Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?
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NotNormal said:
Krikkit said:
Rather than tiles would you be better getting an industrial floor put in? One of the liquid types will result in a nice smooth finish that lets everything roll nicely.
After painting garage floors and having it repeatedly lift over the years I'd never do it again despite following all the recommended guidelines etc. Do the job properly first time by tiling the floor, durable, easy to clean, looks smarter and will last for years, also no issues with rolling anything across it either.I think you've ansŵered your own question with aesthetics, as at the moment its proportions match nicely with the house/bays. If you definitely wanted full width how about a coachhouse style door as the leaded units will break it up and match with the aesthetic of your house more?
As far as flooring goes, I always see these tile vs. floor debates but nobody ever puts products like Flotex in, which is warm, practical, incredibly hard wearing and will hide/trap the dirt rather than look forever horrendous. Plus you can get it in loads of colours, patterns etc.
As far as flooring goes, I always see these tile vs. floor debates but nobody ever puts products like Flotex in, which is warm, practical, incredibly hard wearing and will hide/trap the dirt rather than look forever horrendous. Plus you can get it in loads of colours, patterns etc.
LongLiveTazio said:
... nobody ever puts products like Flotex in, which is warm, practical, incredibly hard wearing and will hide/trap the dirt rather than look forever horrendous...
Funny enough I have carpet tiles in the working area of my garage but didn't realise that's what Flotex is. They're excellent and vacuum up no problem. Admittedly I don't use my garage like an industrial workshop but for occasional use on a Saturday moring they're fine. I also painted the rest of the floor with Wicks garage floor paint and it's lasted about 6 years before it needs a freshen up. I can live with that. It's not a showroom! RegMolehusband said:
Give me steel any time in a garage and you don't have to pay that much.
For example £999 at the moment! Load it with heavy stuff for years with no worries and it looks the part,
Yes, all very nice but, where does my compressor fit - and I don't think those cupboards will take the welder ... not quite Carling if you get me.For example £999 at the moment! Load it with heavy stuff for years with no worries and it looks the part,
My solution over the last few weeks has been to build a new bench. The kitchen cabinets I got off a mate for free a few years back have held up well, I just had no FLAT space to work on anything and things ended up on the floor, getting kicked over etc. The compressor was under the bench - which was big enough a few years ago when it had nothing on it and boasted the worktop to match the cabs above
But as you accumulate stuff over a decade or so you need somewhere to house it - so I went and bought some wood and constructed a bigger one, let's say. Now the compressor and the welder are hidden away behind the Halfords cab I had and the new one I bought (they were doing a cracking deal) ... so now I have the FLAT space I wanted - to reupholster a seat or take some carbs apart etc and and space to work with most things within reach.
Probably cost me £60 in wood and a lot of time cutting and measuring it ... I used the old wood form the old bench after I'd managed to take it all apart, I forgot how over-engineered I made it.
Old bench - way too small
Started moving stuff
Stuff on the floor behind the 240z as nowhere to put it
You can see how small the old one was compared to the new one
New one has gone full width - 3.1m
Getting there ...
Framework shaping up
Top being cut - B&Q loft chipboard - slots together nicely
Just about there ... the cabs can roll forward so the welder can be accessed if need be
Fitted an extension to the front so I don't have leads/wires draping across it as I used to
Enjoyable project!
Edited by uk66fastback on Thursday 28th April 03:25
uk66fastback said:
Yes, all very nice but, where does my compressor fit - and I don't think those cupboards will take the welder ... not quite Carling if you get me.
My solution over the last few weeks has been to build a new bench. The kitchen cabinets I got off a mate for free a few years back have held up well, I just had no FLAT space to work on anything and things ended up on the floor, getting kicked over etc. The compressor was under the bench - which was big enough a few years ago when it had nothing on it and boasted the worktop to match the cabs above
But as you accumulate stuff over a decade or so you need somewhere to house it - so I went and bought some wood and constructed a bigger one, let's say. Now the compressor and the welder are hidden away behind the Halfords cab I had and the new one I bought (they were doing a cracking deal) ... so now I have the FLAT space I wanted - to reupholster a seat or take some carbs apart etc and and space to work with most things within reach.
