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The Garage Queen thread got me thinking about this subject again. Thought I'd start a separate thread on this, rather than hijack.. Would like to hear rebuttals or why people justify living under the same roof line as their cars. The catalytic converter keeps working up to 30 minutes after you park your car. Fumes are being leaked into living areas, no matter how air tight you think you garage is & slowly poisoning you & your family. The situation is much worse if you have vehicles that require premium fuel.
I've lived with an attached garage for oh 20 or so years.....no ill health effects. I also don't go to my exhaust pipes when I exit my vehicle and suck on them. I know folks who have had attached garages for 70+ years and car fumes isn't what killed them! Old age killed most of them and by old age I mean they were in their 90's. Others are still alive in their 80's....again no car fume poisoning.....Sounds like completely made up nonsense from someone with a tinfoil hat.
Maybe there is an exhaust fan that is acrivated by the garage door closing?
The garage door has nothing to do with the vehicle's oil odor. But this thread has convinced me that, simply for the sake of the interior garage odor, that we should not be so quick to close the garage door, and should let it air out a bit.
My garage is double the size of my home. It is built to look like a 1950's gas station. My cars are all pre-1970 so no catalytic converters, and my truck is a 1990 diesel that runs on used cooking oil. The garage has windows that are usually open. Many older Florida homes with attached garages had windows and lower vents so there was no way fumes would get in the house.
My garage is double the size of my home. It is built to look like a 1950's gas station. My cars are all pre-1970 so no catalytic converters, and my truck is a 1990 diesel that runs on used cooking oil. The garage has windows that are usually open. Many older Florida homes with attached garages had windows and lower vents so there was no way fumes would get in the house.
Sounds like my kind of garage... tried once to set up a 1930's station that was being removed... it was really small and constructed of metal... no go with the city...
I was looking at a house that had a tuckunder garage that was located under the bedrooms... somehow I thought that was a bad idea. Aside from the fact you can hear it when it's opening from the bed, there's the matter of all the flammable liquids located there....
I was looking at a house that had a tuckunder garage that was located under the bedrooms... somehow I thought that was a bad idea. Aside from the fact you can hear it when it's opening from the bed, there's the matter of all the flammable liquids located there....
Most of the homes I have are like this... they are two story or split-level... I never gave it a second thought.
Fire Code requires a separation above what is required for spaces not used to garage cars.
I have a terminally ill spouse. He has serious issues with balance and walking is difficult for him. He needs a walker occasionally but if not, he always has to use a cane to help him. I won't have a detached garage. I want it attached and a ramp going down to it. I won't risk him slipping and hurting himself on ice or a wet sidewalk trying to get to the car. There are pros and cons to everything. I'd be more worried about a fire starting in the garage and spreading to the house than I would any 'toxic fumes'. When we thought it out, there was a much higher risk of him falling than there is of a fire, so attached garage it is.
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