Recent market research shows that many people who don't use a garage spend around 10 minutes de-icing their cars on cold winter mornings -ten minutes that could be better spent in bed!

The weight of snow can bend or break wipers and pouring hot water over the glass can crack your windscreen, not forgetting the icy pavements left behind that can lead to accidents.

Why not take the bite out of winter and protect your car in a new garages that can cost only a little more than the 1000 fine you could be charged by police for driving with restricted vision.

There are many ways to personalise your garage and an increasingly popular option in bad weather are automatic doors, which enable you to open the garage from the comfort of your car - ideal on wet and cold evenings.

With winter now making its presence known it is harder to drag yourself out of bed in the mornings. People find themselves running late for work, so the last thing you want to do is walk outside and have to de-ice your car or clear away snow.

A garage helps protect your car from the winter weather and this gives you those extra precious minutes under the duvet on a cold winter morning.