Probably cost me £60 in wood and a lot of time cutting and measuring it ... I used the old wood form the old bench after I'd managed to take it all apart, I forgot how over-engineered I made it.
Old bench - way too small
Started moving stuff
Stuff on the floor behind the 240z as nowhere to put it
You can see how small the old one was compared to the new one
New one has gone full width - 3.1m
Getting there ...
Framework shaping up
Top being cut - B&Q loft chipboard - slots together nicely
Just about there ... the cabs can roll forward so the welder can be accessed if need be
Fitted an extension to the front so I don't have leads/wires draping across it as I used to
Enjoyable project!
If that were mine, I'd buy some angle bar and run a steel edge right along the timber. It would make it far more durable and it's very useful to have a hard edge to hammer things on from time to time. I'd also make the roller cabs easier to roll in and out - that step would make my teeth itch.My solution over the last few weeks has been to build a new bench. The kitchen cabinets I got off a mate for free a few years back have held up well, I just had no FLAT space to work on anything and things ended up on the floor, getting kicked over etc. The compressor was under the bench - which was big enough a few years ago when it had nothing on it and boasted the worktop to match the cabs above
But as you accumulate stuff over a decade or so you need somewhere to house it - so I went and bought some wood and constructed a bigger one, let's say. Now the compressor and the welder are hidden away behind the Halfords cab I had and the new one I bought (they were doing a cracking deal) ... so now I have the FLAT space I wanted - to reupholster a seat or take some carbs apart etc and and space to work with most things within reach.
Probably cost me £60 in wood and a lot of time cutting and measuring it ... I used the old wood form the old bench after I'd managed to take it all apart, I forgot how over-engineered I made it.
Old bench - way too small
Started moving stuff
Stuff on the floor behind the 240z as nowhere to put it
You can see how small the old one was compared to the new one
New one has gone full width - 3.1m
Getting there ...
Framework shaping up
Top being cut - B&Q loft chipboard - slots together nicely
Just about there ... the cabs can roll forward so the welder can be accessed if need be
Fitted an extension to the front so I don't have leads/wires draping across it as I used to
Enjoyable project!
Edited by uk66fastback on Thursday 28th April 03:25
RegMolehusband said:
I've just spent a happy half an hour trawling back through this thread looking at the PHer garages and thought you might like a quick review of the better ones 
So do we have any more in this league?
Golly!! Chuffed to have made the grade So do we have any more in this league?
Some changes in mine tho. The painted floor was great for a couple of years then my slap-dash approach to prep began to show and needed a change to heavy duty carpet squares which works well. Some shelving, some additional storage, a couple of Halfords Professional tool boxes to store my ever-growing assortment of tools that I am learning to use.
renmure said:
Golly!! Chuffed to have made the grade
Some changes in mine tho. The painted floor was great for a couple of years then my slap-dash approach to prep began to show and needed a change to heavy duty carpet squares which works well. Some shelving, some additional storage, a couple of Halfords Professional tool boxes to store my ever-growing assortment of tools that I am learning to use.
You must be an employer, not an employee!Some changes in mine tho. The painted floor was great for a couple of years then my slap-dash approach to prep began to show and needed a change to heavy duty carpet squares which works well. Some shelving, some additional storage, a couple of Halfords Professional tool boxes to store my ever-growing assortment of tools that I am learning to use.
Awesome PH garage. Some of your cars are dream motors of mine.
will check when its finished.For anybody planning or building a garage it may be worth mentioning that an un-insulated metal roof is a bad idea.
It will create a big temperature change in the garage (obvious) but it will also create a temperature front. On a day when the temperature inside the closed garage rises and then it freezes outside overnight you can get a serious amount of condensation forming on the inside of the roof, to the point where it 'rains' inside the garage.
Putting a warm car in there late at night will increase the problem.
You can get spray on closed cell foam insulation which will cure the issue if correctly applied.
My garage roof is cement sheets and I have now covered in foam insulation and it has made an enormous improvement in all aspects.
