RMS Epic Workshop/ Garage Thread: Show me your bench/garage

[Lyons]

Made a (very) small start tonight, I built 1 of 3 shelving bays i got. I only threw stuff up on it to get it off the floor, it'll be organised better when I deal with the rest of the mess. But I'm happy it's made a little dent in the floor space anyway!

 

[Gaz86]

I've been painting my garage walls every night this week. Very time consuming lol I will post up some pics as soon as it's finished and my new work benches are installed It's made such an improvement in lighting already, I only have one single and rather sh***y bulb dangling in the middle of the garage at the moment.

 

[johna3]

Where did you get the shelves @Lyons? Much dolla?

 

[Gaz86]

Made a (very) small start tonight, I built 1 of 3 shelving bays i got. I only threw stuff up on it to get it off the floor, it'll be organised better when I deal with the rest of the mess. But I'm happy it's made a little dent in the floor space anyway!

That's not a garage, that's a bloody warehouse!!! lol

 

[m00k]

I got a whack of insulation cheap on gumtree and finally got round to fitting it

Horribly itchy messy task. It should make t a bit cosier... expanding foamed any gaps around the garage door frame also and blocked off any gaps I could see

Hoping to get it painted next before spark comes back for extra sockets and lighting etc and also before sprog no two lands!!!

Edit pics haven't worked

 

[Gaz86]

I got a whack of insulation cheap on gumtree and finally got round to fitting it

Horribly itchy messy task. It should make t a bit cosier... expanding foamed any gaps around the garage door frame also and blocked off any gaps I could see

Hoping to get it painted next before spark comes back for extra sockets and lighting etc and also before sprog no two lands!!!

Edit pics haven't worked

I thought you had already painted yours? I have a spark coming next week to put in some extra power points. As with the rest of the house, there's a dire shortage of wall sockets.

Sprog No. 2? Congratulations!

 

[m00k]

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[m00k]

No had the old garage painted Gaz new one is a blank canvas so far will get walls Painted extra sockets and lighting sorted then look at doing summat wi the dusty floor

Then a painted ceiling in too

 

[Lyons]

Good job.

How's the house coming on? Settled in?

 

[Simon998]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product...t_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=J90P8V261R8ZDEZNDNF1

That's the best value shelving I could find. Ordered two, going to use one as 5 tier shelving and other as a bench.

Edi: Pasted the wrong link

 

[Lyons]

This is mine;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401054537588

Best value I could find given the extra heigh and depth of shelves.

 

[m00k]

Yeah getting there at last still few boxes to sort and clear and a lot of pictures and all that jazz to hang...

But nursery is pretty much prepped so can start to look at the other things now

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

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You putting a ceiling up or anything ? Wont that be dusty all tge time ?
I insulated the same way but mine was in the silver sleeve.

 

[m00k]

Yeah ceiling going in although not sure whT to do it but with yet... any recommendations

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

Yeah ceiling going in although not sure whT to do it but with yet... any recommendations

I'd "floor" it on top of the joists. Will serve as a ceiling and allow storage at the same time.

 

[m00k]

It's not overly deep up above but storage is a plan

Would still like summat for a ceiling effect on the lower side tho just want it to be relatively light in weight and white or paintable

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

It's not overly deep up above but storage is a plan

Would still like summat for a ceiling effect on the lower side tho just want it to be relatively light in weight and white or paintable

I plasterboarded a laundry section of my garage , it's light grey colour almost white. Wouldn't need painted but could do if wanted.

 

[Nicky]

Even sheets of 1/4" ply wood which is light, cheap, easy worked with and easily painted would suffice as a ceiling @m00k

 

[Big Pimp]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product...t_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=J90P8V261R8ZDEZNDNF1

That's the best value shelving I could find. Ordered two, going to use one as 5 tier shelving and other as a bench.

Edi: Pasted the wrong link

That's the same as I have in my garage.

A gift to assemble, and very sturdy

 

[Gaz86]

+1 for ply that's what I'm going to do mine with

 

[Apis]

Building control made me put a plasterboard ceiling on my garage, but that was in 2002.
Something to do with fire resistance (which is why I wouldn't recommend plywood @Nicky and @GazEP3. Just saying)

 

[Nigelo]

Tidied up the garage a little, but need to come up with a better hose setup for the powerwasher (nilfisk one is a awkward plastic coated one). Would like to keep the power-washer permanently plumbed in, and just be able to unroll the high pressure hose line from a reel or something. And then something for the garden tools.

Hate the 2 single doors - one is v close to the electric box and then the boiler in a enclosed space and limits space on that side, and the staircase in a problem on the other side. One big double would've been so much better, but if it involves a beam to sort it I couldn't be bothered.

 

[thefool1983]

Well not so much a bench or indeed a garage YET. Been working in the garden as and when I can get a chance at weekends since July holidays.

So far have managed to level and stone the site. And have just finished building a retaining wall around perimeter.
Before

After

Wall

Planing next to order a steel shed and have been pricing them up at the minute.
Size is goin to be 7m x 8m deep and 4.5m At the peak (to allow for a 2 poster)

Anyone have any experience of these. In particular insulated vs non-insulated etc. Getting exciting now as nearly at the stage of ordering.

 

[PaulYDP]

My garage is still in a bit of a mess with stuff sitting on the floor but managed to get it a little tidier today and squeeze two cars in there! Still a bit or room left too.....

 

[Paul RS]

Well not so much a bench or indeed a garage YET. Been working in the garden as and when I can get a chance at weekends since July holidays.

So far have managed to level and stone the site. And have just finished building a retaining wall around perimeter.
Before

After

Wall

Planing next to order a steel shed and have been pricing them up at the minute.
Size is goin to be 7m x 8m deep and 4.5m At the peak (to allow for a 2 poster)

Anyone have any experience of these. In particular insulated vs non-insulated etc. Getting exciting now as nearly at the stage of ordering.

How do you spec the retaining wall? I'd like to level my garden and it'd need a wall, but I've no idea what has to be put in? I assume you need a stronger wall for say a driveway than just holding a garden back?