A little reorganisation of my home garage

michel · Jan 1, 2013

Heres a little reorganisation of my garage.
New house built about 6 years, the garage is 21 by 28 ft with 2 10ft wide doors and in a constant reorganisation.

I first installed some metal warehouse shelvings I got from a IKEA type store that was closing down.
Paid 200 bucks for 20 ft of shelving.

Now excuse the mess, it shows why I need more space huh?

At work, they were rebuilding the lunchroom area, sooo I got those cabinets for free.
Installed them as soon I got them.

I needed more room, then I decided to make some upper cabinets

Framing is simple, 2 by 4's

Didnt take long and mezzanines on top of the garage doors were added.
At the same time , I decided t cover the compressor, who is sitting on top of the sandblast cabinet between the 2 garage doors.

Well soon enough, I ended up building some upper cabinets for the other wall...

In there I made space for the all important beer fridge

The powder coat oven who needed a bit of acrobatic moves to get into place.

While I was at it, I made a shelf for the Atlas lathe.

Of course this isn't finished and will post progress later.

Omphaloskeptic · Jan 1, 2013

Nice work, toys and pics! Excellent score on the metal shelving and cabinets; you ****!

Are you building 'to plan' or are you following a more 'organic' scheme? lol
Are door frames for the racks and upper shelves a future possibility?

michel · Jan 1, 2013

Omphaloskeptic said:
Nice work, toys and pics! Excellent score on the metal shelving and cabinets; you ****!

Are you building 'to plan' or are you following a more 'organic' scheme? lol
Are door frames for the racks and upper shelves a future possibility?

Thanks, I got also lucky on the lathe...
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=164182

I'm going for the ''organic'' scheme, I've been working in there for a while and move thing around a lot in order to know where they take less space and more practical.

So it changed many times.

Yes there will be doors in all cabinets including the metal ones.

Cobra4B · Jan 1, 2013

I need to get a paint/powdercoat oven... that's a good idea. I'm currently curing parts painted today in 2000 degree Rustoleum on my grill.

michel · Jan 1, 2013

Cobra4B said:
I need to get a paint/powdercoat oven... that's a good idea. I'm currently curing parts painted today in 2000 degree Rustoleum on my grill.

I noticed on your thread. LOL
Oven would help for sure.
I also noticed your ''Derustifying'' of your Z06 clutch... you should try Electrolytic Rust Removal.
I did the same with my clutch that looked the same, A bucket, baking soda and a battery charger.
let it plugged overnight and it looked like yours ,minus the elbow grease.

Nice job on the Panoz

55cadillacking · Jan 1, 2013

At first, I was like "does this guy bake in his garage", but now I get it! You've got a lot of creative things going on there. The floating fridge is my favorite. Good luck with your continued reorganization. There's something to be said for the "organic approach".

Omphaloskeptic · Jan 2, 2013

I just re-read your lathe refurb thread; nicely done!

Did you have to mill the feet on the bed as Provincial suggested? I wish I could score a beauty like that for the price you paid; by-the-by - YOU ****!

michel · Jan 2, 2013

Omphaloskeptic said:
I just re-read your lathe refurb thread; nicely done!

Did you have to mill the feet on the bed as Provincial suggested? I wish I could score a beauty like that for the price you paid; by-the-by - YOU ****!

No I didnt get them milled yet.
Probably get to it when I install it permanently on it's shelf.

Always on the hunt for free tools LOL
Here's another one, it was broken, took it apart, and rebuilded it.
Cost? a little bit of TIG welding from one of my friend and the price of 3 rattle cans,

Works and look like new.

Omphaloskeptic · Jan 2, 2013

Sweet deal! Okay Michel, you can stop with the SUCKAGE now, I feel like I need to stand out on a street corner with a cardboard sign that reads " Help a guy out, give me your spare/unused/broken tools! " to get a freebie like that. lol

michel · Jan 8, 2013

I realized that the shelf I made for the lathe wasnt going to be wide enough.
So I enlarged it.

I had this table for a while and didnt know what to do with it.
The table is 24 inch by 48inch and 1 and a quarter thick.
It's made with somekind of plastic, not sure what it was but I'll tell you I abused it, pounded on it, drilled it painted parts on it... this thing is tough.

So once dismantled, (it was glued together) I used the top for the top of the shelf made a new section of frame bolted it to the studs and cut a piece to enlarge it a bit.

