A garage is more than just a place to park a car. It is also a workshop, a place of relaxation, and a club of interests. Therefore, the arrangement of the garage should be convenient and thoughtful. On small area you need to place a lot of things, and they should be convenient to use. Homemade products for the garage will help with this. What people don’t do with their own hands. From a simple shelf to a complex device. You can make all this yourself. But you need to know how. Several ideas for modernizing a garage and a plan for their implementation are in the article.
Homemade garage: ideas for arrangement
Setting up a garage is a long process. You won’t be able to do everything right away. You have to constantly modernize, change, and create something new. In this case, they mainly use homemade products for the garage. It requires less money and it’s also fun - making something out of garbage the right thing-it costs a lot.
Tire and wheel storage
Every car owner is faced with the problem of storing out-of-season “shoes” for the car. Where to put the tires is a sore point. In general, the way tires are stored depends on whether they are mounted on rims or not.
So tires with rims can be hung or stored lying down - in the form of a stack, stacking them one on top of the other. To hang tires, you can use luggage straps, chains, or a metal cable with a diameter of 4 mm or more in a polyethylene sheath. Fasten the belts to the ceiling, wall, or beam located above.
Another affordable way- drive pins or hooks with a small bend radius into the wall. The distance between the hooks is slightly larger than the diameter of the tires. The length of the pins should be such that they do not protrude beyond the tire. You can fill them almost to the ceiling so that the wheels fit.
Tires without rims can only be stored standing up. Special shelves are made for them. They are usually welded from profiled pipes. 20*20 mm, maximum 30*30 mm. You can also use a corner. Round pipe It’s inconvenient to cook, but cross members can be made from it - the tires fit and hold up better in this case.
The width of the shelf is 4 times the width of the tire, plus a margin of 10-15 cm for some freedom. Height back wall- slightly above the outer diameter of the wheel. The design is simple = from the side it resembles a right triangle. Having it, welding such a shelf will not be difficult.
A shelf for storing tires is an excellent homemade product for the garage. This is a factory option with a completely inhumane price tag. But you can borrow an idea - the crossbars can be rearranged depending on the size of the tires... you never know. A shelf for tires in the garage with limited space. No tires - you can fold the shelf
Such shelves are usually hung on the wall. But the place must be chosen so that light does not fall on the rubber - this will deteriorate it. Not the most complicated DIY projects for the garage, but very useful.
Workplace
Probably the largest number of DIY projects for the garage is related to the equipment of the workplace and tool storage systems. Moreover, this is not the only way to solve this problem. First of all, you need to decide where the workplace will be located. There are three options:
- The entire width of the far wall. If the garage is of sufficient length and it is possible to “steal” about 1.5 meters. The advantage is that everything is located compactly, at hand, and does not interfere with walking along the car. The disadvantage of this solution is that you have to carry tools far away if work is carried out outdoors.
Tabletop and many drawers. The main thing is to remember where everything is
- Along one of long walls. This arrangement is chosen if the garage is wide but not long enough. It makes sense to place the table and workbench to the left of the entrance - on the driver’s side. But this is not critical. The disadvantage of this arrangement of the workplace in the garage is that you have to move with some caution, but it is more convenient to bring/take out tools outside.
The main thing is to place the tools correctly
- Occupying one of the corners. This is an intermediate option. Moreover, one of the sides can be made longer, the other shorter.
Placing a desktop in the corner of the garage and placing a sofa next to it is not a solution to the problem. Occupying two adjacent sides is a great idea.
A table or workbench for a garage is made of boards and covered with plywood. Inexpensive, quite reliable. If you have a welding machine and verification skills, you can weld a frame from a corner or profiled pipe. Again, it is better to sheathe it with moisture-resistant plywood. The result is a smooth, abrasion-resistant surface. You can, of course, use it, but the laminating layer is quickly damaged.
To prevent the space from wandering around, you can install shelves or make drawers under the countertop. Boxes are more convenient, but making them is still a hassle. It is quite possible to make shelves and put boxes made of plywood on them. Plastic boxes and baskets are also suitable. But the walls must be thick.
There is, by the way useful idea— make a rack for storing tools from used canisters. Find ones that have the handle on top. Then everything is simple - one of the sides is cut out and in the future this canister is used as a box.
It is not necessary to make a whole rack - it’s still difficult to remember where and what is located. But you can use the same principle to make drawers for shelves. By the way, you can stick inscriptions or pictures on the ends (with pictures, identification is faster). Such DIY projects for the garage bring satisfaction - creating a useful thing from garbage is a pleasant feeling.
