Self-made machines, accessories for the garage with your own hands. Homemade workbenches and shelving - we make accessories for the garage. DIY drawings

Tidy in the garage means convenient open storage of all frequently used tools and compact storage of various little things "in reserve".

Often a garage and a home workshop are co-located, so all tools and supplies must have a convenient storage system.

As soon as the storage system becomes not very convenient for regular maintenance, the garage turns into a spontaneous warehouse again.

For storage of tools in the garage, it is better to use open shelves. It is very convenient if these shelves are removable.

In the garage of the workshop, it is necessary to place not only the usual set of tools of a car enthusiast and a home craftsman, but, sometimes, gardening tools and camping equipment.

Make the most of the entire height of the room. In plastic boxes under the ceiling and on the floor, you can fold those things that you use from time to time.

The garage tool storage system uses the entire wall area as a stand. Separate sections-shelves for storing tools and consumables are suspended on horizontal rails.

Wooden guides are used here, but it is better to use metal pipes for these purposes. If, over time, the guide that we see in the photo crumbles, the box with the heavy tool may fall right on your foot.

You can make such an organizer for storing consumables yourself from sheets of plywood, which are connected by loops in the form of a book.

A lockable stand-box for DIY tools will allow him to easily maintain the desired order in the garage.

Metal nets are convenient for storing paint cans, fertilizer bags, etc.

Metal rails and metal shelves not only ensure safe storage of the tool, but are easy enough to clean.

It is inconvenient to keep a power tool in a branded suitcase, it is much more convenient to make such an open stand for storage.

The owner has a lot of necessary little things in the garage, and for each of them there is a different way of storing.

Most storage methods are simple, but still more efficient.

Very convenient design for storing consumables! The box with self-tapping screws, which you use, is fixed on a separate panel, and at the end of the work, you push it into the common organizer.

Each owner has its own scope of activity and a different number of tools. But a convenient work organization always makes you want to do something else. Take the time to clean up your garage.

Sliding panels provide additional storage space for tools. Make sure they work reliably without getting stuck in the grooves, otherwise this storage method will not be practical.

Simple and convenient. Store your instrument wisely! If you do not have a garage, and you keep all your tools in a small box on the balcony, then even there you can organize a small work cabinet.

Let's continue for the lucky owners of the garage. Before us is a convenient way to store clamps.

Some storage ideas can be found in shops that sell tools.

But our garage isn't just about tools. We also have pipes, slats, necessary pieces of plywood and plastic.

It is not difficult to assemble such a ceiling structure from pipes in your own garage.

It is better to store large sheets of plywood and drywall in this way - in an upright position.

For scraps of plywood, plastic, etc. you can make such a wall rack.

Even a dozen planks can create clutter in your garage. Let's make a simple storage structure.

Another convenient way to store long pipes and all kinds of sheets in the garage.

A small workbench can also serve as a storage place for boards and pieces of plywood.

You don't have to clean up your garage in one day. All this can be done gradually, step by step.

The garage takes up a lot of space in the life of a strong half of humanity, even if the family does not have a car. In addition to being used as a storage and maintenance room for a car, a garage has a fairly wide range of functions, despite its rather limited area.

How can you arrange a garage?

To begin with, consider several options for ergonomic use and design of the interior space of the garage:

The garage box has a rectangular shape in 99% of its internal configurations. Accordingly, the distance from the car to the side walls is not very great and is not comfortable for carrying out any work. The most common arrangement is to move the work area (workbench, shelving or cabinets with tools and spare parts) to the back of the garage, to the wall opposite the gate. In this area, there may even be enough space to install any necessary equipment other than a workbench.
If there is an additional room in a large garage (utility room, switchboard), then on the surface of its door, you can organize a storage of tools using a hinged canvas or fill it with holders in the form of loops of different sizes made of plastic and ordinary ropes.

The simplest option: if you cannot install a rack in the garage, you can place a metal grate at some distance from the wall. You can hang almost any objects, clothes and the like on it. You don't even have to mount the shelves.
Another way out is to attach hooks to any surface. There are not enough of them in the garage. You can make them yourself, or you can buy them at the supermarket. Significant space savings are guaranteed.

Little garage tricks

So, the garage is purchased. At the initial stage of the arrangement, it will most likely be about buying pieces of furniture. Finding something that suits the owner and at the same time takes up a minimum of space is not so easy. The way out of this situation is to make the necessary pieces of furniture with your own hands.

Folding table top- ideal for a small garage. Such a stand does not take up much space, but it can be a table of a very decent usable area. In its manufacture, the materials from which the old cabinet was made are often used.

Materials:

furniture hinges;
fasteners for wood;
fittings;
wooden blocks;
anchor.

First, the markup is done, in which the building or household level is applied.

The next steps:

the bar is drilled through and fixed to the wall with anchors;
holes are marked and drilled in the future plane of the table and the area for attaching the corners;

the bar and the tabletop are connected with hinges;
the table in the folded position is held by a standard latch, lock or hook, which is fixed on the wall;
the table supports are simply leaned against the wall next to the table.

How to make a drill stand?

Making a mini-drilling machine with your own hands does not require high qualifications, but it greatly expands the scope of an ordinary electric drill. In addition, the machine will turn out to be much cheaper than the purchased one, and the components can be borrowed from previously used devices.

Making a stand from wood will take very little time and does not require any special materials and tools:

wooden blocks or boards not thinner than 20 mm;
furniture guides;

metal bar with thread for the caliper;
fasteners for wooden parts (screws, glue);
emery.

Instruments:

hacksaw;
vice;
screwdriwer set;
electric drill.

The dimensions of the mini-machine are chosen in accordance with the dimensions of the working space in the garage.

Making a rack out of metal takes a little more time and materials, so you need to cover it in a little more detail.

The offered metal stand is more versatile than the wood stand and includes:

bearing frame;
drill stand guides, to which it is attached and moved vertically;

handle for vertical feed of the tool;
additional nodes for ease of use.

How to make an overpass for car repair?

It's no secret that a car needs regular maintenance and minor repairs, like any technically complex mechanism. For the convenience of access to the units and assemblies located on the bottom of the car, a self-made light overpass is often used, which will significantly save money that is spent on service station masters.

Overpasses are full and small. Strictly speaking, overpasses function in the same way as observation pits.

The need to build such a useful invention is most often dictated by the high boundary of the aquifer in the place where the garage is built, which makes the arrangement of the inspection pit impossible.

The flyover can be easily assembled with your own hands. For this case, drawings, an action plan and taking into account the dimensions of the car are needed:

the total length of the overpass is usually taken from the calculation - the length of the car + 1 m;
ladder width - more than 40 cm;
support height - 70-80 cm.

Ladders are made from a corner, pedestals are welded from a corner with a shelf width of 50 mm. The surface of the ladder is made of corrugated steel with a cross section of more than 14 mm.

