Recent content by Barefoot

For many years I strove to get the garage I dreamt of. Nearly did get there in my early 30s but business and family neccesitated moving, and I had to settle for something a little more modest. The funny thing is I started phased retirement this September (I'm 57) and now only work 4 days a week...

We have commercial kitchen, variable height workbenches at the college I work in, so that learners in wheelchairs can use them. I have seen them in suppliers warehouses secondhand. How about an adapted motorcycle/Quadbike or engine jack? Really cheap on ebay, about 40 quid here in the UK.

Thanks for sharing that Ross. Such a clever but simple idea. A job for tomorrow evening!

My son and have been planning on building one for a while but after testing quickly in a box in the garden and losing ourselves in a cloud of dust we wondered what extraction process you guys might be using? We didn't attach the workshop vac but I don't think it would make a lot of difference...

Very nice work area. Just goes to show that a bit of creative thinking and some obvious skills beat expensive off-the-shelf every time! Nice job fella.

Now that is a proper garage! The before photo could have been mine! Never mind these 60' x 40' garages, we have the same kit in a 20' x 10'. Your's is looking good now. I just find moving all the family junk takes hours, and then you look at the pile annd wonder how the hell it all...

I told my missus that I'll only need to buy the Snap on socket set once and it will last a lifetime. She said 'When you've broken the other 4 sets of sockets I'll know what to get you for Christmas then!' Some people just don't understand! I bought it anyway and lived through the week of silent...

A great garage compared to any size one on here. Just goes to show that a bit of careful thought and creativity is the key. Love the plier rack. I'm pulling out an old wire dog crate that I had put out for recycling first thing in the morning, to try something similar! Sincerest form of...

I currently have a 2 storey single garage on the side of my house and I am thinking about effectively having another single (10 foot x 19 foot) built onto this one and simply knocking through the 6 foot side window to link the 2. It will need to be block construction with tiled roof. Anyone got...

Shorten the cords on each tool to create a tail of about a foot and use lock-in plugs with a single extension lead (retractable to make it even neater)?

The guys in The States don't realise how much we have to pay for Snap On stuff here in the UK. Go on, make their eyes water and tell how much you had to pay for those… and not the price you tell the missus! Garage is looking a treat. How's the motor coming on?

It's looking amazing. Nice to see a build in the UK with the constraints most of us have with planning and limited funds. I was looking at a very similar construction for a house we wanted to buy. Unfortunately the house fell through and we decided to stay put but it's great to see that a...

Wouldn't it be great if the world was run by guys with garages instead of Politicians and biased media?! Any man who can pull apart a wreck and rebuild it with modest tools, happily goes out of his way to drive hundreds of miles to help a friend pick up a car, works in freezing temperatures...