Tool storage
The most difficult task— organize tool storage in the garage. We need to make sure that everything is in order, but at the same time, is at hand and in sight. Moreover, closed boxes are suitable only for very organized people who always put the taken item back in its place. Otherwise, you will constantly rummage through drawers, forgetting where everything is. There are several ideas for convenient storage small items and tools. These are very simple DIY projects for the garage.
A simple solution will help you quickly solve the problem. metal grid. A reinforcing mesh made of 2 mm wire, a 10 cm cage, is suitable. Attach it to the wall, bite off some rods, bend them, make hooks, crossbars, etc. out of them. You can buy special hooks that are attached to the mesh (available in stores that sell commercial equipment); ordinary double-sided hooks, which you can buy or make from wire, are also suitable.
A grid on the wall is a way to quickly organize tool storage
It is convenient to store screwdrivers on a special shelf. Take a board or plywood, 10-15 mm thick. The board must be sanded well so that there are no splinters. Then drill holes in the plane different diameters in one or two rows. If the board is wide enough, you can make larger holes for chisels or even hammer handles. Clean all the chips again. Now we need to come up with a wall mount. You can use a regular bracket. Screwdrivers, chisels, and other similar materials are inserted into the holes. Convenient, fast, everything is in sight.
There are also useful homemade products for the garage that allow you to organize the storage of hand tools. Pliers, pliers, wire cutters, etc. placing it conveniently is problematic. Can be hung on a net. It’s convenient to remove, but not to hang. But there is a simple solution - attach a narrow board and put the tool on it. To make it sit comfortably, grind down the board on one side. When cut, it should look like an isosceles triangle.
More simple idea for storing cordless tools, chargers and spare batteries for them. Make a shelf as in the photo above. In the lower part, cuts of different formats are made, and the upper parts are used as regular shelves. The idea is that everything is in one place, quickly taken out/installed in place. These garage DIY projects will make your workspace comfortable. It will be easy to maintain order.
Homemade carriers for the garage
Even with very good lighting in the garage itself or on the street during the day, visibility under the bottom of the car is very low. To illuminate the front of the work, portable lamps are used. These are the simplest DIY projects for the garage. With them you can begin the epic of arranging and equipping your garage space.
In the very simple version This is a socket attached to a wire and can have a small shield with a hook attached to it. This is such a simple thing. The light bulbs used are ordinary ones - incandescent or economy ones with a standard socket. Everything is not bad, except that these light bulbs break very often, you need to figure out how to hang them so that they shine in a specific place. In general, the design needs improvement. There are several modification options.
Unbreakable lamp socket
This lampshade is from plastic bottle perfectly protects the fragile bulb of an energy-saving lamp. You can also use an LED lamp, but an incandescent lamp will not work - it gets too hot. The design is simple - a cord with a plug and a cartridge at the end.
The main task is to find a plastic vessel with walls made of translucent milky plastic of medium thickness. Transparent will not work - it will not scatter light, too thin walls will not save the lamp from impacts. After you have found a suitable vessel, some small change remains:
Everything is simple, but such a lamp allows you to brightly illuminate required area, the rest of the space is filled with even light that does not hurt the eyes.
Carrying LED Recessed Light
The simplest and most common homemade products for the garage are portable lamps. Without them, it is inconvenient to work not only in, but even just on a workbench. You need a flat recessed LED lamp that can be turned on at 220 V. These models are called “tablets” because of their shape. You also need a cord with a plug, a piece plastic window sill- to install a lamp. The window sill piece should be larger in size than the lamp. You choose the specific sizes yourself. The next steps are:
That's it, the homemade carrier is ready. This option is for floor installation. The movable leg allows you to change the angle of inclination. To make it turn over less, you can attach a couple of weights inside the body (in its lower part).
Attach the carrying cord to the ceiling
Convenience comes from little things, and very simple homemade products for the garage help with this. For example, you can remove the cable from a portable lamp that always gets tangled under your feet. Carrying is usually done with a cheap cable. It is not the most flexible, does not fold well, and its coils on the floor get under your feet. In general, it is inconvenient to use. You can protect yourself and carry it by hanging the cable from the ceiling. The solution is simple but very effective.
You can make this “suspension” to the ceiling for carrying with your own hands in an hour
- Two anchors with a ring at the end.
- Cable tie.
- Clamp clamp.
- Metal cable. The length depends on the size of the garage - it needs to be from one wall to the other.
- Steel/plastic rings or steel wire and a piece of pipe to make these rings.
- Carrying with a long cable - its length is approximately double the length of the garage.
The cable is stretched along the long side of the garage. It’s more convenient - not far from the “working” wall, where the workbench or other equipment is located. A little work:
Well, that's all. You can use it. With such a device, the carrier can be carried to any end of the garage without the cable getting tangled or caught. Convenient, takes little time.
