Garage pics required

[old No 1]

So I sold my bike as my house only had a remote garage and then I pissed off abroad for a few years but now I have had a 8m long by 5m wide garage built and Im looking for some essentials to put in it !
So whats your top 3 essentials in your bike cave.

Its brick with pitched roof and roller door and thats all there is so far. I have a tool box sorted but I need to store 2 road pushbike and 4 mountain bikes out the way some how.

Im thinking of 2 part epoxy floor paint
Painting the walls white
and putting the lights (LED batton) round the edges rather than in the middle so I can raise a car up to the joists.

So any 'hacks' tips and tricks gladly welcome

Edited by old No 1 on Wednesday 21st November 21:11

[Krikkit]

For me it'd be the full industrial epoxy with a glossy finish, good work benches fit and built with solid wood tops and steel frames, then plenty of good LED lighting.

Oh, and a splash of colour somewhere.

[MDUBZ]

lots of ideas on the Who has the best garage on PH? thread
warning: there is a danger you may be overcome with a feeling you have failed at life when looking at a few of the examples lol


bike storage: I got 4 lengths of aluminium tubing to create space to hang 2 rows of bikes, some saddle clips and some pipe lagging and mounted them to the joists to keep my bikes out of the way.. saddles hook over 1 bar and the handle bars are tied to another with some buckle tie down straps (they could just hang on the saddle) but i secure them to stop them falling on me, the kids or something expensive to fix, and it really helps to maximise floor space.

ok so it's not the garage for 10 cars and 5 bikes I aspire to, but you have to work with what you have. And yes, I tell her that too.

it's changed a bit since this was taken (more bikes ... 5 more ).. but it gives you an idea.

Edited by MDUBZ on Wednesday 21st November 22:54

[moto_traxport]

Watching thread with interest.

Bought a house with a contemporary car port design & no actual garage so got a chap to put a roller shutter door on it and start a bikey man cave. I’ve now cut a doorway into the house and I’m part way through digging out the block driveway to pour a concrete slab. Bit slow going but far too tight to pay top dollar for someone to do it badly. Then paint it, electric lights & sockets, ch radiator, toolboxes, etc before the Ferris Bueller rip off is complete.

Anyhoo. Done garages before and not enjoyed end result of painted floors (bit cold, slippy, wet or hot tyres pull it off as they dry / cool) so when it’s finally near completion I was going for some interlocking plastic tiles in a funky cheerful colour like these:

https://www.dynotile.co.uk/gallery.html

[Dakkon]

This is my humble affair, which is a constant battle with the rest of the family to stop them dumping stuff in my domain

[PTF]

Automotech scissor lift. For cars but i guess one half would be able to lift a bike.

Love mine. It makes car maintenance a breeze

Apart from that, decent lighting, a bench with a vice, some decent tool storage.

And ground anchors for each bike with optimisers for each. Got mine all nicely laid out in a row

[dern]

Hacks... tidy up, build a bench if you need to work on stuff without bending down out of scrap wood and massive nails and spend your money and time on something more fun.

[moanthebairns]

I've just bought a house with a garage so thanks for this thread. I am tempted to just get it carpeted out though. Cheap grey carpet, nice and warm, brush it off, few mats down.
Don't like the idea of paint, its cold and just rips up.

[Krikkit]

The Duramat-style tyles are definitely the way to go if you don't want paint, easy to clean and stronger than carpet... Mind you, I weld in my garage and that'd be a real fire hazard.

FWIW, my first post was a bucketlist type musing rather than realistic! I'd go for plastic tiles every time.

[catso]

Really don't know how I managed before I had a lift/platform, takes up a lot of room but I can use it as a parking space when not actually needed;



Plus, having 3 Italian bikes one is almost always on it anyway...

Otherwise, heating & wifi and I don't have to leave.

[Composite Guru]

Ok so mine isn’t a bike garage but it’s sort of a petrolhead garage.

I used the Coba tiles from Screwfix to do the floor in my garage. They looks great, stop the concrete dust and are easy to clean.
A bit of white paint on the walls did the place wonders and then finished it off with a nice set of units and a worktop from Costco. Makes a nice workspace.

[anonymous-user]

I'm currently building mine.

[Mr OCD]

Out of all the work I've done on my garage over the years ... the biggest difference has been sorting the flooring out. It makes it so much nicer to work in and less impact on your knees.

I don't like painted floors either, so either garage tiles or carpet ... and if carpet you need industrial tiles that are rubber backed unless you want the garage smelling like a wet dog after a few months.

The next thing is lights... lots of them. I've got 16 twin unit LED strip lights in mine. I hate struggling to see when working on cars or bikes.

Then double sockets every 2m down the walls around 1m from the floor.

Finished off with a remote heavy duty roller door and full perimeter CCTV and bars on the windows.

[old No 1]

some good pics and ideas guys.

I think spending the money on tiles rather than nice paint for the floor and just seal the concrete and some screw fix grey paint to keep the dust out.

Love the units idea as I can separate all my 'other' tools from my vehicle ones as for last 5 years I've had stuff in different units so I have to rummage round when I need summit.

I like the mid rise car lifts any to avoid or recommend?

[Bob_Defly]

When I moved in to a new place last year, there was only this old shed of a garage, with a broken concrete/mud floor and no electricity. So the goal was to fix that.



Took a sledgehammer to it.



Got a new concrete pad poured.



Ordered a garage, that was dropped off on a trailer.









Nearly done now. Essential things:

Room for multiple bikes
LED Lights and insulation
White walls
Workbench
Couch
Beer Fridge

[rigga]

Had many years with painted floors, that always however applied, lifted over time, so now have rubber/plastic tiles which are so much better, insulates, nice to walk/kneel on, do not suffer from indents or damage when working on, including jacking and stands. Got mine from plassfloor, which worked out trather more cost affective than some like mototile
http://plasfloor.co.uk/
Work bench for the bike is great, but hydraulic versions are bulky, and when not in use take up lots of space, so I have a sealy bench, which is static and fixed height, with a ramp to push the bike onto it, and it folds in half for storage, nice height for working on the bike.
Bench for doing rebuilds /jobs on, I got one from Costco, very sturdy and has storage cabinets above, paint the walls white to maximize the light, add a small heater for the colder periods your in there and its great.

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Add some wall art to brighten it up
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Edited by rigga on Saturday 24th November 20:30

[mudster]

What's the stand with the RD sitting on it Rigga? I could do with something like that as it appears relatively light weight compared with hydraulic lifts which being heavy, are a pain to move out of the way. Would be ideal for occasional use.


Floor tiles look good too and I think I will go for these next year.

Edit: found it. Sealey mcw360. How difficult is it to get a 200kg bike up there on your own?

Edited by mudster on Saturday 24th November 11:04

Edited by mudster on Saturday 24th November 11:05

[rigga]

Dunno about a 200kg bike, but the LC goes on OK, the bench can slide forward if you go at it too hard, need to roll the wheel onto the ramp rather than blast at it, a second helper, er helps with the pushing, once on there its very stable, great height to work at, anything low down I have a seat on wheels to scoot about on, best bit though is it folds in half and stores away, so does not take space up when not in use.