 How to make the most out of a small garage??? |
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 Nov 20 2011, 07:43 PM
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Experienced Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,038 Joined: 3-March 10 From: Huntersville, NC Member No.: 9,105  |
Hey guys. We're planning on moving to Charlotte, NC soon. The houses in our price range have small garages (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
The one we are really interested in is a 2 car, 18ft wide, by about 21ft long. The gas water heater is the corner, and a built in gas heater is nearby, which is nice. The garage is finished, and has pretty high ceilings, looks like 10ft or so. There's two built in over head storage shelves that are made out of wood, and hanging from the ceilings. So, if we get this house or not, it doesn't matter. All the garages are about the same size. So, how do you guys make the most out of a small space? If there is enough ceiling height, I'd love to build a loft, to give me room for some of my larger, bulkier things, like the compressor and tires and stuff like that. This house is going to be a stepping stone for us. We'll be in it for roughly 2 years, then we'll move to a larger house, where hopefully I can build myself a huge detached garage. Anyway, I just wanted to get some opinions/pictures. Thanks guys! Steve |
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Jan 20 2012, 10:41 PM
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Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,038 Joined: 3-March 10 From: Huntersville, NC Member No.: 9,105 |
2 days ago we moved into our new house in Huntersville, NC. Believe it or not, the 20x20 is actually one of the largest garages we looked at. Who's building these houses?
Anyway, the water heater is gas, 40 gal. It also has a huge water softener with a metal pole in front of the water heater. The water heater runs out of steam real quick and I've been thinking about replacing it with either a tankless, or a hybrid unit that mounts on the wall. That would free up just about all of that space. We have city water, and it seems to be just fine with the water softener bypassed, so I'm going to just sell it. Anyone have any experience with tankless or hybrid water heaters? I know they are more expensive, but they will save money. The hybrid's are maintenance free (just about). I really want to get that mess out of my garage and free up all that space. (IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/Steve91T/Camaro/2012-01-20_09-56-17_833.jpg) |
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Steve91T How to make the most out of a small garage??? Nov 20 2011, 07:43 PM
StanIROCZ DOes the house have a basement? Store your spare ... Nov 21 2011, 03:55 AM
Steve91T QUOTE (StanIROCZ @ Nov 20 2011, 10:55 PM)... Nov 21 2011, 12:57 PM CrashTestDummy Use it as a passageway to your 40X80 steel buildin... Nov 21 2011, 01:49 PM Steve91T QUOTE (CrashTestDummy @ Nov 21 2011, 08:4... Nov 21 2011, 02:21 PM mitchntx Built an awning onto the back of my shop.
Mixed b... Nov 21 2011, 03:20 PM cccbock Not much to do with such a small space. If there ... Nov 21 2011, 08:27 PM StanIROCZ Use tupperware containers to store things more eff... Nov 21 2011, 10:20 PM Blainefab With that little space you're going to need to... Nov 21 2011, 11:04 PM Aardvark Interesting..can you let me know what you end up w... Nov 21 2011, 11:50 PM Steve91T Thanks guys. The garage that I have now, 22x24, an... Nov 22 2011, 02:37 AM Blainefab Here's another of my ways to find things - the... Nov 22 2011, 10:09 AM CrashTestDummy And for a TON of ideas on storage in small spaces ... Nov 22 2011, 02:30 PM Steve91T QUOTE (CrashTestDummy @ Nov 22 2011, 09:3... Nov 22 2011, 04:02 PM Casey_SS Off