DIY garage compressor
A compressor is needed in any garage. And, by the way, this is not the most difficult homemade product for the garage. Low-power garage compressor for inflating tires and other small work You can make it yourself from scrap materials. For example, from a compressor from a refrigerator. For this you will need:
- refrigerator compressor;
- a sealed cylinder with thick walls (you can use a fire extinguisher flask or a small gas cylinder);
- safety valve 8 atm;
- pressure gauge;
- fitting;
- oxygen hoses with couplings (select the length based on the size of your spare parts);
- base for the compressor - a thick board or piece of plywood will do.
In order not to pump any nasty stuff into the tires, it is advisable to also install a filter to separate oils, dust and other contaminants. Scheme homemade compressor shown in the photo.
The compressor must have a starting device. We plug it into the network, see which tube the air is sucked into, and mark it. You can put a car filter on it - clean air will be pumped in.
We assemble an oil separator receiver from a cylinder and a safety valve. To do this, we cut two fittings into the cylinder - for air inlet and outlet. We place a safety valve on the inlet hole and connect the compressor outlet to it using an oxygen hose.
We install another automobile oil filter at the outlet of the oil separator receiver to completely remove the oil. We connect the filter to the pressure gauge, and from it comes a hose, which is connected to the tire through the appropriate adapter.
Assembly is complete. But in order to carry this device comfortably, everything needs to be secured in some way. You can weld the frame to size, attach wheels and a handle for easy transportation. One of the compressor options for inflating wheels is described in the video. There is no receiver, but it performs its functions oil filter. You can do it this way, but with a receiver the design is more reliable.
Since the compressor in the refrigerator is low-power, it may take a long time to inflate the tires. You can make it more powerful by installing two compressors that will start simultaneously. Accordingly, the pressure will build up twice as fast. But such an installation requires a more robust security group. Such homemade products require a little more equipment, since the circuit is still more complicated.
The article discusses the most convenient and practical devices for the garage with your own hands, which can improve the operating comfort of this room. Here are detailed recommendations for the development and creation of structures designed for convenient storage of tools and car parts, tips for making furniture, as well as arranging lighting and heating systems.
Useful DIY garage gadgets: general recommendations
The garage is intended not only for storage, but also for servicing the car. For this reason, this room must be spacious, clean, comfortable and well-equipped.
To achieve all this, it is enough to take into account the basic requirements regarding the organization of space:
Optimal organization of the storage system in the garage: 1 - open brackets and hooks for frequently used tools, 2 - rack for small tools, 3 - shelves for spare parts and tires, 4 - rack for large tools, 5 - cabinets for various things, 6 - workbench with additional shelves
About 80% of the shelves in the garage are built with your own hands to store garage accessories, namely:
- tools and additional devices;
- components for the car;
- accessories.
Often in photos of shelves in a garage with your own hands you can see them combined with a rack, which you can also make yourself. Most often, the rack is considered as the main place for storing tools. After its installation, the remaining space is filled with comfortable and spacious shelves.
Be sure to designate a place where work clothes will be stored. It is not necessary to borrow large area, you can get by with one shelf or even a hook (depending on your needs).
A garage is a place where hazardous and flammable substances are stored. These include oil, gasoline, solvents, paints, and polishes. For them, it is necessary to provide a separate cabinet, hang a fire extinguisher and install a sand tank.
To protect against contamination during storage of wheels mounted on tire brackets, it is worth purchasing large bags or specialized covers to prevent dust from entering.
Brackets and shelves for wheels in the garage: design features
The most bulky spare parts of a vehicle include sets of tires, which can be winter or summer. When winter tires are used, summer tires are usually stored in the garage, and vice versa. Therefore, you should organize tire storage shelves or brackets.
The design of the bracket is as follows:
For compact storage of wheels, a whole rack in the form of four wide shelves can be used. It is suitable for placing wheels with discs, which can be placed one above the other in a horizontal position. The structure can be made angular and raised onto the wall.
- wooden beam;
- boards;
- chipboard sheets.
Installing tire brackets is the most rational way wheel storage. Greater savings in free space can be achieved by hanging rubber from the ceiling base along the garage wall. This option possible if the room has a large height and reinforced concrete floors in the form of slabs on the ceiling. They will be used as a basis for screwing in dowels.
Tool storage: interesting ideas for a DIY garage
To organize a convenient area for placing things, you can make your own homemade and very spacious rack or shelves. Of course, you can find hundreds of ready-made models in stores, however, making a shelf in the garage with your own hands is much cheaper than purchasing a similar product on the market.
The same problem applies to shelving. Holding onto self-production space for storing tools, you can not only organize a convenient and practical rack, but also harmoniously fit it into the garage space.
Rules for the manufacture of wood products:
The thickness of the material is determined by the loads that will subsequently act on the rack.
