DIY garage accessories: all the most useful
For the rational use of space, communications and devices for the garage are used with their own hands from scrap materials. It is necessary to use the walls in the process, the underground level, place it inside the room machine tools, organize normal lighting.
Homemade garage accessories
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Video: 29 useful homemade products for the garage
Recommendations for arranging a garage
For the comfortable operation of a room intended for storing a car, you should adhere to certain recommendations:
- the tool must be as accessible as possible;
- storage areas equipped with shelves /shelvingmuch more convenient;
- workbenches, inspection pit, homemade machines and fixtures for a garage with their own hands, they expand the capabilities of the car owner;
- the cellar saves the space of the site;
- the quality of lighting depends on the productivity of work, minor repairs.
Organization of the working space inside the garage
Depending on the dimensions of the building, the area occupied by equipment, fixtures, and communications should not be more than 10 - 20% of the dimensions garage floor.
Storage locations, racks, workbenches
In 80% of cases, do-it-yourself garage fixtures are constructed to store accessories, tools, and vehicle equipment. It should be borne in mind that the most bulky parts of the car are sets of winter / summer tires, depending on the season.
Tire storage rules
It is more convenient to store wheels on brackets of the following design:
- two triangular frames from the corner, connected by jumpers from any rolled metal;
- the triangles are attached to the wall, the wheels are installed perpendicular to the supporting structure, falling slightly between the lintels.
Wheel storage brackets
This is the most economical option for storing rubber during the off-season. Straight and corner workbenches are most in demand by motorists. The lower space is usually filled with shelves or drawers; sharpeners and vices are located on the tabletop.
Homemade garage workbench
An example of organizing a corner workplace
A folding workbench can be very convenient.
Wood is a versatile material for both workbenches and shelving
A wooden workbench is easier to build on your own, but it has a lower resource than an analogue from rolled metal that needs to be welded. If corners for shelves are not laid in the load-bearing walls during construction, it is easier to make racks from rolled metal or lumber.
Homemade garage racks
Use for glass bottle racks
Built-in wardrobes are very compact
Original hanging shelves are suitable for storing long items
The design and placement of shelving within each garage is too individual to follow general guidelines.
Observation pit and cellar
An inspection pit becomes a necessary device for a garage with your own hands. Moreover, the owner does not have to make all the repairs on his own. Underground communication can be used in the following cases:
- inspection of the chassis, steering, brake system before a long trip;
- oil change that saves money, does not take much time;
- minor repairs that allow for the qualifications of the owner.
Inspection pit in the garage
It is more convenient to enter the cellar from the pit, since this will allow several steps to be concreted instead of using an attached stairs.
Cellar under the garage
The main nuances of these designs are:
- swelling of clay soils is harmful to underground structures;
- therefore, all elements of the pit are insulated with expanded polystyrene outside and cellars;
- sand or crushed stone is used in the underlying layer before concreting, backfilling the sinuses of the excavations;
- along the perimeter of underground structures at the level of the sole, drains are laid to collect and drain water.
Basement drainage
The width of the pit should allow the driver to enter it without lighting.
Lighting and ventilation
In garages, parallel lighting circuits are more often used. One lamp allows you to use a specific area, several devices are turned on during a major repair, visiting the cellar. The minimum power consumption is ensured LED lamps... Daylighting devices have a great resource.
Garage lighting
In cars, poisonous, harmful fuels and lubricants are used, therefore, do-it-yourself devices for ventilation of the garage, allowing you to create air exchange, become relevant. The inflow is organized from below:
- garage - air vents in the masonry, protected by gratings;
- cellar - a pipe from the garage or from the street.
Ventilation of the garage and cellar under it
The hood is mounted under the ceiling of the cellar, the roof of the garage, or has the form of vents in the main walls at the highest points.
Related article:
Do-it-yourself ventilation in the garage. From this publication you will find out why garage ventilation is so important, what air exchange schemes exist, and the nuances of installation.
Other helpful ideas
Useful accessories for a garage with your own hands can be made from used utensils, inventory, materials left over after construction. For example, by gluing the lids of plastic cans horizontally / vertically, the owner gets a convenient transparent utensil for tooling or hardware that is always at hand.
Device for storing small parts, tools, hardware
Interesting PVC pipe screwdriver storage rack
Homemade machines
From a power tool, you can assemble homemade machines and accessories for the garage:
- drilling - a drill, fixed with clamps in a device moving a gear along a rail;
Drill boring machine
- detachable - similarly clamped angle grinder with equipment for metal or wood;
Cutting machine from angle grinder
- wood lathe - the headstock from the drill, the back from the chuck, fixed on a frame made of a square tube.
Drill lathe
The advantage of the machines is a more accurate positioning of the tooling relative to the workpiece. The equipment turns out to be collapsible, the drill and angle grinder can be removed and used as intended.
Related article:
Metal lathe for garage. Machine types, technical characteristics, design, overview of popular models in a special publication of our online magazine.
Hydropress
The simplest design hydraulic press obtained from an automobile hydraulic jack. To press out / press in bearings, press / compress parts, you will need to build a frame and a removable movable stop. The frame consists of 4 channels welded to each other. At the top, the structure is reinforced with stiffening ribs (kerchiefs), at the bottom, transverse corners are added to give the frame stability.
DIY hydraulic press from a jack
The stop is pulled in a normal position to the upper crossbar of the frame by powerful springs. A hydraulic jack is installed between them, as necessary, pressing the stop to the lower crossbar of the frame. The press force is regulated by a jack, the dimensions of the working area are selected depending on the size of the workpieces.
And finally, a few more examples of useful things for the garage.
Ceiling racks
Storage pockets for cutting discs made from disposable plates
Power Tool Corner
Device for the convenient use of threads and ropes
PVC pipe trims are ideal for creating convenient storage areas
Convenient pull-out tool storage racks
Video: homemade garage accessories
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