DaaavidW
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G'day from WA!
I've been lurking here for a while, figured it was time to start a thread to run through my garage and associated projects.
Background: Current house in a small 3x2 street facing duplex 6km north of the Perth CBD, which I've owned for the last 12 years (first house). My now wife moved in during COVID and we have a 10 month old keeping us on our toes. I work in IT project management for a living. Outside of that and dad-life, I'm into cycling (and maintaining small fleet of bikes), cars, detailing, any kind of house/DIY projects, and just tinkering in general.
My garage is typical for Perth - especially a sub divided duplex dwelling built in the 2000's...It's small and undersized. I believe the minimum standard length of a garage is supposed to be 5.4m, but we fit a Mazda CX-8 (4.9m long) in there with about 100mm to spare either end. Fortunately there is a "storage nook" in the garage, a couple of extra SQM which I have setup as my workspace. I'm also fortunate enough have a relatively sizable, sealed attic in the roof space, accessible via a pull-down ladder in the hallway - so a significant amount of equipment and the likes that only see the light of day once or twice a year get kept up there.
Now since having our first child, we have come to the realisation that our house is a little too small. Also some annoyances of being in an area where the majority property here is sub-divided duplex/triplex houses - it's just busier and noisier. So we are gearing ourselves up to look for a larger house early in the new year. So this thread will hopefully evolve into something bigger and better. In the meantime however, I might as well share things over the years.
As I mentioned, the garage is undersized, but thankfully fits both cars. I'd hate to keep either car out in the elements 24/7.
Prior to my wife coming into my life, the Golf GTI shared the garage space with various company supplied small hatches and you could comfortably throw the doors wide open and walk between the cars easily. That's not so much the case now and there is literally no margin for error getting the Mazda in there. Our trick is to reverse in and get the red line of the reverse camera level with the 4th mortar joint of the rear wall and the garage door will close safely.
Like a glove!
The workspace corner.
When I first moved in, the only thing that existed here was the shelving. Within a month, I built the small workbench you see. 1200mm wide, 600mm deep. Small, but just enough for overhauling bike parts and the likes. Practically everything on the shelves has been moved around multiple times over the years based on use, frequency, etc. There is probably enough in this photo to get an idea of the products I like to use, etc.
The other corner....
This is the corner which I consider to never be organised, holds items I just don't use as often, house paint, glues, garden products, junk tools, etc (even the GTI which gets used maybe once a month).
I've been lurking here for a while, figured it was time to start a thread to run through my garage and associated projects.
Background: Current house in a small 3x2 street facing duplex 6km north of the Perth CBD, which I've owned for the last 12 years (first house). My now wife moved in during COVID and we have a 10 month old keeping us on our toes. I work in IT project management for a living. Outside of that and dad-life, I'm into cycling (and maintaining small fleet of bikes), cars, detailing, any kind of house/DIY projects, and just tinkering in general.
My garage is typical for Perth - especially a sub divided duplex dwelling built in the 2000's...It's small and undersized. I believe the minimum standard length of a garage is supposed to be 5.4m, but we fit a Mazda CX-8 (4.9m long) in there with about 100mm to spare either end. Fortunately there is a "storage nook" in the garage, a couple of extra SQM which I have setup as my workspace. I'm also fortunate enough have a relatively sizable, sealed attic in the roof space, accessible via a pull-down ladder in the hallway - so a significant amount of equipment and the likes that only see the light of day once or twice a year get kept up there.
Now since having our first child, we have come to the realisation that our house is a little too small. Also some annoyances of being in an area where the majority property here is sub-divided duplex/triplex houses - it's just busier and noisier. So we are gearing ourselves up to look for a larger house early in the new year. So this thread will hopefully evolve into something bigger and better. In the meantime however, I might as well share things over the years.
As I mentioned, the garage is undersized, but thankfully fits both cars. I'd hate to keep either car out in the elements 24/7.
Prior to my wife coming into my life, the Golf GTI shared the garage space with various company supplied small hatches and you could comfortably throw the doors wide open and walk between the cars easily. That's not so much the case now and there is literally no margin for error getting the Mazda in there. Our trick is to reverse in and get the red line of the reverse camera level with the 4th mortar joint of the rear wall and the garage door will close safely.
Like a glove!
The workspace corner.
When I first moved in, the only thing that existed here was the shelving. Within a month, I built the small workbench you see. 1200mm wide, 600mm deep. Small, but just enough for overhauling bike parts and the likes. Practically everything on the shelves has been moved around multiple times over the years based on use, frequency, etc. There is probably enough in this photo to get an idea of the products I like to use, etc.
The other corner....
This is the corner which I consider to never be organised, holds items I just don't use as often, house paint, glues, garden products, junk tools, etc (even the GTI which gets used maybe once a month).
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