Recommendations for making tool shelves in the garage with your own hands
Shelves are installed in cases where the garage does not allow for a shelving unit. It is better if there are several designs.
Scheme for creating shelves for tools:
At the final stage, you can apply decorative finishing to the products (paint or special film).
Technology for creating a tool rack in the garage
To create a rack with your own hands, you will need boards 9 and 19 cm wide. The size of the structure can be adjusted.
Step-by-step technology:
Organization of lighting and heating systems in the garage
To make the operation of the garage comfortable, the lighting, ventilation and heating systems in the room should be properly organized. Since cars are closely associated with the use of toxic and harmful substances, the problem of ventilation in confined spaces is particularly acute. For a garage, vents are suitable for brickwork. They are equipped with grilles.
Factors affecting lighting levels:
- garage area, its height;
- the number and nature of the placement of work areas (sizes of a workbench for a garage, inspection pit, number of machines);
- type of decoration on the walls, its colors;
- indicator of network power density per 1 m?;
- type of garage lights.
For supporting optimal temperature can be used different kinds heating:
- gas;
- based on waste oil;
- air;
- electric (infrared heater for the garage);
- oven;
- water;
- solid fuel.
There are many alternative ways organize your own heating system.
Features of halogen, fluorescent and LED garage lights
The technical characteristics of halogen lamps are in many ways similar to incandescent lamps, but their bulb is filled with bromine vapor, so the products emit more light. The advantages of such lamps include a long service life - 4 thousand hours.
Fluorescent lamps are filled with inert gases inside. The inside of the flask is coated with a specialized composition that emits ultraviolet light under the influence of an arc-type discharge. Recommended models include IP-65 class products, protected from moisture and dust particles.
Installing LED garage lighting comes with the highest costs. However, they pay for themselves in 50 thousand working hours. In terms of efficiency, LEDs are 50% more profitable than fluorescent lamps. At the same time, they do not contain harmful components, and the light does not have an aggressive effect on the eyes, so there is no need to purchase additional lampshades.
Installing lighting in a garage: how to calculate
To calculate the power of conventional lamps, you can use the formula:
P = S x W/N.
Explanation of values:
- P – total required power, W/m?.
- W – power of one lamp, W.
- N – number of lamps (luminaires), pcs.
- S – room area, m?.
For halogen and LED lamps the optimal indicator is 16-20 W/m?. This value is suitable for rooms where the ceiling height is no more than 2.5 m. In garages with 3-meter ceilings, this figure should be multiplied by 1.5.
The calculation is influenced interior decoration room walls. In dark garages, the lighting should be brighter.
Light reflection level:
To illuminate the inspection pit in the garage, it is recommended to use low-power lamps with halogen or LED lamps, since moisture accumulating in this place can cause an electric shock. The devices are mounted on the sides in pre-made recesses.
Do-it-yourself autonomous lighting system in the garage
There are a number of principles on the basis of which an autonomous lighting system is implemented:
A multi-level lighting system for a garage is considered the most optimal. It involves installing a large lamp in the middle of the room and installing small lamps in work areas.
Height calculation for a multi-level system:
The lamps are installed correctly if the machine does not cast a shadow on either side.
Which heater to choose for a garage
Heating of the garage is carried out using small portable devices that can warm the room in short time and further maintain the optimal temperature.
When thinking about which heaters are best for a garage, many mistakenly believe that homemade device can be made exclusively from expensive components and requires a significant investment of time. For this reason, garage owners refuse this idea.
In fact, to make a garage heater with your own hands, it is enough to limit yourself to budget materials, for example, thermal film. The scheme for creating such a device is very simple and involves the use the following materials and tools:
- a kit intended for assembling a heater;
- wire equipped with a plug;
- paper laminated plastic (area of one element 1 m?);
- graphite powder;
- epoxy adhesive composition.
Recommendations for assembling a homemade garage heater
Step-by-step instructions on how to make a garage heater:
After the heater has dried, the resistance should be checked. A garage heater is considered safe only after this check. Until this point, it is strictly forbidden to connect the device to the electrical network.
Safety restrictions:
Making useful gadgets for your garage with your own hands
To carry out repairs and service works, you will need to build an inspection hole in the garage with your own hands, the dimensions of which will correspond to the dimensions of the car, as well as a workbench for convenient work, plus equip the room with machines.
The basic set of tools and materials for creating a homemade garage workbench includes:
- boards and wooden blocks;
- fasteners and ties;
- plane and other woodworking tools;
- varnishing and carpentry adhesives;
- sandpaper and drying oil.
