Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?
Discussion
FourWheelDrift said:
I wonder why the previous (current) owner decided against the renovations they applied and were granted conditional permission for - https://westminster.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s267...
Conditional permission only, might put others off.
Don't know what that means, but I can't see any off-putting conditions.Conditional permission only, might put others off.
Bebee said:
acme said:
Wow, just wow! Good spot.
Would like to have met the old guy that lived there, eccentric to put it mildly
Take your pick of who it might have been..........Would like to have met the old guy that lived there, eccentric to put it mildly
Boy George and Marilyn as well as Janet Street Porter, Tony James of Sigue, Sigue Sputnik but none so famous, or even infamous, as The Sex Pistol’s late front man Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
jamiehamy said:
spoonsuk said:
Is that a Corrado hiding in there??
Indeed - VR6! After nearly 1/4million miles, needs some body tlc (mechanically fine). Runs and moves but will need some attention for another MOT. How are the chain tensioners at that mileage?
Bebee said:
Take your pick of who it might have been..........
Boy George and Marilyn as well as Janet Street Porter, Tony James of Sigue, Sigue Sputnik but none so famous, or even infamous, as The Sex Pistol’s late front man Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
That did make me laugh when I read that on the details, typical Estate Agent BS!Boy George and Marilyn as well as Janet Street Porter, Tony James of Sigue, Sigue Sputnik but none so famous, or even infamous, as The Sex Pistol’s late front man Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
acme said:
RichB said:
s there something in the images that makes you think it was inhabited by a musician?
It was in the agents details, artistic licence to put it mildly, not that that's what you could accurately call their load of bo**ox!
Must confess I looked at the pictures but didn't bother to read the EA's bo**ox
Edited by RichB on Tuesday 9th October 17:25
Here's mine, spruced it up this Easter by ripping out the previous owner's attempt at a home office and reinstating it as a double-ish garage. It's got an attic upstairs accessed by the stair in the corner, which is where spare tyres, Christmas decorations, suitcases, bikes etc. are stored out of the way.
Downstairs there's unfortunately a 500l thermal store as part of the house's biomass boiler setup, but the garage is still big enough for a car and 3-4 motorbikes.
I went with whitewashed blockwork walls, Swisstrax floor tiles, 12 x 45w LED panels on the ceiling and plenty of additional power sockets. The lighting is excellent. All tools are housed in 2 x Halfords Pro stacked cabinets supplemented by NewAge Pro cabinets from CostCo which I've been really impressed with. Worktop is bamboo. DAB radio in the corner for tunes whist working.
Access directly into the house via internal door. Garage has WiFi boosted via PowerLink and is just about to be fitted out with compressed air, with the compressor living upstairs in the attic and air piped down into the space via hard lines. Access is by 2 x electric Hormann insulated doors with additional PIN code entry. Protected by a standalone alarm system and CCTV. Just lacking a workbench and a vice!
For me it strikes a nice balance between a clinically clean showroom garage and a dusty working garage. It's clean enough to potter around in your socks admiring your toys, but also doubles up as a working garage when needed. The Swisstrax tiles can support trolley jacks and axle stands no bother and can be swept, mopped, hoovered or hosed down whenever needed.
NewAge cabinets and flooring:
Flooring and wall closeup:
Flooring and cabinet closeup:
Until recently, home to my Ducati Monster 821 which my son adores:
Recently replaced with a Monster 1200R
My ride and the family bus parked on the drive
Downstairs there's unfortunately a 500l thermal store as part of the house's biomass boiler setup, but the garage is still big enough for a car and 3-4 motorbikes.
I went with whitewashed blockwork walls, Swisstrax floor tiles, 12 x 45w LED panels on the ceiling and plenty of additional power sockets. The lighting is excellent. All tools are housed in 2 x Halfords Pro stacked cabinets supplemented by NewAge Pro cabinets from CostCo which I've been really impressed with. Worktop is bamboo. DAB radio in the corner for tunes whist working.
Access directly into the house via internal door. Garage has WiFi boosted via PowerLink and is just about to be fitted out with compressed air, with the compressor living upstairs in the attic and air piped down into the space via hard lines. Access is by 2 x electric Hormann insulated doors with additional PIN code entry. Protected by a standalone alarm system and CCTV. Just lacking a workbench and a vice!
For me it strikes a nice balance between a clinically clean showroom garage and a dusty working garage. It's clean enough to potter around in your socks admiring your toys, but also doubles up as a working garage when needed. The Swisstrax tiles can support trolley jacks and axle stands no bother and can be swept, mopped, hoovered or hosed down whenever needed.
