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My previous garage was slightly smaller than a 20ft container, just 8ft wide and 18.5ft long. Even so i still managed to do a full body off restoration and respray on my 1970 VW Beetle. After 20 years of living in Cumbria in the North West of England we made the move 300 miles south to a small...

I have this problem with my garage doors: When its raining and the wind is blowing in just the right direction the water gets blown through the gap between my garage doors and the door post. Its not even a 1/2" gap but there still seems like a lot of water is getting through.:( Any ideas...

I just picked up a bargain priced small compressor off ebay. Specs on the side say: 2.5HP 270L/min 9.5 CFM 8 bar 115psi I only really bought it for blowing dust off stuff and inflating tyres and as its just got a wee 24litre tank it won't be up to more air intensive stuff like painting a car...

My garage is made of steel reinforced concrete panels and after the galeforce winds and horizontal rain recently i've noticed a small area of damp in the rear corner next to my workbench. Theres a hairline crack running diagonally down the panel visible from left to right in the above piccy...

When my concrete slab was laid the angle between the steeply sloping driveway and the slab was changed by adding another layer of concrete to ease the transition from slope to flat. Now my garage is up i've run into an unforseen problem with my side hinged doors not having enough clearance...

Been busy making a workbench and have the top set at 36" from the ground. Not sure if i've made the right call height wise so wondered what height everyone else has theirs at.

No, not those manly needs you mucky minded lot.:rolleyes2 The need to have a garage/shop/man cave/fortress of solitude (call it what you will) that you can escape to for some peace and quiet and a place to work in the dry and warm. My missus can't get her head around the idea why having a...

How does everyone store their drill bits? I managed to drop the plastic case all my drill bits are in destroying it so am looking for another storage solution.

We've had some pretty strong winds gusting to 60-70mpg today and my garage rocks slightly. Maybe 2" side to side measured at the top of the 7ft walls.:eek: Theres no roofing sheets and no doors on it yet so i'm wondering if once they are installed if it'll be a little more structurally...

My garage is being built out of precast steel reinforced concrete panels approx 45" wide by 28" high. Each weighing about 80lbs or so. The 2nd row is easy enough as the panels only needed lifting 28" off the ground. The top row is 56" off the ground and i'm at a bit of a loss about how to lift...

The steel roofing i'm after is available in a number of different coatings and i'm unsure which to get. Heres the list from the manufacturer. I'm still waiting for a quote back from them for each coating type but i assume the basic polyester coating will be the cheapest and just like a coat of...

A couple of the concrete posts on my garage are damaged due to the reinforcing rods rusting, expanding and blowing the concrete apart. The fact that the reinforment was right at the surface of the concrete instead of in the middle obviously hasn't helped matters. Finding replacements is out...

I've got a 9" bosch angle grinder and when its start switch is pressed you better hope you've got a good hold of it as it kicks like a mule. You need to hold it tightly with both hands and brace your elbow against your knee otherwise you get a facefull of grinder.:shocking: Any idea why it does...

What do you do when you get to the position where you think "whats the point"? I've wanted a garage of my own for years. Trying to restore a car on a gravel drive under a tarp is no fun and running electrics across the garden isn't the safest thing when it pouring with rain.:shocking: As...

I'm gonna be building the trusses for my garage. They will be of the king post type like this with a 4/12 pitch. Building regs won't let me have them any steeper as then the ridge would be higher than allowed. :sad: Would 2x6s be OK for the tie beam and king post with 2x4s for the rafters? Or...

Finished my 10 x 20ft garage slab at about 7pm last night. Checked it a few hours later and it was looking good. This morning i found a few cat paw prints in the surface at one end. They are less than a 1/4" deep so not too bad but still irritating.:sad: It was covered it with a tarp so i...

What do you class as must have garage or workshop essentials? Apart from things such as good lighting, enough power sockets to not have to keep plugging and unplugging stuff and enough storage to get stuff off the floor where it gets constantly tripped over.

In the next couple of weeks i'm hoping to get the concrete poured for my garage base. Its only a small (by comparison of some on here ;)) 20ft x 10ft slab. I haven't been able to source a bull float or similar to hire so am wondering what else i can use to finish the concrete after tamping. Its...