I Would Kill For A Shed Or A Garage...

[knotty]

Living in a house that has no garage and the garden really isnt big enough for anything more than a garden store i would love to have somewhere like a shed or a garage where i could spray bodies and generally tinker till my hearts content.as it is i have had to build a little shelter in the garden between the aforementined store and the compost bin out of plywood and keep my fingers crossed that the heavens dont open again.I suppose we are lucky in that our house buts up against the one next door yet is stepped back slightly to make a little nook which unless its very windy is sheltered.As for inside most of messing round is done at the kitchen table.Its mebbes appropriate that im doing a land rover pick up at the minute cos i`m starting to feel like wesley from last of the summer wine,the mrs following me around putting paper wherever im working.These joys of modelling were never pointed out to me when i started . Anyway it got me thinking and where does everyone do their building/repairs or whatever?

phil

[WW-nut]

Cleaning: sink in the utility room

Polishing: lounge

Building: dining room table

Painting (by brush): dining room table

Painting (spray): utility room (when everyone is in bed) or workshop in garage if weather is good.

What you need most of all is an understanding partner and don't forget to tidy up.

[Blacque Jacque]

I know how you feel.

We've been trying to sell our house for over a year now.

Previously I occupied half of the conservatory as a workshop, but that's not a great selling point for the average house buyer.

Our garden is big enough for a shed, but there's no justification for filling the space if we're moving, so I've been stuck for the past year.

I've had to turn away prospective buyers for my machined parts because my tools are in storage, I get requests almost weekly for SRB cages, Lunchbox body mounts & various other parts. It's incredibly frustrating.

IF we do manage to sell, there will be plenty of space for my machines & tools etc without taking over the house.

Currently my only space for Tamiya is on my PC desk in the 2nd bedroom.

[SteelRat]

Know how you feel Phil. I live in a mid terraced house with a small rear garden and a tiny shed that has room for a lawnmower and a few garden tools, but not much else. I recently bought a couple of workstation tables from Ikea (called Frederik); one for my PCs and the other for modelling. The latter has two shelves ideal for storing cars, and a decent amount of workspace for building and tinkering. As for painting, I have an old trolly barbecue that covered with news paper held down by old house bricks works wonders!

I don't have the problem with "understanding partner", cos she moved out last month

[TA-Mark]

I'd be lost without my dedicated model room in the shed. Can make as much mess as I like or any stink that I like. I don't even need to pay for the electricity I use (Truck company next door pays it).

I can even put the model on the floor beside the table and drive it to the track. I have a 2nd room for visitors to setup and charge and work on their cars. Glad I have an understanding wife.

All guys need a shed!

[knotty]

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All guys need a shed!

cant argue with that.its a mans right

[BiggusDitchus]

cant argue with that.its a mans right

Everyman needs a shed, well I guess... mine arrives on 29th. BUT it will get cold so will be insulating it before the worktops and shelves go in.

[irenL]

living in a small studio here, unpartitioned kitchen, bedroom, living room... the only thing in this room which has a door is the bathroom and the built in wardrobe...

The desk: shared between laptop, printer/scanner, shelves... and notes.

the fridge: super glue storage

the kitchen sink: washing parts and build dampers here

the coffee table: building table, and messes

the built in robe: half of the space is taken by a steel shelving unit, basically where i store my cars, and the boxes...

the bathroom shower: this is where all the painting is done.

for sure, this room is full of parts and what not.. the room is a mix of 1:10 and 1:1 parts...

[skip665]

I live in a small 2-bed terrace and currently "own" the spare room as my Tamiya room. I do have a garage but its not connected to the house and gets freezing in the winter months but its better than no garage at all I guess! What I have been doing is properly boarding the loft - I am just about ready to carpet the main middle section and then if a "little Skip" comes along (!) I will move most of the stuff up there including my table and use that.

[Spetz83]

I have a dedicated RC room, with a high quality stereo and TV + lounge setup as well as a plastic table for getting it dirty.

The painting I do in a storage room, which is fairly large and has windows/door to the outside.

But it does suck to have a shortage of space

I remember in another house I lived in I had only 1 garage and bundles of stock/spare parts for the car with no place to put them

[moxyuk]

some of my collection is in the loft in plastic boxs and my runners are under the stairs

so i have only a few runners at anyone time

and my work area is at the end of the kitchen have to tidy up after each restore/rebuild and the very very rare new build

and have to paint on top of the wheel bin in the yard

one day will have a shed or garage might be a OAP by that time LOL

[Swarm]

My wife brought me a 10m L x 6 m W x2.7m at the eaves garage as the house was getting full ...there is a picture of it in my showroom its huge its called my Tamiya workshop its not finished yet as in wired up .but its one big shed/garage ...the secret is to fill your house with cars and parts until it resembles a junk yard or workshop and you wife might spit it and buy you a shed/garage ...it worked for me ..I even got to pick the colour of it and where I wanted the access door and windows .It has another smaller shed 3m x 3m inside the garage as a spray painters booth.I even got to choose were it went in the middle of the paddock .

