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Decided to tidy the garage up a bit. its a big single garage that widens quite a bit toward the back. Its been a dumping ground for year and is in need to TLC.
The plan is to paint the floors and tidy up the walls and then install a bunch of racking at the back along with a tool wall above the workbench and some more lighting/sockets. I'll also have a space for a tumble dryer and possibly a drying cupboard if the budget stretches that far. The rear will then have a space for a couple of extra bike hooks, turbo trainer and punch bag.
Progress has been quite slow as the paint involves clearing out a third of the garage a time, but a delivery from BigDug is on its way today so hopefully things will come together soon.
Any thoughts / recommendations for tool storage ( or purchases :-))
I'e just re-done mine.
Some ideas:
Plenty of power sockets including some by the garage door for vacuuming the cars etc
Plenty of good LED lighting
Bike storage at the back of the garage with loads of ground anchors and individual chains
Work bench at the front so I can work on bike with the garage door open for better light.
Maybe you could wall mount the tumble drier to save floor space?
Light switches at each entrance
Hot and cold water taps
smoke alarm over the tumble drier
Oh... .wow... I wouldn't be able to sleep if mine looked like that does....
I had to go to bed later than usual last night as i had some tools still out from swapping my rear shock on the KTM.
Good timing for a garage thread.
I'm just about to start sorting mine out now the house is nearly finished but my biggest issue is the lack of electric in the garage. I think I'm going to have to go with some kind of solar panel and leisure battery set-up to get lighting in there.
Order will be restored soon.
*stealth ad* - if anyone in east lancs/manchester needs a Trend Router table - there is a unused one + stand/accessories under all that.
I just refactored a load of Ikea Lack shelving as storage - some open shelves, some with pull out boxes and some with drawers (originally toy storage but our girls are getting a little older so it's not needed anymore). It has transformed my space. I have also gone all OCD and bought a Dymo label printer so I can label the contents of all the boxes/drawers. 🙂
Dmyo Printer - good call. Used to love the one we had at work. Childish, but satisfying.
oohh, yay! i'll play!
I'm planning to redo the garage layout. did a quick setup with two workbenches in the corner when we moved in but now i'm getting to the end of the house renovation the garage can have my full attention.
concur with above: plenty of sockets dotted around for convenience, LED roof lighting and bench lighting, retractable air line for the compressor and most of all cupboard doors! the benches i made last year are open fronted so no mater how tidy it may be, dust and crap gets everywhere!
Also, as nice as a tool wall/shadow board is, unless you are using the tools daily then its just another place to collect dust! they take some cleaning and my OCD doesn't like it very much, so im going to invest in a tool chest so they can go into organised drawers.
Needs work!
It’s not as tidy as I’d like it at the moment but the layout is there:
Needs work!
Looks pretty damn nice to me. Interesting point about the toolboard though.
Needs work!
Looks pretty damn nice to me. Interesting point about the toolboard though.
<div>thanks. Yep, its a shame as i like having the tools out and ordered like that, but it just ends up as a mess. I end up using the airline to blow all the crap away, which just ends up landing on everything else!</div>
<div>Looking at a matching floor cabinet for my toolbox on the bench then making some foam inlays to sort the tools.</div>
Gah! formatting is messy now, cant cope!
My tool storage is two sets of form filing cabinets (shallow draw things.)
They're great and as they come out they pull completely out you can stick them on the bench and put the tools STRAIGHT BACK...
... Thats the theory anyway.
I wish I had a garage.
My garage is a mess too, every time I think about sorting it out I realise how much is in there and moving anything to tidy it becomes like a completing a rubix cube. I then decide to go and ride my bike or do something else that I actually enjoy
As per hooli.
But then, I knew I had some handlebar tape cos my bike has odd handlebar tape. But I couldn't find it anywhere in the mess so had to go and buy some more. After looking for an hour... Man, I'd love to get it tidy.
I'm just going through the "Big Tidy" as we're moving round the corner at the beginning of October. You don't realise how much shite you accumulate!
I have a rough layout in my head of the new place based on our visits and what I need to buy/sort.
Old Desk will become work bench, need to buy racking, ground anchors etc etc...
Came home from 2 week's holiday on Monday to find my garage smelling rather unsual. Somehow the fridge/freezer out there was left open, all the contents had defrosted and the freezer bags had all ruptured. So we have juices from about a kilo of pork tenderloin, a pile of chicken, fish and various meals that i'd frozen over the last few months now embedded in my unsealed concrete garage floor. I'm considering burning it to the ground.
