Pocket Sized Budget Build

[Fifty Six MGA]

Dan, in the garage, I cleaned up the walls really well, and couldn't find as much evidence of water as I expected. I pressure washed, and scrubbed with a wire brush, then repeated, then repeated again to get everything loose. Then I used some paint designed for basements and such that is supposed to be (recommended by my contractor friend) pretty good at sealing moisture. Put three coats up. I actually did this in early december, and so far so good. I just need to get the garage cleared out so I can take some pictures.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Oh, sounds like you handled it right. What color scheme did you go with? I'm looking forward to seeing pictures.

Do you plan to hang anything on the walls? Cabinets or pegboard? With the lack of any overhead storage I'd think you'd have to, but with the walls being concrete they do pose more of a challenge. Looking forward to seeing more of your progress.

 

[Fifty Six MGA]

Well, the basement paint was white, and they couldn't tint it, so I went with white. on the walls. Used (shh, I know it's a four letter word, but grey Rustoleum on the floor. Full details on the floor to come. Plan is to use tiles in the near future. )

Other than that, I'm mostly using grey and metal colors, with some red.

I have two sheds on the property, so those are holding most of the bicycles and most of the kayaks, but some of the kayaks are too long for the shed. One is too long for the garage!

As you mentioned, anchoring to the concrete is a PITA, so I built a series of vertical supports, anchored to a beam overhead, and the floor, and at least one point in the middle. this is a lot easier to add anchor points too. So th kayaks are hanging from it, and above that are some flat hook things to store our roof racks and roof rack accessories, to keep them available and near where I put them on the various cars.

Worked well.

I also made a started trying to figure out where to put everything, and get as much out of the way as possible. Hung my folding big ladder from the wall, and my small (but used way more often) ladder from the ceiling.

 

[JMURiz]

Looking good...nothing wrong with the rustoleum floor paint, as long as it's prepped alright.

A guy local to me, uses his garage WAY MORE than most pro shops and his rustoleum is holding up just fine. He posts on here sometime.

 

[Fifty Six MGA]

Progress! time to bring the MG home.

I had most of the infrastructure in place, and most of the hard work done, but I still needed to do some massive cleaning out and organizing in the garage. I'm pretty please with my results, especially considering what I started with and what I spent. Still some cleaning and organizing and details (putting handles on the cabinets, etc). But I have a floor, and room for two (small) cars.

I did a fair bit to the garage.
I cleaned, patched and painted the walls. This was actually a pretty big job, they were in bad shape.

I filled 4 or 5 long, big cracks in the floor. I ground the floor down. (should have done more here. It's still sort of rough and uneven.) I filled in a couple of very low spots. I painted it with Rustoleum floor paint (I'm going to add tiles on top at some point, so the Rustoleum was a temp solution. ) I built a frame on one side for hanging a couple kayaks that wouldn't fit in the sheds. I added a second shed to the property (to get stuff out of the garage). And I organized both sheds.

Back in the garage, I quickly painted 4 metal cabinets I picked up off craigslist. (I'm going to paint them again later). I paid $80 for all four, so I was stoked. I got the workbench legs for $10, nice and sturdy metal, and added a bench top that I got free from work. the vise was $8 used, I just need to clean it up and mount it. The 2 red cratfsman boxes were $80 from craigslist, and the black one was $40. the smaller red one and the silver portable I've owned for a while.

I also rewired the whole place, going from one outlet and one bulb to 4 overhead double bulb flourescents (It's bright in there) and 6 double outlets spaced around the garage. (plus added two for outside the garage. ) Plus, as noted above, the garage has a new roof.

I also put a bunch of stuff overhead, near and in between the rafters. Over the garage door where I could.



It's not perfect, and it's very small, but it's the nicest garage I've ever had, by a WIDE margin. Still need to clean up the bench, and figure out something better for the yard tools in the corner, but it's progress and I can see my floor again!

sunday morning -

After a LONG day of work

Bike shed

Kayak Shed

Putting stuff overhead -

Garage 1

Garage 2

 

[Omphaloskeptic]

Lots of sweat equity evident in your pictures; kudos to you!

Now, let's see some pics of the MG in its' new home.

P.S. - Were you able to examine the stained glass fixture for any provenance?