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Renovating a garage: Even those that are 50 years old?<\/h2>\n

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The oldest prefabricated concrete garages in Germany are now around 50 years old. This raises the question: is it still worth renovating such old garages (whether brick or concrete)? <\/p>\n

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When Werner Zapf Jr. developed the first one-piece concrete garage in 1968, it was impossible to predict how this innovation would be received on the market. But his success proved him right: in summer 2019, ZAPF delivered the 400,000th garage with the ZAPF logo! <\/p>\n

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Given these impressive installation figures, it is only logical that some garages from the early days, particularly from the 1970s, still exist today. Especially as other suppliers also launched concrete garage systems on the market after ZAPF – and solid brick garages had also been built all this time! So there is no question that solid garages from the late 1960s and 1970s still exist. What is much more interesting, however, is whether it is worth renovating or modernizing such old-fashioned garages? <\/p>\n

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To answer this question, it is worth taking a look at the car landscape of the time, which was characterized above all by cars that would hardly be perceived as real 4- or 5-seaters today. The best-selling car in Germany in 1968, for example, was the VW Beetle – and it was just under 4 m long and a little over 1.50 m wide. And many cars of the time were even smaller! It is therefore logical that some of the garages built or bricked in at the beginning of the 1970s were shorter than those of today – after all, the cars to be housed were usually much smaller. <\/p>\n

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These dimensions are precisely the crux of the matter with very old garages!<\/h3>\n

In fact, it is generally not so much the material that causes difficulties when renovating and modernizing old garages – but rather the basic dimensions. Today’s high-volume models from car manufacturers are usually 30 – 60 cm longer than the Beetle and usually 25 – 30 cm wider. <\/p>\n

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It is difficult or almost impossible to fit such a modern car into old garages from the 1970s, which in some cases are much shorter and narrower. Renovation and modernization make no sense in such cases. However, if the dimensions “fit” (which is often the case), it is definitely worthwhile – because the structural fabric of the load-bearing parts is usually still quite good. <\/p>\n

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If the old garage is large enough, it can be renovated and modernized step by step by our garage experts – even if it is already 50 years old!<\/p>\n

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