Garage homemade. How to make useful DIY projects for the garage with your own hands? Ideal place for tools

The garage takes up a lot of space in the life of the stronger half of humanity, even if the family does not have a car. In addition to being used as a room for storing and servicing a car, the garage has a fairly wide range of functions, despite its rather limited area.

How can you arrange a garage?

First, let's look at several options for ergonomic use and design of the interior space of the garage:

In its internal configuration, in 99% of cases, a garage box has rectangular shape. Accordingly, the distance from the car to the side walls is not very large and is not comfortable for carrying out any work. The most common arrangement option is to move the work area (workbench, shelving or cabinets with tools and spare parts) to the rear of the garage, to the wall opposite the gate. This area may even have enough space to install any necessary equipment other than a workbench.
If you have a large garage additional room(utility room, electrical room), then on the surface of its door you can organize tool storage using a hanging sheet or fill it with holders in the form of loops of different sizes made of plastic and ordinary ropes.

The simplest option: If you cannot install a shelving in the garage, you can place a metal grill at some distance from the wall. You can hang almost any objects, clothes and the like on it. You don't even have to install shelves.
Another way out is to attach hooks to any surface. There simply can’t be enough of them in the garage. You can make them yourself, or you can buy them at the supermarket. Significant savings in free space are guaranteed.

Little tricks for the garage

So, the garage has been purchased. On initial stage arrangement we will talk about buying pieces of furniture, most likely. Finding something that suits the owner and at the same time takes up a minimum of space is not so easy. The way out of this situation is to make the necessary pieces of furniture with your own hands.

Table with folding top– ideal for a small garage. This stand does not take up much space, but can be a very decent table. usable area. In its manufacture, the materials from which the old cabinet was made are often used.

Materials:

furniture hinges;
wood fasteners;
accessories;
wooden blocks;
anchor.

First, markings are made using a building or household level.

Next steps:

the block is drilled through and attached to the wall with anchors;
holes are marked and drilled in the future plane of the table and the area where the corners are attached;

the block and the tabletop are connected by hinges;
the table in the folded position is held by a standard latch, lock or hook, which is fixed to the wall;
The table supports are simply leaned against the wall next to the table.

How to make a stand for a drill?

Making a mini-drilling machine with your own hands does not require high qualifications, but it greatly expands the scope of application of an ordinary electric drill. In addition, the machine will be much cheaper than a purchased one, and components can be borrowed from previously used devices.

Making a wooden stand will take very little time and will not require any special materials or tools:

wooden blocks or boards no thinner than 20 mm;
furniture guides;

metal rod with thread for caliper;
fasteners for wooden parts (screws, glue);
emery.

Tools:

hacksaw;
vice;
Screwdriver Set;
electric drill.

The dimensions of the mini-machine are chosen in accordance with the size of the workspace in the garage.

Making a stand from metal requires a little more time and materials, so it is necessary to cover it in a little more detail.

The proposed metal stand is more versatile than one made of wood and includes:

supporting frame;
guide posts of the drill, to which it is attached and moved vertically;

vertical tool feed handle;
additional components for ease of use.

How to make an overpass for car repairs?

It's no secret that a car needs regular maintenance and minor repairs, like any technically complex mechanism. For ease of access to components and assemblies located on the bottom of the car, a hand-made lightweight overpass is often used, which will significantly save money spent on service station technicians.

Overpasses come in full and small sizes. Strictly speaking, overpasses function in the same way as inspection pits.

The need to build such useful invention most often dictates high border aquifer in the place where the garage is built, which makes the construction of an inspection hole impossible.

It is quite possible to install the overpass yourself. For this case, you need drawings, an action plan and taking into account the dimensions of the car:

the total length of the overpass is usually taken from the calculation - length of the car + 1 m;
ladder width – more than 40 cm;
height of supports – 70-80 cm.

The ladders are made from a corner, the cabinets are welded from a corner with a shelf width of 50 mm. The surface of the ladder is made of corrugated steel with a cross-section of more than 14 mm.

How to assemble a compressor for a garage?

When servicing a car, and for other work in the home and garage, there is often a need for air compressor. It will help with painting, inflating tires, blowing off dust, and in many other cases.

You can assemble the simplest compressor for painting a car yourself from an old car camera.

Here is a description of the necessary materials and tools to bring this idea to life:

the camera itself will serve as the receiver;
supercharger - a pump, preferably with a pressure gauge;
tire repair kit;
awl.

Procedure:

check the chamber for damage with the pump and repair it if found;
make a hole in the receiver to release a stream of compressed air;

glue in the additional fitting and connect it to the spray gun;
Unscrew the nipple in it to give air free passage;

leave the “original” chamber nipple - it will be used as a valve, holding excess pressure;
by testing, determine the required air pressure of the receiver, spraying paint and ensuring that it lies evenly;
The main rule is that there should be nothing foreign in the chamber: moisture, particles of dirt and dust.