Example of placement in a garage useful devices: 1 - workbench with manual machines, 2 - racks and cabinets, 3 - table for various repair work, 4 - shelf for storing tires, 5 - inspection hole
Technology for making a workbench in the garage with your own hands: photos, drawings
The workbench consists of a table top and a base, as well as several clamping devices. The height of the workbench in the garage should be selected taking into account your own height. You can take the height as a guide kitchen table in a house that is convenient to work in. Be sure to make drawings to create a workbench for the garage with your own hands.
Garage arrangement: how to make a workbench indoors:
Final processing involves impregnating the finished product with drying oil and opening it with varnish.
Recommendations for creating a viewing hole in the garage with your own hands
There are no specific sizes for a garage inspection pit. The dimensions of the car are taken as the basis.
How to make an inspection hole in a garage with optimal parameters:
How to properly make a viewing hole in a garage using different materials:
The pit is dug taking into account the optimal width of the pit, the material chosen for the walls, as well as the thickness of the waterproofing layer. Stages of creating a pit:
- marking;
- construction of a pit;
- arrangement of the pit;
- construction of walls;
- lighting gasket.
For waterproofing walls, specialized hydrophobic impregnation is used.
Scheme of arrangement of the inspection pit: 1 - walls made of foam blocks, 2 - waterproofing, 3 - rubble masonry. 4 - corner size 50x50x4 mm
Making a garage press with your own hands
To create a press, it should be made from 4 pieces metal pipes frame size 178x80 cm. These elements are connected by welding. It is recommended to be guided in your work by drawings, selected or compiled in advance. After this you need to install:
- retainer;
- removable stop;
- bottle jack (hydraulic).
Can be used for review detailed technology creating useful gadgets for the garage with your own hands, video materials. Such visual recommendations help to navigate the size, master step by step instructions and imagine what the finished structure should look like.
Manufacturing diagram of a hydraulic press: 1 - upper power platform, 2 - nuts, 3 - lower platform, 4 - studs with a diameter of 30 mm, 5 - lower thread of the studs, 6 - hydraulic jack bottle type; 7 - base 20 mm thick
You can do the arrangement of your garage yourself. The list of useful devices does not end there. It can always be supplemented with any interesting ideas. The main thing is that the garage fully meets personal requirements in terms of comfort and convenience.
Most car owners spend at least two hours every day caring for their car, and even more on weekends. If we talk about something major, for example, engine repair, then we can talk about several days. For this reason, it is extremely important that the garage environment is as comfortable as possible for work.
Setting up a garage is not as easy as it seems, because in addition to spare parts and tools, it usually stores everything that does not fit in the apartment. Moreover, any repair is pollution, which sooner or later turns the garage into a very unattractive place. In short, even during construction, you need to think about how the garage will look in the future, how best to combine a workshop and a miniature warehouse in it.
First you need to decide on the main tasks. First of all, the garage should always be clean, so for finishing you need to use non-staining and easy to clean materials. It is also necessary to draw up in advance a diagram of the location of tools and equipment, that is, determine where the racks, shelves, workbench, etc. will be located.
Stage 1. Interior decoration
In this regard, to finishing materials there are a number of requirements. Materials must be:
- non-flammable;
- resistant to mechanical damage;
- able to withstand exposure to aggressive chemical environments;
- resistant to stains.
Moreover, they should be easy to clean and not absorb odors. Obviously, not all materials have such qualities. Those that do have them include plaster, lining and ceramic tiles. Each option has its own strengths and weak sides, let's get acquainted with them.
1. Plaster
An ideal option if you want to hide uneven walls. Plaster will effectively hide all existing defects and improve the interior of the garage.
Note! The plaster must be covered with a layer of facade paint, otherwise the surface will begin to crack and crumble.
2. Lining
Lining is used mainly in the northern regions of the country, since it is very convenient to place thermal insulation material between it and the profiles. In this case, it is better to use a facade profile made of polyvinyl chloride - it is fireproof and waterproof.
The only drawback of the lining is its low strength - after a strong impact, the panels are deformed and need to be replaced.
A more labor-intensive and expensive option. Requires preliminary calculation of the strength of the walls, because the tiles weigh quite a lot.
At the same time, ceramics do not burn, are easy to clean and are highly durable. If the garage will be sold in ten years, then it is better to decorate it with ceramics. Expensive, of course, but for a long time.
Stage 2. Inspection hole
To repair a machine, it is advisable to equip an inspection hole. Even the most minor breakdown becomes a serious test if it is impossible to reach it without an inspection hole. In such cases, you have to go to a service station and pay a considerable amount for repairs.
In a word, the arrangement of the inspection pit will soon pay off. Below is the sequence of actions.
Step 1. First, the dimensions of the future pit are determined and markings are made. In this case, you need to maintain a balance - firstly, the pit should be spacious enough, and secondly, its width should be such that no problems arise when entering the garage.