How to assemble a compressor for a garage?

When servicing a car, and for other work in the home and garage, there is often a need for an air compressor. It will help in painting, and when inflating tires, blowing off dust, and in many other cases.

The simplest compressor for painting a car can be assembled yourself from an old car camera.

Here is a description of the materials and tools needed to make this idea a reality:

the camera itself will serve as a receiver;
a supercharger - a pump, it is desirable that it has a pressure gauge;
repair kit for tires;
awl.

Procedure:

check the chamber for damage with the pump and eliminate them if they are found;
make a hole in the receiver for the release of a jet of compressed air;

glue the additional fitting and connect it to the spray gun;
unscrew the nipple in it to give free passage for air;

leave the "native" chamber nipple - it will be used as a valve, keeping excess pressure;
by tests, determine the required air pressure of the receiver, spraying paint and ensuring that it lies flat;
the main rule is that there should be nothing extraneous in the chamber: moisture, dirt and dust particles.

If you have a minimum amount of skills in assembling more complex structures, you can suggest trying to assemble a compressor of a greater degree of complexity and versatility, which can be used to measure the amount of atmospheres in car tires, paint, blow off and blow off dust.

The method is inexpensive, even if there is not a lot of scrap materials in the garage.

Installation is carried out from:

old refrigeration unit;
air receiver with a volume of up to 10 liters;

pressure gauge for air receiver;
air pressure regulator;

high pressure hose (20 bar);
the most inexpensive filter-regulator;

several clamps;
adapters.

The compressor does not take up much space, so it is quite possible to install it in a niche on the wall or on a do-it-yourself wall shelf, where the need dictates.

This type of compressor receiver has three outputs:

the upper one supplies compressed air;
the middle is used by the pressure gauge in the receiver;
condensate and oil are drained through the bottom.

Principle of operation: the compressor sucks in air through the lower part, where the filter-regulator and the switch-on switch are installed. The regulator pressure limits are from two atmospheres to eight.

To hedge against trouble, for safety, you can install a relief valve.

How to make a crane hoist?

No one will deny that from time to time any car needs to be serviced, and from time to time, and repaired. Serious repairs are not a cheap pleasure, so many car owners undertake to do it in the garage or in the country with their own hands. For example, repairing an engine will require significant physical effort in removing and reinstalling it after repair.

A hoisting crane with a winch can be of great help in such operations. It can be equipped in the garage either by purchasing it at the supermarket or by doing it yourself, according to a simple scheme.

The most practical way to place such a crane is over the front of the vehicle delivered to the garage. If the reach of the boom is 1 meter, then the working area will be in the area of 5 m².

The basis in the considered option will be sheet steel 400x400x25 mm. A rod with a diameter of 80 mm is welded into it, attached to the ceiling with M16 bolts.

It is necessary to monitor compliance with the horizontal levels, since often the floor or ceiling of the garage can have a slope in one direction or another.

The boom is made of a 1-meter brace, 50x50 angles and a glass with two pressed-in bronze bearing bushings. The whole structure is fixed with a cotter-pin shaped nut М42х2.

Pit and cellar

Useful space is not limited to the garage box itself: you rarely find a garage without a cellar, where the racks for pickles and marinades, and the departments for fruits and vegetables collected on the native "six hundred square meters" are so excellently placed.

The situation is as follows: the garage is built / bought / rented, the car needs repair or just maintenance, and there is no inspection hole in the garage. There is a way out - to build it yourself.

In general, the inspection pit should be of such a size that the owner can sit and work in it comfortably.

For this, the dimensions of the pit are measured:

the length pits are chosen in accordance with the length of the base of the car + 1 meter;
width is determined by measuring the distance between the front wheels minus 20 cm to ensure that the car does not fall when entering;
depth choose in accordance with the height of the car owner + 20 cm.

Life hack: to all the dimensions obtained, it is necessary to add 30 cm each. This is done for the proposed installation of hydro and thermal insulation.

Let's consider the construction process itself in stages:

The dimensions of the pit are marked.

Life hack. If the floor screed is already available, then you will have to organize the order of work as follows: apply the markings and then cut through it with a grinder or some other tool.

We observe the parallelism of the floor using a level, carefully tamp it. Usually, the first layer on the floor of the pit is a cushion of crushed stone, then in order: 5 cm of sand, 30 cm of clay, a reinforced mesh, which is poured with concrete with a layer of 7 cm.Then it must be spilled with mastic based on bitumen, roofing material is laid on top, then the seams are coated and lay a layer of foam and the next layer of concrete 15 cm.

The walls of the pit are coated with clay, polyethylene is laid, and roofing material is placed on it and all joints, as on the floor, are coated with mastic.

Formwork creation is the most time-consuming operation: it is made up of plywood sheets or boards, leaving a gap of 7 cm from the wall.

The wall is reinforced and poured with concrete.

Life hack: in terms of height, filling is done at a speed of 20 cm per day, not faster.

Niches can be made in the walls; ceramic tiles must be used as cladding.

When arranging a cellar in a garage, the most reliable solution is to use a caisson. If you are wondering what a caisson is, it is best to turn to several life hacks that will clarify its purpose.

Simply put, a caisson is a can. An ordinary large waterproof canister, tank, or whatever sounds like it. It is used as a basement impervious to soil moisture.

It consists of:

above-coffered structure (this is the entrance to the cellar hatch);
a cylindrical chamber with dimensions of 2 m in height and 1 m in diameter, this is the best option in terms of the proportion of "volume / materials consumed";
the caisson is additionally waterproofed from moisture with various bituminous mastics, an asphalt layer or various solutions, again based on bitumen.

Consider some useful tips and tricks in this regard:

The walls of the caisson must withstand significant external pressure; one should not save on their thickness.
Weld seams must be welded twice and anti-corrosion agents are highly recommended.

When using a caisson, it is imperative to equip a reliable ventilation system.
The list of basic storage units is almost the same: canned food and pickles, other homemade supplies rolled up in jars and other containers, unprocessed vegetables and fruits. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account their storage conditions.

Ventilation requires special attention: the natural type of ventilation is not always suitable due to the lack of the possibility of its artificial regulation. Forced ventilation is better.
If there is no caisson, a so-called sand pillow 25-30 cm thick is laid on the floor for waterproofing, it is covered with roofing material or other material on top, the seams are glued with bitumen or mastic.

Raw vegetables are stored on the floor in boxes. Carrots and beets are additionally sprinkled with sand.
Wood shelving tends to become moldy over time. To avoid this, they are covered with protective mixtures.

Steel racks are devoid of this drawback, but they tend to corrode, so they are treated with water-repellent materials.
Plastic racks are resistant to moisture and corrosion, but they are fragile enough and cannot bear a heavy weight load.

