Refreshment of the garage and the revision of the workshop

GoldCar · Aug 9, 2017

Hi Guys,

I'm Olivier, little French handyman, and this is my first thread after more than two years lurking this incredible forum. I really enjoy spending so many hours on GJ, learning so much, and give me verry good ideas.
I read hundreds of fascinating threads before having finally today the courage to throw me in the big bath and to present you my projet.

We built our housein 2005 and living in since 2006. The garage in an 2 cars attached-type, with a little, sory, a very tiny workshop. The garage is approximately 45 squares meters and the shop 7 Sqm.

But pictures are better than my school English words !
Coming soon...

GoldCar · Aug 9, 2017

The shop...

crerus75 · Aug 9, 2017

Welcome GoldCar. Your English is far better than my French, and your garage looks well-organized and efficient. I like how well you've utilized the space that you have, and I'm sure that I am not alone.

tjdux · Aug 9, 2017

Its a great looking space and it looks very clean and organized which is far better than incan say for my own space. Great job and welcome to the forums.

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morshane · Aug 9, 2017

Salut ,
Bienvenue ici !!!
Sympa ton petit coin !

GoldCar · Aug 9, 2017

Thanks to you Crerus 75 and tjdux

Merci l'ami morshane

I want a total revision of my workshop in the coming weeks.
Better organisation, new cabinets, new floor and wall painting, etc...

2fat2fly · Aug 9, 2017

Your garage looks great and your English is very good. Welcome to the forum.

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GoldCar · Aug 10, 2017

Hi everyone,

Here a raw simple garage plan...

NB : 2fat2fly, thanks for your encouragement. Little question, when I want go to your thread, I can't see the pictures, they are replaced by an icone "Please update your accountto enable 3rd party hosting" ?!? Somebody now's what's the matter ?

2fat2fly · Aug 10, 2017

GoldCar said:
Hi everyone,

Here a raw simple garage plan...

NB : 2fat2fly, thanks for your encouragement. Little question, when I want go to your thread, I can't see the pictures, they are replaced by an icone "Please update your accountto enable 3rd party hosting" ?!? Somebody now's what's the matter ?

I hosted all my pictures on Photobucket. Now they're extorting people for more money if you want third party hosting of your pictures for use on forums, etc.

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GoldCar · Aug 10, 2017

Oh ok 2fat2fly, real outlaw in mean...

Layout arrangements such as today

madison069 · Aug 11, 2017

GoldCar said:
Thanks to you Crerus 75 and tjdux

Merci l'ami morshane

I want a total revision of my workshop in the coming weeks.
Better organisation, new cabinets, new floor and wall painting, etc...

I see a flaw in your cabinets, can you take better pictures of your cabinet doors? I believe it has something to do with those pictures on the door.

:bounce:

Welcome to the forum! As for the picture of the cabinet I'm just joking, but you can PM them to me! LOL

GoldCar · Aug 11, 2017

madison069 so I'm never alone in the workshop

This afternoon I begin to clear all stuff and storage it in basement my new temporary workshop.

Post some pictures later.

Sakibba · Aug 11, 2017

Pictures of the Fishing Cabinets PLEASE! Always looking for new inspiration on how to organize my stuff.

GoldCar · Aug 12, 2017

Sakibba said:
Pictures of the Fishing Cabinets PLEASE! Always looking for new inspiration on how to organize my stuff.

Hi Sakibba, I try to take pictures for you in the next days, promised.

It's raining this morning in the east of France, and my musicplayer loud Zac Brown Band in duet with James Taylor "colder weather" ... so I have no regrets to stay in the garage to clean it deep.

To finish my presentation I begin with a few pics...

From outside

I try to insert pics directly, I think it's much better for reader !

GoldCar · Aug 12, 2017

Oh it doesn't run as I want :dunno:

Someone for helping ???

GoldCar · Aug 12, 2017

In the early morning, he garage from the outside

GoldCar · Aug 12, 2017

This work of the day : Wash the bike full of mud from yesterday !

GoldCar · Aug 13, 2017

Hi,

This is the basement room which is going to welcome my workshop during a few weeks...

Before (in 2012), and like it looks today after moving my workshop tools and stuff.

Now it's only a big mess !

On the right side, behind, you can see the pool machinery.

Oli

GoldCar · Aug 13, 2017

Nostalgic sequence, my first tools boxes, built by myself when i was 12-13 in the woodshop of my gandfather. He was woodworker craftman.

GoldCar · Aug 13, 2017

On the last one I took the vacuum cleaner for an idea of the size

GoldCar · Aug 18, 2017

Hi,

Now the shop is empty of all stuff.