If you have a minimum number of assembly skills, more than complex structures, we can suggest trying to assemble a compressor of greater complexity and versatility, which can be used to measure the number of atmospheres in car tires, paint, blow and blow off dust.

The method is inexpensive, even if you don’t have a lot of scrap materials in the garage.

Installation is carried out from:

old refrigeration unit;
air receiver with a volume of up to 10 l;

pressure gauge for the air receiver;
air pressure regulator;

hose high pressure(20 bar);
the most inexpensive filter-regulator;

several clamps;
adapters.

The compressor does not take up much space, so it can be installed in a niche on the wall or on a home-made wall shelf, wherever the need dictates.

This type of compressor receiver has three outputs:

the top one supplies compressed air;
the middle one is used by the pressure gauge in the receiver;
condensate and oil are drained through the bottom.

Operating principle: the compressor sucks in air through the lower part, where the filter regulator and switch switch are installed. The regulator pressure limits range from two to eight atmospheres.

To ensure against troubles, you can install a relief valve for safety.

How to make a crane-lift?

No one will deny that periodically any car needs to be serviced, and from time to time repaired. Serious repairs are not a cheap pleasure, so many car owners undertake to do it in the garage or at the dacha with their own hands. For example, when repairing an engine, significant physical effort will be required when removing it and installing it in place after repair.

A crane with a winch can be of great help in such operations. It can be equipped in the garage either by purchasing it in a supermarket or with your own hands, according to a simple diagram.

The most practical way to place such a crane beam is above the front of a car parked in a garage. If the boom extension is 1 meter, then the working area will be around 5 m².

The base in the considered option will be sheet steel 400x400x25 mm. A rod with a diameter of 80 mm is welded into it, attached to the ceiling with M16 bolts.

It is necessary to ensure compliance with horizontal levels, since often gender is either ceiling garages may have a slope in one direction or another.

The boom is made of a meter strut, 50x50 angles and a glass with two pressed bronze bearing bushings. The entire structure is secured with a cotter shaped nut M42x2.

Pit and cellar

Useful space is not limited to the garage box itself: you rarely see a garage without a cellar, where racks for pickles and marinades, and departments for fruits and vegetables collected on the original “six hundred square meters” are so excellently located.

The situation is as follows: a garage has been built/bought/rented, the car requires repairs or simply maintenance, and there is no inspection hole in the garage. There is a way out - build it with your own hands.

In general, the inspection pit should be of such a size that the owner can sit and work in it comfortably.

To do this, measure the dimensions of the hole:

length pits are selected in accordance with the length of the car base + 1 meter;
width determined by measuring the distance between the front wheels minus 20 cm to ensure that the car does not fall through when entering;
depth selected according to the height of the car owner + 20 cm.

Life hack: you need to add 30 cm to all the obtained dimensions. This is done for the intended installation of hydro- and thermal insulation.

Let's take a step-by-step look at the construction process itself:

The dimensions of the pit are marked.

Lifehack. If you already have a floor screed, you will have to organize the work order as follows: apply markings and then cut through them with a grinder or some other tool.

We keep the floor parallel with the help of a level and carefully compact it. Usually the first layer on the floor of the pit is a cushion of crushed stone, then in order: 5 cm of sand, 30 cm of clay, reinforced mesh, which is filled with concrete in a layer of 7 cm. Then it is necessarily poured with bitumen-based mastic, roofing material is laid on top, then the seams are coated and a layer of foam plastic is laid and the next layer of concrete is 15 cm.

The walls of the pit are coated with clay, polyethylene is laid, and roofing felt is placed on it and all joints, as on the floor, are coated with mastic.

Creating formwork is the most labor-intensive operation: it is made up of plywood sheets or boards, leaving a gap of 7 cm from the wall.

The wall is reinforced and filled with concrete.

Life hack: the height is filled at a speed of 20 cm per day, not faster.

You can make niches in the walls; they must be used as cladding. ceramic tiles.

When arranging a cellar in a garage, the most reliable solution is to use a caisson. If you are wondering what a caisson is, it is best to turn to several life hacks that will explain its purpose.

Simply put, a caisson is a can. An ordinary large waterproof canister, tank or anything that resembles them. It is used as a basement impermeable to soil moisture.

It consists of:

over-caisson structure (this is the entrance to the cellar hatch);
cylindrical chamber with dimensions 2 m high and 1 m in diameter, this is best option, from the point of view of the proportion “volume / materials consumed”;
The caisson is additionally waterproofed from moisture using various bitumen mastics, asphalt layer or various solutions again based on bitumen.

Let's look at some useful tips and recommendations on this matter:

The walls of the caisson must withstand significant external pressure; you should not skimp on their thickness.
Welds must be welded twice, and the use of anti-corrosion agents is highly recommended.