I love my garage, the only sacred place in the house...!
It's a requirement for any other house purchase, which in London is quite limiting...
It's small but packed!
I'll follow this with interest as I'm moving in the next few weeks and go from no garage to a double.
I have a rough idea in my head but it's got to still take 2 cars (a classic mini and potentially something small like an elise) the bikes and tools. Im wondering with the work bench if its worth going full width or realistically will 2m be enough. Im also thinking cheap fitted kitchen units and a laminate worktop for the bench to get storage and a decent surface. Havent thought about racking yet though...
rmg - just one word of advice. You'll think now that you'll never fill it. In 3 years time you'll be struggling to find space in it. I went from a small shed to a double garage with a pitched roof (so lots of storage space up there too) and regularly need to re-sort it as it's rammed.
BigDug's been.
I don't have *quite* as much storage space as I'd thought.
Good thread.
Need to get my garden store built and then I can sort the garage out.
Started putting cabinets up to make it a bit tidier earlier in the year, just need the crap out so I can finish.
Anyone want 2 single IKEA wardrobes (minus doors) and 2 internal domestic fire doors before I take them to the tip?
Good timing... I’ve just started a big clear out of my double garage. Masses of crap going to the dump this weekend.
Made a start painting the walls white, it’s half brick half breeze block - the breeze block is a right pain in the gonads to paint compared to the brick. Hopefully the paint will keep the dust down a little.
I’ve got an electrician coming in soon to sort out the lights, sockets etc - I currently have various tubes wired into extension leads all running of a single socket that’s falling apart. Not good.
I’ve been looking at that Big Dug shelving too - looks pretty good for the money. What do you think of it slackboy?
So I finally got around to taking a picture of my garage last night...
Ive got similar shelving to that slackboy. 3 shelving units. One is full with boxes of family stuff though. Mine is a little untidy as there is still an old exercise bike in there which came from the MIL and a rolled up Kingsize mattress (only used for a few months but replaced with a tempur) - want those gone for the 9 bikes.
I recently changed the floro light tube with a new one, and added two LED flood lights to light up the bike maintenance area.
My parents have moved to Spain and still have a house here so i am currently storing all there gardening tools and petrol lawnmover. I also have there powerplate exercise machine that they didnt sell which is housing lots of crap that they need for when they visit. My pristine garage/workshop is now a dump and not a place i can relax in anymore but at least this stuff hasnt gone to landfill.
Nothing to add other than leaving this here to give weeksey nightmares!!! 😁
Only suggestion I have is that if you replace the carpet in your house then use it in the garage. We replaced my little lad's carpet and the old one went into the garage with the underlay. It's made the garage warmer and it's a much nicer place to be now. Plus it keeps the dust down.
Must get around to finishing mine off after moving house.
At the last house I had built a shelving unit that lasted 10+ years. Its basically 2 x 8' x 4' sheets of chipboard, cut into 2' x 8' lengths, & 14 lengths of CLS studwork timber. You can just see it in the photo. I dismantled it & put it up at the new place. Its assembled with M6 fencing bolts.
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Trying to cut down on the amount of room that mine & the boys Fat bikes takes up was a challenge. Hanging them vertically on the wall means some pretty sturdy hooks & space between them. I ended up making some mounts from galvanised guttering supports & positioning them so they sit on the back wheel to take the weight, with the bars turned for clearance. They are easier for the boys to remove as they aren't lifting the weight.
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(Sorry about the photo orientation).
I wish I had a garage.
Nah, it's just another place to accumulate junk, and if it comes with a motorised door you'll constantly worry that your partner/kids/dog might have pressed the remote and now it's sitting open visible from the main road running through your village😀
Riiight, got keys today, gone from no garage to a double. No need to store cars or garden tools, so it's all up for bike store/workshop/gym grabs.
Getting practical, the floor is bare concrete. I'm thinking get it painted first job. Can someone recommend a good paint brand?
From there I want wall mounted storage for the bikes (5 in the family at the moment, but room for 6-8 would be good) and a work bench, with peg board. Any recommendations for bike storage and places to shop for a workbench?
No real man shops for a workbench. They are crafted from your imagination.
https://www.watco.co.uk/ for floor paint
http://www.bigdug.co.uk/ for shelving/racking/work benches/ storage/etc
As for painting the floor, I think someone recommended just using a 10:1 water:pva mix, washed over the concrete and then left to dry overnight. It can then be painted. Cheaper and easier than doing it 'properly'.
