Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

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RichB

51,597 posts

285 months

Friday 23rd March 2012
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New green carpet tiles arrived this morning so I intend to get stuck into my garage re-furb this weekend (between quali' and the race) - Repaint the walls and ceiling, fill some gaps with foam and re-paint the floor where the cars stand, carpet tiles are for the working area. I'll post up some pictures.

Samerati

2,173 posts

147 months

Sunday 25th March 2012
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Does anyone know roughly how much these underground systems cost?

http://www.undergroundgaragesystems.co.uk/undergro...

Output Flange

16,802 posts

212 months

Sunday 25th March 2012
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£70k is a figure that sticks in my mind.

Doesn't Zod have one of these?

Toaster Pilot

14,621 posts

159 months

Sunday 25th March 2012
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Samerati said:
Does anyone know roughly how much these underground systems cost?

http://www.undergroundgaragesystems.co.uk/undergro...
That's the coolest thing I've ever seen rofl

TROOPER88

1,767 posts

180 months

Sunday 25th March 2012
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Output Flange said:
£70k is a figure that sticks in my mind.

Doesn't Zod have one of these?
If that price is correct, yes they are very, very cool but very, very expensive. 70k!

I really do not believe it could be that much, I would guess half of that

Samerati

2,173 posts

147 months

Sunday 25th March 2012
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Output Flange said:
£70k is a figure that sticks in my mind.

Doesn't Zod have one of these?
If £70k then, to be blunt, f*** that.

Globs

13,841 posts

232 months

Sunday 25th March 2012
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Samerati said:
Output Flange said:
£70k is a figure that sticks in my mind.

Doesn't Zod have one of these?
If £70k then, to be blunt, f*** that.
Often cheaper to move wink
Not sure I'd want a car in a hole in the ground TBH, you'd also need 24hr power on for water pumps and air/sunken gas dispersal. The look neat working though, very Joe 90.

OlberJ

14,101 posts

234 months

Sunday 25th March 2012
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Electricity available for a whole 5 mins any time of day?

How very swish.

MrChips

3,264 posts

211 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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Couple of mine showing before and after (well,still in progress really). Now that i've sold the 205, there's more space to spread out, and get round to setting up the home gym. But the bike means it's still a PH garage at heart!

When we moved in:


Painted walls and floor about 2 weeks later. Took about a week!


Fast forward 4 years and once the pug had gone, it looked a bit empty and unloved. Plenty of oil and crap on the floor but the paint was in good nick, but not nice to work on.


Rearranged the workspace, moving the tool drawers under the bench, and treated myself to a proper toolboard.


Then some flooring from Ecotile. Great quality, easy to fit and wasn't too expensive.


Finally, how it currently stands now. I've put my bike up on the wall to help with the floor space, setup the home gym, and can get the 1200GS in easy.


Left to do now is to give the walls a fresh coat of paint, put in some heating and maybe cover over the joists with some white chipboard to help reflect the light a bit more. Oh, and put another lock on the door just in case!



Edited by MrChips on Monday 9th April 23:21

GFWilliams

4,941 posts

208 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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How are you going to fit the TVR in there aswell? wink

Jack Olsen

46 posts

145 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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Hey there, Pistonheads. Here's an example of a small garage from the United States. I think it's a good example of what can be done with a modest budget -- and a lot of time. I did all of it myself, from the sliding-door cabinets up top to the ceramic tile down below. My shoulders still remember digging out the hole for the hydraulic lift.

Pretty much everything in the place is second-hand, repurposed or home-made.









Benches fold down from the wall:







It looks nice cleaned up, but it's a working garage:



And it's got a video, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHqixjMXAbo

And there's about a hundred pages of documentation on it all at this link.

The car is a 1972 Porsche 911, fitted up (Frankenstein-style) with components from different eras of the model. Lots of information on it here.

Edited by Jack Olsen on Sunday 15th April 07:55

Streetrod

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6,468 posts

207 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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Now Jack that is a perfect first post and a truly Pistonhead type garage. All I can say is well done

LukeBird

17,170 posts

210 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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Streetrod said:
Now Jack that is a perfect first post and a truly Pistonhead type garage. All I can say is well done
+1

Love the car, that's fantastic!
Welcome! wavey

RichB

51,597 posts

285 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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Jack Olsen said:
Hey there, Pistonheads.
Hi Jack and welcome to Pistonheads. I've watched your threads on The Garage Journal many times, always impressed with the work you've done. smile

Wills2

22,878 posts

176 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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Tell us more about that beautiful 911.....cloud9

Rollcage

11,327 posts

193 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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Brilliant garage, and a fantastic looking piece of Pork.

theaxe

3,560 posts

223 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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RichB said:
Jack Olsen said:
Hey there, Pistonheads.
Hi Jack and welcome to Pistonheads. I've watched your threads on The Garage Journal many times, always impressed with the work you've done. smile
Weird, I was just over at GJ when I thought about this thread and here you are... Welcome! smile

King Herald

23,501 posts

217 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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Jack Olsen said:
Welcome to Pistonheads. I was in your build pages on Garage Journal not an hour ago, before I swung by here. You have the perfect example of how to make the very best of a medium sized garage. Mine is about a metre bigger than yours, but I'll be very happy if I can get it anywhere near as organised and condensed as yours.

I'm Morrisman over on Garage journal, building the garage in the Philippines. biggrin

http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10...

FourWheelDrift

88,551 posts

285 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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Thought I had seen it before, October last year

CY88 said:
No need apparently:



Build thread here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?...

FourWheelDrift

88,551 posts

285 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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As above too biggrin