When using a caisson, it is necessary to arrange reliable system its ventilation.
The list of basic storage units is almost the same: canned food and pickles, other homemade supplies rolled into jars and other containers, unprocessed vegetables and fruits. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account their storage conditions.

Ventilation requires special attention: ventilation option natural type is not always suitable due to the lack of possibility of its artificial regulation. Better fit forced ventilation.
If there is no caisson, for waterproofing, a so-called sand cushion 25-30 cm thick is laid on the floor, covered with roofing felt or other material on top, and the seams are glued with bitumen or mastic.

Raw vegetables stored on the floor in boxes. Carrots and beets are additionally sprinkled with sand.
Wood shelving tends to become covered in fungus over time. To avoid this, they are coated with protective mixtures.

Steel racks do not have this drawback, but they tend to corrode, so they are treated with water-repellent materials.
Plastic shelving is resistant to moisture and corrosion, but is quite fragile and cannot bear a large weight load.

The depth of the cellar is directly proportional to the depth of the aquifer in this particular area, unless a caisson is used.
When using a caisson, measures must be taken to prevent it from being squeezed out to the surface by groundwater.
The cellar floor should be located at least 1 meter from the upper boundary of the aquifer.

How to make a workbench?

Who has ever seen a garage that doesn’t have a workbench with a vice attached to it? Or a garage without shelves, mezzanines, or wall cabinets? Without test stand or Maintenance car?

By looking at the interior of the garage, you can immediately tell who its owner is and how functional this or that option for using the internal space is, how much it optimizes it for use.

Big and convenient workbench in the garage is its undeniable advantage. If you organize boxes for tools and parts in it, it will turn into a universal place of work. Typically, such a workbench is made across the entire width of the garage with drawers of various sizes.

To install it with dimensions 660x100x60 cm you need:

saw;
plywood of various thicknesses;
polyurethane;
paints;
sander;
fastener

Operating procedure:

for a workbench measuring 660x100x60 cm, you will need to cut 4 sheets 20 mm thick;
for the working surface it is better to use sanded plywood;

boxes are made from strips 0.6x4.8 m, 13 mm thick;
sections of the rack are assembled from 20 fragments measuring 61x61 cm;

each vertical row of drawers is calculated as follows: 3 small and 1 deep;
the depth of the guide grooves is 1.27 cm;

additionally cut a 254 mm groove at the bottom of the cabinet and three grooves 127 mm apart and 146 mm from the top of the cabinet;
the required structural rigidity is created by strengthening back wall strips of plywood;

we assemble all the structures for five boxes and fasten them together, then fix them to the wall with fastening screws so that there is free place for oversized items;
assemble boxes from 13 mm thick plywood;

handles are cut out in the front wall of the drawer or purchased ready-made and fixed with self-tapping screws;
the dimensions of the lower drawers are 120x25x5 cm and 60x25x5 cm;

a 60x120 cm frame is attached to the working surface of the workbench;
finishing the workbench involves sanding and painting in several layers.
allowed finishing coat varnish.

How to make shelving?

A rack is one of the most common rational solutions for organizing free space when placing things in a limited volume of a house or garage. The surfaces of the box walls invite you to lean a rack against them or strengthen a dozen or two shelves and stack the most various items: from fishing equipment and clothing to a boat motor and a spare engine block.

A garage rack can be purchased at retail chains - this is an option that requires almost no energy consumption. Installation/disassembly of such structures is elementary and does not require highly qualified assembler.

Perfect for all categories of garage owners, but quite expensive and will require a certain investment of capital.

You can try to make a rack yourself from scrap or purchased materials: from scraps of pipes, profiles or corners, from pieces of plywood, chipboard, plastic.

Instead of drawers, it is quite possible to use ordinary ones plastic canisters. The canister is positioned horizontally, and using the handle that is in front, it is pulled out and returned to its place.

The only thing that should not be forgotten is that it is prohibited to use canisters and other containers containing chemically aggressive, radioactive or flammable substances that can be harmful to health. The best option is a drinking water canister.

To make a rack from aluminum or other metal yourself, you need to carry out preparations, take dimensions, calculate the load and select the material for the product. You should also take into account what communications are located in the place where the rack is planned to be installed.

First, determine the external dimensions of the product.
Then calculate the number of shelves and their height. It makes sense to make them of unequal heights, since the sizes of storage items vary.

It is irrational to make sections that are too wide - the load-carrying capacity of the shelves will sharply decrease and the possibility of collapse will increase.
The drawing should begin with a sketch of the rack, its schematic representation with preliminary dimensions, giving general concept about what should happen in the end.

The next step will be cutting the vertical parts.
All parts are cut to the same length from a solid profile or angle. It is not recommended to compose them from separate parts.

