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It's been a while but I have been checking in every now and then to see what's happening here. Been very busy with a major renovation of the house. Mostly that 100% occupied any time I had for messing in the garage, but in between I progressed the rally cars and as we come out of the other side...

A friend has had a significant (6,500 sq ft) floor completed with a continuous mineral flooring for interior decoration. It's not a garage - it's for the interior of his house, but there are some issues with the finish and I'm posting here to see if any sage advice is available. The finished...

That looks like a nice location. What is your plan for the exterior finish?

Hi Justin, after several weeks of finding some time here and there I have just finished the thread start to finish. Really interesting to follow your build and see the progress you have made. Inspiring stuff.

Nice build! Look forwards to seeing your progress. It’s looking good so far.

Three corded Makita’s here the eldest is 20 years old and still going strong. I’d buy another from them.

Doesn't feel like there is much to show for most of a day working but made good progress, tidying after all the jobs in the last week or so. Sorted all the timber from the old barn doors into what is being kept and what is now firewood. Massive tidy up inside the shed and extended the timber...

Really inspirational thread, thanks for all the posts. Great seeing the old Ford Tractor still getting used - they don't make them like they used to. My kids said it is really cool. I look forward to seeing the rebuild of Papa Smurf...

What's with the White Ensign, do you have some connection to the Royal Navy?

Found some time in the week day evenings to make a start with the cladding. I also painted the screws and bolts on the hinges black... because aesthetics. Today I finished getting the featheredge back up. I was pleased that there was just enough to do the job and make the repairs where the...

As part of the 'save the shed' mission undertaken 6 years ago, I just replicated the barn doors anew. These have done the job just fine ever since, but as we are now extending the house and consuming some of the space between the shed and house with the works, there was no way the doors would be...

Thanks KJD! Yeah, the bench has some history and in keeping with the garage contents the wood it is made from is well travelled having come from the Jura mountains in France when we had our house there. This weekend I have been doing that cabinet work I mentioned and that extra work space is...

Thanks Dan, appreciate you taking the time to read through and add the comment. The space was really dark with the brick - they’re a ver dark red shade, not like some lighter more orange bricks you can get, that’s because the local quarried sand is that shade and when kilned the bricks go even...

With the new setup, I wanted to make my tools a bit more organised. I have two socket sets that have always lived in the moulded plastic carry cases. This has made accessing them trickier than it should be, so after some research I ordered some of these Tekton/Ernst twist lock organisers and a...

Finished the infill panels, painted and installed. I need to work out the clamp storage and rig up the angle grinder storage, but ended up a bit distracted. As I was trying to get the work top on the new bench to align I couldn't work out why everything was running out on the bench extension...

That ceiling is looking good now and is going to look great once you get those last few sheets up (y)

Looks great. Love the house and garage. Good to see the race car and some in-car action. Looked like you had some good same car competition, such as against the red Miata about 30mins into that footage. Shame about the alternator, I had a similar problem once on one of my track cars. The bolt...

Progressed the bench over the last couple of weeks, first finishing off the frame: It was then, fillered, primed and painted, after which one evening I headed off to the local DIY store and bought another 3m Beech Butcher Block work top. Ended up cutting the worktop to size with a saw in the...

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After having made a burst of activity in the garage, I overcooked it and made myself ill. That wiped me out for a full week, I thought I had COVID but the test said not and so it was just a really bad chest infection. I slept a lot. And drank a fair bit of single malt Scotch. During this time...