2 April 2023 · Sharon Winson
Concrete garages in Scotland
Yes. We've supplied and installed concrete garages in Scotland since 2005, with fitting teams typically north of the border every week. Check your postcode for exact prices.
Yes. Nucrete supplies and installs concrete garages in Scotland, and has done since 2005. Scottish orders are now a significant part of our trade, with our fitting teams typically working in Scotland every week. Delivery areas vary by postcode, so the quickest way to confirm yours is the postcode check on our prices page.
Which parts of Scotland do Nucrete deliver to?
We regularly deliver and install concrete garages in and around Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling, Perth, Dunfermline, Fife and East Kilbride, among many other towns. Coverage is decided by delivery postcode rather than by a line on a map, so rather than guess, enter your postcode on our concrete garage prices page: it confirms whether we deliver to your area and shows exact prices for it, with VAT, delivery and installation included in every figure.
What do Scottish customers usually order?
Scotland spans everything from tenement back courts to crofts with a mile of track to them, so the jobs vary more here than anywhere else we deliver. These are the kinds of building we're asked for most often north of the border, representative of a normal month rather than any single customer's build.
- Replacing a rotten timber garage on a bungalow. Very common across the central belt. Timber has a hard time in Scottish weather, and the usual replacement is a single apex, 8'5" or 9'5" wide by 16'3" or 18'3" long, with a 7ft up and over door. Owners who've just spent twenty years treating a wooden building rarely want another one.
- A double on a newer estate outside Glasgow or Edinburgh. Typically 18'5" or 20'5" wide, clear span so both car doors open, two up and over doors and the two 4ft windows that come as standard. uPVC fascias are a popular upgrade here for the same reason as above, nothing to repaint.
- An extra-height building for a campervan or boat. Regular work up towards Perth, Aberdeen and the west coast. Taller panels, a wider door, and a base sized with room to manoeuvre rather than just room to park.
- A workshop or store on a rural plot. Often a pent roof building, chosen because a lower roofline takes less wind. Add a window over the bench and a personnel door and it becomes somewhere you'll actually work rather than somewhere you put things.
- A row of battery garages for a housing association or estate. Shared dividing walls make a bank of garages quicker and more economical than separate buildings, and we supply these to local authorities and organisations as well as private customers.
Does delivery to Scotland cost extra?
There's no separate delivery charge to add on. Every Nucrete price already includes VAT, delivery and installation. Prices do vary by delivery postcode area, which is why the prices page asks for your postcode first: the figure you see is the complete price for your address, not a base price with Scottish delivery to be bolted on later.
Distance is our problem rather than yours. The buildings are made in Bradford and travel up on our own lorries, and the schedule is planned around that, which is why we ask for a realistic four to six weeks from order rather than promising next week and disappointing you.
- Since 2005
- Supplying Scotland
- Every week
- Teams north of the border
- 10 years
- Structural guarantee
What types of concrete garage are available in Scotland?
Scottish customers get our full range: the same buildings we manufacture in our Bradford factory for the rest of mainland UK. That runs from single apex and pent roof garages through double garages to Extra-Height buildings, workshops and stores; browse the full range to compare styles. Options like uPVC fascias and brick-effect fronts are available throughout, and every building carries our 10-year structural guarantee. Most standard garages are installed in around a day by our own teams.
Can Nucrete lay the base or remove an old garage in Scotland?
Where we deliver, our supporting services travel too: we can lay the concrete base before installation and take away your old building first, including safe licensed asbestos removal. Availability of these services, like delivery itself, depends on your postcode, mention them when you enquire and we'll confirm for your address.
If we lay the base, the building is guaranteed to fit it. Where you'd rather use a local builder, which plenty of Scottish customers do, we'll liaise with them on the specification so the slab is right before our lorry sets off. That matters more at this distance than it does an hour from the factory.
More on those services: garage removal, including licensed asbestos removal and concrete base laying.
What about unusual or bespoke buildings?
Because the buildings are sectional, sizes run in regular steps and can be combined into longer or wider layouts than the standard catalogue shows. If you need something out of the ordinary (an odd plot, a longer workshop, a specific height) ring us on 0800 849 9036 and ask. We supply around 1,100 buildings a year and unusual sites are a normal week for us.
Do Nucrete install concrete garages in Scotland?
Yes. We've supplied and installed concrete garages in Scotland since 2005, with our fitting teams typically working north of the border every week. Enter your postcode on the prices page to confirm your area.
How do I know if Nucrete deliver to my part of Scotland?
Use the postcode check on the concrete garage prices page. Delivery areas vary by postcode, and the check confirms coverage and shows exact prices for your address in one step.
Is installation included for Scottish orders?
Yes. Every Nucrete price includes VAT, delivery and installation, wherever we deliver. Most standard garages are installed in around a day.
Do Scottish garages get the same guarantee?
Yes. Every Nucrete building comes with the same 10-year structural factory guarantee, wherever in our delivery area it's installed.
How long does installation take in Scotland?
The same as anywhere else: most standard single garages go up in around half a day and most doubles in about a day, on a base that's already finished and cured. From order to installation is normally four to six weeks, which allows for the journey from Bradford being planned into the schedule properly.
Will a concrete garage stand up to Scottish weather?
Yes, and it's much of why people switch to one. Steel-reinforced concrete panels don't rot and need no treating, unlike the timber buildings they usually replace. Expect 50 years or more with basic annual maintenance. On an exposed site a pent roof is often the sensible choice, because a lower roofline takes less wind.
In short: Nucrete has supplied and installed concrete garages in Scotland since 2005, with fitting teams typically north of the border every week. The buildings are manufactured at Nucrete's own factory in Bradford and installed by its own insured teams, most singles in around half a day and most doubles in about a day, four to six weeks from order. Every price includes VAT, delivery and installation with no separate Scottish delivery charge, though prices vary by delivery postcode area. Every building carries a 10-year structural guarantee and an expected working life of 50 years or more.
Written and reviewed by the Nucrete team. Nucrete manufactures its concrete garages in its own Bradford factory and has done for over 45 years. Call free on 0800 849 9036 or speak to Sharon direct on 01274 214 203.