The depth of the cellar is directly proportional to the depth of the aquifer at that particular site, unless a caisson is used.
When using a caisson, it is necessary to take measures so that it is not squeezed out by groundwater to the surface.
The cellar floor should be located at least 1 meter from the upper boundary of the aquifer.

How to make a workbench?

Who has seen a garage that does not have a workbench with a vice attached to it? Or a garage without shelves, mezzanines, wall cabinets? Without a test bench or vehicle maintenance?

By the look of the garage interior, you can immediately tell who is its owner and how functional this or that option for using the internal space is, how much it optimizes it for operation.

A large and convenient workbench in the garage is its undeniable advantage. If you organize boxes for tools and parts in it, then it will turn into a universal place of work. Typically, such a workbench is made for the entire width of the garage with boxes of various sizes.

For its installation with dimensions of 660x100x60 cm you need:

saw;
plywood of various thicknesses;
polyurethane;
paints;
grinder;
fasteners.

Operating procedure:

for a workbench measuring 660x100x60 cm, you will need to cut 4 sheets 20 mm thick;
it is better to use sanded plywood for the work surface;

boxes are made of strips 0.6x4.8 m, 13 mm thick;
rack sections are assembled from 20 pieces of 61x61 cm in size;

each vertical row of boxes is calculated as follows: 3 small and 1 deep;
the depth of the grooves of the guides is 1.27 cm;

additionally cut a groove 254 mm at the bottom of the cabinet and three grooves 127 mm apart and 146 mm from the top of the cabinet;
the required structural rigidity is created by reinforcing the back wall with plywood strips;

we collect all structures for five boxes and fasten them together, then fix them to the wall with fixing screws so that there is free space under them for oversized items;
to assemble boxes from plywood with a thickness of 13 mm;

handles are cut out in the front wall of the box or purchased ready-made and fixed with self-tapping screws;
the dimensions of the lower boxes are 120x25x5 cm and 60x25x5 cm;

a 60x120 cm frame is attached to the working surface of the workbench;
finishing the workbench consists of sanding and painting in several layers.
finishing varnish is allowed.

How to make shelving?

Shelving is one of the most common rational solutions for organizing free space when placing things in a limited volume of a house or garage box. The surfaces of the walls of the box are encouraged to lean against them a rack or to strengthen a dozen or two shelves and put on them a wide variety of items: from fishing accessories and clothing to a boat engine and a spare engine block.

A garage rack can be purchased in retail chains - this is an option that almost does not require energy. Mounting / dismantling of such structures is elementary and does not require high qualifications of a fitter.

Perfect for all categories of garage owners, but quite expensive and will require a certain investment of capital.

You can try to make a rack yourself from improvised or purchased materials: from scraps of pipes, a profile or a corner, from pieces of plywood, chipboard, plastic.

Instead of drawers, it is quite possible to use ordinary plastic canisters. The canister is located horizontally, and by the handle, which was in front, it is pulled out and returned to its place.

The only thing that should not be forgotten is that it is forbidden to use canisters and other containers from under chemically aggressive, radioactive or flammable substances that can be harmful to health. The best option is a drinking water canister.

To make a rack from aluminum or other metal on your own, you need to prepare, take measurements, calculate the load and choose the material for the product. You should also take into account what communications are in the place where it is planned to mount the rack.

First, the external dimensions of the product are determined.
Then the number of shelves and their height are calculated. It makes sense to make them of different heights, since the sizes of the storage items vary.

It is irrational to make sections of too large width - the loading capacity of the shelves will sharply decrease, the possibility of collapse will increase.
The drawing should begin with a sketch of the rack, its schematic representation with preliminary dimensions, giving a general idea of what should be the result.

The next step is cutting the vertical pieces.
All parts are cut to one length from a solid profile or corner. It is not recommended to compose them from separate parts.

Sometimes metal or metal-plastic pipes are used as risers.
The material for the shelves is chosen taking into account its strength. For example, chipboard and fiberboard shelves will not support significant weight due to their relative fragility.

Design shelves no more than 60 cm wide.
The presence of an edging (side) on the shelf will serve in two directions at once - it will create an additional stiffening rib and prevent small parts from falling.

First, the vertical posts are installed. The method of fastening (to the floor, ceiling, walls) should be thought out even at the stage of drawing up the drawing.
When installing, be sure to use a level to avoid distortions.
The shelves are fixed with corners.

Let's consider a few useful life hacks:

Sometimes, to save space, the shelves are fixed directly to the ceiling without using vertical floor supports. Hanging shelves can free up space in the lower tier of the garage box, but they cannot differ in special carrying capacity. Oversized but light long slats, plastic corners, cardboard pipes, etc. can be folded onto them. They can also be made mesh - then you can additionally hang something to them with hooks.
Another popular way to use the wall is to arrange a metal or plastic panel with fasteners (hooks, brackets, etc.) instead of a rack, this will greatly save free space.
To create a small gap between the wall and the panel, it is recommended to use wine corks cut in half.

Suspended structures

The problem of storing small parts, screws, washers, bolts and other fasteners in the garage is quite acute. On the one hand, they should always be at hand, on the other hand, it is quite easy to lose them, drop them on the floor. There are several options for solving the problem. Here's one interesting, simple, and low-cost option - just ingenuity and a fresh take on using common things.

First you need to decide on the required number of cells of the required size.

For work you will need:

4 metal slats, 2.2 m long each;
electric drill;
fasteners.

In our case (see photo) there are 24 identical cells in a row. There are four rows in total, the size of each cell is 14x10x7.5 cm. In a metal rail (in our case, its length is 2 m), holes must be drilled with a drill for fastening to the wall for the entire length of the row. It is not recommended to save money, as the rail will hold cells filled with metal parts... Next, the slats are attached to the wall. We attach the cells to the slats. Ready!

Original options

You have to do a lot in the garage with your own hands, since among the whole variety of goods that modern industry offers us, there is not always something that fully meets the demand of a picky and skilled owner.

In this case, we are talking not only about furniture (cabinets, racks, shelves, tables, workbenches), but also about all kinds of home-made devices that make life so much easier in the event of a sudden need to perform a non-standard operation.

The garage carries out a wide variety of functions: from a storage room and a workshop to a re-box and a resting place. In any case, there are a lot of original ideas embodied in useful, necessary and functional devices and homemade products for the garage, which are quite available for making from improvised means with your own hands.

To protect against drafts, it is often recommended to lay a kind of felt "sausage" under the garage door. It helps a lot when working inside the garage during the winter season.
A spare set of tires is stored hanging or on its side. If there are no discs, tires are stored vertically with a mandatory change in their position once a month.

To place them in a standing position, it is recommended that you design a storage place on the wall with your own hands. In fact, it is a wall triangular frame, into which the tires are inserted in a standing position. The further the frame is installed from the heaters, the better the tires will remain.
It's good if there are used tires in the garage that have not yet been scrapped. If you put a part of a sheet of plywood or chipboard on top of such a tire and decorate it with decor, it will turn into such an elegant thing as an author's stool.

