Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?

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buzzer

3,533 posts

239 months

Friday 19th May 2017
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daveenty said:
buzzer said:
Mine was about £1500 many years ago, they dont seem to have gone up much. here is the link where I bought it, great company to deal with...

http://www.automotechservices.co.uk/products/as-75...
Bought mine from Automech a well, so a +1 from me as well. I ended up with a full sized one and altered the ceiling to accommodate the car roof. Re-set the limit on the lift so I don't get "over ambitious" though.

Oh, Buzzer: Thanks for the advice (ages ago) on your extraction system for the blast cabinet, finally got round to doing it on mine. biggrin
no problem.

I wanted to go higher with the lift, but it would have meant BIG alterations to the garage, so I went for the mid height one. With a tall car I still have to be careful it does not hit the RSJ.... A while ago I had a Jeep on there and I took it a bit too high, and as you probably know, the lift goes up 25mm when you press the down button so it clears the lock stops yikesyikesyikes

I didn't dare risk it going up and touching the RSJ, so I had to carefully let a bit of hydraulic fluid out so it came down a bit!
I keep meaning to fit some sort of stop to prevent it going too high.

sjj84

2,390 posts

218 months

Friday 19th May 2017
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You could easily fit some photoelectric sensors to the ceiling/RSJ to the height required to still allow it to rise enough to clear the locks. Would work with all different height cars then. Would only work if the lift stays in the same place though obviously.

Gunk

3,302 posts

158 months

Friday 19th May 2017
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buzzer said:
Here are a few of my garage. The ramp allows me to still put two cars in there side by side, as I can drive over it. its also really versatile as I use it as a bike lift as well.

I have a workshop to the side with a lathe, drill, bead blaster, welder and an old milling machine, and a store above the garage via the stairs











Have you not posted this before? looks familiar

leefee

633 posts

128 months

Friday 19th May 2017
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Here are my sheds...... Nothing fancy compared to most on here and all built to a low budget, but i now have undercover storage for 14 cars and my old camper. smile one day i may find the urge to be tidy and oragnised like most of the garages posted here. smile




poing

8,743 posts

199 months

Friday 19th May 2017
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I really like that!

14 cars is impressive but then if you are into old Jags (one looks like a V12!) then I guess it means you have a slim chance that at least one of them is working today. wink


BullyB

2,344 posts

246 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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leefee said:
undercover storage for 14 cars and my old camper
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Bebee

4,678 posts

224 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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Them Jags are a pension if you hang on to them! Worth the investment to build the garages to keep them away from the weather, it will pay for itself.

Davie

4,733 posts

214 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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buzzer said:
Here are a few of my garage. The ramp allows me to still put two cars in there side by side, as I can drive over it. its also really versatile as I use it as a bike lift as well.

I have a workshop to the side with a lathe, drill, bead blaster, welder and an old milling machine, and a store above the garage via the stairs

Winning for me so far!

As lovely at the display cabinets are with the colour codes units, to me a proper garage is multi-functional and needs to be used for all sorts of cars related nonsense from welding to painting to polishing to having impromptu garden parties if the weather turns. The idea of a side room with the tooling in it is great., really like that.

Mine is a standard poured concrete effort, about 10ft wide but about 40ft long... did debated creating a room at the bottom for the benches, tool cabinets and so on but having the full length is just too handy as two cars will go in nose to tail plus being able to quickly move the furniture around makes it quite versatile.

Would love a blast cabinet however... no idea why, just one of those man tools you need!

buzzer

3,533 posts

239 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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Davie said:
Winning for me so far!

As lovely at the display cabinets are with the colour codes units, to me a proper garage is multi-functional and needs to be used for all sorts of cars related nonsense from welding to painting to polishing to having impromptu garden parties if the weather turns. The idea of a side room with the tooling in it is great., really like that.

Mine is a standard poured concrete effort, about 10ft wide but about 40ft long... did debated creating a room at the bottom for the benches, tool cabinets and so on but having the full length is just too handy as two cars will go in nose to tail plus being able to quickly move the furniture around makes it quite versatile.

Would love a blast cabinet however... no idea why, just one of those man tools you need!
Thanks!

