Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - Taking the plunge.....

I've just had planning permission granted to increase the height of my garage from 2.2m to 3.5m. (Converting it to a pitch roof from its current flat roof).

I'm hoping to have the building / roofing work completed sometime after Easter 2026 (No point in trying to build in the freezing weather).
Once the garage has been updated I'll be installing a car lift / car park.
I'm putting a deposit down on one of these in the next few days.


It's a Glenfinnan Car Parking Lift

And now to the crux of this post......
Ordering one of these tomorrow..... as a companion car to my 110th anniversary Morgan Plus 4



Will be just a year to wait....

It's been awhile since my last update as I've been awaiting a new garage door (roller shutter - I did the "man maths" and it worked )

Unfortunately it was a flippin' 8 week lead time on the door and the lift was delivered a week after the garage height was extended so I couldn't assemble the lift until the door had been installed

BUT - It's done



Here's the new door and a couple more images of the lift.





You'll notice the big grey block on the lift - That's a jacking beam I've invested in - It's bloody heavy...!

Tomorrow - 20th August I'm off down to the Pemleton "factory" to see my car in build

An update on proceedings...
It's been a busy, hard week of graft here at the Saxonian house-hold. SWMBO is not happy with the builders yard that has sprung up, but hey-ho...

Thursday / Good Friday saw the scaffolding erected

Front of Garage



Rear of garage



Easter Monday and me and my builder stripped off the existing roofing (and bloody hard graft it was too.)



The existing roofing was a bitumen covering with glass fibre which was coated with Decothane



Tuesday saw me loading the scaffolding with bricks as my builder cracked on with laying them.





Wednesday was another brick laying day as well. I also jointed the halve joints on the 2 wall plates

Thursday - Roof trusses delivered and fitted



These are "scissor trusses" as I need as much internal height I can muster (3.5 meters to the top of the finished ridge is what I got plnning permission for).



This is the view from inside the garage - On my first view it looks cavernous compared to the old flat foof.

Jon - I had sort of come to this conclusion whilst working on the garage yesterday......
Think I can get the "man maths" to work as I've already primed a neighbour on selling the existing door to him for £500

Quick update - been remiss on this one

Monday 13th Apil exactly one week from starting

All tiled, dry ridge installed along with facia's - need to fit soffit boards and guttering then just painting needed outside