New reorganization

[jay8s]

Well the time has come to regain my garage. It has gone from this...

To this...

I have NO room in it now. I cannot detail the 5 with no room. I will be redoing the whole thing over the next three to five months.

It is an oversized Garage... 28 deep by 20 wide, and I cannot even wiggle in it. I could have parked my Z3 sideways in front of both cars when it was clean. THE TIME HAS COME TO GET IT BACK!!!

Comments are welcome...Lord knows there will be questions from me...

Jay8s

 

[Firefyter-Emt]

First... stop calling it a garage, and call it a shop. Then ban anything that does not belong in a shop from it! Kids bikes and old household goods can go in a garage, not a shop. ;-)

 

[ddawg16]

Storage....anything that is not a tool or gets used on a daily basis, needs to be on a shelf and off the floor.

First off....empty the garage....if you have moved an item 3 times in the past 2 years and still do not have a purpose for it....trash.

Drywall the walls. You would be amazed at how cheap that is to do and how much better it looks....and how it makes you feel about the garage...mental thing. But before you do those walls....outlets...lots of them...and ceiling too for lights.

Storage shelves...especially high ones for all those boxes that don't have a regular use. Don't forget to look at the space above the garage doors. They make nice large racks that fit up there that are great for seasonal stuff as well as suit cases and the like.

Once you can see your floor...time for the man stuff.

Get that stuff done and then come back to us with pics....we are all glad to help you spend your money.

 

[jay8s]

This is at our starter house, so there will not be much extravagance taken here, no drywall, nothing to permanent. I plan on doing shelving around the outside, some hanging shelving from the roof, and some old cabinets for storage. This will be a BARE bones build. Our next house will be the "Finished" product build.

John

 

[wrigh003]

Starter houses have a way of becoming long term residences when the economy is the way it has been. Just saying.

Looks like a good amount of space- what the heck is in all those boxes? I see many trips to the dump/goodwill/salvation army in your future.

 

[rocketman]

That starter house, with a NICE garage will improve your curb appeal and resale when it's time to upgrade. Anything you can do yourself (as long as you can do it well) will increase the home's resale value, in ANY economy.

 

[TejasBimmer]

Nice rides!
It looks very large and you should have no problem organizing everything.

 

[benjacobs]

Just have fun with it... do a little bit at a time, try not to get overwhelmed and before you know it, you'll have it well organized. The hard part is keeping it organized

 

[cyclopsblown34]

Building cabinets yourself will be cheaper and look cleaner than buying cheap shelves at WalMart. It will also help the appeal of your shop. I agree with the others on the drywall idea, it's cheaper than OSB and fire retardant. My guess would be for 1500.00 and your own labor, you'd have a showplace with storage rather than storage and a mess.

 

[bomber]

lots of good advice here -- I think that, with very few excceptions, what you and I would consider to be a very nice garage will not add much to the re-sale value of your house -- there are only som many loons out there, after all . . . .

I cannot agree more strongly with the "move it 3 times and didn't use it" form of sorting stuff from garbage -- I was astounded at the amount of stuff that had accumulated . . . .

this rule, of course, does not apply to tools, parts, manuals, rolling chasssis . . . . . . . .

er, what? How did my shop get so crowded?

;-}

 

[GDA]

Consider building a small shed outside to help get all the non car / shop type stuff outta there. I got into the same situation over the past couple years due to acquiring lots of power tools and lawn equiment.

 

[ddawg16]

Like Wrigh003 said, starter houses end up being around longer than you think....especially when you start thinking about having to pack up and move....I bet you are there at least 3 or more years.....we have been in our starter home for 8 years now with no plans to move up...just build up.

With that said....drywall in the garage will cost you about $200 in materials and about a weekends work. Payback? I would say it adds about $1000 or more in value.....but what you can't put a price on is time on market. Take two houses on the block, exactly the same...same price...your garage is drywalled and painted...the other not....yours will sell first.

Besides being one of the cheapest upgrades you can do, it will increase the light level in the garage, help control dust and dirt....and make you feel better overall about your garage.

 

[jay8s]

Nice rides!
It looks very large and you should have no problem organizing everything.

Thanks. They are my pride and joy. Both look much nicer clean. That is the reason for this whole thing... I can't keep them clean with no room.

lots of good advice here -- I think that, with very few excceptions, what you and I would consider to be a very nice garage will not add much to the re-sale value of your house -- there are only som many loons out there, after all . . . .

I cannot agree more strongly with the "move it 3 times and didn't use it" form of sorting stuff from garbage -- I was astounded at the amount of stuff that had accumulated . . . .

Yeah my wife is a realtor, so she said clean it up, but don't go crazy. I have to look more at the "move it 3 times rule", because much of that is my School stuff. Some of it has been out of my classroom for three to five years now.

Like Wrigh003 said, starter houses end up being around longer than you think....especially when you start thinking about having to pack up and move....I bet you are there at least 3 or more years.....we have been in our starter home for 8 years now with no plans to move up...just build up.

With that said....drywall in the garage will cost you about $200 in materials and about a weekends work. Payback? I would say it adds about $1000 or more in value.....but what you can't put a price on is time on market. Take two houses on the block, exactly the same...same price...your garage is drywalled and painted...the other not....yours will sell first.

Besides being one of the cheapest upgrades you can do, it will increase the light level in the garage, help control dust and dirt....and make you feel better overall about your garage.

We are the only two car garage in the area, so I have that going for me, as well as being the biggest lot around. We are thinking 6 months to a year and a half will we are outta here, the neighborhood is starting to go to sh*t, so we are thinking it is bout time to go. Drywall is out, I have too many other things to worry about. In lue of that I am going to paint the walls white, that will help some.

Many of the boxes in there are either my classroom, or our bathroom that is about to get installed. many of the odder sized parts are from my home brewery, so that needs something like shielving to get it off the ground. Somewhere in there is a work bench.

I found these at Harbor Freight:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91883

I figure that will help with the brewery, as well as much of the lawn care items. I also found some old office and kitchen cabinets that I will be lining the walls with. It is just a start, but it is certinly better than the current state.

John

 

[toadjammer]

I wouldn't go with any of the plastic shelving, it is prone to warping under pressure. Look at either the mobile or stationary wire racks that are NSF rate or gorila rack both sold at Sam's. I purchased three of the gorila rack and have it settup against one wall all interlocked. It will create a shelving area that easily allows light and dust to go through and easily comes apart to take to your next garage. I also have about 30' of pallet rack with an 8' section settup as a bench area with 2 cabinets mounted across a back support.

 

[jay8s]

Update:
I spent much of the weekend out reworking my garage. As soon as I get to the photos I will up them. I have gotten some great ideas from ya'll!!!

As you can see the shelving is starting to fill up. I can walk all the way around my car without a problem. A few more days, and there will be nothing my fertilizer on the ground, and three shelving units.

Jay8s

 

[jay8s]

Need to get some without the car in it.

 

[stioc]

My garage looked like that i.e. no drywall, dark, lots of stuff and not enough storage. Here's the after pic. Not fancy like most garages here but a clean, bright and somewhat organized:

 

[Bad78Cutlass]

Just about what our garage looks like now. After working on the Cutlass today it's a mess.