Renovate or convert?
Renovating keeps it a garage: a dry roof, a good door, a level floor, sound walls and light. Converting makes it a room you heat and use, with building regulations to meet: insulation to the standard, ventilation, and a fire escape window for a bedroom.
Keep it a garage and make it good, or turn it into a room: the difference in work, rules and cost.
Free and no obligation. Your plan goes to one builder, not a list.
- Garagerenovate: roof, door, floor, walls
- Roomconvert: heated, with regulations
- €3,120–€6,300roof and door, single garage
- 1decision to make first
Side by side
| Renovating | Converting | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A sound, dry garage with a good door | A heated room: a bedroom, office or gym |
| Rules | No planning to renovate | Building regulations, sometimes planning |
| Insulation | Your choice | To the standard for a room |
| The door | A new garage door | Usually bricked up with a window |
If you're not sure
Do the renovation so it doesn't block a conversion later: insulate the roof while it's open, run the cables before the skim, and screed the floor to a level that suits a room. Converting: garageconversion.ie.
Plan your garage renovation
A few quick taps: what your garage needs, what the roof and door cost, and the order to do it in. Contact details come last, and only if you want a price.
A single garage, new roof and a roller door: €3,120 to €6,300, the old door taken away included.
How the estimate is worked out
Roof and door ranges are what Irish roofers and door companies publish for the same job: the lowest to the highest figure. A double garage roof is its area times the rate for the covering. Floors, walls, windows, insulation and electrics vary too much from garage to garage to price fairly without seeing them, so the builder prices those on a visit.
Questions before you start
What's the difference between renovating and converting a garage?
Renovating keeps it a garage: a dry roof, a good door, a level floor, sound walls and light. Converting makes it a room you heat and use, with building regulations to meet: insulation to the standard, ventilation, and a fire escape window for a bedroom.
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Get the garage sorted, in the right order
Pick the garage and the jobs to see what the roof and door cost and the order to do it all in. When you want a price, your plan goes to a single vetted builder for your area.