Sometimes metal or metal-plastic pipes are used as risers.
The material for the shelves is chosen taking into account its strength. For example, shelves made of chipboard and fiberboard will not support significant weight due to their relative fragility.

Design shelves no wider than 60 cm.
The presence of a edging (side) on the shelf will serve in two directions at once - it will create an additional stiffening rib and prevent small parts from falling.

First, install the vertical posts. The method of fastening (to the floor, ceiling, walls) should be considered at the stage of drawing up the drawing.
When installing, be sure to use a level to avoid distortions.
The shelves are secured using corners.

Let's look at some useful life hacks:

Sometimes, to save space, shelves are attached directly to the ceiling without using vertical supports on the floor. Hanging shelves can free up space in the lower tier of a garage box, but they cannot have a special load capacity. You can stack oversized but lightweight long slats on them, plastic corners, cardboard pipes, etc. They can also be made mesh - then you can additionally hang something from them with hooks.
Another popular way to use a wall is to arrange a metal or plastic panel with fastenings (hooks, brackets, etc.), this will greatly save free space.
To create a small gap between the wall and the panel, it is recommended to use wine corks, sawn in half.

Hanging structures

The problem of storing small parts, screws, washers, bolts and other fasteners in the garage is quite acute. On the one hand, they should always be at hand, on the other hand, they are quite easy to lose or drop on the floor. There are several options for solving the problem. Here is one of the interesting, simple and inexpensive options - just ingenuity and A New Look to use ordinary things.

First you need to decide on the required number of cells of the required size.

To work you will need:

4 metal slats, each 2.2 m long;
electric drill;
fastener

In our case (see photo) there are 24 identical cells in a row. There are four rows in total, the size of each cell is 14x10x7.5 cm. In a metal strip (in our case, its length is 2 m), holes must be drilled for the entire length of the row with a drill for fastening to the wall. Saving is not recommended, since the rail will keep the cells filled metal parts . Next, the slats are attached to the wall. We attach the cells to the slats. Ready!

Original options

You have to do a lot of things in the garage with your own hands, because among all the variety of goods that modern industry offers us, there is not always something that fully satisfies the demand of a picky and skilled owner.

In this case, we are talking not only about furniture (cabinets, racks, shelves, tables, workbenches), but also about all kinds of homemade devices, which make life so much easier when a sudden need arises to perform a non-standard operation.

The garage performs a wide variety of functions: from a storage room and a workshop to a repair box and a resting place. In any case, there are a lot of original ideas embodied in useful, necessary and functional devices and homemade products for the garage, which are quite accessible for making with improvised materials with your own hands.

To protect against drafts, it is often recommended to lay a kind of felt “sausage” under the garage door. It is very helpful when working inside the garage during the winter season.
A spare set of tires is stored hanging or on its side. If there are no disks, tires are stored vertically with the obligatory change of their position once a month.

To place them in a standing position, it is recommended to design a storage location on the wall with your own hands. In fact, it is a wall-mounted triangular frame into which tires are inserted in a standing position. The farther the frame is installed from heating devices, the better the tires will be preserved.
It’s good if there are used tires in the garage that have not yet been scrapped. If you put a piece of plywood or chipboard on top of such a tire and decorate it with decor, it will turn into such an elegant thing as a designer stool.

If you lack driving experience, you can mount a used tire on the wall opposite the gate as a bump stop. This craft will significantly reduce the risk of scratching the bumper when parking the car.
From old tire It turns out to be a homemade little thing for storing small items. Attaching the tire to the wall is quite simple, and this option will look impressive. For gardeners, the shelf can easily turn into a flower bed if the tire is placed outside the garage.

Storing various wrenches (socket wrenches, combination wrenches, adjustable wrenches) on hooks is beneficial and preferable from several points of view. Several keys on one hook, they are clearly visible, take up little space, and are all accessible at once.
The rags are very convenient to store using wall holder, in which ordinary clothespins are used. The rags will always be at hand, no need to waste time looking for them.

To make notes “for memory”, you need a board and chalk. But this is completely optional: cover a cabinet door, part of a gate, some kind of shield or just a free flat area walls with graphite paint and make a schedule of tasks on it, leave notes or write down the dimensions of the future shelving.
Using a grinder, you can turn an old 200-liter barrel into a wonderful chair if you cover it with foam rubber or rubber. The same thing can become the basis of a table for something needed.

Boxes with various things on the garage floor will become much more mobile if you attach wheels from old office chairs to them.
If, in addition to the hooks, you attach a figuratively cut strip with holes and staples to the wall above the workbench, it will be very helpful for storing and using pencils, drills, spools of thread or twine.

The same applies to various types loops and straps attached to the garage wall.
If to the bottom surface wall cabinet attach lids; they are very convenient for screwing on jars in which various small items are stored.
Another possibility of using them: through the hole in the lid is pulled electrical cable, and a socket with a lamp is placed in the jar - the lampshade is ready!

