Well not really restoration, but sorting it out. New flooring going down and steel box on order to remake the bench and a trolley for the tool box (rather than the TV stand it's on at the moment!)
The inspiration:
The start:
I struck lucky on a incorrect order of Porcelain commercial grade tiles and now have 32m2 of them for £250 delivered to my door. The adhesive will cost another £200, but still cheaper than any other option and far more suitable for my kind of garage use than plastic tiles.
Only trouble is what to do with all the junk/bikes/car whilst I do it!
Gary - we need to see the full horror 'before' picture I like the inspiration - is that Jack Olson's ?
Ian
Ian Highfield
Pre 73 1964 Alfa Giulia Sprint GT MSA Category 1 Rally Car
1992 964 C2 with RS Suspension setup and Sport Interior - SOLD
1973 911T (2.7 Carrera engine and loads of period mods - all steel) - SOLD
1986 Carrera Coupe (256bhp) - SOLD
+1 for cheap ikea cabinets, keep all paint tins/car polish/bits and bobs in them, all push bikes and garden tools are on racks off the floor
Would love to tile the garage, but 72m2 of tiles is way down the shopping list just now!
I've now cleaned up one side and spent far too long laying tiles in lines working out where everything will end up. Unfortunately I'm off to Germany in a few hours so can't start the tiling yet as it needs to be done so I can get the car back in the same day (although on the other side!)
I have a day off on Wednesday so the plan is to hit the current 'car' side early then leave that to dry for a couple of hours whilst I go and watch the Tour of Britain that comes with a couple of miles of the village, grout in the afternoon then move all the junk across making space for the car on the other side.
Give it a few days to harden before I put a car on it and I'll be able to tile the other side on Saturday, move the junk back and voila; new shiny garage.
Think about an electric underfloor heating mat around the area you work in, wont heat the whole garage but will make it a little nicer in the depths of winter. don't cost a lot and easy to control.
Think yourself lucky you have walls and a roof, spent the weekend doing this.
I thought I'd gone posh by painting my garage floor for my 914. Even with that down market finish I was pretty fed up when the car leaked oil and I splashed Zambezi green paint on it!
David
1973 914 zambezi green
1972 911T (lhd 71E engine)sadly sold
As I posted earlier... best laid plans and all that... God knows how people do this for a day job. I'm completely trashed after 9 hours of backbreaking slog (with a little bike ride in the middle!) and I still haven't done one half yet. Anyhow the car is back in the other side and I can contemplate tackling the rest of this side and moving all the stuff over during the week before the full on other side and grouting at the weekend.
