Getting my defender into the garage

I have the same problem at the house we have just bought. The missus's solution would be to sell the Deefer and buy a small car.




My solution will be to build a carport! :D

Cheers
Sean

A Photo would be better than words, from insidethe garage out side and under and also the suports.

Double post with wrong link in it.

Would you have the height if the door itself was gone?

Under House :: Garage, Roller, Camco and Tilt Doors Sydney and Melbourne

rear airsprings - the system is pretty well sorted for 110s
have a solenoid to dump all pressure as you approach the drive
drive in on the rear bump stops

or just lost the roof rack

s

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Originally Posted by Leyland1980

This would be a PITA every day!

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not sure why, as you drive into your road, hit the low pressure setting and slow down to allow the tyres time to deflate, this also has the benefit of allowing your engine gearbox and diffs to dump heat.

park the car.

as you take off in the morning hit the road pressure button and the tyres come up to road pressure as you begin to warm up and work the vehicle

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

not sure why, as you drive into your road, hit the low pressure setting and slow down to allow the tyres time to deflate, this also has the benefit of allowing your engine gearbox and diffs to dump heat. park the car. as you take off in the morning hit the road pressure button and the tyres come up to road pressure as you begin to warm up and work the vehicle

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That sounds like more of a PITA than changing a beam once which was the original question.

For some reason I though that given the breadth of defender ownership on here and the wisdom I have seen imparted elsewhere I thought perhaps someone would be able to answer the OP.

I do not need air suspension or to deflate my tyres, nor do I wish to build a car port, change my garage door (it is not an overhead door) or buy a Daewoo Matiz!

I will follow the one reply that was of any use and consult "any builder".

Cheers

John

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

not sure why, as you drive into your road, hit the low pressure setting and slow down to allow the tyres time to deflate, this also has the benefit of allowing your engine gearbox and diffs to dump heat.

park the car.

as you take off in the morning hit the road pressure button and the tyres come up to road pressure as you begin to warm up and work the vehicle

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Sounds good to me. :D

Especially considering we only put our cars away once a day, even thou we might be in & out all day.

Know which is going to be the cheaper option.

Call a builder, but be prepared. You, or they, will need to involve engineers, architects, council etc. This will probably qualify as a structural change, so will need to be done to any new regulations that have come in since the original work was done.



Still like the party trick of CTS ;)

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Originally Posted by Leyland1980

I have recently bought a new house and obviously one of the requirements was that it had a garage high enough to allow my 110 with roof rack to fit. The garage is high enough, however the slope of the drive (down to the garage) means that due to the approach angle I cannot get in with the roof rack on. With it off it fits fine.

The sticking point, for want of a better word is the RSJ that runs across the garage opening. If the beam height (as in the beam itself) was perhaps 50mm lower and therefore the garage opening 50mm higher I would be able to get in.

Has any one got any experience with modifying domestic structures or can any one recommend a firm or engineer who could advise on this.

Regards

John

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Hi john I reread my post , as you say if the beam was 50mm lower , therefore the garage opening 50mm higher .What your asking is , could you put an RSJ in that doesn't have the same Depth as the one you have ? It is possible , Some times builders put beams in that are over engineered , only because that's what was available , It may well be that a smaller RSJ could carry the weight , but you need talk someone that knows a thing or two about this sort of stuff !!.. Jim

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Originally Posted by jimr1

As you have said , the lintel " RSJ " is holding the house up , the drive can't be lowered , so that only leaves the vehicle . now that will fit without the roof rack , would a different rack be an option , on that is 50mm lower ? Jim..

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Umm, second hand roof rack coming up cheap, and I live in Bne :)