Tag: garage

A residential garage (/ˈɡærɑːdʒ/ or /ɡəˈrɑːʒ/) is part of a home, or an associated building, designed or used for storing a vehicle or vehicles. In some places the term is used synonymously with “carport”, though that term normally describes a structure that is not completely enclosed.
Australian homes typically have a two, one and a half or double car garage, with some newer houses having a triple garage, with one double door and one single door. Prior to the 1970s most of them were detached from the house, usually set further back with the driveway leading up past the side of the house, common with old fibreboard houses, but not uncommon with earlier brick houses. The most common doors on these garages were either 2 wooden barn style doors with a standard sized access door on the side of the garage, or the B&D; Rolla Door, which is described below.
The most common garage door to date in Australia is the B&D; Rolla Door, having been around since 1956 and still in heavy use today….