Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?
Discussion
Here's my effort:
Moved into our first home July last year - pretty bog-standard two-car garage as below. Have been building it up with bits and pieces, so can't compete with the stuff on here but I'm pretty happy with what I have!
Excuse the fat, sweaty mess standing in the middle of the room...
After painting:
And as it is now.. I can't claim ownership of the Lotus unfortunately, it's being stored here for my old man. But it does add something, I feel
My favourite piece is this workbench, which belonged to my great grandfather.
Moved into our first home July last year - pretty bog-standard two-car garage as below. Have been building it up with bits and pieces, so can't compete with the stuff on here but I'm pretty happy with what I have!
Excuse the fat, sweaty mess standing in the middle of the room...
After painting:
And as it is now.. I can't claim ownership of the Lotus unfortunately, it's being stored here for my old man. But it does add something, I feel
My favourite piece is this workbench, which belonged to my great grandfather.
jonr6846 said:
The standard post height is 2.6 metres
My ceiling height is 2.45metres
I chopped 20cms off the top of the post using a grinder/cutter to enable the column to fit upright.
The way this lift works, it has a large chain with one end fixed to the inside of the column about 2/3 the way up, and there is a big vertical hydraulic ram with a pulley on top mounted in the base of the post. The chain goes over the ram pulley and down to the lifting frame that slides up the post. As one end of the chain is fixed, for each inch the ram extends, the frame lifts 2 inches - consequently for each inch the post is reduced in height, the max lift is reduced by double.
Although the lift height on my lift is reduced, it's ample for my storage/car maintenance needs
The lift controls work at 24V, so its easy to insert a maximum lift cut off switch is desired - ie switch off the hydraulic pump when the lifting frame gets to a curtain height
Can you give us some feedback on the quality of the lift please? Being a single post does it "sag" at all when loaded up? I'm guessing not with the lightweight cars you have? Would you recommend it?My ceiling height is 2.45metres
I chopped 20cms off the top of the post using a grinder/cutter to enable the column to fit upright.
The way this lift works, it has a large chain with one end fixed to the inside of the column about 2/3 the way up, and there is a big vertical hydraulic ram with a pulley on top mounted in the base of the post. The chain goes over the ram pulley and down to the lifting frame that slides up the post. As one end of the chain is fixed, for each inch the ram extends, the frame lifts 2 inches - consequently for each inch the post is reduced in height, the max lift is reduced by double.
Although the lift height on my lift is reduced, it's ample for my storage/car maintenance needs
The lift controls work at 24V, so its easy to insert a maximum lift cut off switch is desired - ie switch off the hydraulic pump when the lifting frame gets to a curtain height
I am asking as I have specced my new garage build to accommodate the mobile version of the lift. With 5.4m of garage width, I have a thicker "loading" pad in the middle of the garage that will take the loads of the lift - I am hoping to be able to use the lift in two positions: 1) central (for working access around all sides of the car) & 2) off to the side to provide two story parking with enough space to the side for another car at ground level. It's going to be tight as I lost 600mm off the width of the garage against the design stage due to "buildability" issues:-(
My single garage is a bit more modest that most on here, but once my ex wife has finally moved her stuff out of my place, I'm planning to have a clear out and paint the garage floor to make it look a bit nicer and to keep the dust down.
I know it's probably been discussed in the preceding 9 million pages, but I'm interested in recommendations on the best approach and best materials/paint to use to ensure a hardwearing finish? Also, as I park the motorbike in there, I want to ensure that the floor is not too slippery, so any top tips on that would be appreciated.
I know it's probably been discussed in the preceding 9 million pages, but I'm interested in recommendations on the best approach and best materials/paint to use to ensure a hardwearing finish? Also, as I park the motorbike in there, I want to ensure that the floor is not too slippery, so any top tips on that would be appreciated.
So said:
ex1 said:
jonr6846 said:
run out of width? - stack them up
It looks like you need to lower the top car to get the door open? It must be almost touching the lower car.
Interesting that the top of the lift was cut off, rather than cut a hole in the ceiling.
TheGreatSoprendo said:
My single garage is a bit more modest that most on here, but once my ex wife has finally moved her stuff out of my place, I'm planning to have a clear out and paint the garage floor to make it look a bit nicer and to keep the dust down.
I know it's probably been discussed in the preceding 9 million pages, but I'm interested in recommendations on the best approach and best materials/paint to use to ensure a hardwearing finish? Also, as I park the motorbike in there, I want to ensure that the floor is not too slippery, so any top tips on that would be appreciated.
Epoxy resin from ebay. Give it a couple of coats. It's all you need to seal a concrete floor and stop the dust. You WILL get dust of course - just not thrown up by the floorI know it's probably been discussed in the preceding 9 million pages, but I'm interested in recommendations on the best approach and best materials/paint to use to ensure a hardwearing finish? Also, as I park the motorbike in there, I want to ensure that the floor is not too slippery, so any top tips on that would be appreciated.
MrChips said:
Finally got the bulk of mine done this weekend, just the sink to plumb in now and we're done. Can't believe this is my garage when I open the door now!
To This....
Thats a great looking practical garage.To This....
Where did you get the storage unit for all the detailing products? It looks great.
Even those drawers for the cloths is a great idea - if you have any links for both that would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Nick
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