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Mar 30, 2021 10:26:36 GMT
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Congrats on the house purchase and indeed the man cave! Was in a similar position to you last year - you can make the best of the garage (mine is literally falling apart) but it's YOURS and it's oh so damn good to have all of your sh*t in one place and a stones thrown from the front door. Look forward to seeing progress
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Mar 30, 2021 21:52:23 GMT
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It's good to see it's got a bit of conversation going! Apologies for being away. I've been quite a busy chap! I'm still putting stuff away, and the garage has changed a little too. Well, slightly. Easiest thing is to hire a concrete surface grinder. It will get that smooth in a few hours. Then just paint it. Before you put anything in it and loose the chance to do it - I know that one too well............ Nice garage ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Damn, I may have already broken that one, albeit, it cane be moved elsewhere ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) . With a shutdown week coming up, I plan on doing that. Cheers. looks a reasonable size, mine was originally of similar construction, We have lined the walls with USB (second-hand hoarding at a £1 a sheet), we also lined the roof with rockwall insulation and then thin ply, the concrete used to drip a lime / condensation mix on the cars which damaged the paint, also you might wan to fil all the gaps around the top of the walls with a couple of cans of squirty foam, I have been fighting a mouse infestation this year. (they chewed through the lighting wiring as well as nesting in the boot of my Lotus) Do you have a link to the kind of USB you used? I was going to leave the walls as they were, bar maybe mount some memorabilia on with HD adhesives, and hang frames off the roof studs, thus, avoid drilling the interior. The ventilation I was going to leave, as the chap clearly built the garage with ventilation in mind, so as to keep the cars he had there in good shape ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) . The mice I may well have to consider. It doesn't look like they have been here before but time will tell. Interesting to see all of the suggestions around how to deal with them, in addition to issues arising from it. Nice space! Just to clarify is there a house off shot or do you need to partition off space for a bed / shower / kitchen area within the garage? ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Nah, I'll be living in this! But in all honesty, there is indeed a house on this. I've deliberately left the shots out of the house for semi-obvious reasons. While I'm sure folks on this forum are fine, it's the folks outside of this place whom concern me. Congrats on the house purchase and indeed the man cave! Was in a similar position to you last year - you can make the best of the garage (mine is literally falling apart) but it's YOURS and it's oh so damn good to have all of your sh*t in one place and a stones thrown from the front door. Look forward to seeing progress The last guy and the neighbour put in a decent amount of effort. The last owner knocked down the previous garage and put this workshop in its place. I'm quite surprised he kept the construction similar to what was there before, and even the pebbling outside. I'm told that outside of the garage, it was just a mudpit. At the same time the garage was done, the last owner and the current neigbour dug out the back and put in the stones and hardcore, which should help in the future ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) . As said, I never planned on moving into a place with a garage, or even this area! But when I saw the place, I knew I'd have to try putting in an offer, and rustling together some monies. So, what have I been doing? Firstly, I have actually started doing more work inside it. However, with no lights, I was going to struggle! As a result, I got myself a single LED Batten. I know I know. In my defence, I am trying to keep some cash aside for sorting out of the floor, for the reasons Bstardchild alluded too. It will be very hard to sort out once I have alot of stuff in there. I am considering either self-levelling compound or polishing the floor. The Breathable tiles look like a good idea and get amazing reviews. However, I do worry about losing small things down them, hence my reluctance to go with them. We'll see what I decide on, which will be soon. At least I could see what I was doing at nighttime, which allowed me to do some work for one of the cars. I'll update this soon in the relevant thread. Furthermore, I have my first car inside it! It's not the one I expected but life sometimes works out that way. At least nothing is in place permanently yet. As you can see, I have the one batten in place. I'm planning on placing that up top, but am looking into options of moutning them on the ceiling without drilling into the beams. This would involve somehow securing them to the beam fixings which are midway down the beams.
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Mar 30, 2021 22:23:08 GMT
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I used the cage type with a bit of cheese, caught 1 every night for a week. I've tried the humane traps before and then released some distance away However I'm sure some of them found their way back........... Homing mice, definitely a thing.