The required width is 0.7 m; it will allow you to feel comfortable when carrying out repairs and at the same time leave enough space for parking maneuvers.
Note! When marking, you need to leave a margin of approximately 20-25 cm for the wall thickness.
Regarding the depth, it depends on your own height, but again it is better to make it a little deeper than required - it is much easier to equip additional flooring than to redo the floor when deepening it.
Step 2. Once the marking is completed, you can begin excavation work. The most difficult thing is to dig a hole, because you will have to remove more than 9 cubic meters of soil.
Step 3. The floor is leveled and covered with a 25-centimeter “cushion” of crushed stone. It is noted where the niches for the tools will be located.
Step 4. The walls can be poured with concrete or lined with brick. Concrete is more reliable, so it will be considered.
First, the floor is poured; a thickness of 7-8 cm will be quite enough. For reliability, you can pre-lay the reinforcement. Next, a wooden formwork is constructed, which will be gradually filled with mortar in tiers of 40 cm each. The upper edge is strengthened metal structure, lamps are installed.
Note! It is advisable to cover the concrete floor with a wooden ladder, because it will be much more pleasant to work on such a surface.
Stage 3. Shelving
For ease of use, each tool should have its own place. Shelves and racks can be purchased already at finished form, but they are quite expensive, and do not always meet the needs of the car owner. Therefore, it is better to make the rack yourself. It seems difficult, but only at first.
Step 1. First, the dimensions are marked. Most “store” racks are equipped with shelves 1 m wide. This is not enough for spare parts, so the width needs to be made larger.
You also need to leave a gap of at least 20 cm from the floor so that there are no difficulties with cleaning the floor. It is advisable to perforate all shelves - this will give two advantages at once:
Step 2. Used to make a rack metal carcass from a profiled pipe or corner 30x30. The parts are welded or bolted together, then the shelves are cut out. Usually they take boards for this, but the best option would be moisture-resistant plywood - it costs more, but will last a long time.
Stage 4. Shelves
Like shelving, it is better to make shelves yourself.
Step 1. First, the number of shelves, their sizes and installation locations are determined.
Step 2. In accordance with the calculations, everything necessary is prepared:
Step 3. Using the mounting level, the mounting points are determined. Next, holes are made and dowels are driven into them.
Note! For secure fastening, it is advisable to use dowels with hooks.
Step 4. With a certain step (in accordance with the holes made earlier), hangers with eyes are fixed on the shelf. They can be nailed with regular nails. Assembled shelves hung on dowels.
It is worth remembering that hanging shelves should not be too long, otherwise they will break under the weight.
Stage 5. Garage workbench
The most convenient workbench for a garage would be one that combines shelving and a work surface. This way, the tools will always be at hand, which will significantly reduce the time spent searching for one or another of them.
To make a workbench, a metal frame is assembled on which it is installed wooden table top with shelves. The tabletop is covered with sheet steel so as not to damage the structure during operation.
The workbench must be equipped with several sockets for electrical tools, and also a fluorescent lamp must be installed, equipped with iron brackets for this.
Video – Garage workbench
Stage 6. Garage cellar
Often garages are equipped with cellars in which preservation is stored. This point, as well as the inspection hole, needs to be thought out in advance.
Step 1. First the old one is deleted flooring, after which all the pieces are removed and the garage is cleared for digging a pit.
Step 2. Next are carried out excavation. Wherein Special attention you need to pay attention to the type of soil, because if the soil is sandy, then careless digging can cause the walls of the room to collapse. That is why it is advisable to use a variety of supports made of wood and metal.
If the soil is clayey, then there is nothing to fear, because it can withstand any load.
Step 3. The bottom is filled with crushed stone and carefully compacted. Next, the reinforcement is installed and the floor is filled with concrete.
Step 4. The walls are built from bricks.
Step 5. The cellar is covered with a reinforced concrete slab, after which waterproofing is laid - bitumen or roofing felt. For insulation, you can use any thermal insulation material.
Note! A cellar can be equipped even if the groundwater level is quite high. To do this, a metal tank is welded throughout the pit. When the water level rises, the tank will rise, and in the summer it will simply lie at the bottom.
Step 6. All that remains is to take care of the ventilation of the cellar. To do this, above the ground level are displayed steel pipes(2 pcs.), preferably on opposite walls of the structure. The supply pipe is located below, and the exhaust pipe, accordingly, is located under the ceiling. Both pipes must be the same diameter.
A few words about ventilation in the garage
Such ventilation may seem unnecessary, but without it a lot of dust will accumulate in the garage, which will negatively affect not only the body, but also the internal parts of the car. Yes, and exhaust gases are harmful to the body.
