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I sorted every bin, bag, bucket, box and basket. touched every single thing in my garage. I found bags of tools i brought out to fix stuff in 2013 that just got tossed in a box that got tossed in a bucket that got tossed in a bin. I've got sorting to do on the wall, but that's only determining where to put stuff, all the specific stuff is sorted mostly into bins, but a lot of stuff can go on the wall to save bin space. There's nothing left in the garage without a purpose or reason(except for some stuff that has to go to auction in the spring) my ratty rear end work bench is bare for the first time in 10. There's nothing on the floor that isn't supposed to be there. I can completely walk around both cars and have room to work on other stuff, too.   I'm only 7 months behind where i thought i would be but with the mess i allowed to accumulate, it was a poo poo ton of work. I'm still somehow missing most of my 1/2" sockets.
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I'm in the early stages of a similar project since I got one of the black Friday tool chests from Home Depot. So much room for things but so many things to actually sort through.
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Dec 5, 2023 23:55
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A ton of work but really satisfying. Nice job powershift.
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Powershift posted:I sorted every bin, bag, bucket, box and basket. touched every single thing in my garage. Great work. I hope the effort doesn't lay you up too badly.
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Dec 6, 2023 00:11
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Great work. I hope the effort doesn't lay you up too badly. Thanks. Doing hundreds of squats up and down off my creeper stool has actually done wonders for my knees and hips. I'm also down about 50 pounds from Easter, so that too is just getting easier and easier. I had some pretty brutal day-afters doing too much over the summer, but i think at this point with my age/health i have a much better handle on what i'm capable of in a day. Not dreading a day on my back after a day in the garage removes one of the big barriers. to getting out there more often. Putting the snowblower back together went about 10 times quicker without having to search for parts and tools and climbing over things. IOwnCalculus posted:I'm in the early stages of a similar project since I got one of the black Friday tool chests from Home Depot. So much room for things but so many things to actually sort through. My only suggestion, good drawer liners if it doesn't have. I spilled some flux in the top of my toolbox and it made it through every drawer. Powershift fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Dec 6, 2023 |
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Dec 6, 2023 00:18
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Powershift posted:There's nothing left in the garage without a purpose or reason(except for some stuff that has to go to auction in the spring) reason: because I might need it some day
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Dec 6, 2023 00:31
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Steve French posted:reason: because I might need it some day Yeah, that was a pretty big problem. "it's garbage but it's nice garbage" I have a habit of buying dumb cheap poo poo at auctions just to fill the truck, and some of that stuff was piling up. I did keep a bin of material for fabricating stuff, but i scrapped over $100 worth of metal.  Anything that takes up more than a square foot of space and didn't have a specific project attached to it is gone.
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Dec 6, 2023 00:39
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I did some organizing about a week ago in order to be able to fit more of my wheeled trash in the garage.    This week I’ve been dealing with trying to keep the mice at bay since it got colder and they are trying to move in. Got three so far in regular snap traps but the next move is trapdoor bucket lid traps for both garages because it’s easier to go days without checking, unlike the snap traps that have to be looked at constantly. Living rural has its occasional downsides but I always manage to stay ahead of them.
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Dec 6, 2023 00:42
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Powershift posted:My only suggestion, good drawer liners if it doesn't have. I spilled some flux in the top of my toolbox and it made it through every drawer. It came with pre-cut liners and adhesive to stick them down so they don't end up sliding everywhere like the liners in two of my old chests (the third didn't have liners at all). I've also been sopping up the mess of a 4qt bottle of oil that must have been squished somehow without me noticing it, because it split open and started seeping. Most of the oil was still in the bottle but somehow it managed to cover a huge area all the same.
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Dec 6, 2023 00:51
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Powershift posted:I sorted every bin, bag, bucket, box and basket. touched every single thing in my garage. Good work p shift. This type of thing takes so long to do (properly) but is so so worth it in the end. I love throwing poo poo out.
