DIY for home and garage. DIY garage accessories

A good owner always has his own workshop, which he fills with equipment and devices to suit his needs. Some things can be bought, but others can be built with your own hands. And we must not forget about the garage, because all the necessary equipment should also be there.

It is impossible to provide for everything that might ever be needed. Therefore, we will consider the most basic machines and mechanisms that can be useful when working with wood or metal.

How to make a universal machine with your own hands

There is a huge amount of different types of equipment, many of which in one form or another can be made independently. Craftsmen have even learned to combine several functions in one device.

For example, you can make a universal mechanism from a regular drill that will work like:

a circular saw;
grinding;
cutting;
sharpener;
turning.

To make it, you need to attach a drill to the frame. A board with a thickness of 20–25 mm is chosen as the base. The drill is fixed to that part of the body that is intended for attaching another handle.

The location of fixation on the tabletop is selected based on the size of the circular disk, grinding wheel, cutter, or sharpening stone.

To secure the drill, use a firmly fixed threaded rod and nut. Rigidity of fixation is achieved using epoxy glue and, as an addition, a pin 2 mm in diameter. We build a moving sole and that’s it, the base is ready.

To get a homemade circular saw, install a saw blade with a diameter of 15 cm on a drill chuck and make a slot for it in the bed. The saw blade must be protected by a metal casing.

If you plan to use a flat cutter instead of a disk, you need to additionally make a rectangular slot or widen the hole for the saw.

From this “circular” saw you can build a cutting mechanism. To do this, on a rigidly fixed surface we install a rotating bracket, a miter box that sets the cutting angle, guides and devices that secure the workpiece.

We combine this with a circular saw on the bed. Grinding and turning machines are assembled using the same principle.

Video: homemade circular saw + plane

Making a circular saw with a frame

If you want to have a separate circular saw, then you can easily build it from a manual circular saw bought in a store. This homemade mechanism is not designed for too heavy loads, but is suitable for occasional use on the farm.

We take a bed of suitable size and attach a manual circular saw to it, make the maximum cut and leave it in that position. We turn the base over with the circular side down and place it firmly on the frame with legs.

We make a guide and everything is ready to go. Pay special attention to the height of the machine; it should be comfortable for you to work with it, and its height should be commensurate with your height.

You may also need a pipe bender in the workshop. This is a device that allows you to bend pipes from almost any metal, as well as strips. Bent pipes are required when a person decides to make, for example, a greenhouse or a greenhouse or something like that.

There are different types of pipe benders, let’s say, made independently. There are very simple ones, and there are others that are similar in design to factory ones; they are more difficult to manufacture.

We get the simplest version of a homemade pipe bender by cutting a board on one side in a semicircle. Then this workpiece is attached to a stable surface and a limiter is mounted next to it - a wooden part that has space up to the semicircular workpiece, into which one end of the pipe is inserted.

Video: we will equip the workshop ourselves

Features of homemade devices and equipment

You can talk for a long time about what equipment you can make for your workshop with your own hands. But everyone has their own needs and capabilities. In addition to homemade devices, there should be places to store tools, as well as a workbench.

You should take the construction of a workbench seriously. You need to think about what will be attached to it, where it will stand, and what materials to build it from. The tabletop can be made of metal or wood.

You can immediately attach a circular saw, for example, or a jigsaw, various kinds of vices, clamps, and so on. It all depends on your idea and need for this or that equipment. But the workbench must be the right comfortable height, stable and well made.

Also in the workroom, various types of cabinets and pencil cases for placing and storing existing tools, which you can assemble with your own hands, are very useful. You can equip separate places for storing large tools and separately for small ones, for example, a separate open cabinet for drills.

The convenience of work, how quickly you can find the necessary tool or part and, ultimately, your comfortable well-being depends on how you organize your workspace.

