Hi
Been reading/drooling on here for a while, some awesome setups & great designs going around & I can only dream of being able to do something similar but I have to wait until I own a house...landlord won't like me ripping down the garage.
First things first, this is my garage @ home. 2 bay + 1 bay workshop. Complete mess in there but good setup for me (DIY car modder & general tinker-er).
Then there's my new detailing workshop, bought the business a bit over 6 months ago & wanted to last 12 months before doing any major work to the building. But that itch is getting harder to ignore so I'm contemplating bits & pieces. It's roughly 20m x 15m (haven't actually measured oops) inside, so essentially 4x large car bays but only middle 2 have access doors (car swing a small car in the end bay as well if needed). Out the back is a double wash bay, one side taken up by some ramps used for underbody cleaning & rustproofing.
(Note: alot of the empty shelves down the end has now been removed.)
My ideas:
* Cover walls in a gyprock/plasterboard/blueboard etc & paint the usual white or white over grey 2 tone. Reflect much more light, looks alot more professional & covers up the old owners use of the wall as spray paint backing.
* Proper lighting in the middle 2 bays, currently only have 4x fluro tubes per bay which are fairly high up & no use unless it's a dark & overcast day or the doors are closed. Not sure what they are called but we have 2 of the large round fittings commonly seen in warehouses going in soon.
* False ceiling - love to do it but don't think it will ever happen, make the place look so much nicer & clean + be able to mount fluro's closer to the ground.
* Floor coating - years of neglect from being a mechanics & detailers is showing, not sure if I should epoxy coat, paint (& re-do yearly) or do large porcelin/ceramic tiles around the first 3 bays & leave the far end concrete since it's rarely used. There is a few cm's gap under the doors too so dust/dirt blows in alot & the extra height from tiles or ever the interlocking tiles would limit that.
* Revised & new shelving - going to happen no matter what, dodgey huck ups from leftover timber is ****.
* Tidy up office - probably some large carpet tiles & make a little waiting area - area is only 12x3m.
* Exterior - repaint one colour, new clear laserlite roof sheets, general tidy up etc.
Any thoughts/comments/ideas to help me out????
Been reading/drooling on here for a while, some awesome setups & great designs going around & I can only dream of being able to do something similar but I have to wait until I own a house...landlord won't like me ripping down the garage.
First things first, this is my garage @ home. 2 bay + 1 bay workshop. Complete mess in there but good setup for me (DIY car modder & general tinker-er).
Then there's my new detailing workshop, bought the business a bit over 6 months ago & wanted to last 12 months before doing any major work to the building. But that itch is getting harder to ignore so I'm contemplating bits & pieces. It's roughly 20m x 15m (haven't actually measured oops) inside, so essentially 4x large car bays but only middle 2 have access doors (car swing a small car in the end bay as well if needed). Out the back is a double wash bay, one side taken up by some ramps used for underbody cleaning & rustproofing.
(Note: alot of the empty shelves down the end has now been removed.)
My ideas:
* Cover walls in a gyprock/plasterboard/blueboard etc & paint the usual white or white over grey 2 tone. Reflect much more light, looks alot more professional & covers up the old owners use of the wall as spray paint backing.
* Proper lighting in the middle 2 bays, currently only have 4x fluro tubes per bay which are fairly high up & no use unless it's a dark & overcast day or the doors are closed. Not sure what they are called but we have 2 of the large round fittings commonly seen in warehouses going in soon.
* False ceiling - love to do it but don't think it will ever happen, make the place look so much nicer & clean + be able to mount fluro's closer to the ground.
* Floor coating - years of neglect from being a mechanics & detailers is showing, not sure if I should epoxy coat, paint (& re-do yearly) or do large porcelin/ceramic tiles around the first 3 bays & leave the far end concrete since it's rarely used. There is a few cm's gap under the doors too so dust/dirt blows in alot & the extra height from tiles or ever the interlocking tiles would limit that.
* Revised & new shelving - going to happen no matter what, dodgey huck ups from leftover timber is ****.
* Tidy up office - probably some large carpet tiles & make a little waiting area - area is only 12x3m.
* Exterior - repaint one colour, new clear laserlite roof sheets, general tidy up etc.
Any thoughts/comments/ideas to help me out????
