logicaluk's garage and shed project thread

This mornings exploits have broken me, its one of the few times I really wish id called in a professional.

If you look closely at the ply laid on the floor, you might just make out the lump, well that runs the whole length of the floor and runs out by 6 mm in one place, so instead of getting quotes to either have the floor professionally ground or hiring a machine to do it, I stupidly bought a double row diamond grinding disk thinking that would do it, well it did and it also did for my back, having strapped it on to my trusty Aldi angle grinder, I cracked on and its doing a surprisingly good job, I worked for about an hour and achieved about 500 mm of floor, (only 5M remaining)I stopped and decided although, keeping it wet was keeping most of the dust down, it was also a lot harder to see what need doing, working dry was exceedingly dusty but also a lot easier, by the time I thought ohh food I was 2/3 of the way down the floor but couldn't stand up straight, so I shut up had lunch and went for a hot bath.

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the door made me laugh

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Wow! That dust took some cleaning up, I even had to wash down the ceiling and roof trusses.

Now the strip I ground down is a bit more visible.

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It's not as perfectly flat as I had wanted but right now it will have to do.

It was then I did a very strange thing I actually downloaded the instructions for the 2 pack epoxy high build paint I had bought, and found out id not ordered the primer, I'm sure I had read, thin the first coat and no mention of primer. Back to eBay, order primer, just about to press buy when I thought actually 5l isn't quite enough I need 10, go back out only to find I had committed to buy it sent a cancel request and ordered 10l. An hour later I get a message from the seller saying no problem order cancelled, was the primer for the paint I had ordered last week if so it's the wrong one...... BUGGERATION

Go back on eBay, find the right primer (its almost twice the price) place order with a couple of solvent proof rollers and a frame.

So that's that job stopped till the primer arrives in 7 to 10 days (due to the virus) after the Easter holidays.



Next job on the list sort out the work bench, my bench is a 10ft long steel frame from an old chip shop fryer.

After spending half a day digging out some of the curse word that's been piled up next to, on and in it, it looks like this

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Its never been properly organized, so I built some shelves.

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these are designed to take the big white trays as draws at the top and a box under x 4

But I don't want them filling up with dust and curse word so some doors are needed, a hunt through my pile of quite good wood turns up 6 fence boards, once they have had a shave in the thickness planer they were fashioned in to doors.

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Nope I can't see any over engineering here...

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A quick lick of stain to give them some colour

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And I went in for some food and a beverage.

The beverage was a mojito
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And very nice it was too.

Funny you should say that (I didn't realize I was on trend this month), I've had 2 people ask if I can do the same in a kitchen.

I finally got the bench out far enough out from the wall that I could remove the top, and give the visible surfaces a coat of workshop blue, an up stand on the back is needed to push the top forwards, to provide an over hang for the doors.

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I've been thinking about a few more improvements,

bench is a little low raising it by 100 mm should make it more pleasant to work at. standing it on 2 bits of 4" fence post

mount the vice on a post to the side of the bench, thus putting the forces straight to the floor, ala blacksmiths vice

The work top doesn't go all the way to the end of the bench, currently there is another piece in there but it doesn't go all the way to the back, my welder will be living down that end so, ideas for a welding bench top? In the down below please

I hope the floor paint turns up soon or I might have to work on the house instead.
Dan

A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Always pay attention to what you're doing, even if its an easy job and don't let your mind wander.

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Then way you will be able to drink all your coffee.

You are building an amazing looking workshop, well done on the timber wall.
Looking forward to seeing your updates.
Warren

In a surprise turn of events the Primer for the floor was delivered this afternoon, Just after I had finished emptying the workshop. Result.

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That's, 2 rollers, a cage, acid etch/cleaner, 10l of 2pack epoxy high build primer and 10l of the light grey top coat for £225.

Step 1a sweep the floor then hover it to get as much dust off it as possible.

Step 1b wet the floor and sweep it again and marvel at the amount of dust that was still in there.

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Step 1c mix the acid 1:2 with water spread evenly around work in with brush.

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Step 1d re apply and work in with brush then leave for 10 mins while I scoff a half cold dinner.

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Step 1e sweep out and rinse out with 2 buckets of clean water.

Step 1e.1 Do it again.

Step 1e.2 And again, (did that actually do anything?).

Step 1e.3 Surely not.

Step 1e.4 This time an improvement, but how the hell is this stuff hanging on after it has had a bucket of water dumped on it and been scrubbed for a few mins, swilling the water over it repeatedly.

Step 1e.5 Defiantly almost, nearly there.

Step 1e.6 Oh that will do.

Step 1e.7 No it won't.

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Step 1f Go fo a refreshing beverage.

More tomorrow that took 4 hours to do.

Loving this, great way to put a retro style 'shop together

thanks


thanks loving the tolly build

Floor paint does make a huge difference to working in the garage. I ended up working in mine for a while without sealing the floor and the level of dust is just unbelievable.
love the back wall.