slammedorion

I've just got to the point with my 16ftx20ft workshop where enough is enough
It's become a dumping ground since we moved in
It's always been kept usable to keep a car in or work on a car, but the lack of light and breeze block walls has finally done me in

How it was when we moved in back in April 2014







Led security light was fitted to the front, and the front of the garage outside was painted the same colour as the house, we've still yet to finish painting the other walls...



The workshop is used for general car maintenance

Turbo change on our daily



Gearbox and dmf kit on our daily





Making use of the built in engine hoist at the bottom of the garage

Paint repairs, PDR etc



Detailing



House diy jobs ie spraying radiators, woodwork







Just the normal mancave jobs...

So over the next few weeks plans are to paint all the internal walls white

Add new LED lighting

Board outer ceiling area out in marine ply so I can store more stuff in the roof space

The other day a few recent eBay purchases arrived



Temp fitted to keep them flat, they may move after walls are painted



Today's work I've managed to paint 3/4's of the way down one side of the garage





Also put up a free kitchen wall unit I was given
Base has been painted with the same white as the walls
Doors will get sprayed some sort of metallic grey in the week when I get chance

There's more units available if I need anymore

RichieST

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Looks good, id love a nice dry space like that!

slammedorion

Alittle more painting done tonight

Matt Baxter

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Nice bit of space you've got there!, I need to sort some proper storage for mine

gjh

Nice garage you have. How I wish I had a bit of indoor space to work on cars.

slammedorion

The double garage wants a re-jig to make it more usable... It's fine for storing cars, but there not easy to get in and out for daily use due to the way the utility has been boarded out and stairs into the loft room...





A job for another day that one... Toilet will need moving too...

slammedorion

Only had 3 hours spare this afternoon

Got abit done though, removed unwanted hooks, nails
Moved everything out the way then to paint
Breeze block is a pain to paint but it's looking good
Some might notice the wall unit doors have gone back on, alittle brighter than first planned, but will do for now... May invest in new doors

costina

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looks good i need to paint my walls too. how much brighter is it?
Also have some banners but all ford lol. There is a banner place on ebay buy 2 get 3rd free.

Paul

slammedorion

A lot brighter
Painted the garage at last house too, makes a massive difference
I've used

http://m.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-...te-10ltr/51004

2 tubs, a paint brush and big Wooley roller

3 banners were Ł40 ish off eBay

H3lsing

Nice garage and I like your progress on it so far. The placement of the lights doesn't seem very efficient though, and they seem obscured by the joists. I would get some led lighting fitted instead of those incandescent lights.

fraser9764

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Looking good chris. Give us a shout when the lights turn up. I'll pop over for a few hours to help wire them up.
I best move some of my shit out of there too

slammedorion

Your stuffs fine here

Just sorting other stuff out that's been long over due
Will do

slammedorion

New lighting is mentioned in the first post
Walls painted first
Ceiling in and painted
Then lights

slammedorion

A couple more hours work done

stuartrsturbo

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What lights are you planing on using??

slammedorion

12x4ft led lights for now... Then will see if it needs anymore

costina

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Got a link? was looking at some too.

slammedorion

Lights

http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/131636069792

Ordered a wheel/ tire rack to house the Momo Arrows

http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/121640007901

And for when there refurb'd with tires, some wheel covers

http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/331532248930

slammedorion

Off for 2 weeks now, so hopefully they'll be more progress...
I did fit the lower lights up... Walls are nearly finished.
Just need to pop screw fix for wiring etc...
Also need wall fixings for my wheel rack...

costina

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waiting to see what those lights are like.

slammedorion

Me too...

stuartrsturbo

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Have you any pictures of the lights yet?

slammedorion

After 2 half days in the garage the new lights are finally up and wired in... thanks to Fraser for today's wiring

Oh there bright!!! Much better to work in there now












Still need to board the ceiling out
Possibly add a few more lights at the back but overall made up with them

costina

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Shit man thats a year gone

slammedorion

I know sorry... littlen, work, life...
Only time I've really had spare

costina

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We are all in the same boat fella....

Lights look good.

visa_broke

Time does go quicker as your older

That evo looks lovely, nice colour as well.

Get the ceiling boarded up and use it as storage for extra space

slammedorion

That's the plan... will get painted white to help reflect the light too

The Evo was here for a detail... not mine, cleaned up ok but had had a lot of bad paint over the years, so was detailed with care

james kiely

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looking good ,you cant beat good lighting in a garage ,makes everything so much easier.i spent the day cleaning some of the shit up in my garage today

slammedorion

I've been sorting a few jobs on the A3 over the last few weeks since selling our daily Vectra... I've cursed the old lightning so while off I've Christmas I've had to make time to get the new stuff up... Wish it hadn't taken a year to get round to doing... but it's done now, onto the next job I suppose

gcfcos

So wish I had a garage like that at home. Single garage with no electric is no fun

1374lee

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Great progress, you can't beat a good tidy up in the garage, looks so much neater.Your garage looks so much cleaner with the walls painted and the lighting, good work.

CheeRS.Lee.

slammedorion

I've just ordered another 4 lights to finish it off in there...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272470978065

slammedorion

While Halfords have got a few bundle deals on, I've decided to treat myself to a new tool box... I wanted the green, but as it's not available I've had to settle for orange... Should help with tidying up in the garage

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...&storeId=10001

slammedorion

Top lights on



Bottom lights on



Both top and bottom lights on



Tool box built up quickly tonight... that was fun getting that home

gcfcos

Looks awesome with that light in there. My dream to have a decent sized garage/workshop at home. Toolbox looks nice mate and looks fairly deep too!

slammedorion

The other 4 lights are up, will hopefully get 5 minutes to wire them up over weekend. Been getting rid of stuff, having a re-jig about... getting there slowly

We've just had scaffolding put up last week... All ready for a new roof on the house now.

gcfcos

Thanks a lovely house

slammedorion

Added 4 more lights in the garage, so that's 11 4ft lights on the ceiling, 5 4ft & 2 2ft on the walls









With the wall lights just on





With the ceiling lights just on





Pretty bright in there now...

H3lsing

I would love a garage like that. Just someplace to work out of when it's this cold. Do you have a space heater tho