[Closed] New garage - show us your storage solutions

Anyone successfully painted a concrete floor? Polish it first?

moderatley successful. Its coming up in a few places but thats 5+ years of use.

brush it, sugar soap, pva to seal, then paint.

I found a stiff broom useful for brushing & sugar soaping floor and walls.

Painted it... It was crap...

Bought a load of carpet tiles, office type. Ebay/Gumtree... They're brilliant.. Just brilliant.

I've gone for heavy duty lino in my new "garage". Nice and easy to keep clean when it does get dusty. I wouldn't want to drive on it though which is fine as it's not a standard garage and a car wouldn't fit.

I got carpet from a relatives house when they were replacing it and that does a much better job than a painted floor.

It absorbs spillages, stops stuff bouncing away when I drop it, which with bike maintenance is a lot!, and its nicer to kneel on when looking for said part or working on something.

I have a garage Henry too.

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I've just pulled the carpet up from my daughter's room (did get her a new one, don't worry) and I'm thinking of putting the old one down in the garage for a bit of luxury.

Genius or madness?

Edit, crossed with post above - that's one vote in favour then!

In the absence of a free carpet, I had good results just from painting the concrete floor. No more dust everywhere, and easy to spot dropped nuts/bolts etc.

The best thing for dropped bolts is a shotgun cartridge collector. Something like [url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/Napier-Bigfoot-Magnetic-Cartridge-Collector/dp/B00B84SOIC ]This[/url] (or make your own).

**EDIT** Steel ones of course, none of that fancy stuff

Anyone successfully painted a concrete floor?

Yes.

Polish it first?

I wanted to but didn't have time. It would make sense as it's easier to paint and clean, but I didn't have the time or kit. That said I'm glad I painted it; as above, keeps dust down and makes looking for dropped things easier.

Please. I’m excited at the potential. Anyone successfully painted a concrete floor? Polish it first?

Carpeted mine with a heavy duty office job. Not expensive.

This is the main storage I've built in mine. Garage is a small double and, because it's integrated into the house, it is used as a place to store all [s]the useful things we need[/s] manner of crap.

My intention is to be able to get a car into it and still keep it useable, hence tall cabinets (these will have sliding doors).

Currently it's a site office for the builders doing our extension/renovations so my work has stopped and will pick up again when they've cleared off.

I inted to floor it with vinyl tiles, [url= https://www.klikflor.com/ ]probably these from Klikflor[/url].

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Good brushing to remove anything loose then hoovered and painted with Leyland floor paint from Screwfix. Holding up fine so far.

Carpet fine if it stays dry in there (mine has the odd dribble through the roof or under the door if it gets very rainy), you don't do any dusty work or spill things like brake fluid. The painted floor has resisted all sorts and cleans up nicely.

For bikes, I hung a fatter-size wardrobe rail from the joists and use S-hooks and velcro straps to put the bikes up. It's effectively a poor man's version of the velogrip racks - idea was to be able to reduce how far they intrude into the space by turning them so they're flatter against the wall. It doesn't work all that well - in part, the wall pillar and shelves get in the way, and the MTBs with their wide bars make things awkward too. Been pondering an Asguard shed just to get most of them out of the way.

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Off topic sorry, but is ok to store mtb`s like this ^^ I am thinking about oil is forks/shocks mainly?

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Off topic sorry, but is ok to store mtb`s like this ^^ I am thinking about oil is forks/shocks mainly?

I store mine like that and I've yet to have an issue with forks, shocks or brakes as a result.

I store mine like that and I've yet to have an issue with forks, shocks or brakes as a result.

Good to know, I can hang mine up out the way now. 😀

Mine have been fine too. I figure something designed to contain 150+ psi (400+ in the shock) of air probably doesn't care which way up it is.

Here's mine, arranged so that I can still get either of our cars in:
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Close up of bikes on wall before everything else went in:
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Thanks all - liking the wardrobe pole solution> Going for paint. Carpet in previous one got mucky/wet. If paint doesn't work, I'll cover it in carpet.

Don't bother painting, it will lift and you will be doing it again.

Stick ceramic tiles down. Get the non slip ones obviously.

Won't take much longer than painting and will last a lifetime, and easy to keep clean. Doesn't have to be very expensive.

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some of you are fairly well prepared for the zombie apocalypse, especially when it comes to cleaning up afterwards

I keep bikes vertically in the rafters above ceiling height.

No pics, but I constructed a pulley system using boat rigging pulleys and ropes with clam cleats to lock off.

Gets them out of the way.

Painted the floor and didn't polish and it's worked out great. It was cheapish paint too - Johnstone's was the brand. Only damage was when an extremely heavy set of shelving was dragged across it.

I saw this thread and thought, that thread will not be complete until it has a link to the '12 Gauge Garage' and sure enough, the image up there of the 911 off the floor is of the same.

Link here: [url= http://www.12-gaugegarage.com/ ]12 Gauge Garage[/url]

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wzzz - assumed that was your kitchen 😯

I built a box storage system, based around Homebase boxes..

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Bikes are stored in a large cupboard, which you can walk on / store stuff on top of....

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Some great ideas on this thread, currently trying to sort mine out, good to read peoples comments on vertical storage as this is how I am hoping to sort mine.

Already have a stack of carpet tiles, and a lot or white paint for the walls.

I have the boiler in one corner, contemplating a small additional radiator and some clothes airing/drying solution.... anyone got similar?

Ta

My new garage is being built in the new year.

On my shopping list so far:
Rubber floor tiles
Pedal/batten bike storage (like nwmlarge above)
A rack for lots of storage boxes
A label maker (not really, we've got one already 🙂 )

For bikes, I hung a fatter-size wardrobe rail from the joists and use S-hooks and velcro straps to put the bikes up. It's effectively a poor man's version of the velogrip racks - idea was to be able to reduce how far they intrude into the space by turning them so they're flatter against the wall. It doesn't work all that well - in part, the wall pillar and shelves get in the way, and the MTBs with their wide bars make things awkward too. Been pondering an Asguard shed just to get most of them out of the way.

Ours are hung on the wall in a similar fashion. It's less than ideal due to handlebars and other sticking out parts. I'm yet to work out a better way of doing it though.

If you want organisation and ease of getting what you want rather than storage then these hooks mounted on a board are brilliant for hanging shoes and helmets on.
http://www.diy.com/departments/rothley-red-steel-tool-storage-hooks-pack-of-2/192731_BQ.prd

I'll get a picture of my board if I remember.
Over a radiator in the garage for drying also. Although radiator is currently ornamental.

Bikes hung on a couple of different types of hooks straight out and take up a lot of room but are accessible.

Reduction of Faff is my aim.