If you lack driving experience, you can fix the used tire on the wall opposite the gate as a bump stop. Such a craft will significantly reduce the risk of scratching the bumper when parking the car.
From an old tire, you get a homemade little thing for storing little things. Attaching the bus to the wall is quite simple, and this option will look spectacular. For flower growers, the shelf can easily turn into a flower bed if the tire is placed outside the garage.

Keeping various keys (spanners, combined, adjustable) on hooks is advantageous and preferably from several points of view at once. Several keys on one hook, they are clearly visible, take up little space, all are available at once.
The rags are very convenient to store with the help of a wall holder, which uses ordinary clothespins. The rags will always be at hand, no need to waste time looking for it.

To make notes "for memory", you need a blackboard and chalk. But this is completely optional: cover the cabinet door, part of the gate, some kind of shield or just a free flat section of the wall with graphite paint and make a schedule on it, leave notes or write down the dimensions of the future rack.
From an old 200-liter barrel with the help of a grinder, you will get a wonderful chair if you beat it with foam rubber or rubber. It can become the basis of a table for something you need.

Boxes with various things on the garage floor will become much more mobile if you attach wheels from old office chairs to them.
If, in addition to hooks, you attach a figured strip with holes and staples to the wall above the workbench, then it will greatly help when storing and using pencils, drills, bobbins of thread or twine.

The same applies to the various hinges and straps attached to the garage wall.
If you attach lids to the bottom surface of the wall cabinet, it is very convenient to screw jars on them, in which various trifles are stored.
Another possibility of using them: an electric cable is pulled through the hole in the lid, and a lamp holder is placed in the jar - the lampshade is ready!

Garage doors are an essential and important part of boxing. They carry a fairly significant load, serve as the main obstacle for robbers, and need thermal insulation. To all of the above, we can add that the gate should be as convenient to use as possible for the garage owner.

The version of the gate equipped with tension springs or torsion springs is not yet very popular in Russia in comparison with the "classic" version, but they also deserve attention precisely because of their ease of use.

Extension springs are usually used with gates less than 8 m² in area. They do not require a headroom of great height due to the use of tension springs installed on the sides. They are easier to install, and their price is lower than the gate, which uses torsion springs. Unfortunately, a built-in wicket door cannot be installed in such gates.

Torsion springs are used when doors are installed over 8 m². 3 types of mounting are allowed: standard, low, high. A big plus when operating this type of door is the protection against falling of the door leaf in case of failure of the springs and low noise operation, as in the version with a built-in wicket.

Many car owners use their garage as a workshop, gradually filling it with practical tools that make it easier to repair and maintain a car. Many of them can be made by yourself using the recommendations presented in this article.

Many accessories for a garage workshop can be made independently, the video below demonstrates some of them.

Garage homemade products are devices that greatly facilitate the garage life, in addition, they work no worse than factory machines. Having equipped your workshop with such devices, you can independently make the necessary parts for a car, as well as various crafts for your home or summer cottage.

Video homemade tools and accessories for the garage

It is difficult to predict in advance what devices may be needed when repairing a car, however, there are some homemade products, some are used most often. Some of them can be seen in the video below.

DIY drawings

A pipe bender is a useful household device that allows you to bend a metal or polymer pipe at a certain degree. Bent pipes are often used for arranging greenhouses and greenhouses, installing heating and other needs. Using the presented drawing, you can make a manual pipe bender yourself.

A vise is a practical tool used when performing plumbing work. With its help, it is possible to reliably fix the part requiring locksmithing in a certain position.

This device consists of several parts:

base plate;
2nd lips - mobile and non-mobile;
lever;
screw undercarriage.

With the help of a small-sized locksmith vice, the drawing of which is presented above, it is convenient to sharpen and other processing of small parts.

The presence in the home workshop of a CNC milling machine allows you to perform a number of works on the mechanical processing of wood.

A homemade milling machine consists of several units and parts:

bed;
calipers designed to move cutters;
caliper guides;
spindle with mounted cutter;
a microcontroller or a switching board with microcircuits that automate the operation of the machine;
electric motor with power supply;
drivers responsible for transmitting commands from the controller to the electric motor;
a vacuum cleaner for collecting the sawdust generated by the machine.

A do-it-yourself CNC milling machine allows you to perform engraving and milling work.

Homemade car repair gadgets

The wiper arm remover is a special tool that facilitates the process of removing the wiper arms. You can make it yourself from a piece of reinforcement, a six-channel channel and a dozen bolts. To do this, use a drilling machine to make holes for 14 and weld 2 nuts on both sides of the hole and the handle from the armature, screw the bolt into the workpiece and, putting on heat shrinkage, screw in the threaded rivet. The tool is ready.
Another version of the device for shooting the windshield wiper leashes is shown in the photo below.

Another useful home-made device with which you can manually re-flange the wheels yourself. Another version of this device can be seen in the photo below.

When carrying out a serious repair of a car, as a rule, you cannot do without a lift. A factory-made device is expensive and not required very often, so it can easily be replaced with a home-made device.

Homemade machines and accessories for the garage

Having made devices for tire fitting and balancing, you can independently perform these works, significantly saving money on car maintenance. In addition, such devices will come to the rescue if there is no way to come to a specialized tire service.

In your garage workshop, you can equip a universal tire fitting machine using available materials - metal pipes and a hub.

When doing various crafts for the home, it is often necessary to drill an even hole. This is difficult to accomplish with an ordinary drill, but if you make a stand for a drill, such as the one shown in the photo, then drilling without distortions will be much easier. Such a design can be made from various materials. For example:

made of metal;

made of wood.

Using the diagram below, you can independently make a drilling machine from a drill.

Using a homemade press will allow you to make products by pressing in a garage workshop. Such a device can be made from a hydraulic jack fixed at the top of the bed, which in turn is welded from scrap materials. The pressure is then directed downward.

Another version of a homemade press, the design of which involves mounting a jack at the base of the bed. In this case, the pressure process is produced upward.

With the help of a homemade press, you can straighten, bend metal sheets, press cardboard, and fasten individual elements. The video below demonstrates how to make such a necessary device yourself.

Tools for storing tools in the garage

The presence of order is the key to the comfortable use of workplaces in the garage. To ensure this order in the workplace, special organizers are called upon, which make it convenient to store and easily find the necessary tools. You can make such devices yourself, using the means at hand.

An easy and affordable way to store your hand tools is a wall organizer made from cans attached to a plywood sheet. In addition, several hooks or nails can be nailed to it to conveniently hang the measuring and power tools. In the absence of tin cans, PVC pipes of various diameters, cut into pieces and screwed to a sheet of plywood or chipboard, can be used as holders.