NewAge cabinets and flooring:
Flooring and wall closeup:
Flooring and cabinet closeup:
Until recently, home to my Ducati Monster 821 which my son adores:
Recently replaced with a Monster 1200R
My ride and the family bus parked on the drive
Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 24th October 10:25
AstonZagato said:
Interesting flooring. Is it rubber? Hard plastic? Would it stand up to a trolley jack?
Link too, please.
All this is in his post! Link too, please.
Google swisstrax tiles or https://www.obsessedgarage.com/products/swisstrax-... for info, US site though for prices.
Edited by uk66fastback on Tuesday 23 October 23:22
uk66fastback said:
All this is in his post!
Google swisstrax tiles or https://www.obsessedgarage.com/products/swisstrax-... for info, US site though for prices.
The UK supplier of Swisstrax tiles are http://www.galaperformance.co.uk/flooring#pit-swis...Google swisstrax tiles or https://www.obsessedgarage.com/products/swisstrax-... for info, US site though for prices.
Edited by uk66fastback on Tuesday 23 October 23:22
If you want multiple colour choices, then you'll need to buy Swisstrax, but the UK supplier (and I'm not entirely sure how they've managed to do this in terms of copyright!) have made their own version of the tile that just comes in the grey that I have. It's 100% compatible with Swisstrax (it's basically the same tile). It's called G-Track, and you can mix and match between Swisstrax and G-Track:
http://www.galaperformance.co.uk/flooring#pit-gtra...
Both the Swisstrax and G-Track are a high density plastic open weave tile that is laid straight onto a level floor. They have male connectors down two edges, and female connectors down the opposite two edges. You start from one corner and it just clips together. At the edge of the installation you purchase small ramped pieces to finish it off. To trim tiles at the edges, I measured and marked them with a dry-wipe pen, and trimmed them using a jigsaw. It was really easy. I was concerned about them 'tapping' when I walked over them, but it feels like a solid floor. I was also concerned about expansion and contraction over summer/winter causing the tiles to swell and ride up, but I've had absolutely none of that. I did so much research (painted floor, carpeted floor, epoxy resin floor, Swisstrax, Racedeck, etc) that I pretty much exhausted all options and narrowed it down to Racedeck or Swisstrax. I found some videos from the US where Racedeck tiles had expanded and lifted at the edges, mainly when exposed to direct sunlight. That was the final push I needed to go with Swisstrax (or G-Track!).
Specs from the website are:
- Size: 400mm x 400mm x 18m
- PP High-Impact Polymer
- Non-Slip, even when wet
- Anti-static
- Load Bearing - 20 tonnes
- Oil Resistant / Stain Resistant
- 100% Recyclable
- Temperature: -40˚C to 120˚
- Quiet Step Technology
- Supports Jacks & Stands
- Do -it-yourself installation
- 60,000lbs rollover weight capacity
- 5 year manufacturer warranty
In terms of cost:
- Swisstrax 400mm x 400mm x 18mm = £5.21/tile
- Swisstrax edge ramping = £2.08/tile
- G-Track 400mm x 400mm x 18mm = £3.55/tile
- G-Track edge ramping = 1.08/tile
Mac how do you deal with spills? Surely everything disappears down through the tiles and is a pain to wipe up? I'd also expect dust and other crumbs of crap to disappear off down them.
They look great though, and certainly strong enough to hold up to abuse. Fab looking garage - as you say, a good balance between pretty and functional.
They look great though, and certainly strong enough to hold up to abuse. Fab looking garage - as you say, a good balance between pretty and functional.
Krikkit said:
Mac how do you deal with spills? Surely everything disappears down through the tiles and is a pain to wipe up? I'd also expect dust and other crumbs of crap to disappear off down them.
They look great though, and certainly strong enough to hold up to abuse. Fab looking garage - as you say, a good balance between pretty and functional.
Depends on the spill:They look great though, and certainly strong enough to hold up to abuse. Fab looking garage - as you say, a good balance between pretty and functional.
- Small evaporative spills (fuel, coolant, water), just mop the surface and let its soak away into the substrate beneath.
- Small non-evaporative spills, clean the surface and get the tissue paper between the ribs of the tiles and mop up any residue
- Larger spills - the tiles can be popped out of position to allow a larger cleanup operation and then clicked back into place again. They can be prised out of position with a screwdriver or similar, then once the first tile is removed the others follow easily.
- You can also jetwash through the tiles starting at the rear of the garage, pushing everything forward towards the front of the garage with the water jet and out of the door. Water will flow beneath the tiles as they are raised slightly off the floor.
- You can also hoover though the tiles with a decent shop vac. Every month or so I get the Henry vacuum and suck up the small bits of dust/dirt/stones/leaves that inevitably find their way inside the garage.
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