Video: wood lathe

What can be done for the garage

Often, a garage becomes not only a place to store a car, but also a place for many necessary tools, and sometimes a workshop at the same time. Therefore, here you need to have:

Tools for car repair.
Spacious racks for their placement.
Garage workbench.
Hooks.
Shelves or brackets for tires.
Lamps and heaters.

These devices are easy to assemble with your own hands. The organization of the garage space should be well thought out. Everything should be placed conveniently and not take up much space. Think about whether you need a workbench and where to put it, what size it will be and in what places to place racks and shelves.

A workbench will be needed if you are repairing your car yourself. Typically, all tools are located on shelves and racks next to the workbench. Spare tires are stored either on a special rack or hung on brackets on the walls.

Place all fuels and lubricants on a separate rack. Most often, some difficulties arise with storing small parts: screws, nuts and the like. You can take small glass jars with screw caps for this.

Screw the lid to the shelf below, sort all the small items into separate jars. This way you can save space and put things in order, and the search for the right screw, drill or nut will now be reduced to a minimum.

For these purposes, you can choose another option. You will need magnetic tape, small clear plastic containers with durable lids, and metal flat washers. Fix the magnetic tape vertically in the place you need.

Attach metal washers to the bottom of the containers. Sort all the small fasteners into ready-made containers and hang them on a magnetic strip.

For repairs, you will also need an inspection hole. And if it is not possible to equip it, then you can build two overpasses to lift the front or rear or side of the car. This will allow you to fully carry out all repair operations. Overpasses are made of timber and durable boards or metal, if possible.

Well, in the end, good lighting is very important for the garage. It can be general and as an addition to portable and local lamps. And make sure that there is more than one outlet in the garage. If you are repairing the car yourself, then you need to think about ventilation of the room.

Video: 29 DIY projects for the garage

The article discusses the most convenient and practical do-it-yourself garage accessories that can improve the operating comfort of this room. Here are detailed recommendations for the development and creation of structures designed for convenient storage of tools and car parts, tips for making furniture, as well as arranging lighting and heating systems.

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

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

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

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

Options for shelves in the garage with your own hands: photos and tips for arranging storage spaces

About 80% of the shelves in the garage are built with your own hands to store garage accessories, namely:

tools and additional devices;
components for the car;
accessories.

Often in photos of shelves in a garage with your own hands you can see them combined with a rack, which you can also make yourself. Most often, the rack is considered as the main place for storing tools. After its installation, the remaining space is filled with comfortable and spacious shelves.

Be sure to designate a place where work clothes will be stored. It is not necessary to occupy a large area; you can get by with one shelf or even a hook (depending on your needs).

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

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 include sets of tires, which can be winter or summer. When winter tires are used, summer tires are usually stored in the garage, and vice versa. Therefore, you should organize tire storage shelves or brackets.

The design of the bracket is as follows:

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

Helpful advice! It is recommended to place shelves for wheels in the garage with your own hands as close to the ceiling as possible at the optimal height. Thanks to this, car tires will 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 discs, which can be placed one above the other in a horizontal position. The structure can be made angular and raised onto the wall.

wooden beam;
boards;
chipboard sheets.

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

Tool storage: interesting ideas for a DIY garage

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

The same problem applies to shelving. By taking on the task of making your own tool storage space, you can not only organize a convenient and practical rack, but also fit it harmoniously into the garage space.

Helpful advice! The minimum load that the structure must withstand is 150 kg or more. In this case, the maximum load limit per section is 500 kg.

Rules for the manufacture of wood products:

It is better to use hardwood, for example, beech, oak, hornbeam.
Before assembly, it is necessary to treat the wood with antiseptic agents.
The frame parts must be carefully polished to ensure safe operation of the rack.
To make shelves, it is recommended to use chipboard or plywood sheets, OSB. DVL slabs 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 tool shelves in the garage with your own hands

Shelves are installed in cases where the garage does not allow for a shelving unit. It is better if there are several designs.