The blast cabinet is such a useful tool for many many jobs... for restoration its just brilliant. here is a before and after picture of some Webers I reconditioned. you just cant get this sort of finish any other way. Just remember if you do fit one though you need to filter the air to outside the workshop or you get abrasive dust everywhere... Mine has a home made filter unit underneath that is very effective.

I still do a bit of painting in there, but I used to hate getting over spray everywhere... So I fitted a large pair of fans in the ceiling of the workshop. They are 12v cooling and air con radiator fans off a Range Rover! These take air from the garage loft and blow it into the workshop, through the door, and out under the bottom up and over doors which I prop open a couple of inches. Its VERY effective and I get hardly any over spray doing this.











Hasbeen

2,073 posts

220 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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In keeping with leefee's sheds, my converted greenhouse, recovered with Hypalon fabric gives me clean dust free protected parking for 4 cars at a fraction of the cost of garages. This leaves my 12 metre by 6 metre shed free for working.

Scalino

121 posts

88 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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buzzer said:
Thanks!

The blast cabinet is such a useful tool for many many jobs... for restoration its just brilliant. here is a before and after picture of some Webers I reconditioned. you just cant get this sort of finish any other way. Just remember if you do fit one though you need to filter the air to outside the workshop or you get abrasive dust everywhere... Mine has a home made filter unit underneath that is very effective.
I already wanted one, you're not helping...

Really like your garage!


Edited by Scalino on Sunday 21st May 12:23

rambo19

2,737 posts

136 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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buzzer said:
Here are a few of my garage. The ramp allows me to still put two cars in there side by side, as I can drive over it. its also really versatile as I use it as a bike lift as well.

I have a workshop to the side with a lathe, drill, bead blaster, welder and an old milling machine, and a store above the garage via the stairs











Best garage so far for me!

TheLordJohn

5,746 posts

145 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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Must we quote the whole post with every single picture, every single time...?

DoubleD

22,154 posts

107 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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rambo19 said:
buzzer said:
Here are a few of my garage. The ramp allows me to still put two cars in there side by side, as I can drive over it. its also really versatile as I use it as a bike lift as well.

I have a workshop to the side with a lathe, drill, bead blaster, welder and an old milling machine, and a store above the garage via the stairs











Best garage so far for me!
+1

madazrx7

4,857 posts

216 months

Sunday 21st May 2017
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TheLordJohn said:
Must we quote the whole post with every single picture, every single time...?
And within 10 minutes of you posting someone did it again... rolleyes

shirt

22,508 posts

200 months

Sunday 21st May 2017
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Pretty sure it's about the 3rd or 4th time he's posted that garage as well

Garvin

5,157 posts

176 months

Sunday 21st May 2017
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buzzer said:
Thanks!

The blast cabinet is such a useful tool for many many jobs... for restoration its just brilliant. here is a before and after picture of some Webers I reconditioned. you just cant get this sort of finish any other way. Just remember if you do fit one though you need to filter the air to outside the workshop or you get abrasive dust everywhere... Mine has a home made filter unit underneath that is very effective.

I still do a bit of painting in there, but I used to hate getting over spray everywhere... So I fitted a large pair of fans in the ceiling of the workshop. They are 12v cooling and air con radiator fans off a Range Rover! These take air from the garage loft and blow it into the workshop, through the door, and out under the bottom up and over doors which I prop open a couple of inches. Its VERY effective and I get hardly any over spray doing this.










Sir, yours is my type of garage. You say you do a bit of painting as well as the blast cabinet - does that mean you have a compressor and airlines tucked away somewhere as well?

daveenty

2,357 posts

209 months

Sunday 21st May 2017
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Garvin said:
Sir, yours is my type of garage. You say you do a bit of painting as well as the blast cabinet - does that mean you have a compressor and airlines tucked away somewhere as well?
Be struggling to run that cabinet without them. wink

TheLordJohn

5,746 posts

145 months

Sunday 21st May 2017
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madazrx7 said:
And within 10 minutes of you posting someone did it again... rolleyes
And again...

Scalino

121 posts

88 months

Sunday 21st May 2017
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TheLordJohn said:
And again...
At least I countered that one by editing my post smile

You're right though, quoting with all the pictures makes a thread really hard to read.