Garage doors are a very significant and important part of the garage. They carry a fairly significant load, serve as the main obstacle to burglars, and require thermal insulation. To all of the above, we can add that the gate should be as convenient to use as possible for the garage owner.

The version of the gate equipped with extension springs or torsion springs is not yet very popular in Russia compared to the “classic” version, but they also deserve attention precisely because of their ease of use.

Tension springs are usually used with gates smaller than 8 m². They do not require a large lintel height due to the use of extension springs installed on the sides. They are easier to install, and their price is lower than gates that use torsion springs. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to install a built-in wicket gate in such gates.

Torsion springs are used when installing gates larger than 8 m². 3 types of installation are allowed: standard, low, high. A big plus when using gates of this type is the protection against falling of the door leaf when the springs fail and low-noise operation, just like the version with a built-in wicket door.

There will always be a need for useful garage gadgets. Veda in the garage should have everything for work and comfort. You can make your own accessories for the garage, then their price will be much lower.

This topic will be our article today. You won’t be able to do everything for the garage with your own hands, but you can do the most necessary things.

Garage space arrangement

You don’t just need to buy garage accessories, but first decide what you need and how to properly place it all. After all, very often the garage is not just a place where we park the car, but also a workshop with all kinds of tools (see), accessories.

And in fact, it turns out that sometimes there are so many things accumulated in the garage that you literally have to squeeze the car between them. To prevent this from happening, we suggest putting things in order in the garage, rationally using all the space, and maybe throwing out some of the unnecessary things.

Attention: First, let's decide on the devices and equipment that everyone should definitely have in the garage. You can also make accessories for your garage with your own hands, and if that doesn’t work out, you can buy them.

Lathe	You can get by with a small one, with a few functions. You can’t make such a machine yourself, so you’ll have to contact the manufacturer. The price of a Chinese machine varies, starting from 23 thousand rubles. As for domestic production, most often the equipment is assembled at a Russian plant from the same Chinese components.
Drilling machine	An irreplaceable thing - it is used to perform drilling or milling operations with high accuracy. You can assemble such a unit yourself, in which case you will have to buy a stand for a drill, the price of which is around 3 thousand. A fully equipped machine costs from 20 thousand rubles.
	It will be needed when you need to shrink or press out a sleeve, sleeve, or bearing. A hydraulic jack is suitable as a base for the press.
Grinding machine	Grinding machine. This is really the thing about which they say “like having no hands.” It is used to adjust a part to size, sharpen a spatula or knives, and even perform milling operations when using a flexible sleeve for this. Therefore, you should buy a quality sharpener.
Various jokes	All kinds of shelves, racks, drawers - everything that provides rational placement of tools and accessories.

This list can also be supplemented with welding equipment, a compressor, an angle grinder, a drill, and screwdrivers.

Deciding on tool storage

The next step is to think through and organize proper storage tools (see) and zoning of the workspace.

To do this, you should pay attention to the following points:

Functional and rational use space	Racks, shelves, hooks allow you to conveniently place tools, freeing up space. At the same time, they are easy to do with your own hands, spending a minimum of material and time.
Storing things	It's time to sort the accessories, arrange them according to the level of use. Store frequently used tools in nearby drawers, in the first rows of shelves. For heavy equipment, reserve space on the bottom shelf of the shelving unit.
Tire space	Spare tires can be placed under the ceiling - they are not accessed very often. A device such as a bracket allows you to conveniently store replacement tires. When hung on the walls high above your head, the wheels will not interfere and take up useful space. Plastic bags or special covers allow you to keep the wheels clean and protect them from dust.
Working surface	Usually this is a table or workbench. This design is easy to assemble; just a few boards and bars are enough. A table is a place on which it is convenient to place a vice, as well as a number of other devices. The best thing work surface equip close to racks and shelves.
Lighting issues	Lighting should be given Special attention, correctly organize its system, namely a system, and not a separate (one) lighting device. It is necessary to provide lighting throughout the entire garage space: the space above the work surface, above the hood of the car, near the shelving and in other important places. So, this will require several lamps and light bulbs. Perfect option– when you can turn on all the light bulbs at the same time, or use them each separately. This can be done using an ordinary double switch. Attention: Sockets should be installed near garage doors and directly at the desktop.
Contents of clothing	It is worth highlighting a corner where the work uniform will be stored. Let it be a shelf, a hook or even a box. Don't forget about work shoes and personal protective equipment.
Security measures	A garage is a place where various chemical substances, flammable solutions, for example, gasoline, oils, solvents. A separate cabinet or shelf located near the gate is allocated for them. Requirements fire safety They involve installing a box filled with sand nearby and placing a fire extinguisher on the wall.

These are all the points that you should pay attention to when arranging your garage space. Now let's take a closer look homemade devices for the garage. How to make a rack, shelf and workbench with your own hands - below step by step instructions. After all, it’s quite possible to do everything with your own hands.