The simplest and affordable option- ventilation natural type. Two openings are equipped for it (the same as for the cellar). For maximum efficiency, the inlet and outlet pipes must be installed diagonally, opposite each other.
Video - Examples of arranging a garage
Results
It is possible to arrange a garage yourself, although it will require a lot of effort and time. But the result will more than pay for all the costs, because in the end you will get not only a car box, but also a miniature workshop. The garage will become a place for relaxation or bold experiments with the car.
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Who said that crafts are not interesting to men, it’s just that if women read about how we do it with great pleasure, then for car enthusiasts there is no more interesting topic than do-it-yourself crafts for the garage. In fact, there are a lot of devices with which you can improve your garage life, so there will be something to do throughout the long winter.
Useful homemade products for the garage with your own hands
There are original, interesting products that you can make yourself, and there are useful homemade products for the garage with your own hands. First of all, such things include furniture: cabinets, tables, hangers. All this allows you to optimize the surrounding space as much as possible, especially if your footage is not too large.
Most often, during the initial arrangement, all the necessary furniture is ordered. But if you rent a room or don’t want to take money out of it family budget, then you will be able to set up your home on your own, especially if you know how to hold basic tools in your hands. To help yourself and for inspiration, you can use the video from homemade products for the garage with your own hands (YouTube can please you with a variety of ideas), and you can also take into account tips on arrangement, which will be the basis for a successful layout.
If you look at the photo that shows the optimal set of useful furniture elements, you will notice useful nuances for yourself. First, the location of any storage system must be located at a certain distance from the walls. It is believed that there should be at least half a meter between the machine standing indoors and the rack for normal, comfortable work inside. If the shape of your car storage is more like a rectangle rather than a square (this happens quite often), then it is worth moving all the storage for tools and useful things to one area along the far wall opposite the door. It is here that you can place with maximum convenience not only a table or shelving, but even carpentry or lathe. It would be worth mentioning that all storage of your tools should be located inside the garage only if it is securely closed or protected by tightly closed ones. Otherwise, it is better to place there only the most necessary things, preferably those that are not of particular value to robbers.
If you provide for separate room, which is located on the territory of your suburban area, then it’s better to make them the so-called mansard type, that is, located in the roof, and choose a place just above such a working area. In summer and spring period this arrangement of windows will help you save on lighting, sunlight will be quite enough for all types of work, besides, you will also be able to ventilate the room, because ventilation cannot always cope properly, especially if you are going to work inside, like in a workshop.
If there is a total shortage of money or out of love for art, you can make an original storage system using old empty cans. Any motorist accumulates quite a lot of them over the course of a year, and if you ask your fellow neighbors, there will be enough for each compartment of such an interesting cabinet. Of course, there is nothing complicated here and to perform such homemade garage DIY video-lessons are not needed at all. You need to take a plastic canister and wash it well so that no traces of its contents remain. Armed with metal scissors, a knife or other tool, we cut off the front cover of the canister, but so that the sides remain and the contents do not fall over the edge. To make the structure more stable, you can fix it on the back wall using self-tapping screws, but we will, of course, drive them not into the wall, but into wooden slats, which we attach to dowels.
Do-it-yourself garage crafts photo
Continuing to explore options do-it-yourself garage crafts, photo which you have already seen and will see below, we must look at other ways of rational storage. If horizontal pull-out shelves just don’t fit inside, then you can make very original and functional vertical shelves. You will be surprised how many things they can accommodate, while the tools will be easily accessible and, as they say, “at hand.”
The same option as shown in the photo can be used in, where you also often need to set up a workshop, and even less space is allocated for it than is left in the garage. For such a design you will need to build a frame from wooden planks, and make notches along its upper and lower edges where the cells will be inserted. Most likely, the inspiration for this design was the classic hives that are used for breeding bees; the system here is exactly the same. The sheets that are inserted inside have a perforated surface and the presence of these small holes will allow you to screw nails inside, hang hooks to hang tools and useful devices as conveniently as possible so that they do not fly off when pulling out and retracting.
Exactly the same perforation can be included in a furniture set. Having such a complete set of everything necessary for home handyman, you can build many useful homemade products for the garage with your own hands, video with whom you are online. In popularity, such resources may soon overtake popular hand-made projects, because men, no less than women, want to make the space around them, their kingdom, beautiful, functional, and comfortable.
Interesting DIY crafts for the garage
Let’s digress a little from the useful and talk about things that are not mandatory, but no less useful than traditional furniture, machines, lighting or heating. Let's remember that for many men, the garage is a real men's club, where you can equip everything to your liking. We offer you a couple of options interesting DIY crafts for the garage, which support the automotive theme and can be used for long gatherings.
