Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?
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Shnozz said:
Please do. Nice to see the extremities of budget.
Out of interest, what did the landlord say? Presumably crack on given its a nice improvement.
Who wouldn’t say no to free home improvements?Out of interest, what did the landlord say? Presumably crack on given its a nice improvement.
The alarm system & security, (once installed), additional lighting, (once installed), artwork, and flooring / insulation can all easily be reversed at zero damage.
The paint obviously can not, and the extra power points? To be honest, I haven’t given them much thought at the moment, so I’m not sure if they are something that can be easily removed once installed.
105.4 said:
Who wouldn’t say no to free home improvements?
The alarm system & security, (once installed), additional lighting, (once installed), artwork, and flooring / insulation can all easily be reversed at zero damage.
The paint obviously can not, and the extra power points? To be honest, I haven’t given them much thought at the moment, so I’m not sure if they are something that can be easily removed once installed.
Yes, can imagine. I like the "take away" addition adding another factor. The alarm system & security, (once installed), additional lighting, (once installed), artwork, and flooring / insulation can all easily be reversed at zero damage.
The paint obviously can not, and the extra power points? To be honest, I haven’t given them much thought at the moment, so I’m not sure if they are something that can be easily removed once installed.
I had 8 double sockets added to my garage last year. Was a nice addition to the singular power socket the builders had put in.
LetsTryAgain said:
If you’re doing all this work can we assume you’re staying there a while?
If so, why rent?
We hope to stay here a while. We’ve moved areas, (a little over ten miles away from where we were), to an area that still has the stigma that a lot of old pit villages used to have around here, even though it’s semi-rural and nice and chilled out. If so, why rent?
The upshot is that we get a lot more house for the money.
As for why we rent? We could afford a mortgage, we just couldn’t afford the £30’000+ down-payment.
Shnozz said:
Yes, can imagine. I like the "take away" addition adding another factor.
I had 8 double sockets added to my garage last year. Was a nice addition to the singular power socket the builders had put in.
Forgive my stupid question, but I’m not an electrician. Besides the drilling of backing plates, is it possible for the rest of the electrical install to be easily reversed?I had 8 double sockets added to my garage last year. Was a nice addition to the singular power socket the builders had put in.
105.4 said:
We hope to stay here a while. We’ve moved areas, (a little over ten miles away from where we were), to an area that still has the stigma that a lot of old pit villages used to have around here, even though it’s semi-rural and nice and chilled out.
The upshot is that we get a lot more house for the money.
As for why we rent? We could afford a mortgage, we just couldn’t afford the £30’000+ down-payment.
Fair enough.The upshot is that we get a lot more house for the money.
As for why we rent? We could afford a mortgage, we just couldn’t afford the £30’000+ down-payment.
Thanks for responding.
105.4 said:
Shnozz said:
Yes, can imagine. I like the "take away" addition adding another factor.
I had 8 double sockets added to my garage last year. Was a nice addition to the singular power socket the builders had put in.
Forgive my stupid question, but I’m not an electrician. Besides the drilling of backing plates, is it possible for the rest of the electrical install to be easily reversed?I had 8 double sockets added to my garage last year. Was a nice addition to the singular power socket the builders had put in.
I can't imagine its one of those things you would take with you for the sake of the components.
105.4 said:
Shnozz said:
I can't imagine its one of those things you would take with you for the sake of the components.
Thanks for the reply.105.4 said:
Thanks for the reply.
No problem. Always good to see another garage on a budget. I do appreciate some of these mega builds but know I could never justify it myself so forced to limit myself to cheap paints and my own labour. I am very happy with it all in all, even though it gets up the nose of a few on here as it has too many LEDs and not enough pits and waxoyl warmers
Haven't costed mine up to date but now got me thinking. €800 for the electrics (probably €600 net if deducting the other sockets outside of the garage). €25 for 12.5L of black paint. €35 for a spray gun on amazon. €60 racking. €10 second hand IKEA wall unit. €10 for a second hand tea trolley. €80 in wood and castors to make moveable work bench. €80 in LED light strips. €30 in smart plugs. €80 LED dart board surround. €45 for dart board. €80 for wet and garage hoover. €30 wall artwork. Outside of the electrics, I've done the remainder of the work and I value my time at nil
There's no way you'd remove plugs and conduit, it'll all be cut to spec and probably won't fit somewhere else. Saying that, I swapped all of my plastic for metal and it's been a bit of a mare really. Mainly cutting a thread on a budget. The die was £30 and my shoddy old workmate was not up to holding it tight enough. So all sorts of ideas were tried. In the end, leverage won!
I'm probably in for £600 on mine, to cover the electrics, worktop and cupboards and misc stuff like paint, hooks etc. It has, however, been one of those horrible projects where stuff just seems to go wrong. I've redone the batons (in some places) for the 3rd time. I slipped with the router making me need to make a more aggressive curve on the work top. I've had to move the plugs under the worktop (power for the 3 white goods) as they made the white good stick out too much. I managed to brake the leg for the front of the worktop within 20 minutes of owning it. etc etc...
Photo a few pages back, here is a link: https://thumbsnap.com/nD4AUg2m
I'm probably in for £600 on mine, to cover the electrics, worktop and cupboards and misc stuff like paint, hooks etc. It has, however, been one of those horrible projects where stuff just seems to go wrong. I've redone the batons (in some places) for the 3rd time. I slipped with the router making me need to make a more aggressive curve on the work top. I've had to move the plugs under the worktop (power for the 3 white goods) as they made the white good stick out too much. I managed to brake the leg for the front of the worktop within 20 minutes of owning it. etc etc...
Photo a few pages back, here is a link: https://thumbsnap.com/nD4AUg2m
Greg_D said:
He’s not on about removing electrical infrastructure for fun, it would be a condition of his rental agreement that he returns the space as he found it.
My comment was in support of the fact that conduit is easy to remove when necessary.
I would have thought most landlords would be happy to benefit from an improvement if the electrics were installed in a decent manner. I assumed 105 was seeking to extract value with any of the installed fixtures by having them moveable on vacating the property. My comment was in support of the fact that conduit is easy to remove when necessary.
raceboy said:
Shnozz said:
€10 for a second hand tea trolley:
This bit needs more detail/pictures. 
Shnozz said:
Ha ha ha. Yes it does sound a bit weird. It’s basically a metal frames 3 shelf thing on wheels. Useful to have tools/beer/laptop/ashtray on.
Not just me that has one of these, then - though mine came off the scrap pile at the end of the yard. As it goes, I've got two - a wooden one and a metal one. They're both a bit rickety once I've got a few angle grinders on them, and it doesn't help that my shed floor isn't smooth. The metal one has a top tray which removes to become a tea tray - I haven't found a garage use for that yet.droopsnoot said:
Not just me that has one of these, then - though mine came off the scrap pile at the end of the yard. As it goes, I've got two - a wooden one and a metal one. They're both a bit rickety once I've got a few angle grinders on them, and it doesn't help that my shed floor isn't smooth. The metal one has a top tray which removes to become a tea tray - I haven't found a garage use for that yet.
My partner banned me from spending any more on the garage so I reverted to marketplace for cash bargains and any furniture that I deemed could be used down there wasn't actually spending.Podie said:
Shnozz said:
Ha ha ha. Yes it does sound a bit weird. It’s basically a metal frames 3 shelf thing on wheels. Useful to have tools/beer/laptop/ashtray on. Can see it and the also home made workbench on wheels in these.
Turned out nice.Shnozz said:
I value my time at nil
Noted. 
Next plan is to add the other 4 cars once the budget recovers from the purchase. You two are welcome anytime obvs.
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