How to make a rack

A tool lying in its place frees up space and ensures ease of use. A rack is an excellent option for placing and storing equipment.

Of course, you can buy a rack in a store, but making it yourself will save money and time (see). In addition, it will meet all your needs and ideally suit the chosen location.

So:

Wood or metal are good materials for shelving. The design can be made straight or angular. When designing a rack, focus on a load parameter of at least 150 kg. But at the same time, do not overload each individual section; count on a weight of no more than 500 kg.
If you choose wood, then choose durable varieties such as oak, hornbeam, and beech. Don't forget to process everything before starting installation. wooden surfaces with a special antiseptic solution. This treatment will allow the structure to last longer due to the protective layer that prevents the effects of moisture and bacteria.

It would be useful to plan and sand the wooden frame elements:

Plywood, chipboard, and fiberboard are suitable for making shelves. The thickness of the slab must be more than 4 mm. The thickness of the slab is influenced by the expected load: a higher degree of load means stronger, thicker material.
Shelves can be painted or pasted over decorative film. This will make them look more attractive, and it will be easier to remove dirt from the treated surface.

So let's get to work. You can replace the dimensions given in the instructions with your own.

We will divide all the work on creating a rack into several sequential operations:

We take a board 9 cm wide and cut it into pieces of different lengths. So we will have 30, 27.5, 18 cm pieces. In the future they will serve as spacers.
Let's make blanks for the shelves. To do this, take a board, 19 cm wide, and cut it into 36 cm pieces.
On the board serving as the base, we place marks for fastening the spacers. We will install them, maintaining a distance of 2.5 cm from each edge of the base. We begin work by gluing the upper spacer. After making sure of its reliability, we nail the top shelf onto it. We perform the same actions with the rest. Thus, we complete the work by securing the lower spacer.
We turn the rack over to tighten the spacers and the base of the structure with screws.
Ready rack, it wooden elements, we process it well with sandpaper, after which we apply two layers of varnish. When the impregnation dries, you can refine appearance shelves by gluing decorative film.
And on last stage We attach the rack to the wall using anchor screws. We will screw the fasteners under the lower and upper shelves.

Attention: The given diagram allows you to mount a rack with the right amount sections. At the same time, to strengthen the structure, wooden blocks are placed between the sections. This allows you to evenly distribute the load.

Making a shelf in the garage

It will come in handy when there is no space to install a rack, but things need to be stored somehow. Another situation is that shelving has already been installed in the garage, but there is still free space left.

Attention: The advantage of shelves is that they are easy and quick to make at minimal cost, but at the same time they are very convenient for placing all kinds of accessories.

The process of making shelves is as follows:

We decide on the space for the shelves, their number, and take the necessary measurements.
We prepare the material: boards and fasteners.
We make markings on the wall for fastenings.
Using a hammer drill, we make holes for the fasteners and screw in the dowels. For reliable fixation, it is recommended to use special dowels with hooks.
We attach hangers with eyes to the blank shelf or board. In this case, we will fix the metal hangers with self-tapping screws, and if there are none, with nails. We check the distance for the hangers with the markings on the wall.
We attach the finished shelf to the wall in the chosen location.

Attention: Several shelves placed side by side are better than one long one. If a shelf is too long, there is a risk that it will collapse under the weight of the tools on it.

To ensure that the shelves are level and positioned strictly horizontally, use a building level in your work, checking it several times.
And the last point is finishing the finished shelf. This is an optional condition, but still the appearance plays a role and somewhat enlivens the gloomy atmosphere of the garage.

DIY workbench

A comfortable work surface, a workbench, will make work in the garage more comfortable and more productive. A workbench is handy for repairing car parts and performing minor repairs on household items.

A workbench that you assemble yourself has some advantages over a factory model: it is much cheaper, and besides, the size of the table will ideally suit your needs.

In order to assemble the workbench, we will prepare necessary materials and tools:

Boards, bars;
Fastening elements;
Wood glue, varnish, drying oil;
Screeds;
Planer, sandpaper.

Work plan:

Think over the model of the workbench, pay attention to the smallest details. Usually the basis of the structure is the underframe and the tabletop. The product must include clamping device, or better yet several.
Start assembling the tabletop. It is best to make a tabletop using 20 boards, each size 200x10x5 cm. In the fifth and sixteenth boards you need to make grooves for stops. The groove size is 2.5x2.5 cm. Make grooves every 25 cm.

Attention: The boards are glued together and fastened with metal ties. Before you start joining the boards, you need to plan their surface.