It is even easier to make a special device for storing screwdrivers. To do this, you need to take a wooden block and drill holes of the required size in it. Mount the finished holder on the wall. On the same holder, you can organize a storage system for chisels and a chisel. It is enough to cut out special holes in a wooden blank. In the same way, you can make a holder for power tools by sawing the corresponding holes in the wooden shelf.

An interesting way to store tools is suggested in the photo above. Its principle is based on the use of magnetic tapes attached to metal strips. With this system, it is convenient to store drills, keys and other metal tools.
Convenient and practical organizers for storing screws, bolts, nails and other small things can be made with your own hands from transparent plastic jars with lids. To prevent them from taking up space, you should attach them to the bottom of the shelf by the cover. This and other ways of storing tools allow you to efficiently use the space in the garage and everything you need at hand.

The video below demonstrates how to equip yourself in a workshop or garage with a simple and convenient tool storage system.

Homemade woodworking tools for the home workshop

Homemade milling machines can perform one or more operations. Preference, of course, is given to multifunctional fixtures that save space in the garage. With their help you can:
make indentations of a certain shape;
drill holes
make grooves;
process blanks.
The simplest milling machine can be made on the basis of a drill. To do this, it is fixed on a steel profile or in a plywood case, and a rotating clamp is placed opposite it. Parts are processed using special hand-held cutters.

Homemade lathe

Making a lathe with your own hands allows you to make dishes, interior decor and furniture from wooden blanks. Such a device will become an affordable alternative to industrial models, and will help to realize your creative potential. A homemade lathe can be made from individual units and parts:

an electric motor used as an electric drive of the machine;
headstock, which can be an electric grinder;
a tailstock made from a drill;
stop for incisors;
transverse guides;
a bed made of metal profiles or beams.

The headstock and tailstock of a lathe are the main working elements between which a piece of wood is placed. The rotating motion from the electric motor is transmitted to the workpiece through the headstock, while the back one remains static, being responsible for holding the workpiece. If you equip a homemade lathe with additional devices - a baluster, a trident, a copier and others, then its functionality will increase significantly.

The video below demonstrates how to make a lathe with your own hands.

If you need to drill precise holes in metal, plastic or wood parts, experienced craftsmen recommend using a drilling machine. Unlike a drill, which vibrates strongly during operation, such a device provides a high-quality result, regardless of the material and thickness of the workpiece. You can make a simple drilling machine yourself using the same home drill, but installing it in an upright position on a furniture board bed and attaching it to a metal rack. If necessary, such a machine can be equipped with an asynchronous motor.

As a rule, home craftsmen do not stop at making the machines themselves. Very often they work to improve existing equipment.

The video below demonstrates useful tools for a lathe that expand its functionality.

Homemade metal fixtures for the home workshop

These hand-made devices for the home workshop are designed to facilitate the metalworking process. They are usually made from scrap materials and tools.

Among the most demanded devices, it should be highlighted:

pipe benders;
press;
vice;
milling, locksmith, turning, drilling and thicknessing machines;
devices for sharpening drills, knives and other tools.

With their help, a home craftsman can make practical accessories for a summer residence, a garage, and also equip a comfortable home. Examples of machines and devices useful in the household can be seen in the photo below.

Homemade metal cutting machine

The video demonstrates how to make some useful household appliances.

Taking into account the presented recommendations and drawings, any home craftsman will be able to make useful accessories for the garage and machines for his workshop, arrange an ergonomic space in it, and realize his creative abilities.

The article discusses the most convenient and practical do-it-yourself garage accessories, which can improve the comfort of using this room. Here are detailed recommendations for the development and creation of structures designed for convenient storage of tools and car parts, advice on the manufacture of furniture, as well as the arrangement of the lighting and heating system.

The garage is intended not only for storage, but also for car maintenance. For this reason, this room should be spacious, clean, comfortable and well-equipped.

To achieve all this, it is enough to take into account the basic requirements for the organization of space:

The presence of shelves for tires and storage of tools significantly saves free space and allows you to optimize space.
The quality of lighting is of great importance, since not only productivity depends on it, but also the quality of minor repairs.
The construction of a garage workbench, machine tools, an inspection pit and other fixtures expands the range of possibilities for a car owner in relation to vehicle repair and maintenance.

Helpful advice! All these elements should not occupy more than 10-20% of the garage area.

DIY garage shelf options: photos and tips for arranging storage spaces

About 80% of the shelves in the garage are self-constructed for storing garage accessories, namely:

tools and accessories;
component parts for the car;
accessories.

Often, in the photo of shelves in the garage with your own hands, you find their combination with a rack, which you can also make yourself. More often than not, the shelving is considered as the main place for storing tools. After installing it, the remaining space is filled with comfortable and spacious shelves.

Be sure to provide a place to store your work clothes. It is not necessary to occupy a large area, you can get by with one shelf or even a crochet (depending on your needs).

A garage is a place where hazardous and flammable substances are stored. These include oil, gasoline, solvents, paints, polishes. For them, it is necessary to provide a separate cabinet, hang a fire extinguisher and install a tank with sand.

To protect against contamination during storage of wheels mounted on tire brackets, it is worth purchasing large bags or specialized covers to prevent dust from entering.

Brackets and shelves for wheels in the garage: design features

The most bulky spare parts of a vehicle are sets of rubber, which can be winter or summer. When the winter version is used, summer tires are usually stored in the garage and vice versa. Therefore, you should arrange shelves for storing tires or brackets.

The bracket design is as follows:

Two triangular frames made on the basis of corners. Jumpers made of any durable metal are installed between these frames.
The triangular parts of the structure are fixed to the wall at a pre-selected location. The wheels should be installed perpendicularly to the supporting element of the stand. In this case, the tires should fall slightly between the jumpers, thus fixing themselves on the shelf due to their own weight.

Helpful advice! It is recommended to place shelves for wheels in a garage with your own hands as close to the ceiling as possible at an optimal height. This ensures that car tires do not take up useful space in the garage.

For compact storage of wheels, a whole rack in the form of four wide shelves can be used. It is suitable for placing wheels with disks that can be positioned one above the other in a horizontal position. The structure can be made angular and raised on the wall.

wooden beam;
boards;
chipboard sheets.

Installing tire brackets is the most efficient way to store your wheels. More space savings can be achieved by hanging the rubber from the ceiling base along the garage wall. This option is possible if the room has a high height and reinforced concrete floors in the form of slabs on the ceiling. They will be used as a base for screwing in dowels.

Tool storage: interesting ideas for a garage with your own hands

To organize a convenient area for storing things, you can independently make a homemade and very spacious rack or shelves. Of course, in stores you can find hundreds of ready-made models, nevertheless, making a shelf in the garage with your own hands is much cheaper than buying a similar product on the market.