You know what ? It's totally incredible what we can store in a so small place...

First job is to insulate the windows wall, the last who isn't.
second job, fill drill holes in the other walls.

morshane · Aug 18, 2017

C est pas mal tout ça !!
Ça fait du bien de ranger ! C est ce que j ai attaque dans le mien j ai fait un fourgon complet pour la déchetterie !!
En tout cas sympa ce garage !

920kip · Aug 18, 2017

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Nice looklng blank slate

GoldCar · Aug 19, 2017

morshane said:
C est pas mal tout ça !!
Ça fait du bien de ranger ! C est ce que j ai attaque dans le mien j ai fait un fourgon complet pour la déchetterie !!
En tout cas sympa ce garage !

Salut Morshane,

Merci j'avance petit à petit et rentre à l'instant... de la déchetterie !

Curious to see moving forward of your works...

I visit you trhead, your Combi is amazing, I like very much the trailer.

So, the basement is now my shop during works in the garage.
Since this morning I am searching everything. All tools in boxes, nothing at the right place, well It would be a miracle if I do not become crazy before the end of the project

But as Morshane says, it is sometime necessary to clean and sort out all stuff.

Here views of the temporary workshop completed.

Oh sorry Madison069 I forgot the calendars :bounce:

JDMjunkies.ch · Aug 20, 2017

love how simply you organized everything without the use of expensive drawers and stuff. Like the cans with all the organized screws inside. will done

GoldCar · Aug 23, 2017

Hi everyone,

I present you my two cats, the first is a pretty little multicolor female, very affectionate, the second is a purebred British black cat. They are often both with me in the garage or in the workshop. Sorry the black one isn't cleaned for your expert eyes... doing better next time !

On the left side of the picture you can see the snow + salt damages, more and more important, winter after winter. The concrete is being dismantled under the 2 x four wheels.
I plan beginning of September to getting a floor with epoxy resin in the garage and a wood floor in the shop (cold foot !).

GoldCar · Aug 24, 2017

insulate materials are in house (some wooden slats, 2 water-repellent gyps plates and 20 mm extruded polysyrene plates) and the shop is fully empty.

deeply saturday...

GoldCar · Sep 4, 2017

Works run very slowly but safely

aps63 · Sep 4, 2017

Your project is looking fantastic!!! Nothing like having an insulated garage and shop, makes working in it a pleasure. Keep the pictures coming and good luck with it.

GoldCar · Sep 7, 2017

Hi everyone,

New toy in house, coming this morning.
The foot is still missing, it will be book in a few days ... I hope ...

Is the same model as the last picture.

More material in the next weeks...

morshane · Sep 7, 2017

Impec ça !!

GoldCar · Sep 12, 2017

The show must go on...

Hello

After taking a several weeks to empty everything from garage and shop, it's now time to attack concretely the projet.

The smooth concret should be sanded this afternoon... Here a little test...

For memory, step 1 was empty all stuff, step 2 was insulate the last wall who wasn't since we living into the house.

GoldCar · Sep 15, 2017

Hi GJ Guys,

After sanding all the floor concrete, today was time to application of the primary.
Tomorrow first layer of epoxy...

Today I also decided to make a solid wood floor in the shop. I had first of all decided to put a parquet in laminate, but it seems to me too fragile, in case of fall of hammer or other tool for example...
If anybody has an opinion on that question ? Laminate or real wood !

GoldCar · Sep 18, 2017

Yo,

Very efficient weekend !

Friday, primary
saturday, epoxy
sunday, polyurethane
today, finition layer

Now all the house stinks solvents, my wife curses me :evil:

Three long days of drying, and hup, tires will have the right to walk on their new ground...

You know what ? I'm happy

GoldCar · Sep 18, 2017

The result is up to my expectations, hope surface is real non-slip !

morshane · Sep 18, 2017

Très beau résultat !!

GoldCar · Dec 26, 2017

Back after a few crazy weeks !

Well, little things happened in the garage and work moves forward slowly but surely.

Painting walls, repair of power sockets and light switches...

As you can see it was it was snowing a little in Alsace, so the new resin ground was dirty for the first time !

GoldCar · Dec 27, 2017

I isolated the ground of the workshop with 3 cms of plates of extruded polystyrene so I hope to have less colding feets during the long pleasure sessions...

GoldCar · Dec 28, 2017

Installation of the pine floor and than 3 coats of paint with sanding in 320 grain between each.

I am satisfied by the final result.

GoldCar · Dec 29, 2017

Maybe, I believe that Santa Clauss has bring me something little too big to put under the Christmas tree

You know what ? I'm happy

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