Leave the boards until the glue dries completely. Then carefully plan them again so that their surface becomes smooth and flat. After some time, the wood shrinks, so don’t miss this moment - you will need to tighten the nuts on the ties.
Prepare the legs for the table. Bars with dimensions of 80x10x10 cm are suitable. Brackets will be inserted into the front supports, so grooves should be made for them. Brackets are needed to connect to the longitudinal beam.
Assemble two frames from boards, 10x5 cm. These frames will be the base of the underframe to which the supports are attached. To do this, we use a “spike” type connection. We will mount the frames themselves into the table legs and secure them with bolts. A sheet of plywood, the thickness of which is at least 1 cm, is installed on the lower frame.
Make side and back supporting walls for the table. Use chipboard or chipboard as the material. plywood sheet, with a thickness of 1 cm. Attach the resulting blanks to the table. On the left side of the table, install a small cabinet with a door.
Connect the tabletop and the upper frame using bolts. It will be more convenient to prepare holes for the bolts in advance. Screw in the bolts until the caps are buried in the wood.
Assembling a miter box is a device that helps maintain the required angle during the sawing process. To make a miter box, you will need wooden strips, each 2 cm thick. Secure the finished miter box with stoppers.
The last point is to treat the homemade workbench with drying oil and then with varnish. Give the table time to dry, and then feel free to get to work.
On the working surface of the table you can also install a vice, a circular saw, in general, everything that you need in your work.

Anyone can make useful gadgets in the garage. Moreover, you yourself know what is necessary. We have given examples of the most common ones. So, look at the photos and videos and make your choice.

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 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 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 there will be moisture-resistant plywood - it costs more, but it 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 locations 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 ordinary 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. In this case, special attention should be paid to the type of soil, because if the soil is sandy, then careless digging may 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, steel pipes (2 pieces) are installed above the ground level, 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– natural ventilation. Two openings are equipped for it (the same as for the cellar). For maximum efficiency The supply and exhaust 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.

Read the article on our website - do-it-yourself press for the garage.

As they say, there is never too much space in the garage. Men who spend a lot of time in the garage will agree that in some cases every minute and every square centimeter of free space counts. That is why a garage master needs competent organization of his workspace. Various people help out and help here in every possible way. devices for storing building materials and work equipment, machine parts and other things necessary for work. To ensure that your electronic, garden and garage gadgets are always in their place, use the following devices:

- stands;
- shelves;
- retractable panels;
- racks;
- organizers for tools.

For clarity, we also offer homemade products for the garage and home handyman do-it-yourself YouTube video will reveal all the nuances of organizing your workspace and suggest fresh ideas.

DIY crafts at home with your own hands

Man has been making homemade crafts since prehistoric times. Actually, all industrial processes are the improved once handicraft or home-made developments of folk craftsmen. Sometimes we don’t even think about the fact that we pay for things that we can do with our own hands. DIY homemade schemes are easy to find online, and the materials can be purchased at a hardware store or found at home.

For example, from cardboard box and a piece of fabric You can make a convenient portable organizer for towels and other textiles.
The topic of storing all sorts of little things is inexhaustible, fortunately, as is the number of ideas. Good ideas for decor You can also draw from ordinary things - let them be buttons or empty tin cans.
Cool shelves are made from ordinary drawers. How do you like this idea?

As you managed to understand, if there is detailed instructions It’s not that difficult to make homemade products with your own hands at home. The video will help you understand all the nuances of this enjoyable activity. Useful tips, interesting ideas- Everyone should watch it.

DIY crafts for the garden and garden with your own hands

At the dacha there is usually some free time for creativity and arrangement of the surrounding space. That's why It's worth having a few on hand fresh ideas to implement them on your own summer cottage. Country homemade products at home, with your own hands, they can be ingeniously simple. From scrap materials you can make unexpected and extremely useful things for home use.

Ordinary pebbles turn into fairy-tale animals.From an old teapot It makes a wonderful flower pot.

Used tires- this has already become a classic in the world of garden figures. Stylish lamps for country interior - do it yourself from regular can and candles (don’t forget about safety precautions).
– great idea for a small cottage.
Do-it-yourself homemade products for the garden and garden are often made by yourself, without unnecessary time and financial costs. Perhaps you had no idea how useful it is for household will turn out to be plastic bottles. Plastic bottles that have gone out of use can serve as the basis for an incredible decorative flower bed. Cool “blooming” pillars will significantly decorate your garden space.

Do-it-yourself garden furniture, successful homemade products: photos and drawings

IN previous sections We told you about homemade products that will become indispensable for the household and home life. However, we should not forget about rest, before which, nevertheless, you will have to work a little. Cozy armchairs, various tables and benches, swings and hammocks- all this country and garden bliss can settle on your site. We invite you to familiarize yourself with photo instructions and manufacturing drawings. garden furniture. We have selected the best options for you.

And any car enthusiast can make accessories for the garage with his own hands. Such homemade products allow you to use space wisely, choose a convenient place for your tools, and not put them anywhere, and not spend money on buying expensive professional equipment.