The problem is the same for shelving. Taking up the independent manufacture of storage space for tools, you can not only organize a convenient and practical rack, but also harmoniously fit it into the garage space.

Helpful advice! The minimum indicator of the loads that the structure must withstand is 150 kg or more. In this case, the maximum limitation of the load on one section is 500 kg.

Rules for the manufacture of wood products:

It is better to use hardwood such as beech, oak, hornbeam.
Before assembly, wood must be treated with antiseptic agents.
Frame parts must be carefully sanded to ensure safe operation of the rack.
For the manufacture of shelves, it is recommended to use chipboard or plywood sheets, OSB. DVL plates with a thickness of at least 4 mm are also suitable.

The thickness of the material is determined by the loads that will subsequently act on the rack.

Recommendations for making do-it-yourself tool shelves in the garage

Shelves are installed in cases where the garage does not allow to put a rack. It is better if there are several designs.

Scheme for creating shelves for tools:

Plan the placement of shelves, determine their size and carry out the markings.
Prepare the material in the form of boards and fasteners.
Using a puncher, make holes in the wall, install dowels with hooks in them, which will provide enhanced fixation.
Fasten hangers equipped with lugs on the boards. For metal hangers, it is recommended to use self-tapping screws or regular nails.
Fix the finished products using the building level, otherwise the tool may fall from the shelves, which makes operation unsafe.

Helpful advice! When making shelves, it is better to give preference to several short structures, since one long product can break under the weight of the tool.

At the final stage, you can make a decorative finish of products (paint or special film).

Garage tool rack technology

To create a rack with your own hands, you will need boards 9 and 19 cm wide. The size of the structure can be adjusted.

Step by step technology:

A 9 cm wide element is cut into several pieces 18 cm, 27.5 cm and 30 cm long. The resulting parts will be spacers.
The board, which is 19 cm wide, should be cut into 36 cm long pieces. Shelves will be made from these parts.
On the board, which will become the base of the product, it is necessary to apply markings in those places where the spacers will be. It is recommended to indent each side by 2.5 cm.
The upper spacer is glued, then the upper shelf, which already has a spacer, is nailed to it. The rest of the parts are mounted in the same way. The bottom brace is installed at the end.
The structure should be turned over and the spacers should be tightened with screws along with the base of the product.
The surface is carefully cleaned with sandpaper. After that, the product must be covered with two layers of oily varnish or another type of finish.
The structure is fixed to the wall with anchor screws. Fixation should be done both under the upper and lower shelves.

Helpful advice! To strengthen the product, you should install wood bars between the sections. They will allow you to evenly distribute the load on the rack.

Organization of the lighting and heating system in the garage

In order for the operation of the garage to be comfortable, the lighting, ventilation and heating system should be properly organized in the room. Since cars are closely associated with the use of toxic and harmful substances, the problem of ventilation in a confined space is especially acute. For a garage, air vents are suitable for brickwork. They are equipped with grilles.

Factors affecting lighting levels:

garage area, its height;
the number and nature of the placement of working areas (dimensions of a workbench for a garage, inspection pit, number of machines);
type of decoration on the walls, its colors;
indicator of the specific power of the network per 1 m²;
type of lamps for the garage.

Various types of heating can be used to maintain the optimum temperature:

gas;
based on used oil;
air;
electric (infrared heater for the garage);
oven;
water;

There are many alternative ways to organize your own heating system.

Features of halogen, fluorescent and LED garage lights

The technical characteristics of halogen lamps are in many ways similar to incandescent lamps, but their bulb is filled with bromine vapor, so the products emit more light. The advantages of such lamps include a long service life - 4,000 hours.

Helpful advice! Products must be placed in shades. It is also worth thinking about stabilization, aimed at protecting against power surges. It is not recommended to touch such lamps with your hands (the shelf life is reduced).

Fluorescent lamps are filled with inert gases inside. From the inside, the flasks are covered with a specialized compound that emits ultraviolet light under the influence of an arc-type discharge. Recommended models include IP-65 rated products that are protected from moisture and dust.

Installing LED lighting in a garage comes with the highest costs. Nevertheless, they pay off in 50 thousand working hours. In terms of efficiency, LEDs are 50% more profitable than fluorescent lamps. At the same time, they do not contain harmful components, and the light does not have an aggressive effect on the eyes, therefore, it is not necessary to purchase plafonds.

Installing lighting in the garage: how to make a calculation

To calculate the power of conventional lamps, you can use the formula:

P = S x W / N.

Decoding of values:

P is the total required power, W / m².
W is the power of one lamp, W.
N is the number of lamps (luminaires), pcs.
S is the area of the room, m².

For halogen and LED luminaires, the optimal indicator is 16-20 W / m². This value is suitable for rooms where the ceiling height is no more than 2.5 m. In garages with 3-meter ceilings, this figure should be multiplied by 1.5.

The calculation is influenced by the interior decoration of the walls of the room. In dark garages, the lighting should be brighter.

Light reflection level:

Room area, m2	Ceiling height, m	Wall decoration color
Room area, m2	Ceiling height, m	Dark	Light
20	less than 3	0,6	0,75
50		0,75	0,9
100		0,85	1
20	3-5	0,4	0,55
50		0,6	0,75
100		0,75	0,9
50	5-7	0,4	0,55
100	5-7	0,6	0,75

To illuminate the inspection pit in the garage, it is recommended to use low-power lamps with halogen or LED lamps, since moisture accumulating in this place can provoke an electric shock. The devices are mounted on the sides in pre-made recesses.

Helpful advice! To prevent an accidentally falling tool from breaking the lamp, the design of the lamps can be made retractable. When the pit is not in use, the appliances are safely hidden in the recesses.

Do-it-yourself autonomous lighting system in the garage

There are a number of principles on the basis of which an autonomous lighting system is performed:

LED strips are mounted inside the shades (there are 300 diodes per element).
The output of the switch is carried out strictly on the shield.
A suspended ceiling system is used for wiring.
The wires are powered by a battery connected to the mains via a charger.

A multi-level lighting system for a garage is considered the most optimal. It involves the installation of a large lamp in the middle of the room and the installation of small lamps in the working areas.

Calculation of height for a multilevel system:

Level	Height, m
1	ceiling base
2	1,8
3	0,75
4	0,4

The luminaires are installed correctly if the machine does not cast a shadow on either side.

How to choose a heater for a garage

Garage heating is carried out using small portable devices that are able to warm up the room in a short time and further maintain the optimal temperature.

Thinking about which heaters are best for the garage, many people mistakenly believe that a homemade appliance can be made exclusively from expensive components and requires a significant investment of time. For this reason, garage owners abandon this venture.

In fact, to make a garage heater with your own hands, it is enough to limit yourself to budget materials, for example, thermal film. The scheme for creating such a device is very simple and involves the use of the following materials and tools:

a kit for assembling a heater;
wires complete with a plug;
paper laminated plastic (area of one element is 1 m²);
graphite powder;
epoxy adhesive.