Just my thoughts.
The above are a couple of half of my garage/workshop before I added the rest of the clutter. The other half has no white, insulation or heat and is where the metal working kit is and the paint booth.
Big but not posh.
That pretty much describes me really!!!!
It will create a big temperature change in the garage (obvious) but it will also create a temperature front. On a day when the temperature inside the closed garage rises and then it freezes outside overnight you can get a serious amount of condensation forming on the inside of the roof, to the point where it 'rains' inside the garage.
Putting a warm car in there late at night will increase the problem.
You can get spray on closed cell foam insulation which will cure the issue if correctly applied.
My garage roof is cement sheets and I have now covered in foam insulation and it has made an enormous improvement in all aspects.
Just my thoughts.
The above are a couple of half of my garage/workshop before I added the rest of the clutter. The other half has no white, insulation or heat and is where the metal working kit is and the paint booth.
Big but not posh.
That pretty much describes me really!!!!
Storer said:
For anybody planning or building a garage it may be worth mentioning that an un-insulated metal roof is a bad idea.
It will create a big temperature change in the garage (obvious) but it will also create a temperature front. On a day when the temperature inside the closed garage rises and then it freezes outside overnight you can get a serious amount of condensation forming on the inside of the roof, to the point where it 'rains' inside the garage.
Putting a warm car in there late at night will increase the problem.
You can get spray on closed cell foam insulation which will cure the issue if correctly applied.
My garage roof is cement sheets and I have now covered in foam insulation and it has made an enormous improvement in all aspects.
Just my thoughts.
The above are a couple of half of my garage/workshop before I added the rest of the clutter. The other half has no white, insulation or heat and is where the metal working kit is and the paint booth.
Big but not posh.
That pretty much describes me really!!!!
That's insane!It will create a big temperature change in the garage (obvious) but it will also create a temperature front. On a day when the temperature inside the closed garage rises and then it freezes outside overnight you can get a serious amount of condensation forming on the inside of the roof, to the point where it 'rains' inside the garage.
Putting a warm car in there late at night will increase the problem.
You can get spray on closed cell foam insulation which will cure the issue if correctly applied.
My garage roof is cement sheets and I have now covered in foam insulation and it has made an enormous improvement in all aspects.
Just my thoughts.
The above are a couple of half of my garage/workshop before I added the rest of the clutter. The other half has no white, insulation or heat and is where the metal working kit is and the paint booth.
Big but not posh.
That pretty much describes me really!!!!
Storer said:
For anybody planning or building a garage it may be worth mentioning that an un-insulated metal roof is a bad idea.
It will create a big temperature change in the garage (obvious) but it will also create a temperature front. On a day when the temperature inside the closed garage rises and then it freezes outside overnight you can get a serious amount of condensation forming on the inside of the roof, to the point where it 'rains' inside the garage.
Putting a warm car in there late at night will increase the problem.
You can get spray on closed cell foam insulation which will cure the issue if correctly applied.
My garage roof is cement sheets and I have now covered in foam insulation and it has made an enormous improvement in all aspects.
Just my thoughts.
The above are a couple of half of my garage/workshop before I added the rest of the clutter. The other half has no white, insulation or heat and is where the metal working kit is and the paint booth.
Big but not posh.
That pretty much describes me really!!!!
Do you understand the difference between inches and centimetres?It will create a big temperature change in the garage (obvious) but it will also create a temperature front. On a day when the temperature inside the closed garage rises and then it freezes outside overnight you can get a serious amount of condensation forming on the inside of the roof, to the point where it 'rains' inside the garage.
Putting a warm car in there late at night will increase the problem.
You can get spray on closed cell foam insulation which will cure the issue if correctly applied.
My garage roof is cement sheets and I have now covered in foam insulation and it has made an enormous improvement in all aspects.
Just my thoughts.
The above are a couple of half of my garage/workshop before I added the rest of the clutter. The other half has no white, insulation or heat and is where the metal working kit is and the paint booth.
Big but not posh.
That pretty much describes me really!!!!
You could get a small jet plane in there
It is lovely BTW.
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