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Dec 6, 2023 01:03
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ThirstyBuck posted:Good work p shift. This type of thing takes so long to do (properly) but is so so worth it in the end. It feels better than buying poo poo, honestly.
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Dec 6, 2023 01:49
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Imperador do Brasil posted:I did some organizing about a week ago in order to be able to fit more of my wheeled trash in the garage. Tin Cat. https://www.amazon.com/Victor-M310S-Trap-Catches-Geometric-Pattern/dp/B00004RAMU Either catch and release, or it's self baiting, depending on your preferences.
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Alarbus posted:Tin Cat. https://www.amazon.com/Victor-M310S-Trap-Catches-Geometric-Pattern/dp/B00004RAMU Yeah I saw that one at the store. I’m going for the “one of every kind” approach. I’m very egalitarian.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:This week I’ve been dealing with trying to keep the mice at bay since it got colder and they are trying to move in. Got three so far in regular snap traps but the next move is trapdoor bucket lid traps for both garages because it’s easier to go days without checking, unlike the snap traps that have to be looked at constantly. Living rural has its occasional downsides but I always manage to stay ahead of them. We were catching multiple per week and still finding nests and poop until I finally got sick of it and have a monthly visit from a local exterminator company with a bunch of bait traps. Haven't caught any in my traps or found any dead bodies since hiring them. IMO worth the cost but ymmv
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Dec 6, 2023 15:15
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I took everything out after my garage flooded a few years ago and need to do it again, a day of spring cleaning every year helps. Using cats for the mouse problem helps keep things clean too because they'll knock over anything you let pile up.
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Dec 6, 2023 17:13
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SpeedFreek posted:I took everything out after my garage flooded a few years ago and need to do it again, a day of spring cleaning every year helps. I do have a barn cat but she loves sleeping on top of cars so I’m not gonna let her in until all the cars are covered. It’s pretty normal to go outside and see tiny little paw prints on the Z4 because she loves sleeping on the canvas top.
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Dec 6, 2023 17:52
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ThirstyBuck posted:Has anyone tried this slightly less hideous one? I willing to pay a little more if it means my wife and neighbors hate me a lot less. My dad has a couple of these from Costco, so not the exact same ones. We have done the following to make them survive: - additional supports under the tarps for snow - brush the snow as soon as it falls so it doesn't melt and get heavy - Depending on the design, you may need to tie the feet together so it can't splay out and collaspe. Some of them have bars there, some of them dont. - when the tarp gets sun beaten, he has been putting more tarps on top. If the original tarp was good quality, then its cheaper to buy the real fitted part from the manufacturer than keep buying blue ones and putting them on top (which also look hidious) - They have to be tied down all the time. I didn't tie one of mine down, and it was blown away over the fence. I figured that leaning a bunch of engines on it would be fine, but its not.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:I do have a barn cat but she loves sleeping on top of cars so I’m not gonna let her in until all the cars are covered. It’s pretty normal to go outside and see tiny little paw prints on the Z4 because she loves sleeping on the canvas top. That's basically a cat hammock.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:I do have a barn cat but she loves sleeping on top of cars so I’m not gonna let her in until all the cars are covered. It’s pretty normal to go outside and see tiny little paw prints on the Z4 because she loves sleeping on the canvas top. blindjoe posted:- They have to be tied down all the time. I didn't tie one of mine down, and it was blown away over the fence. I figured that leaning a bunch of engines on it would be fine, but its not.
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blindjoe posted:brush the snow as soon as it falls so it doesn't melt and get heavy
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I bought the 12x20 ShelterLogic tent garage from Tractor Supply and the top didn't last 5 months of shaded sun before the it split and started shedding material. Shelter Logic were total shitheads about the warranty despite having registered it, had the receipt, and the warranty in front of me. They lied about sending a replacement cover twice, after that I gave up. I have a Kirkland replacement op on it now, fantastic material and well made.
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Inspired by pshift’s post I spent too much time today attempting to build a tire rack to win back some garage space. I need to run a chain down the middle from the ceiling joist and then it will be done. Tires and wheels are heavy! 
