Time to make the most of the space behind the new door. We kept all the old roof timbers and any decent length off cuts from building the new roof and most of the pallets stuff got delivered on so I had plenty for building the structure. I just bought a few sheets of 18mm […]
(First posted on MLR forum in May 2012) After leaving the lacquer to harden properly I thought I’d cut and polish them so they’re properly shiny. I fetched out my wet and dry and polish and got started. Only done 2 wheels so far which took me nearly 2 hours. Yes I know I’m a sad […]
The garage extension was always going to leave a bit of land that would be very difficult to access so I had in mind that I’d wait until the extension was built then figure out a good place to fit a door allowing access to the space. Then I could build a wooden structure to […]
(First posted on MLR forum in May 2012) The wheels had some curbing and flaking paint so thought I’d refurb them. I’m not keen on spending £300+ to get someone else to do them. So after spending some time finding the best prices for paint I found that halfords was the way to go so […]
(First posted on MLR forum in May 2012) Got some more jobs done lately including an interior clean Someone previous had covered the dash with dash shine junk which is a pet hate of mine. As if the 90’s Jap plastic dash doesn’t look cheap enough as it is So used some matt finish cleaner […]
Having got the ridiculously heavy thing up the drive and into the garage the next job was to carefully plan where the platforms should be. The roof space to lift larger cars into or ones with stupid spoilers like the Evo’s becomes a bit tight so I needed to get this right. With some cardboard […]
Yes! The lift arrived! But….. now it was stranded at the end of the drive and I couldn’t even lift the top box on my own to carry it up to the garage. So if the box on the top was that heavy, how heavy were the bits underneath going to be?!?! My mate […]
The new floor needed sealing before I could even think about any car jobs being done, getting the concrete soaked with oil would mean paint would never stick properly. Also the lift couldn’t be installed until I had a level floor. Started by chipping off all the bits of mortar dropped when bricklaying. New […]
I have spent a lot of my spare time playing with cars ever since buying my first Mini and I don’t expect that will change much in the future so the whole garage extension was not only about providing a space for Jem’s Mini but also a decent workshop for me to play cars […]
I’m itching to get on with things inside the garage but some jobs outside needed sorting. I kept hold of the old fence panels as they were in usable condition and I thought I might be able to reuse parts of them to fence up to the garage walls. This saved me a […]