My first garage. A blank canvas – Page 2 – Chat Forum

sharkattack · 2019-12-21T13:41:48Z

Well, It's taken long enough. I fell off the property ladder over 10 years ago and just recently got back on. I was determined to have a garage (which is much harder than it sounds in Sheffield) but I'm glad I stuck to my guns. I've never, ever had a space where I can just have complete bikes sitting around in one piece and have tools, work benches, storage etc. Everything like repairs and maintenance and stuff has always been a major ball ache. So it's a big deal for me. Unfortunately we had to buy a whole house to go with it which means we're in the hole for the next 30 years. Anyway. I came here for advice and inspiration. It's just an empty box and needs fixing up. Power- There's only one power point next to the side door (on the left in the top picture) and I want at least 2 or 3 on the other side where I picture a long work bench. So I've been reading about ring mains and spurs etc.. I understand the theory but I've never done it before. Safe to DIY or get a pro in? Lights- It looks alright in the picture but that's a single LED bulb and is on the dim side. Plus everywhere you stand you're looking into your own shadow. So I want more, bigger lights. I like the look of those flat LED panels that you can get on eBay/Amazon for not much money but are they any good? Anyone got anything similar? Door- The door control panel doesn't work. The door goes up but not down, so you have to winch it which takes forever. The motor works because I've had the panel apart and switched some wires around. Then I could winch it up and the 'up' button would bring it down. So the motor works but are these panels a universal thing or do I need something in particular? Can I just replace it with pretty much anything? It looks like this, Floor- You might be able to tell, but the garage used to be smaller. The front part was a car port and the previous owner has moved the garage door to the front of the house. That's great but the front part is always wet from water creeping underneath. I'd like to put some kind of lip at the base of the door and use some self levelling floor compound (latex?) to raise it up a little. Then the whole floor would be flush and I could paint it all one colour. That's another thing I've never done before so any tips appreciated. Miscellaneous- Once I've tackled the above list I can concentrate on the fun stuff. I'll be building work benches, painting etc.. Feel free to post pictures of amazing garages. I'm thinking of timber cladding down one side. Probably OSB. Then when I build the benches against it I can freely attach things to it. Plus it looks cool! Hopefully I'll post some pictures once I get cracking, probably in 2020. Firstly, to survive xmas with the in-laws.

howarthp

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Personally I would use cool white LEDs as I find it the most useful light to work with

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Posted : 12/04/2020 5:39 pm

squirrelking

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Warm white is what you want, cool white is horribly stark IMO

Disagree as does every manufacturer, 6500K is daylight equivalent, warm white is 3000K and rubbish to work in.

Posted : 12/04/2020 7:29 pm

timber

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Tidy 100, even if it is the later one with van mirrors 😉

Our garage is still building site storage, but aiming to be able to get half a car in for servicing, although we can only theoretically get the 100 or a lightweight car like a Caterham up the side of the house to it.

Our garage is a little wider than average, so bench and storage down the side, bikes to go on back wall.

Would be tempted with yours to put a partition wall between concrete and tarmac sections so you can hose down at the front with the door just up a tiny bit to let the water out as I would guess being old drive way it is designed to drain away from the original garage.

Posted : 13/04/2020 11:44 am

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