I love my garage need a fireplace thou gets cold in winter I have everything else ready to go timber benches tools chairs Wii , plasma tv ,serious sound system 10 x speakers with sub woofer in the rafters to add base and make the shed resinate , intercom to house (to ask for coffee) metal shelves x 20 , fridge ,banks and banks of fluro lights to be installed work light for the bench , a huge slotcar set to make a diarama out of ,Recliner chair with foot stool,Sink taps hot and cold running water ....working on a man's toilet at the moment ..that has a real man's flush to it like WHOOSH that sucks in anything that is not nailed down into the toilet as well ...not a girlie flush .I love my shed its a home away from home ...fully networked as well with 2 computers ,Bar stools,Its got more atmosphere than the house ...its a mans shed

And the name of my shed is Bringalongabeer =Bring along a beer

its one awesome shed

[TA-Mark]

Wireless networking I have it in my shed. Order coffee and food via MSN. Never thought of a toilet... *adds it to the list*

[steviedee]

In my previous place i used to have a little room at the top of the stair where i used to spray and then tinkering was set on the kitchen table. All kits were stored on top of the wardrobe and all runners and associated equipment were cupboarded.

In my current house i got a garage 18' x 8'8" of my hobby stuff and then fill the kitchen table when ever i need to.

[SteelRat]

Wireless networking I have it in my shed. Order coffee and food via MSN. Never thought of a toilet... *adds it to the list*

Love it.

[Ade the Blade]

Yo guys live the good life houses sheds outbuildings try this for tight living i live in a 35x12 static home and my only room for rc in in the second bed room 6x5 two small home base potting benches

cut to fit. I have removed the two fixed single beds and skiped them i also share this space with the cat tray a small frezzer the ironing board . to make matters worse i have to wait till summer to spray bodies etc so can anyone beat this

PS give up rc no way

[Henk4Focus]

Dining room table does for me now. Wife still on a course a long way from home. OK only till the 26th of June when she should finish and then back to "The Ring", my hobby room next to the garage. It's a little full at the moment so I will have to repack so that I can at least get to my workbench.

But I agree every man should have a space, wish I also had a enormous shed where I can build my train sets and diarama it without having to take anything down. With sound system, TV, Games.... OOO stop now it's to much.

Henk

[casethejoint]

the bathroom shower: this is where all the painting is done.

I'm intersted in how this works! How do you stop the paint overspray going everywhere ?

[loaded]

"living in a small studio here, unpartitioned kitchen, bedroom, living room... the only thing in this room which has a door is the bathroom and the built in wardrobe...

The desk: shared between laptop, printer/scanner, shelves... and notes.

the fridge: super glue storage

the kitchen sink: washing parts and build dampers here

the coffee table: building table, and messes

the built in robe: half of the space is taken by a steel shelving unit, basically where i store my cars, and the boxes...

the bathroom shower: this is where all the painting is done.

for sure, this room is full of parts and what not.. the room is a mix of 1:10 and 1:1 parts..."

IrenL, I am so glad I am not your landlord :-D

Paul.

[Dephcon5]

Trust me when I tell you I understand how you feel.

However my circumstances are slightly different in that I have but a 1 bedroom apartment in NYC.

No yard of any kind, no storage except a few closets.

Spray booth is the shower with the window open and a fan to extract the overspray and odor.

I Convert my small kitchen into work space that stays until any given project is done.

At that point I return my work space to a kitchen.

450 sq feet is not much to work with.

[Cooltoys]

I have a shared bedroom for my tamiya models.. Not much space to work on it at the moment. Hopefully to get a shed to keep all the stuff & a workbench too.. Right now i have to fix the rc's on the floor....

[VagabondStarJXF]

I need more space too. I'm in a mid-terraced house with currently no back garden or garage. All my toys are stored in my bedroom so whenever I get a hankering to tinker I have to work in there too. I can sometimes work at the dining table but only when no one is in.

Painting has to be done outdoors but it's a bit of a pain when it gets a bit breezy. A couple of years back I made myself a painting booth out of some MDF but my Mom got angry with me because it'd always be on top of the garden table. Because it was cumbersome I always left it there so eventually the rains destroyed it (MDF loves to soak up water ) so no more painting booth.

Now that my brother and I are rebuilding the garage I'm hoping that I can make it into my personal workshop when it's done. It's a long way off though, especially when you consider that I have to buy new tools to go with the new garage.

[nakedsv]

Here's another perspective:

In America, most folks who aren't city-dwellers have a garage and/or shed. On average, we have bigger cars, and one for each driver in the family.

I hear you British and all Europeans start out with 6+ weeks of vacation. We start with two, and about 5 national holidays; that's it. After we've been working 25+ years, we might get up to 5.

I'd give up my garage for 6 weeks of vacation + bank & church holidays. That is the worst thing about this country. Oh, and too many lawyers--> so that no one is held responsible for his actions any more.

Getting sidetracked, but you do have your pluses.

[TA-Mark]

Australian schools get 6 weeks of holidays in the summer over x-mas, 1 week at easter, 2 weeks in June/July and then another 2 weeks in September. So 11 weeks total. Then we also get all the public holidays like Queens Birthday and labour day scattered throughout the year. Then there's always the famous 'sickie' which most spend at the beach or with a fishing rod dangling in the water.

Most families have a car each for those with a licence (some have more than 1 like me). We have room in our backyard, atleast enough to play some backyard cricket/footy or to go nuts and build a 330 foot long RC track. And we have room for a shed. Usually a 2 or 3 car garage. I'm lucky and have 2 sheds, 1 for the cars, and 1 for my toys, the toy one being the larger. There's also a carport to keep the sun and rain off while you get the groceries inside.

No place I'd rather live.

[hedge]

I hear you British and all Europeans start out with 6+ weeks of vacation. We start with two, and about 5 national holidays; that's it. After we've been working 25+ years, we might get up to 5.

Not quite, 4 weeks is the starting point normally. I agree your 2 weeks is harsh.

Oh and back on topic, I store everything in a converted airing cupboard and work either at my race club, on my kitchen table or sat at my desk in our home office. I do all my spraying out in our workshop at home.