Helpful advice! Be sure to have a multimeter with you. When assembling the device, this tool is useless, but it will be needed to check for operability.

Thermal, or - a common option for heating in the garage

Recommendations for assembling a homemade garage heater

Step-by-step instructions on how to make a garage heater:

A mixture of glue and graphite powder is made. The more powder in the composition, the stronger the heating of the device will be. The average temperature ranges from 60-65 ° C.
The plastic sheets are coated on the rough side with a mixture of glue and graphite, which is applied in zigzag strokes, after which they are fastened with the front sides and fixed with a frame made on the basis of wooden slats.
The terminals are fixed to the graphite conductors and the structure is dried. Drying must be complete, otherwise moisture will damage the device.

After the heater has dried, a resistance test should be performed. A garage heater is only considered safe after this check. Until this moment, it is strictly forbidden to connect the device to the electrical network.

Security restrictions:

It is not recommended to leave the switched on device unattended or leave it near children.
It is forbidden to use equipment capable of provoking a fire.
Flammable substances and materials must not be placed near the device.

DIY useful garage fixtures

To carry out repair and service work, you will need to build an inspection pit in the garage with your own hands, the dimensions of which will correspond to the dimensions of the car, as well as a workbench for convenient work, plus equip the room with machines.

A basic set of tools and materials for creating a homemade garage workbench includes:

boards and wooden blocks;
fasteners and ties;
planer and other tools for woodworking;
varnishing and joinery adhesives;
sandpaper and drying oil.

An example of placing useful devices in the garage: 1 - with manual machines, 2 - racks and cabinets, 3 - a table for carrying out various repairs, 4 - a shelf for storing tires, 5 - an inspection pit

DIY workbench manufacturing technology in the garage: photos, drawings

The workbench consists of a table top and a base, as well as several clamping devices. The height of the workbench in the garage should be adjusted to suit your own height. You can take as a guide the height of the kitchen table in the house, at which it is convenient to work. Be sure to draw up drawings to create.

Helpful advice! Ready-made drawings of a workbench for a garage, which can be found on the Internet, are suitable as a basis for making a structure yourself. If desired, you can customize it to suit your needs.

Arrangement of a garage: how to make a workbench indoors:

Stage of work	Details, size in cm	Mount type
Assembling the countertop	20 boards (5x10x200) with 2.5x2.5 grooves in the 5th and 16th elements (step 25)	Adhesive composition of metal screeds
Drying	-	-
Making legs (4 pcs.)	Bar (10x10x80) with grooves for brackets on the front supports	Brackets
Assembling the base of the underframe	Frames (2 pcs.) Made of boards (5x10)	2.5 cm dowel and bolts
Fixing the side and rear support walls	Chipboard (thickness 10 mm)	Wood screws
Fixing the table top to the upper frame	-	Bolts

Final processing involves impregnation of the finished product with linseed oil and opening with varnish.

Recommendations for creating a viewing hole in the garage with your own hands

There is no specific size for a garage inspection pit. The dimensions of the car are taken as a basis.

How to make an inspection hole in a garage with optimal parameters:

The width is selected so that there is enough space inside for work. The size is limited by the distance at which the wheels of the car are planted. Each wheel needs a small area to maneuver. The average pit width is 0.8 m.
The length of the pit is limited by the length of the machine. To this indicator, 1 m should be added.
The height of the garage owner is used to calculate the depth. Another 10-15 cm is added to it.

How to properly make an inspection hole in the garage using different materials:

Material	Wall thickness, cm
Ceramic brick	12-25
Concrete	15
	20

The pit is pulled out taking into account the optimal width of the pit, the material chosen for the walls, as well as the thickness of the waterproofing layer. Stages of creating a pit:

markup;
pit construction;
arrangement of the pit;
construction of walls;
lighting strip.

For waterproofing walls, a specialized hydrophobic impregnation is used.

Helpful advice! With the help of formwork, you can make reinforced recesses in the walls of the pit to accommodate tools and lighting fixtures.

Making a press for a garage with your own hands

To create a press, a frame with a size of 178x80 cm should be made of 4 pieces of metal pipes. These elements are connected by welding. In the work, it is recommended to be guided by drawings, pre-selected or drawn up. After that you need to install:

retainer;
removable emphasis;
bottle jack (hydraulic).

You can use video materials to consider the detailed technology for creating useful accessories for the garage with your own hands. Such visual recommendations help you navigate in size, master step-by-step instructions and imagine what kind of appearance the finished structure should have.

Manufacturing scheme: 1 - upper power platform, 2 - nuts, 3 - lower platform, 4 - studs with a diameter of 30 mm, 5 - lower thread of studs, 6 - bottle-type hydraulic jack; 7 - base 20 mm thick

You can do it yourself. The list of useful tools does not end there. It can always be supplemented with any interesting ideas. The main thing is that the garage fully meets the personal requirements in terms of comfort and convenience.

Useful DIY garage accessories: general recommendations

The garage is intended not only for storage, but also for car maintenance. For this reason, this room should be spacious, clean, comfortable and well-equipped.

To achieve all this, it is enough to take into account the basic requirements for the organization of space:

The presence of shelves for tires and storage of tools significantly saves free space and allows you to optimize space.

The quality of lighting is of great importance, since not only productivity depends on it, but also the quality of minor repairs.

The construction of a garage workbench, machine tools, an inspection pit and other fixtures expands the range of possibilities for a car owner in relation to vehicle repair and maintenance.

Optimal organization of the storage system in the garage: 1 - open brackets and hooks for frequently used tools, 2 - a rack for small tools, 3 - shelves for spare parts and tires, 4 - a rack for large tools, 5 - cabinets for various things, 6 - workbench with additional shelves

About 80% of the shelves in the garage are self-constructed for storing garage accessories, namely:

tools and accessories;
component parts for the car;
accessories.

Be sure to provide a place to store your work clothes. It is not necessary to occupy a large area, you can get by with one shelf or even a crochet (depending on your needs).

To protect against contamination during storage of wheels mounted on tire brackets, it is worth purchasing large bags or specialized covers to prevent dust from entering.

Brackets and shelves for wheels in the garage: design features

The bracket design is as follows:

Two triangular frames made on the basis of corners. Jumpers made of any durable metal are installed between these frames.

The triangular parts of the structure are fixed to the wall at a pre-selected location. The wheels should be installed perpendicularly to the supporting element of the stand. In this case, the tires should fall slightly between the jumpers, thus fixing themselves on the shelf due to their own weight.

wooden beam;
boards;
chipboard sheets.

Tool storage: interesting ideas for a garage with your own hands

Rules for the manufacture of wood products:

It is better to use hardwood such as beech, oak, hornbeam.

