Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

[Rich_W]

Konan said:

Rich_W said:

Rule #1 in any garage. If yu drop that washer or screw. You need to be able to see it. And white is better than dark colours for this!

Edited by Rich_W on Sunday 15th January 19:39

Ah - but sod's first rule of dropped fasteners is that they will bounce nearly infinite distances to find a resting place in which they are undetectable

Something I learned many years ago as an apprentice

When you drop a tool and a car part. Watch where the car part goes!

[RichB]

For those of you with multiple car garages, how do you manage all the wires to the trickle chargers or don't you? Trying to tidy the wires to & from 3 Accumulates laying on the floor and plugged into the walls. I thought about dropping wires down from the roof but that sounds like it would be just as awkward

[Greg_D]

I've got sockets above every car so any leads hang down

[Burwood]

Jerry Can said:

theaxe said:

Nice, underfloor heating?

nah, convection heater on the back wall, and a lot of insulation in the walls, ceiling and garage door. It's like a furnace some nights

You may have a great garage but your photography skills are somewhat st

[TheLordJohn]

Back in the UK for good next month. Will be viewing this in a couple of weeks.
Only interested in it for the garages...!

[13m]

TheLordJohn said:

Back in the UK for good next month. Will be viewing this in a couple of weeks.
Only interested in it for the garages...!

That has potential. Though make sure your drainage is good otherwise you'll have an indoor pool.

[uk66fastback]

Looks to have great space there ...

[RichB]

Greg_D said:

I've got sockets above every car so any leads hang down

Great, thanks...

[TheLordJohn]

Thanks gents. Potential is a good word for it... Lol.
We already have a mortgage so I don't know if the bank will lend us enough, but I won't find out until we go in with a couple of wage slips and ask!
I don't mind doing a house up as we go. I'm happy to buy somewhere live-able, and have it as a WIP.

[e600]

Picked this up recently and fitted it to the rear wall. Bonus points if you can name the Discovery series it was commissioned for, oh and a picture of the garage..........

[raceboy]

e600 said:

Picked this up recently and fitted it to the rear wall. Bonus points if you can name the Discovery series it was commissioned for, oh and a picture of the garage..........

I'd guess Mark Evans's A Car Is Reborn

[e600]

raceboy said:

I'd guess Mark Evans's A Car Is Reborn

You Sir, have won an internet coconut.

[McAndy]

e600 said:

You Sir, have won an internet coconut.

Come and collect it; don't be shy.

[uk66fastback]

e600 said:

I'm tempted to say that's a great house, ALL garage and two windows - would suit me - but then I realised it's just your garage ...

Only having a (large) single to work in, the need is great for a double (+)

[anonymous-user]

e600 said:

raceboy said:

I'd guess Mark Evans's A Car Is Reborn

You Sir, have won an internet coconut.

Is that the actual one from the show? Would be interesting to hear how you got it!

[slipstream 1985]

uk66fastback said:

e600 said:

I'm tempted to say that's a great house, ALL garage and two windows - would suit me - but then I realised it's just your garage ...

Only having a (large) single to work in, the need is great for a double (+)

pics inside?

[e600]

AVV EM said:

Is that the actual one from the show? Would be interesting to hear how you got it!

It is the actual one from the show. Discovery commissioned a series of these paintings, covering the E Type, a helicopter and a chopper. There may have been more. When the series finished and the set/garage was retired from being a TV set the paintings were going to be skipped. A friend retrieved the E Type one and had it mounted in his office where it stayed for a number of years. I have a passion for E Type and used to tell him it was really made for me and should be in my garage, eventually he agreed and at Christmas I brought it home. The pic's don't show scale its about 8 foot x 6 foot. I fitted a length of timber to the base to support it and used all the original holes to secure it to the marine ply lined wall of my garage.[url]
It has an upstairs which is used for parts storage with a mezzanine bit where the two poster is.
Below are some pics of the inside with various project cars I have built over the years
|http://thumbsnap.com/SCW6ZA40[/url]

Edited by e600 on Thursday 26th January 13:06

[e600]

Some more


|http://thumbsnap.com/EScpn3n1[/url]

[VladD]

I've just had this built. Still need to sort out the inside and the drive way.

[CrutyRammers]

Looks about perfect