I didnt want the bolts to protrude so heres a view from the side of the cover.

then I just drilled and this thing isn't going anywhere.
Since I know it can take paint... I'll sand it and paint it later.

Dan in Pasadena · Jan 8, 2013

A suggestion on paint for this table top? I painted a bench too with Rustoleum "Hammered" gray. Two coats with a day or two between coats and it is hard as a rock. Not for pounding on but for general wear & tear it is great. I stumbled onto this use for it by accident and thought it might be of interest.

michel · Jan 8, 2013

Dan in Pasadena said:
A suggestion on paint for this table top? I painted a bench too with Rustoleum "Hammered" gray. Two coats with a day or two between coats and it is hard as a rock. Not for pounding on but for general wear & tear it is great. I stumbled onto this use for it by accident and thought it might be of interest.

I've used it on another project (hammered paint) and your right, it's tough.
Good idea I'll use it again on the shelf.
Thanks

michel · Jun 12, 2013

Sooo progress is slow, very slow.
But this week I managed to install the facade of the upper cabinets.
The cabinets are mainly made out of 2 by 4 firmly bolted to the wall studs using 3 inches screws and I used some threaded rods to hold the cabinets to the ceiling.

Very sturdy but not prety, so I cut some MDF to 4.5 inches and made a facade to make the cabinets more presentable.

Every piece is glued with PL and stapled with finishing nails.

The side of the cabinet was also covered and the fridge too.

I will take more pics as I go on but my camera battery died.

The powder coat oven was taken down,I didnt like the placement.
gonna have to figure out something else for it.
thinking about building a bigger one, later.

By the way, the metal shelving will also be covered the same way using the MDF.

OpFlash · Jun 12, 2013

Nice job! Like what you are doing with the space. The cabinets look great.

michel · Jun 15, 2013

Still trying to cover the ugly 2 by 4 .
Mezzanines and compressor box covered

And the uppers on the other side of the garage

to hide the compressor and still have enough air so it wont get too hot, I will install somekind of screening.

Tomorow, I'm starting to cover the ugly industrial looking shelving.

I'll box it using the MDF and it will look just about the same as the rest of the cabinets.

Clubber · Jun 15, 2013

I like your overheads, will use your (and others) ideas and styles to put some of my own up. thanks for posting looking forward to seeing the progress.

michel · Jun 16, 2013

Thanks Clubber
I started covering the verticals on the metal shelvings.

First the front

Then the sides of the post

2 more posts to go and then I do the horizontals

michel · Jun 16, 2013

Little more done today

All of the ugly industrial steel is slowly dissapearing.

I left a 36 inches void at the bottom, I will put some plywood instead of the MDF,
The plywood will be covored with composite material used for decks it will resist better to the water.

The boxes beside the urinal are the tiles that I'll use in the urinal and sink area.
Real cheap, I think I paid 5 bucks a box.

After the tiles are installed I will install a mirror-door to cover the shelvings in front of the sink.

michel · Jun 17, 2013

Ok so the covering up is done,

Next is clean up a bit, (I know I know I'm messy)

Then sand everything to make sure the joints are nice and clean of glue.

Make some doors.
Finish the bottom part with the composite material
Then paint everything.

elm_street · Jun 17, 2013

Ok, I'm not sure how I missed it before but is that urinal actually functional?

michel · Jun 17, 2013

elm_street said:
Ok, I'm not sure how I missed it before but is that urinal actually functional?

Not yet, all it needs is to plug it in, the drain and water supply is there,
Just waiting to install the tiles and then I'll connect it.

Fastphil · Jun 17, 2013

michel said:
Not yet, all it needs is to plug it in, the drain and water supply is there,
Just waiting to install the tiles and then I'll connect it.

That didn't stop one guy from using it one time, after a few beers! lol

michel · Jun 17, 2013

Fastphil said:
That didn't stop one guy from using it one time, after a few beers! lol

Well after all, this is my ''used beer'' disposal device.

Should be connected soon, wont have to worry about it again.

michel · Jun 19, 2013

Not much going on but I managed to make and install a few doors for the cabinets

This is for the cabinet I made for the extension cords.

And this one is for the compressor, it's sitting on top of the sandblast cabinet I made a while ago between the two garage doors.
Couples of hinges and gravity will keep it closed.

At each side of the compressor box I will install somekind of screen so it can breathe.

michel · Jun 21, 2013

Didnt do much on the garage, just relocated the electric heater, it was too high so I lowered it a bit.
Since I had a bunch of MDF pieces , I decided to make a little project I had in mind for a while.

