reliantreviver
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"It will be getting fixed up come summer..." (year undefined)
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If a spider moves in, make her feel welcome... I'd feel alone if it wasn't for Bertha. It makes retrieving forgotten car parts all the more exciting. - Now I think the rear lenses were in this box, I'll just pull it out.. ARGH spider!!!!! "Sorry mate, off you go" All I will say is painty painty floor paint. Don't cut corners with prep and don't skimp on material quality.
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Current: Reliant "750" Super Robin, Scimitar SS1s - 2 x 1300, 1 x 1600, 1 x 1800ti. 76 years off the road between them! Also - Mitsubishi Galant Sport and Hyundai Coupe Gen3
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GJUK
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With a single garage you will struggle to work in there with much else going on. If you can go bigger do.
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I haven't managed to get my golf to my house yet, but I invested in a 20 pack of London shelf brackets and had a 8x4 sheet of 18mm ply ripped down into 4 lengths. Have put all the shelves above car roof height on the passenger side. Gives me full width of the car at usable height.
De-clutter as well, make sure you only have stuff you will use in there. I have horded stuff for years, but have had to be ruthless to clear enough space to make the garage a usable space.
Wont know how well I have done until its empty enough to fit it in though lol
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Please listen to the build a shed suggestions you are getting.
Moved in to mine nearly 3 years ago, with just a single garage on the side. Immediately full of kids bikes etc so I built an 8ftx9ft shed on the back of the garage for all that stuff.
I have a deal with wife that I can't put anything car related in the shed and only car related things go in the garage.
Winner winner.
My garage has a slight pitch on the roof so I've put shelving on that side above the height of the car roof
Also don't fill it up with anything that you are unlikely to need, space is precious
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mgmrw
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We are hopefully moving to a new house soon and I’m finally getting my garage. Albeit only a single but It should be good enough for my needs I hope. I’m just looking for inspiration from fellow retro riders as what they have done to the garages and man caves. Cheers Your very first job is to purchase & erect a shed - therefore all the curse word that you don't want in the garage can go in the shed - leaving you room to do things that you actually want to do in the garage This man speaks sense. Our last house had a 1.5x garage. Classic car, tools, all my bikes. Mint. I'd go to work, come home and our lass and my parents/hers would've been busy "helping" with DIY or the garden. So, guess where EVERYTHING they'd used was dumped? Yep. Blocking the personnel door, propped up on my classic car. Used to do my head in, repeatedly. Got a 12ft by 8ft shed, relocated all the garden stuff etc to that. Then outlaws or parents would just rummage around the garage for tools, put curse word all back. This house, no garage yet. But 3x outbuilding. If we stay, I'mma have a 12*20 timber garage on concrete base. Kiddy wibblepoo, garden stuff, DIY stuff, spare stuff.... Is not going in the garage. Bikes, tools, car. No more.
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Jez
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Another vote for a shed for all the family junk. No car stuff in the shed, no junk in the garage.
I'd also highly recommend painting the walls white, install good lighting and a man door is a must. Lifting the car door every time you need a screwdriver gets tiring.
Another essential for me which I don't think anyone has mentioned yet is some tunes! I still don't think my resto would be complete if I hadn't had music to inspire me.
Lastly, hang a few garage signs, posters, number plates, wheel trims, badges or whatever to give it a cool vibe.
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1990 VW Golf GTI G60 2014 Skoda Octavia RS
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merryck
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Going back to the shelves idea - have a shelf for 'curse word I'm not sure I need'. Leave everything on there you're not sure you'll need going forward. If it's there after a a few months then have a rethink. If you use it in that time then it gets kept. If not, and it's important, keep it another few months. If you don't use it and it's not important/it's cheap to buy a new one then just chuck it.
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Grab yourself some plywood, some leftover house paint, a few screws and build yourself a tool wall. If, like me, you don't have a massive tool chest you can get a whole load of tools on the wall and out of the way, leaving room in your toolbox for shiny new tools (don't tell the Mrs). Use a marker pen to draw round each tool to create a "shadow board" - you can then instantly tell which tool is missing. And if you write the size of each spanner/socket on your wall, you can go straight to it instead of rifling through the tray of the toolbox for a 13mm spanner, only to find you actually let your mate Steve borrow it 3 weeks ago and had forgotten... And to cap it all, it looks great. (These were taken in my old garage - I have since updated them...)
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edk83
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Pinch your Nan's carpet !
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Last Edit: Jun 1, 2018 13:34:25 GMT by edk83
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autojumbled
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I too have a a single garage. I've put down an epoxy resin floor and as much (wall mounted) shelving as I could fit with an up and over door. Sadly I don't have space for a shed and because of this I've lost a lot of space to garden tools even though I've hung everything. Also got the washing machine in there which means swmbo frequents which in turn causes issues because "that car is blocking my route to the machine".
Moral of the story: prep the garage before using it for anything. Shelves and floor as a minimum. Try and limit its use to other people!
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Another good tip if you've got a bench mounted vice try and put it near the side door (if you have one) that way if you need to put anything long in the vice you can poke it out the door! whatever you have electrics wise make sure the main supply is protected by a 30ma earth leakage breaker to trip the supply in the event of faults, you don't want to be stuck under the car with a cut flex on your grinder or other power tools!!
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The hardest bit is keeping it clear of curse word (if you have kids). I moved into a new house a couple of years ago with a single garage, I put my big rollcab in it, a decent bench, compressor, mig welder, plasma cutter and racking all up one side and finally the most important thing - a beer fridge. I stood back very happy with myself but about 5 minutes later it was full of old kids buggys, bikes, scooter boxes of CDs, magazines and all that other curse word you collect. Currently there is a narrow path through it from the back door to the front of it. Gutted. Honesty, I could have an aircraft carrier and I'm sure if would end up full of curse word. That’s what I’m worried about so a car will always be in there just to maintain space lol. I am also extending it under the existing car Port So we have more storage for the kids curse word.
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I remember reading that thread and bein. Very jealous
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Pinch your Nan's carpet ! Garage already carpeted. Mrs wondered why I was excited lol
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Grab yourself some plywood, some leftover house paint, a few screws and build yourself a tool wall. If, like me, you don't have a massive tool chest you can get a whole load of tools on the wall and out of the way, leaving room in your toolbox for shiny new tools (don't tell the Mrs). Use a marker pen to draw round each tool to create a "shadow board" - you can then instantly tell which tool is missing. And if you write the size of each spanner/socket on your wall, you can go straight to it instead of rifling through the tray of the toolbox for a 13mm spanner, only to find you actually let your mate Steve borrow it 3 weeks ago and had forgotten... And to cap it all, it looks great. (These were taken in my old garage - I have since updated them...) Lovely stuff will defo be doing this.
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Get a shed ...or you’ll end up like me .......... I need a shed .... And some enthusiasm to sort it!
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Think about how many power points you need then double it.
Depending on what you're doing in your shed, the ability to run multiple tools at once, without having to unplug every 5 minutes is a time saver.
Also get a shed vac. Helps keep the dust/mess down.
If mounting benches that don't move, fit drawers underneath, but leave room for your knees and feet. You can't have enough storage and reducing visual clutter will help you focus on the job at hand.
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Get a shed ...or you’ll end up like me .......... I need a shed .... And some enthusiasm to sort it! Looks like it would be a decent size too
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Yes its longer than my previous single garage, easily fits a Pug 406 estate length ways,even with a built in 3ft work bench at the end. Cant open the doors though ......
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