Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

[scoobygaz1]

First, London property and second yes, Everything he has is done properly including his house's 😁

Edited by scoobygaz1 on Saturday 1st April 20:47

[MrChips]

Almost getting mine to the point of being finished, just struggling to make a decision on wall colours or maybe a mural etc. Here's the current status:





It'll mainly be used for detailing cars/bikes, so going to go darker on the walls (especially with 14 lights in there).

Anyone found good suppliers of murals or have painted their garage dark and regretted it? Current plans are a dark steel/blue wall, with some kind of stripe.

[suffolk009]

^^ there's a company that does wall art/murals; photos of the inside of Ferrari F1 pits, that sort of thing. Can't recall the name, expect google will help you out. Don't know if that's what you mean.

[DoubleD]

Is this the kind of thing that you are looking for

[Scalino]

I remebered I saw this video a while back: https://youtu.be/Q-6T5tKaDBI

Personally I wouldn't mind having a wall like that in the garage

[Desiato]

MrChips said:

Almost getting mine to the point of being finished, just struggling to make a decision on wall colours or maybe a mural etc. Here's the current status:

It'll mainly be used for detailing cars/bikes, so going to go darker on the walls (especially with 14 lights in there).

Anyone found good suppliers of murals or have painted their garage dark and regretted it? Current plans are a dark steel/blue wall, with some kind of stripe.

I didn't end up buying a mural but these people seemed to be good and helpful.

http://www.muralswallpaper.co.uk/

[Globs]

liner33 said:

RegMolehusband said:

Hmmmm, but they clearly aren't fine if a trolley jack leaves permanent indentations. I wonder what would happen to them if somebody used axle stands on them with high point loads?

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I have tiles and if i am using axle stands i pop a piece of plywood under the stand. Mine have lasted about 9 years now , epoxy floor paint didnt last one year the tyres lifted it

There is a solution which some people may see as large and expensive, but actually works out fairly reasonably and makes stuff a lot faster. It's also great for low cars where it takes a while to actually get a jack under them at all.

You do need some self restraint when jacking stuff up though due to headroom issues, but a small parking lift of the 4 post variety - like Automotech make - actually makes a good case for any garage. You just need 4 carpet tiles to rest the pads on. You can wheel them about to where you want and when not in use you simply park your car on the ramps, or raise it up to the top and park underneath and use the ramps for storage.

Add a jacking beam like the Peak J6H and you can then work on brakes etc at waist height with a huge handy shelf at the same height. With a beam you get to carefully choose exactly where to jack your car too. Without a beam you can still jack (some blocks under the sills and not driving on fully) but care and space is needed, and perhaps still one jack to level the car before you add the blocks.

You also have the option to level the ramps (side to side on the front and back) with a spirit level so you can do corner weighting if that's your thing too.

[RichB]

MrChips said:

Almost getting mine to the point of being finished, just struggling to make a decision on wall colours or maybe a mural etc...

Interesting conundrum. I've just got a triple garage and the interior (and exterior) walls are nice old stock bricks that match the house, nicely pointed and well built.

Instinct is to paint it bright white but earlier in this thread someone commented that a similar old stock interior should be left as brick to form a nice backdrop to the cars.

Thoughts?

[V8RX7]

RichB said:

Interesting conundrum. I've just got a triple garage and the interior (and exterior) walls are nice old stock bricks that match the house, nicely pointed and well built.

Instinct is to paint it bright white but earlier in this thread someone commented that a similar old stock interior should be left as brick to form a nice backdrop to the cars.

Thoughts?

Nice red brick walls do look good - however in my double I've just painted mine (two were brick and not of great quality)

With a white ceiling, light floor and / or very good lighting the walls do not need to be white (it's just most of us have quite poor lighting)

Or just leave one feature wall.

[suffolk009]

Nice brick walls with some car memorobilia on it (posters, prints, motorsport tat, model cars, magazine cutting, and photos). That's the way I'd go.

[Accelebrate]

If it's nice brickwork I'd be inclined to leave it, but spec more lights to offset the darker colour of the brick.

[RichB]

Thanks chaps, I'll post up some pictures. Quite excited by it!

[Khaki Suit]

Accelebrate said:

If it's nice brickwork I'd be inclined to leave it, but spec more lights to offset the darker colour of the brick.

Bare bricks often give off lots of dust.

[phib]

Khaki Suit said:

Bare bricks often give off lots of dust.

Agreed, you can use something like thompsons water seal to stop the dust ( basically seals the bricks)

Phib

[uk66fastback]

I've got the same thing, bare brick walls. Not really old ones though. I've gone 20 years without painting them white so will seal them. My plan is to put in some much better overhead lights ... (LED etc) The strips I've got at the moment are for the most part, pathetic.

If they were block I'd paint them white. But I can't bring myself to paint bricks, don't know why.

[Benmac]

I'm just getting going on my new (to me) one.

It's a decent sized double (about 7m x 7m). It needs to be a nice place for me to be but a working space as well. Longer term plans will be to do some fitted furniture for tool storage etc but for now (due to costs climbing elsewhere in the house renovation) it'll be a more basic job. I'm also lucky in that I have a brick stable elsewhere in the garden that's about the size of a small single garage. That means that bikes, lawnmowers and other "stuff" can be kept out of the garage.

The plasterer and decorator are in there now doing the ceiling which is bare insulation board (we thought it was asbestos for a while but thankfully it isn't) at the moment. Then it'll be a case of painting the walls white to match the ceiling. In addition to that I've already cleaned the floor which was absolutely filthy. I'm going to seal that and then paint it. I may later put down tiles or some other sort of garage flooring but for now paint will do.

As well as the decorating bits the electrician is going in next week to replace all the sockets (and add a few too) as well as put in some decent lighting. For now the only picture I have is this which shows the before and after result of me cleaning the doors. They were both absolutely thick with grime and covered in spiders' webs. You can also see the state of the floor pre-cleaning.Once that lot is all done I'm going to invest a little in insulating the doors and sealing them a touch better. With that done it should be a nice space as there are two big windows at the back (which need blinds) and it's attached to the house on one side with the boiler sat the other side of the wall so should stay relatively warm.

[Globs]

Benmac said:

the electrician is going in next week to replace all the sockets (and add a few too)

There is a system of ducting that allows you to position a socket anywhere (i.e. modify the trunking) and add various other wires as you think of them: which is quite often used in labs etc, may be worth considering, the electrician should know about these options.

Also worth planning a compressor location and perhaps some fixed air points to make checking tyres etc easy.

[Benmac]

Globs said:

There is a system of ducting that allows you to position a socket anywhere (i.e. modify the trunking) and add various other wires as you think of them: which is quite often used in labs etc, may be worth considering, the electrician should know about these options.

Also worth planning a compressor location and perhaps some fixed air points to make checking tyres etc easy.

Ooh, ta. I'll look into that. Yes, air lines would be a good idea. I have a small compressor already but it would be great to be able to have various connection points.

[suffolk009]

^^ Just an idea: instead of painting the blocks as they are, give them a slurry coat first. That's just a runny mix of cement, water and sharp sand. It gives the walls the texture something a bit like old wood-chip wallpaper (but nicer). I've done it before and it makes the finished walls look a bit less like painted blockwork.

[M1C]

To answer the question - i have the best garage on Pistonheads.

My fleet consists of:

A 2007 57 Peugeot 107 1.0 Urban 5dr (missus' car)

A 2002 02 Renault Megane 1.4 16v Expression

A 2000 W Jaguar S Type 3.0 Automatic

And i dont even have a garage....and the Jag doesn't fit on the drive.....

BOOOSHHHH!!!!