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Nice space! Just to clarify is there a house off shot or do you need to partition off space for a bed / shower / kitchen area within the garage? ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Nah, I'll be living in this! But in all honesty, there is indeed a house on this. I've deliberately left the shots out of the house for semi-obvious reasons. While I'm sure folks on this forum are fine, it's the folks outside of this place whom concern me. Yeah leaving photos off is cool and I’d hoped that was the case I was just impressed for a first house you’ve found one with such a massive garage space! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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I've tried the humane traps before and then released some distance away However I'm sure some of them found their way back........... Homing mice, definitely a thing. Well I think so and they are faster at it than snails
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Nice space you have there.
The last two places we had had garages, but too small to work in, so the car had to come out onto the street. Then you couldn't do any job that would immobilise the car, or more to the point you daren't do anything that may immobilise the car because of any issue you come across. Kind of limits you a bit.
Now I've got loads of room and a list of stuff I can do at leisure and without worry. Luxury!
Enjoy yourself in there.
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Thats a very good sized garage there ChasR ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) If its any help, the workshop had the concrete floor when it was built about 6 years ago, and is still amazing (although covered in pok marks from things being dropped). And my friends double garage had a self levelling resin stuff applied. If it was mine, I'd possibly be biased towards the resin, as that can be touched in as such easier than the concrete can ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png)
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Cheers folks! I'll bear in in mind mk2cossie. I was thinking of self levelling compound but I think I'm steering more towards 3 avenues -Just painting what's there. Being riibbled, it probably will chip at some point with jacks etc. going over -Polishing the concrete as blackpopracing stated and then chuck paint on ;. The old man who would be helping is not keen on this, as he reckons it will take forever, and will create alot of dust. -Epoxy flooring as you have said. I'll have to reach out for quotes ; A friend of mine did it himself, so I'll have to see what is involved in that. -Tiles ; Breathable ones, but it would be good to have a smooth floor, which I can use for social functions (i.e if it's raining outside, and folks can chill inside etc. However, I've fallen foul of bstardchild's theme. It's now got stuff in, albeit, not beyond emptying. Stripping my friend's ST220 has not helped there, as has trying to get rid of the 'other' ST220 parts (i.e fitting them onto mine). But at least my ST220 is making quick progress now, in part down to having a garage on quite literally my doorstep, and my drive to basically remove stuff I don't need from the garage, and that includes parts currently on the car. On the above, I'll have to commit to making a decision by some point. The cars moving elsehwhere is not a problem, as I have space both here, and at other places ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) .
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Nah, I'll be living in this! But in all honesty, there is indeed a house on this. I've deliberately left the shots out of the house for semi-obvious reasons. While I'm sure folks on this forum are fine, it's the folks outside of this place whom concern me. Yeah leaving photos off is cool and I’d hoped that was the case I was just impressed for a first house you’ve found one with such a massive garage space! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I am quite surprised as well! The location was not my first choice, and I was going to get a flat instead and keep my unit on. However, here was my next choice of location, and with several friends nearby. The double garage was the convincer here admittedly ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) .
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Well, it's about time this thread was revived.
Truth be told, the garage has seen a few changes!
However, the floor has not been covered. So that will be tackled next.
The plan is to get the floor covered in a known epoxy paint, which a friend recommended.
However, I'm decided whether I smooth the floor off or not. I'm currently thinking I don't for now.
The stuff I'm buying is the Floorsaver Epoxy paint, which a friend has recommended. This comprises of the following
-An etcher, which physically fizzes onto the concrete, thus bonding itself onto it. -The 2 part epoxy paint, which eventually goes off.
I've seen a mate use it, where he has a similar setup to me, regarding the type of floor. His floor has been very good with the stuff.
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Well, it's about time this thread was revived. Truth be told, the garage has seen a few changes! However, the floor has not been covered. So that will be tackled next. The plan is to get the floor covered in a known epoxy paint, which a friend recommended. However, I'm decided whether I smooth the floor off or not. I'm currently thinking I don't for now. The stuff I'm buying is the Floorsaver Epoxy paint, which a friend has recommended. This comprises of the following -An etcher, which physically fizzes onto the concrete, thus bonding itself onto it. -The 2 part epoxy paint, which eventually goes off. I've seen a mate use it, where he has a similar setup to me, regarding the type of floor. His floor has been very good with the stuff. Is the floor level enough to roll a trolley jack without issue? If it is I'd leave it alone, if it isn't maybe consider it. You'll struggle to get the epoxy back off again if you change your mind. I had a similar sized space with a half smooth half round floor and it was a constant pain in the rear having to park cars on the smooth section to use a jack.
