Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

Cheers Rich, I'm the third owner and it's been in the family from new! Not entirely sure what I'm supposed to do with it aside from mop up all the leaks

Thanks. Prior to this makeover I had the standard garage setup with car posters and signs on the walls, sensible gray epoxy flooring, wall cabinets and lots of working clutter like air compressors and hydraulic jack. Every flat surface was covered with some tool or another. Clutter begat clutter, and I even bought a bench so that I could put tools on since there was nowhere else left. That added more clutter of course.

So when it came to redo the floor I decided to streamline everything and go hi-tech and minimalist. That meant all items had to go into storage or cupboards and I would have nothing on the walls either.

It was harder to do than it sounded, but once I started throwing away a lot of duplicated tools, old paint cans and storing little-used items under the house, it became easier to prioritise what I really needed in a garage. And that was giving the cars some clear space so I could enjoy looking at them. It's amazing how good the Aston looks when there is no clutter to take the eye away from its sleek lines. Sometimes you need to isolate the car with some distance to get a better appreciation of the design, and I feel I've done that with this upgrade.

One of the advantages I wanted was a light, bright area, almost sci-fi like the pictures I've seen of the Aston Martin plant for the One-77. Even the tool cabinets are white and the whole effect is spectacular. One of the positive side effects I hadn't thought about was that anything dropped on the floor is immediately obviously. Even a tiny washer stands out, so nothing gets lost.

Cleaning the floor is just as easy as any other painted floor. Every day I use a battery leaf blower to get rid of dead insects, leaves and the like, and every week I mop it with a large microfibre floor mop. Still looks like new and I expect it will stay like that for many years.


The Aston Martin plant inspiration for my garage:

You have a stunning DB2, love that colour. My Vantage and previous 2003 Vanquish are easier to mop up after! My first AM ride was in a DB5 45 years ago, and I have never forgotten the experience or lost my enthusiasm for the brand. The all-white clinical design of my garage probably suits the modern car more than a classic.

Thanks Ken.

Love it!

What made you go with the vented rather than the normal pattern?

I believe polyaspartic coatings will also chip and scratch, but to a lesser extent than epoxy. I've yet to test that theory!

Be prepared to pay twice as much for your floor too. The product cost will be the main contributor there. My standard 2 car floor cost the equivalent of £700 for product alone, on top of the prep work and coating time.

A good firm will take a lot of time getting your floor properly prepped. They should use a diamond sander to get down to bare concrete as that's the basic secret to getting the polyaspartic to be longlasting.

I like the look of your garage, nice setup.

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Looks good Mark.

It's worth taking a look at LED tubes rather than fluorescents, a bit more costly obviously but they give a really crisp light, a good upgrade from the old tubes. I got mine off a member on here, E36GUY.

Ok so this isnt strictly a pistonheads garage (well not to my knowledge) but i think this qualifies:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2928127/Br...