topic but if you've already got a 396 in t... Nov 22 2011, 06:11 PM cccbock QUOTE (Casey_SS @ Nov 22 2011, 01:11 PM) ... Nov 22 2011, 07:33 PM Steve91T QUOTE (Casey_SS @ Nov 22 2011, 01:11 PM) ... Nov 22 2011, 09:27 PM Casey_SS QUOTE (Steve91T @ Nov 22 2011, 03:27 PM) ... Nov 23 2011, 12:37 AM Steve91T QUOTE (Casey_SS @ Nov 22 2011, 07:37 PM) ... Nov 23 2011, 06:51 AM Blainefab QUOTE (Steve91T @ Nov 22 2011, 10:51 PM) ... Nov 23 2011, 09:27 AM Steve91T QUOTE (Blainefab @ Nov 23 2011, 04:27 AM)... Nov 23 2011, 02:02 PM FBody383 We have several guys in Texas running junkyard/hig... Nov 23 2011, 03:59 PM Steve91T Offer accepted on a house! Garage is a 20x20 w... Dec 8 2011, 02:58 PM cccbock QUOTE (Steve91T @ Dec 8 2011, 09:58 AM) O... Dec 8 2011, 11:57 PM Steve91T QUOTE (cccbock @ Dec 8 2011, 06:57 PM) QU... Dec 9 2011, 12:17 AM Rob Hood QUOTE (Steve91T @ Jan 20 2012, 03:41 PM) ... Jan 21 2012, 05:21 PM Steve91T QUOTE (Rob Hood @ Jan 21 2012, 12:21 PM) ... Jan 21 2012, 11:13 PM Eugenio_SS QUOTE (Steve91T @ Jan 20 2012, 05:41 PM) ... Feb 29 2012, 09:46 PM CrashTestDummy One if the biggest issues is sizing the heater cor... Mar 1 2012, 09:59 PM mitchntx Ale Pale? You're a homebrewer? Jan 21 2012, 01:15 PM Steve91T QUOTE (mitchntx @ Jan 21 2012, 08:15 AM) ... Jan 21 2012, 02:00 PM mitchntx QUOTE (Steve91T @ Jan 21 2012, 08:00 AM) ... Jan 21 2012, 11:11 PM Steve91T Well, 5 weeks after we moved in, my garage looks l... Feb 27 2012, 03:48 PM Jeff94TA QUOTE (Steve91T @ Feb 27 2012, 10:48 AM) ... Feb 27 2012, 09:59 PM Steve91T QUOTE (Jeff94TA @ Feb 27 2012, 04:59 PM) ... Feb 28 2012, 02:35 AM Steve91T Here's the progress I've made. Next time I... Feb 29 2012, 02:12 AM CrashTestDummy QUOTE (Steve91T @ Feb 28 2012, 08:12 PM) ... Feb 29 2012, 02:04 PM Steve91T QUOTE (CrashTestDummy @ Feb 29 2012, 09:0... Feb 29 2012, 02:40 PM Steve91T Oh yeah, any ideas on what to do with this thing? ... Feb 29 2012, 03:40 AM nape Angle grinder with a cut-off wheel or a sawzall. Feb 29 2012, 08:24 AM Blainefab Sawzall with a 8" blade would be flexible eno... Feb 29 2012, 09:47 AM BPWilliams I say torch it then grind, faster and less strain.... Feb 29 2012, 01:09 PM Steve91T QUOTE (Blainefab @ Feb 29 2012, 04:47 AM)... Feb 29 2012, 01:36 PM Steve91T Wow! Off to Lowes...got some ideas!
http:... Feb 29 2012, 04:09 PM Steve91T Made some pretty good progress today considering I... Mar 1 2012, 01:09 AM CrashTestDummy Awesome progress so far.
Yeah, you can burn up ... Mar 1 2012, 09:51 PM Steve91T Shelves are done! Got two 4' florescent li... Mar 2 2012, 04:22 AM CrashTestDummy Of course there's no room to set an engine blo... Mar 2 2012, 01:36 PM Steve91T QUOTE (CrashTestDummy @ Mar 2 2012, 08:36... Mar 2 2012, 02:33 PM Steve91T These turned out much better than I thought they w... Mar 4 2012, 12:02 AM Steve91T THE CAMARO IS HOME!!!! I drove her... Mar 5 2012, 01:37 AM 198esp QUOTE (Steve91T @ Mar 4 2012, 08:37 PM) T... Mar 5 2012, 04:37 AM Steve91T On page 2 you can see a pic of it. Its just a meta... Mar 5 2012, 12:48 PM CrashTestDummy Yeah, if you have stuff in cardboard boxes, plasti... Mar 5 2012, 01:55 PM Steve91T QUOTE (CrashTestDummy @ Mar 5 2012, 08:55... Mar 6 2012, 03:26 PM Steve91T Last night I realized I needed more light towards ... Mar 7 2012, 01:10 AM CrashTestDummy QUOTE (Steve91T @ Mar 6 2012, 07:10 PM) L... Mar 7 2012, 04:04 PM Steve91T QUOTE (CrashTestDummy @ Mar 7 2012, 11:04... Mar 7 2012, 06:09 PM roostmeyer Been meaning to post on this thread for a while. ... Mar 7 2012, 05:52 AM Steve91T I built this above garage storage, which is nice b... Mar 10 2012, 03:05 PM tlillard23 it's looking better. now for the floorlift.. Mar 31 2012, 12:57 AM 94Will Work the rafters to the max. Put plywood on top s... Apr 18 2012, 04:45 AM |
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