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Yup, the trolley jack can move about fine as it is. A few are telling me just to treat the floor as it is, to not make the job more of a mammoth job.
For me, it's more about stopping the dust, and having something which won't always flake off.
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Yup, the trolley jack can move about fine as it is. A few are telling me just to treat the floor as it is, to not make the job more of a mammoth job. For me, it's more about stopping the dust, and having something which won't always flake off. IF you can roll a jack then you should be fine!
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So, things begun. First or all however, I needed to plan on what paint to use. One thing was for sure. I wouldn't be using Trade Paint. So the free stuff I got would be gifted on. I'd end up using something else instead. Also courtesy of Mighty Car Mods, I'd be inspired to try out a Banh Mi before even getting to work. I can recommend these! Eventually, I'd clear out the garage however, where the fun would begin:
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Jun 12, 2023 15:53:03 GMT
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Congratulations on the house, and the garage looks like a good space,
Can’t help you with the floor, I’d just paint over it if it was me and see how that goes.
I’d defiantly consider a couple of the lift up security bollards on the inside of the garage door too.
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Congratulations on the house, and the garage looks like a good space, Can’t help you with the floor, I’d just paint over it if it was me and see how that goes. I’d defiantly consider a couple of the lift up security bollards on the inside of the garage door too. Cheers fella! That's not a bad idea about the bollards to be fair. Regarding the garage floor, I could not put it off any longer. I'd need to get stuck in. Regarding paint, I decided that I'd go for Epoxy Resin, hoping for a hard wearing surface. It was a friend's recommendation. I debated surface grinding the concrete or, self levelling it, but it would have added in alot of time for possible not much practical gain. First thing to do was to get some tools to paint the floor with: One of the things called for was a plastic rose ended watering can, which I could use later for watering plants anyway. I thought about the teachings of Walter White when I got this But before I could do anything more, I'd need to sweep the floor down. But Jesus, it was very dusty! Eventually, I would start on the first step of the dance. Etch the floor. I was using floor etcher, which in essence, is effectively diluted Hydrochloric acid. The concrete took alot of it! Enough for me to run out! I would end up getting brick acid, and spreading this out. I would then jetwash off the remains after the concrete had reacted with the acid. In essence, you put down the acid due to the concrete's surface being Alkali. The acid neutralises the surface, removing the latience (top surface) at the same time. In theory, it neutralises the surface, so that the paint can stick to the concrete, and not the dust/dirt on top of the concrete. We all know how dusty new concrete can be. After this was done, I'd jetwash off the surface until I could see no more dirt leave the surface. This took quite some time. Once this had dried off enough, I began to paint. The floor can still be painted in a damp state, since the epoxy resin paint I bought is water based. It's fair to say the first coat was being taken in quite a bit. Being a 2 pack paint, it had a limited working time. Eventually, I'd paint it all: After which, everything I took out would begin to go back in. But doesn't it look much better with the floor done?
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Painting those walls white would really smarten the appearance, and maybe improve lighting a bit - apologies if that is just making more work for you!
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Looks great! The floorsaver Epoxy is good - used the same in mine and it's held up pretty well.
Agreed on the walls if you have the time - makes a huuuuge difference in brightening the workspace
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Looks great! The floorsaver Epoxy is good - used the same in mine and it's held up pretty well. Agreed on the walls if you have the time - makes a huuuuge difference in brightening the workspace Many thanks! The FS Epoxy was recommended by a friend. I can say it's pretty impressive. I'll be honest, I didn't think painting the walls would improve things much, but a few folks saying that, it must do something. Any shades to avoid etc. or is it a case of just going white? I was debating leaving them, so that if they were dirty, it didn't look it. I do however, plan to board the place up more inside, so as to improve the usability of the walls ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) . So painting the boards may also be an option.
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White is all you need buddy. Seriously, the difference to lighting it makes is sig ificant.
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