Tool storage rack

If you have a lot of tools and other tools in your garage garage fixtures, then the ideal place to store them would be a rack. With it, a lot of free space will be created in the garage, and the motorist will not waste a lot of time trying to find the right tool.

You can easily make a rack yourself. It is usually made of metal or wood, but the first option is too difficult to use at home, although it is more reliable, so car enthusiasts often opt for the second option.

To extend the life of the rack, you need to choose strong wood species for its manufacture, such as oak or beech. A rack made of this material can withstand a load of up to 180 kg. In practice, this weight is often exceeded. However, it must be taken into account that a rack on which tools weighing more than 300 kg are stored poses a danger to the motorist.

It’s easy to make a garage rack with your own hands using the following algorithm:

The supports for the rack are made first. To do this, a 9 cm wide board is cut into pieces of different sizes.
To make shelves you need a thicker board. It is cut into equal parts of the required width.
On the board, which will be the basis of the rack, mark the points where the spacers will be located. There should be 3 cm from them to the edge of the board.
The top support is attached with superglue, then the shelf is nailed to it. The same must be done with the remaining supports and shelves.
Then the base of the rack is attached to the spacers using screws.

At the end, the surface of the rack is sanded sandpaper and apply oil varnish on it in two layers. It is attached to the wall using anchor bolts located under the top and bottom shelves.

Shelves

If it is not possible to install a rack in the garage, it can be easily replaced with shelves. They can be hung at any height and save floor space.

First of all, you need to determine where the shelves will be located. The selected area is divided into squares of equal size. At their corners there will be dowels holding the shelves. For more reliable fixation of shelves, it is better to use dowels with hooks at the ends.

Then holes for fasteners are made in the wall using a hammer drill. Hangers with eyelets are attached to a thin board. The distance between them depends on the markings made earlier. Self-tapping screws are needed to secure metal hangers.

In order to make the bottoms of the shelves, several boards are cut into equal parts. The walls are made of thicker boards. They are attached to the bottom using nails or glue. Finished shelves can be painted or varnished.

Now all that remains is to place the shelves on the wall. When installing, you need to ensure that the shelves do not warp and move easily along the guides. For convenience, wooden handles can be attached to the front walls.

Plastic cans can also serve as material for shelves. To do this, you need to cut off the side wall of the canister.

To make the work look neater, you should always cut off either only the right or only the left. Then the edges are processed with a file.

After this, the shelves are placed on the wall or used as drawers in the rack.

Tire bracket

A set of tires is the most bulky part of a car, so it makes more sense to make a separate bracket for storing them rather than trying to find a place for them on a rack with other tools.

For a garage bracket, you need two triangular frames from a corner, which will be connected to each other by jumpers made of any rolled metal. The frames are attached to the wall. Tires are perpendicular load-bearing structure, slightly falling between the jumpers.

Universal drill machine

A car enthusiast needs a lot of different equipment, but it is very difficult to fit them into one garage. To save space, mechanisms are created that perform several functions.

From conventional drill you can make a homemade machine that works as a grinder, lathe, sharpener, or circular saw.

For the base of the machine, choose a board 2–2.5 cm thick. The drill is fixed on the part where the handle will be attached. The location for installing the drill is selected depending on the size of the circular disk, cutter, sharpening stone, and grinding wheel.

To secure the drill, a rigidly fixed threaded rod and nut are used. Rigidity of fixation is achieved using epoxy glue and a two-millimeter pin. Next, a moving sole is created.

Further, saw blade with a diameter of 15 cm, on which there should be a protective metal casing, is placed on the drill chuck. A gap is made in the frame. If you plan to use a flat cutter rather than a disk, it will require an enlargement of the saw hole or another rectangular slot.

For creating cutting machine On a securely fixed surface, a rotating bracket, a miter box, guides and a mechanism that will fix the workpiece are placed.

The cutting mechanism is combined with circular saw based. Grinding and machine tools are made using the same method.

Inspection hole

Sooner or later, any car will need repairs. And so that its owner does not need to crawl under it, an inspection hole is dug in the floor of the garage.

The first thing you need to do is make chalk markings in the place where the car is parked. It should be taken into account that the length of the pit should be 1 meter greater than the length of the car. The width should be sufficient for comfortable work, but less than the distance between the wheels. The depth of the hole depends on the height of the garage owner. You need to add 20 cm to it.

After calculating the size of the hole and marking, you can dig a hole. The thickness of its walls depends on the material with which its walls will be lined. When using brick, this figure should be 20 cm, when pouring cement - 12 cm, when installing building blocks - 22 cm.

The walls of the pit need hydrophobic impregnation, which will protect them from moisture. Impregnation is applied to inner side material with which the walls are lined.

In the front of the pit, steps are made of cement. To make steps same size, you need to calculate the lifting height and calculate their number.