I needed a place to store my bike's removable windscreen.
So I made a little bracket to store it.

prety simple, couples of MDF pieces, some 3quarter pipe I had, couples of carriage bolts.

All is left to do is to sand it and paint it to make it pretty.

each time I took the bike out without the windscreen, it was lying all over the place.
This will protect it a little better.

As you can see in the pics, the garage needs paint .
Next is to sand all the new cabinets and patch up the sheetrock, then paint.

Agrippasmith · Jun 21, 2013

Is that a Harley you got out there..man i wish you have you posted some more pics of that awesome ride..

michel · Jun 21, 2013

Agrippasmith said:
Is that a Harley you got out there..man i wish you have you posted some more pics of that awesome ride..

Sure , why not?
You can tell this one is mine LOL,

And there's Mama's ride

Fastphil · Jun 21, 2013

Agrippasmith said:
Is that a Harley you got out there..man i wish you have you posted some more pics of that awesome ride..

Michel's bike is nice, but his wife's bike is just BADASS! Looks great and sounds awesome too.

michel · Jun 24, 2013

All the facades are sanded nice a smooth and ready to apply some sealer primer.
Doors will be cut and painted separately,
The old cabinets will also get a thorow sanding and painted like the uppers.

michel · Jun 28, 2013

I took out all of the doors and sanded the old cabinets.
Then I put some filler to block all of the existing holes and cracks.then sanded everything

Everything is nice and smooth so next, is the primer sealer.

michel · Jun 29, 2013

Ok sooo I put on a coat of primer sealer to the cabinets.
I hate painting but it's starting to look the way I want, I like it

I'm not finished repairing the walls but I wanted to at least put on a coat of paint.
Got a few few nail holes to fill and spots I got to sand.
Next is to paint the rest and another coat, repair the holes I made on the sheetrock then put on some color.

Fishy66 · Jun 29, 2013

Love thread and your work! Thanks for sharing.

Fastphil · Jun 29, 2013

Awesome! Can't wait to see it in person.

alpinewhite · Jul 7, 2013

michel said:

I don't need no stinkin' urinal (no pun intended). I have plants.

michel · Jul 7, 2013

alpinewhite said:
I don't need no stinkin' urinal (no pun intended). I have plants.

Oh got lots of plants too, but the urinal came in the box with an Sloan automatic flush for free, soooo why not install it?

michel · Jul 7, 2013

Ok sooo didnt do much, hot and humid, plus I work slow.

I repaired a bunch of sheetrock, all over and sanded them, then applied a few coats of primer sealer.

Today, I took appart the sink and urinal section, decided to change it a bit.

I had previously planned a couples of shelves in front of the sink but it didnt work, I had an old bathroom cabinet from a previous project and decided to install it.

Framed everything and made a lower cabinet around the sink area.

Tomorow, I'll reinstall the plumbing for the urinal and the sink.

michel · Jul 9, 2013

Update.
today I worked a bit on the urinal, sink area.

finished the roughin drain and water supply for the urinal and closed up the walls.

Wasnt too sure how to finish the side.
Installed plywood and a little test trim to see how it would fit.
i like it.
next the unpainted part will be covered with tiles and I'll get a hardwood trim to cover it.
I'll also install tiles in the whole sink urinal area.

Notice that nothing touches the floor.
that way 1, no water will damage the wood and 2, it will be much easyer to clean the floor.

plus I'll install a wire shelf in the bottom of the undersink, again much easyer to clean.

M17715 · Jul 10, 2013

Looks pretty good. You did a great job. :thumbup:

Nice bike, too.

michel · Jul 11, 2013

I had some wire shelving laying around so I decided to make a shelf in the small cabinet under the sink.

Wont be anything heavy in there and if anything leaks, it will go straight to the floor, easy clean-up, with the left over of the wire shelf, I made a little fence.

Bunch of zipties and it will never move

I had a water line for a hose in the rear wall where the urinal is installed, I cut the line and brought it in front.

It will come out just high enough to fill a bucket or to attach a hose to wash the car.

Now I can close ths section and start planning the tiles for the whole urinal-sink area.

michel · Jul 12, 2013

Ready to lay some tiles

I havnt seen my sink that clean for a long time

Tiles are done, I reinstalled the cabinet doors

A little better than what it looked before.

Next is to install the last bottom row, and grout.

A little reorganisation of my home garage

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