Making your own garage

The garage is the second home for car enthusiasts. This building serves not only to shelter a car in bad weather, but also a place to store all kinds of tools, often the owner’s “mini-workshop” where you can make almost any repairs. Each owner equips his garage for themselves. Some do not take very seriously the equipment of the room, and it begins to bring more problems than good. But still, most motorists are trying to adhere to certain requirements that are important to fulfill for more convenient maintenance of your car. So, arranging a garage with your own hands requires compliance with certain requirements.

Primary requirements

Arrangement of premises under the garage means that there will be quite warm and dry.

Your car should not freeze even in very cold weather. If possible, you can provide a quick warm-up garage.

It is very important to reliably protect the premises from intruders. When setting up your garage, remember that access to tools or equipment that will be located in the garage should be as convenient and simple as possible. Therefore, it is better to think in advance about the location of the storage sites.

В общем, это только самый минимум требований, которые желательно учесть для вашего же комфорта. Вы также можете по своему желанию дополнять и оснащать гараж дополнительными средствами для ремонта и обслуживания вашего автомобиля. Bench с инструментами и смотровая яма могут стать прекрасным дополнением к оборудованию помещения.

How to install racks and shelves

For the most comfortable arrangement of the garage requires quite a lot of space, and this is often a problem. Storage of working tools and equipment also takes up quite a lot of space. Therefore, when independently arranging the garage, try to adjust as much space as possible to the shelves or cabinets, but so that they do not interfere with the free movement around the room. Shelves can be hung anywhere where you will not cling or bump for them, above tables, windows, shelves, and so on.

The distance to the machine when hanging shelves on each side should be at least 1 meter.

It is often convenient to equip a wall that is furthest from the gate under various shelves and equipment. It is there that have the main working tools, compressor, workbench, and more. Everything is at hand and does not interfere with moving around the room.

A large number of shelves in the garage is a big plus, but you should also think about a small locker where you could hang up working clothes and fold up some rags.

How to equip a viewing pit

The question of the presence or absence of a viewing pit is quite individual. First you need to decide how high the need for arranging such a well is. There is no point in its equipment, if you often use the overpass on the street.

If you decide that such a pit you need, then we must bear in mind that the walls and the bottom should be concreted. The edges of the pits should be reinforced with iron corners. It is also worth considering what and how you will close the inspection pit during its non-use.

A drainage hole is needed in the corner of the pit, and all the water that has accidentally flowed down will be collected into it. The well must be made of such a size that it would be convenient to draw out the accumulated water from it. To accidentally during the repair of the car does not step foot in the hole, it must be covered with a grid.

Small equipment can be placed in the pit, which can be useful for repairs, niches can be made in the walls with foresight so that it is convenient to put the used tool. Also take care of the illumination of the observation pit, install a lamp or equip a place for a portable lamp.

Necessary equipment

For the usual change of wheels or disk replacement, the most common work under the hood of a car is enough for a standard set of tools and a jack. But to perform more complex work - you need special equipment.

Bench

For the manufacture of workbenches is best to use wood and metal. The work area is best covered with a piece of metal, protecting the tree from rapid wear. It is better to do the workbench in two or three levels in order to locate as many necessary things as possible.

Welding machine

For a conventional body repair, you will only need a welding machine with either tungsten electrodes that are in a protective gas environment, or a carbon dioxide machine that welds the metal with wire.

Water oil separator

Such an apparatus is used to clean the air of vapors, drops of oil, water and other small particles that may be present in it. This is a very convenient device used when painting cars, and contributing to the uniform distribution of paint on metal.

Washing

Of course, this is not about professional washing. And just about the one that everyone can equip in his garage. To do this, you just need to bring a hose or pipe to supply water to the garage and make a drain into the sewer. At the same time, remember that wiring and lighting will need more careful protection.

High-quality ventilation and lighting

It is very important to create high-quality ventilation in the garage, it will not only save the room from unpleasant and harmful odors, but also protect it from the formation of dampness and excessive dustiness.

Vents are usually made on both sides of the gate at a small height and covered with grills. The same holes are made on the opposite wall, but already under the ceiling.

Of course, the best lighting is natural, so if you can, you should consider having a window. If this is not possible, then make several lighting zones: above the working area, general and portable, which can highlight the most necessary.

Using our tips and recommendations for independent equipment of the premises under the garage, you can get a great and convenient space to service your car.

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An example of the arrangement of the garage inside, you can see below:

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Also for the arrangement of the garage you need to buy metal cabinets for tools, racks, workbenches and other garage equipment that fits into the interior of the garage.