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Dec 9, 2023 01:12
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I did that a couple of months ago in my shed:
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Has anyone looked into or done any kind of fume extraction? I rolled a friends project car into the garage for storage Saturday then quickly discovered the car stunk like old gas. I was able to open up the garage for most of the day yesterday and with a few fans get rid of the odor but I'd like something faster and more convenient. The "storage" side of the garage has the stairs leading to the living room so smells fill the house pretty fast, I generally avoid doing work or using chemicals in that half. The front half is below the kitchen but even starting a car that's been sitting for a while can cause odors to creep upstairs. Current though it use an old non-used dryer outlet and a simple fan but if there's a better way I'm all ears. Better version would be a few bathroom extraction fans plumbed together using that same dryer outlet. Going to browse around GarageJournal during meetings today to see what solutions have been successful over there. edit: dryer vent outlet would be behind the yellow car in this, on the right wall in a couple feet from the corner 
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At work we use corrugated rubber tubes to go over the exhaust (and some Y versions for duals) that are hooked up to vacuum. That way you can have an engine running inside and not die, it seems to work well and even diesels it works without any smell. For the whole garage I imagine something like an attic fan would be pretty nice for keeping a giant general area clear.
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Attic fan is a great idea, they move a ton of air, need to see if I have enough space. Having a hose I could slide over a car exhaust would be a very nice bonus.
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Fan out of a dust collector perhaps
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I use an old furnace blower. I know someone with a mini paint booth he built who rolls it behind the motorcycle dyno to catch exhaust fumes.
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Slugworth posted:I have physics questions. Fair, when snow falls here we then immediately get rain, so if you don't brush it off, your 6" of fluffy snow becomes 4" of slush that holds the rain.
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That's why I like sheet metal roofs with a decent slant, the snow just glides off when it thaws.
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SpeedFreek posted:I use an old furnace blower. I know someone with a mini paint booth he built who rolls it behind the motorcycle dyno to catch exhaust fumes. Same. They usually can be found cheap used and they absolutely move air. I can have a rotary running inside with the garage door cracked and not die.  This thing moves so much air, its very hard to open a door if its already running.
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I installed some Amazon LEDs. these ones but i think i paid $100 on prime day.  it makes the 3 x 4 x T8 fluorescent lights look decorative. longevity TBD but all 10 worked out of the box which is more luck than some people have. They feel very cheap but they are, and quite bright so 
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More lumens is always better.
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meatpimp posted:More lumens is always better. Yeah, The correct amount of lumens is "more". It's amazing how much bigger it feels in there. Having light hit the ceiling makes it a lot less claustrophobic
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I added a shitload of that same brand and model of lights 2ish years ago. Minus one finicky rocker switch that I never should have wired in, they've been 100%. The only other thing I'd change is installing two shitloads of them instead. Good garage lighting is such a huge quality of life improvement.
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Having better than noon lighting in your garage with zero shadows is bliss.
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Verman posted:Having better than noon lighting in your garage with zero shadows is bliss. Amen to that. I calculated 150 lumens/square foot in my garage when I did my lighting upgrade years ago with T8s. My lab where I do assembly and SMD soldering is more like 200 lumens/sqft. It's glorious.
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sharkytm posted:Amen to that. I calculated 150 lumens/square foot in my garage when I did my lighting upgrade years ago with T8s. My lab where I do assembly and SMD soldering is more like 200 lumens/sqft. It's glorious.  Rated, which I don't trust, and I can confidently say my garage is orders of magnitude smaller
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I just did the math on my setup. Now I have lumen envy and need to add more lights.
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It's -39*c right now. I've got a little space heater in the garage and it's not....terrible? This is 3 hours on high.     The doors are obviously bad and i'm guessing the roof isn't insulated. It's supposed to hit -46 tonight, and -48 tomorrow night. I don't want to leave the heater running unattended all night, but i also don't want the mystery coolant mix in the car to break stuff.
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