We are used to either simply throwing away tires that are completely worn out, or repairing them. Having spent last winter's set on a swan or a flowerpot, this year you can easily allocate it to your loved one by making an entire furniture set. Frankly speaking, for this purpose you will need not only car tires, but also bicycle tires, because their backs can be designed, turning the stool into a chair.
Practice making such furniture and soon you will be able to replace your coffee table with one that not only looks beautiful, but can also become part of the original design concept.
A table and chairs are great, there will be somewhere to sit, but with the question of what to cook a delicious kebab on, our next idea. The fact is that an ordinary folding barbecue may not maintain the required temperature of the coals for a long time, and if you like to sit near the fire for a long time, you should make something larger. We will modernize it a little and present to your attention a grill made on the basis of a wheel rim. In order for the rim to maintain the set temperature well and not allow the coals to cool, it needs to be lined with bricks, but for maximum decorativeness of such a homemade product, it is better to file them a little using a grinder to fold them in a circle. The bottom must be filled with any available material, which does not support combustion, for example, fine crushed stone.
Homemade products for the garage with your own hands drawings
Again, returning from entertainment to business, you need to understand that for many, a garage can be an alternative to a workshop in which you can serve not only your needs by creating crafts for your apartment, cottage, or even car repair, but also fulfilling small orders. In order to make high-quality useful homemade garage do-it-yourself drawings, diagrams and technical recommendations will definitely be useful to you.
If you plan to spend quite a lot of time in your makeshift workshop, then among those you are interested in DIY DIY for the garage - heating, lighting, ventilation, that is, the arrangement of a fully comfortable stay inside for a long time. Some people prefer to install infrared heaters, but in terms of energy costs this will not be very good rational option. A good option can be water heating, but it is best designed in garages that are located next to a residential building.
You can place solid fuel boilers of any design inside any type of garage, even make your own potbelly stove out of metal using a welding machine. But do not forget that with this type of heating, the interior decoration should be made of non-combustible materials, and the ventilation should be done efficiently, even at the stage when we need to promptly remove all combustion products from the room.
DIY homemade machines for the garage
Even if you are a non-professional carpenter or turner, you will still need the most convenient and compact machines. DIY homemade products for the garage can just become workbenches - tabletops on which various electric tools are attached, for example, a jigsaw, milling machine, lathe. Working surface made of metal will last you much longer than wood, so you can easily combine wood and metal.
In today's story, we will introduce you to several tips and rational recommendations for arranging a garage parking space that will help cottage owners save square meters and things.
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You can easily and quickly install some wire containers on the wall to store various things. The rational arrangement of balls and hoses is another simple way to organize all the items and products that easily create chaos and dust if they are not sorted into compartments and containers.
2. Signs and inscriptions
These could be stickers or full painting doors and cabinets unusual furniture coating for special markings. They will help family members navigate the garage space, and also store items and products in a certain place. The main advantage of this decoration method is the speed of implementation, which will only take a few hours!
3. The magic of magnets
For small tools and drill bits, you can use magnetic strips on the available wall space. You can hang small parts and devices on them that will always be at hand. This is a simple way to practically organize a room and storage systems, and is also extremely easy to implement.
4. Original hooks
Take long unused keys and turn them into hooks for wall decor and as an original authentic accessory. On them you can hang work clothes, ropes and everything that should be within easy reach.
5. Cans and other containers
You can organize and separate your nuts and bolts by adding some plastic toolbar containers. This will make it much easier for you to find required part or element. All products will be sorted and placed in specific containers, and for added convenience they can be attached to a wooden shelf.
6. Patch panel or board
Of course, you can always put in a perforated board where you can easily add some new hooks and organize your home decor in a new way. In addition, such an organizational idea can act as a “transformation” of the wall for garage box! Tips and recommendations for using this multifunctional device can be found on the Internet portal Small Interiors.
7. Practical buckets
Some shelves and a large set of segments (stickers) can really come in handy. This is another one quick way forming a functional and rational area for placing things that will add characteristic style V Interior Design and help keep your work tools in order.
8. Bungee balls
Using bungee cords to store equipment for a variety of sports is a great concept for transforming a space. In such stylized grids you can place both football and basketballs! They are commercially available and extremely easy to install.
With this creative idea creation rational planning You will have absolutely no excuses for why children don't wear helmets during school and after school on bike rides and rides. After all, now you need to manage not to find them in a specially equipped place! Add wall decoration small hooks on which these safety devices will be located.
Instead of throwing water bottles and carton boxes in the corner of your garage, build a quick and easy trash station for the whole family. It can be built using plastic boxes and boxes with inscriptions that allow you to sort waste into plastic and iron.
We have presented to your attention an interesting and extraordinary selection of conceptual ideas and creative solutions for organizing a garage space in an unusual house.
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