Before assembly, wood must be treated with antiseptic agents.

Frame parts must be carefully sanded to ensure safe operation of the rack.

For the manufacture of shelves, it is recommended to use chipboard or plywood sheets, OSB. DVL plates with a thickness of at least 4 mm are also suitable.

The thickness of the material is determined by the loads that will subsequently act on the rack.

Recommendations for making do-it-yourself tool shelves in the garage

Shelves are installed in cases where the garage does not allow to put a rack. It is better if there are several designs.

Scheme for creating shelves for tools:

Plan the placement of shelves, determine their size and carry out the markings.

Prepare the material in the form of boards and fasteners.

Using a puncher, make holes in the wall, install dowels with hooks in them, which will provide enhanced fixation.

Fasten hangers equipped with lugs on the boards. For metal hangers, it is recommended to use self-tapping screws or regular nails.

Fix the finished products using the building level, otherwise the tool may fall from the shelves, which makes operation unsafe.

At the final stage, you can make a decorative finish of products (paint or special film).

Garage tool rack technology

To create a rack with your own hands, you will need boards 9 and 19 cm wide. The size of the structure can be adjusted.

Step by step technology:

A 9 cm wide element is cut into several pieces 18 cm, 27.5 cm and 30 cm long. The resulting parts will be spacers.

The board, which is 19 cm wide, should be cut into 36 cm long pieces. Shelves will be made from these parts.

On the board, which will become the base of the product, it is necessary to apply markings in those places where the spacers will be. It is recommended to indent each side by 2.5 cm.

The upper spacer is glued, then the upper shelf, which already has a spacer, is nailed to it. The rest of the parts are mounted in the same way. The bottom brace is installed at the end.

The structure should be turned over and the spacers should be tightened with screws along with the base of the product.

The surface is carefully cleaned with sandpaper. After that, the product must be covered with two layers of oily varnish or another type of finish.

The structure is fixed to the wall with anchor screws. Fixation should be done both under the upper and lower shelves.

Organization of the lighting and heating system in the garage

Factors affecting lighting levels:

garage area, its height;
the number and nature of the placement of working areas (dimensions of a workbench for a garage, inspection pit, number of machines);
type of decoration on the walls, its colors;
indicator of the specific power of the network per 1 m2;
type of lamps for the garage.

Various types of heating can be used to maintain the optimum temperature:

gas;
based on used oil;
air;
electric (infrared heater for the garage);
oven;
water;
solid fuel.

There are many alternative ways to organize your own heating system.

Features of halogen, fluorescent and LED garage lights

Installing lighting in the garage: how to make a calculation

To calculate the power of conventional lamps, you can use the formula:

P = S x W / N.

Decoding of values:

P is the total required power, W / m2.
W is the power of one lamp, W.
N is the number of lamps (luminaires), pcs.
S is the area of the room, m2.

For halogen and LED luminaires, the optimal indicator is 16-20 W / m2. This value is suitable for rooms where the ceiling height is no more than 2.5 m. In garages with 3-meter ceilings, this figure should be multiplied by 1.5.

The calculation is influenced by the interior decoration of the walls of the room. In dark garages, the lighting should be brighter.

Light reflection level:

Do-it-yourself autonomous lighting system in the garage

There are a number of principles on the basis of which an autonomous lighting system is performed:

LED strips are mounted inside the shades (there are 300 diodes per element).

The output of the switch is carried out strictly on the shield.

A suspended ceiling system is used for wiring.

The wires are powered by a battery connected to the mains via a charger.

Calculation of height for a multilevel system:

The luminaires are installed correctly if the machine does not cast a shadow on either side.

How to choose a heater for a garage

Garage heating is carried out using small portable devices that are able to warm up the room in a short time and further maintain the optimal temperature.

a kit for assembling a heater;
wires complete with a plug;
paper laminated plastic (the area of one element is 1 m2);
graphite powder;
epoxy adhesive.

Recommendations for assembling a homemade garage heater

Step-by-step instructions on how to make a garage heater:

A mixture of glue and graphite powder is made. The more powder in the composition, the stronger the heating of the device will be. The average temperature ranges from 60-65 ° C.

The plastic sheets are coated on the rough side with a mixture of glue and graphite, which is applied in zigzag strokes, after which they are fastened with the front sides and fixed with a frame made on the basis of wooden slats.

The terminals are fixed to the graphite conductors and the structure is dried. Drying must be complete, otherwise moisture will damage the device.

Security restrictions:

It is not recommended to leave the switched on device unattended or leave it near children.

It is forbidden to use equipment capable of provoking a fire.

Flammable substances and materials must not be placed near the device.

DIY useful garage fixtures

A basic set of tools and materials for creating a homemade garage workbench includes:

boards and wooden blocks;
fasteners and ties;
planer and other tools for woodworking;
varnishing and joinery adhesives;
sandpaper and drying oil.

An example of placing useful devices in the garage: 1 - a workbench with manual machines, 2 - shelving and cabinets, 3 - a table for various repairs, 4 - a shelf for storing tires, 5 - an inspection pit

DIY workbench manufacturing technology in the garage: photos, drawings

Arrangement of a garage: how to make a workbench indoors:

Final processing involves impregnation of the finished product with linseed oil and opening with varnish.

Recommendations for creating a viewing hole in the garage with your own hands

There is no specific size for a garage inspection pit. The dimensions of the car are taken as a basis.

How to make an inspection hole in a garage with optimal parameters:

The width is selected so that there is enough space inside for work. The size is limited by the distance at which the wheels of the car are planted. Each wheel needs a small area to maneuver. The average pit width is 0.8 m.

The length of the pit is limited by the length of the machine. To this indicator, 1 m should be added.

The height of the garage owner is used to calculate the depth. Another 10-15 cm is added to it.

How to properly make an inspection hole in the garage using different materials:

The pit is pulled out taking into account the optimal width of the pit, the material chosen for the walls, as well as the thickness of the waterproofing layer. Stages of creating a pit:

markup;
pit construction;
arrangement of the pit;
construction of walls;
lighting strip.

For waterproofing walls, a specialized hydrophobic impregnation is used.

Scheme of arrangement of the inspection pit: 1 - walls made of foam blocks, 2 - waterproofing, 3 - rubble masonry. 4 - corner 50x50x4 mm

Making a press for a garage with your own hands

retainer;
removable emphasis;
bottle jack (hydraulic).

Hydraulic press manufacturing scheme: 1 - upper power platform, 2 - nuts, 3 - lower platform, 4 - studs with a diameter of 30 mm, 5 - lower thread of studs, 6 - bottle-type hydraulic jack; 7 - base 20 mm thick

Arrangement of the garage can be done with your own hands. The list of useful tools does not end there. It can always be supplemented with any interesting ideas. The main thing is that the garage fully meets the personal requirements in terms of comfort and convenience.