Or just get an old carpet!
Feast your eyes on my blue themed garage/workshop
Is that a lathe? Do you make your own stanchions?!
I bought one of these from Ebay.
It's absolutely brilliant in honesty, does the job really well.
Fruitbat, i've got half a nasty looking at that!
Your wall mounts are genius with the tyre holders on a rail!
I need to up my tyre holder game as I just have some little tabs but my bikes wander on them a bit and it looks untidy.
I’ve been looking at that Big Dug shelving too – looks pretty good for the money. What do you think of it slackboy?
It's pretty good. I bought the light weight one and the shelves are pretty thin. If I was using it in anger if probably want something a bit sturdier.
Went up quickly though and it's fairly rigid .
Like a previous poster, I used 'watered down' pva to seal the floor.
Then used paint from https://www.regalfloorpaint.co.uk/
The Quick Dry Garage Floor Paint was applied with a roller (plastic bags over shoes), was really 'creamy' and flowed out nicely.
Colour 'Ford Tractor Blue'.
Been down 3 years on a clean, newly laid concrete floor.
I've recently moved and have been enjoying sorting out my garage. I was in a flat and now have a pitched roof double garage to play with.
The breeze block walls have taken 40l of vinyl Matt so far. There are still some deep holes that I'm not going to fill. The main purpose was to make it brighter and reduce dust. It's working and I can't face any more painting. I used a long pile roller. Looking back I could have sprayed it.
The floor needs a bit of work. The concrete slab is raised slightly (maybe 2cm) in the middle. There's a crack running down the middle. I suspect it's subsided a bit with the exceptionally dry weather. The power door needs a push to close. I'm not sure what's best to do here. Screed it and raise the door, or take a grinder and wire brush the the bit that blocks the door. Raising the floor would help with slight water ingress on windy days. Any suggestions are welcome!
I've lost man points buy buying a precut workbench. I'm a bit short of time so cheated here. I'm going to attach it to the wall and floor, and put some hardboard on top. Tool board and box thing from lidl will go on the wall behind the bench.
Lidl had bench vices a few weeks back so have one of those to go on. Old Record vices of gumtree were quite expensive and the two I went to see were cracked. Guys claimed not to have notice!
Tool cabinet is sorted, Halfords black one.
I replaced my old fluorescent tubes with two led battens claiming 10000 lumens each. They are pretty bright.
I've gone for steadyracks on the walls for most of the bikes. I like the ability to swivel the bikes which allows closer placement without making it awkward to get bikes in and out. At the start of the run of racks is a corner so a cheaper hook is being used as the swivelling function is wasted there. A shelf will go above these racks for extra storage.
I'm going to try a pulley system to get some narrow bar bikes up between the joists and out of the way.
Shelving hasn't been decided yet. Bigdug have a lot of options but I'm unsure about MDF or chipboard shelves. Homebase have some 60cm deep 2m wide all metal shelves which look pretty good. I'm thinking some Really Useful boxes will be good for keeping dust off some stuff.
Its been a lot of fun planning all this and it's slowly progressing.
I've just painted the floor in my garage of my new build house. After quite a bit of research I was recommended the Leyland Trade Heavy Duty floor paint and I'm pretty pleased with the results.
You don't need to put any PVA mix down first or anything, it's designed to go straight on to the concrete base. I gave it three coats and it's looking pretty good. The key though is to try and remove as much dust as possible before you start painting, I used an old hoover.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/leyland-trade-heavy-duty-floor-paint-frigate-grey-2-5ltr/86567
After quite a bit of research I was recommended the Leyland Trade Heavy Duty floor paint
Thats what I used - went on easily and looks to be durable.
I’ve lost man points buy buying a precut workbench
And you’ve dared to post in this thread?
Progress is being made
Good thread for motivation to sort mine out. It's quite large but the previous owner didn't finish the build off so the block walls are rough and the ceiling is unfinished plasterboard and this make the place really dusty. I need to get time to take the whole lot out and paint it to stop the dust.
I tried using the cheap Halfords flooring tiles to provide a more comfortable floor. This worked at first but for some reason after they had been down a few months, they became mis-shaped and now I have a few of them central that have lifted, almost like the have grown in size. When I redo the floor I will get some heavy duty garage floor tiles.
Also used BigDug shelving as pictured earlier in this thread, very pleased with that.
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<div>Coming along nicely that, good work!</div>