Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

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FourWheelDrift

88,382 posts

283 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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As above too biggrin

JakesterUK

869 posts

198 months

Saturday 14th April 2012
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blackstang66 said:
It does indeed.
Very very nice

Jack Olsen

46 posts

143 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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Thanks! And thank you for the welcome to PistonHeads.

I didn't know I'd been included 33 pages back. This is a pretty large thread. Some great shops here.

JimmyJam

2,323 posts

218 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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Wow, what a first post! Good work

theaxe

3,557 posts

221 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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Jack Olsen said:
Thanks! And thank you for the welcome to PistonHeads.

I didn't know I'd been included 33 pages back. This is a pretty large thread. Some great shops here.
While you're here I have some questions about your tiled floor. Do you ever use a trolley jack or axle stands (maybe not with the lift)? I just wonder if the tiles would stand up to it... Also, do you have any problems with them getting slippery?

Currently I'm torn between ceramic tiles and racedeck.

JakesterUK

869 posts

198 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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RichB said:
Right back to garages (from aeroplanes) - what do you chaps do with your car magazines? Chuck them away? Me, I keep certain ones, in particular Motorsport and Octane where I have been subscriber for years. My wife has me keep them in the garage because they take up a lot of space - fair do's I suppose? Guess I could make a feature of them on a set of shelves... scratchchin
I really like those Costco cabinets they're just what I've been looking for to sort out my 'man cave' bit cheeky to ask but do you recall what sort of money they were

JakesterUK

869 posts

198 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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This is my garage which I built a few years back as the property when brought only had a pair of very small and useless concrete pre-fabs, so I built a 25x25 which although originally very pleased with has been somewhat used and abused over the past 3 years and I now want togive a refresh and refit to, so its a bit more 'man cave' and a place to espace to.

This is as we started once the pre-fabs were removed


Footings going in


Start of the shell going up


Full shell up


Roof starts coming together


Roof finished


Front view with timber cladding


Flooring and windows


Lick of paint


Nearly finished




All of which took me from start to finish about 12 months working on my tod, roping in pals when needed and saving up in between for the next stage of the build.

JakesterUK

869 posts

198 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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As said that was the original build a couple of years ago which now needs a refresh, up until last weekend it looked like this:







But it's now empty of projects (for 5 mins), so what I want to do now is repaint and a decent flooring, add some wall cabinets and additional benches and metal cabinets, any suggestions on floor layout and how to best utilise the space will be most welcome.

Silver Smudger

3,292 posts

166 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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Have to say I was really impressed with the quality of this one last time it was on here - Great attention to detail and a really nice overall look too - Good job!

ChrisRS

1,787 posts

216 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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Silver Smudger said:


Have to say I was really impressed with the quality of this one last time it was on here - Great attention to detail and a really nice overall look too - Good job!
Easily my favorite so far! Welcome to PH!

TROOPER88

1,767 posts

178 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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theaxe said:
While you're here I have some questions about your tiled floor. Do you ever use a trolley jack or axle stands (maybe not with the lift)? I just wonder if the tiles would stand up to it... Also, do you have any problems with them getting slippery?

Currently I'm torn between ceramic tiles and racedeck.
Go with Porcelain tiles, not ceramic.
I have recently fitted them and since have used trolley jacks and engine hoists and had no problems.

OldSkoolRS

6,720 posts

178 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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I was feeling quite pleased with myself for having a bit of a sort out and putting a cheap Wickes kitchen wall unit up to store some of my stuff in...then you guys are talking about tiling your garages. At least it gives me inspiration for when I've finished making a ton of dust in their while welding/grinding my car. smile

Jack Olsen

46 posts

143 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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I have ceramic tile. It was inexpensive -- I'm not sure what 59 cents per square foot works out to with square meters and your exotic currencies, but it was cheap. Porcelain is even stronger. But I've had no problem with jacks, jack stands, or anything else.





In most ways, the tile is stronger than the concrete it's sitting on. Here's a clip that has me hitting it with a 4-lb sledge hammer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elJtN6nRlhk

It is not slippery or brittle the way bathroom tiles are. I haven't had any kind of oil or solvent leave a mark on it. Old, dried, oil-base paint comes right off of it with a razor blade. It's a pretty great garage floor surface.

My concrete had been poured in 1925, and was not in very good shape. I used some patching concrete, but I did not go to the trouble of making the floor completely flat.


RichB

51,435 posts

283 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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JakesterUK said:
RichB said:
Right back to garages (from aeroplanes) - what do you chaps do with your car magazines? Chuck them away? Me, I keep certain ones, in particular Motorsport and Octane where I have been subscriber for years. My wife has me keep them in the garage because they take up a lot of space - fair do's I suppose? Guess I could make a feature of them on a set of shelves... scratchchin
I really like those Costco cabinets they're just what I've been looking for to sort out my 'man cave' bit cheeky to ask but do you recall what sort of money they were
Sorry I've not got Costco cabinets, someone else perhaps?

RichB

51,435 posts

283 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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Jack Olsen said:
I have ceramic tile. It was inexpensive -- I'm not sure what 59 cents per square foot works out to with square meters and your exotic currencies, but it was cheap.
Certainly was, 10 feet in a square meter so that's $5.90 / sq mtr or £3.75 smile

crazy about cars

4,454 posts

168 months

Sunday 15th April 2012
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Beedub said:
mines pathetic compared to even whats been seen already!!!

my garage from the outside


whats in my garage


dont laugh its all my blood and sweat this place, its my first house plus im 23 so plenty of time to upgrade!!! lol

Edited by Beedub on Monday 18th August 19:14
23 with a nice house with decent garage with a Z4M... I'm jealous! Well done mate!

Soovy

35,829 posts

270 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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Jack Olsen said:
I have ceramic tile. It was inexpensive -- I'm not sure what 59 cents per square foot works out to with square meters and your exotic currencies, but it was cheap. Porcelain is even stronger. But I've had no problem with jacks, jack stands, or anything else.





In most ways, the tile is stronger than the concrete it's sitting on. Here's a clip that has me hitting it with a 4-lb sledge hammer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elJtN6nRlhk

It is not slippery or brittle the way bathroom tiles are. I haven't had any kind of oil or solvent leave a mark on it. Old, dried, oil-base paint comes right off of it with a razor blade. It's a pretty great garage floor surface.

My concrete had been poured in 1925, and was not in very good shape. I used some patching concrete, but I did not go to the trouble of making the floor completely flat.

Lovely, but your tyres are shot!!


Greg_D

6,542 posts

245 months

Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Soovy said:
Lovely, but your tyres are shot!!
I did notice that, biggrin

lazystudent

1,789 posts

160 months

Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Jack Olsen said:
Don't ask me why, but I found watching that video extremely therapeutic! hippy

BJT

2,344 posts

246 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Jack Olsen said:
I have ceramic tile
That's me on eBay for an evening looking for a job lot....