I ready to start working on my garage to get it ready for real workshop duty. Its a detached 2-car unit built in the late 50's. 2x4 walls, no drywall or insulation, concrete floor (but broken and cracked pretty badly), some area for storage in the 'attic' area, good 110v serivce, no heat or air. It is located behind the house so there is a good long driveway and some space just outside the garage door that would be good flexible overflow work area.
Goals:
- Needs to be a flexible space - I do car work, wood work, home improvements, etc.
- Needs to fit one car as a working/parking space.
- Needs to store all my stuff to do said work in an organized fashion.
I hope to document the process with photos as much as possible. Starting point:
First I re-purposed this wire shelf to store all my lumber. Attached it to the wall so it does not fall over on me.
Then I grabbed some big cabinets and shelves and moved them into position and screwed them to the wall (these were in my basement when we moved in but they had to go anyway, so I took them to the garage).
Since we re-did our kitchen this summer, I kept some of the old cabinets. This one used to be above the fridge. Put it up and put the lawn mower gas and oil/parts etc. in there. Also found a great spot for our deck umbrella for the winters. Bike hangars were already there.
Found these temporary saw horse stands in the garage, use a piece of scrap wood to store them in the ceiling. Score!
Nabbed a good spot to shelter my ramps, and used another few pieces of scrap wood to make an easily movable bar that prevents the long metal ones from falling on my head.