my garage isn't that big.

carpet is the most popular fix i find. my dad recommended it as it's cheap and easy.

Graham88

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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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17th Dec 11 at 01:39

Plus putting a bit of carpet on the wall as a prevention is a bit easier than having the hassle of a dented door getting it resprayed etc

I'd do it if I could get my car in my garage

I need another one just to keep my car in.

chr15barn3s

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Registered: 5th Oct 03
Location: Farnborough
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17th Dec 11 at 10:39

My Rocco is too wide to get in and out of without. Plus the door is so thick it doesn't leave much room at all.

Jed D

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Registered: 15th Mar 11
Location: Durham
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17th Dec 11 at 20:16

i haven't got a garage

...wey i have but...

its more like a brick shed that you'd struggle to get access to in a old mini

kennySRi

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Registered: 12th Nov 10
Location: Lancashire
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17th Dec 11 at 23:19

How wide is that Jed? It's a joke that houses come with garages so narrow.

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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18th Dec 11 at 00:17

how wides that? think mines about 8'6'' and still have trouble walking round with the puma in there.

Jake

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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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18th Dec 11 at 01:25

the opening of that garage is about 1.9m

Toby

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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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18th Dec 11 at 22:00

Ripped up the carpet from my old bedroom at my mums when I left. Used wooden battens on one side but on the other I actually just screwed to the wall using raw plugs and generic screws

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