Scheme for creating shelves for tools:

Plan the placement of shelves, determine their size and mark them.
Prepare material in the form of boards and fasteners.
Using a hammer drill, make holes in the wall and install dowels with hooks in them, which will provide enhanced fixation.
Attach hangers equipped with eyelets to the boards. For metal hangers, it is recommended to use self-tapping screws or regular nails.
Fix finished products using a 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 apply decorative finishing to the products (paint or special film).

Technology for creating a tool rack in the garage

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:

An element 9 cm wide is cut into several pieces 18 cm, 27.5 cm and 30 cm long. The resulting parts will be spacers.
The board, the width of which is 19 cm, should be cut into pieces 36 cm long. Shelves will be made from these parts.
On the board that will become the base of the product, it is necessary to apply markings in those places where there will be spacers. It is recommended to indent 2.5 cm on each side.
The top spacer is glued, then the top shelf, which already has a spacer, is nailed to it. The remaining parts are mounted in the same way. Installation of the lower strut is carried out at the end.
The structure should be turned over and the spacers should be screwed together with the base of the product.
The surface is thoroughly cleaned using sandpaper. After this, the product must be coated with two layers of oil-based varnish or another type of finishing.
The structure is fixed to the wall using anchor screws. Fixation should be done both under the top and bottom shelves.

Helpful advice! To strengthen the product, wood blocks should be installed between the sections. They will allow you to evenly distribute the load throughout the rack.

Organization of lighting and heating systems in the garage

To make the operation of the garage comfortable, the lighting, ventilation and heating systems in the room should be properly organized. Since cars are closely associated with the use of toxic and harmful substances, the problem of ventilation in confined spaces is particularly acute. For a garage, 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 work areas (sizes of a workbench for a garage, inspection pit, number of machines);
type of decoration on the walls, its colors;
indicator of network power density per 1 m²;
type of garage lights.

To maintain the optimal temperature, various types of heating can be used:

gas;
based on waste 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 thousand hours.

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

Fluorescent lamps are filled with inert gases inside. The inside of the flask is coated with a specialized composition that emits ultraviolet light under the influence of an arc-type discharge. Recommended models include IP-65 class products, protected from moisture and dust particles.

Installing LED garage lighting comes with the highest costs. However, they pay for themselves 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, so there is no need to purchase additional lampshades.

Installing lighting in a garage: how to calculate

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

P = S x W/N.

Explanation of values:

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

For halogen and LED lamps, 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 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 cause an electric shock. The devices are mounted on the sides in pre-made recesses.

Helpful advice! To prevent an accidentally dropped tool from breaking the lamp, the design of the lamps can be made retractable. When the pit is not in use, the devices are securely 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 implemented:

LED strips are mounted inside the lampshades (there are 300 diodes per element).
The switch is output strictly to the panel.
A suspended ceiling system is used for electrical wiring.
The wires are powered by a battery connected to the network via a charger.

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

Height calculation for a multi-level system:

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

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

Which heater to choose for a garage

Heating of the garage is carried out using small portable devices that are able to warm up the room in a short time and subsequently maintain the optimal temperature.

Having thought about which heaters are best for a garage, many mistakenly believe that a homemade device can be made exclusively from expensive components and requires a significant investment of time. For this reason, garage owners refuse this idea.

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 intended for assembling a heater;
wire equipped with a plug;
paper laminated plastic (area of one element 1 m²);
graphite powder;
epoxy adhesive composition.

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

Thermal, or - a common heating option 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.
Plastic sheets on the rough side are coated with a mixture of glue and graphite, which is applied in zigzag strokes, after which they are fastened with their faces and fixed with a frame made from wooden slats.
Terminals are attached to the graphite conductors and the structure is dried. Drying must be complete, otherwise moisture will damage the device.

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

Safety restrictions:

It is not recommended to leave the device switched on unattended or near children.
It is prohibited to use equipment that can cause a fire.
Do not place flammable substances or materials near the device.

Making useful gadgets for your garage with your own hands

To carry out repair and service work, you will need to build an inspection hole 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.

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

boards and wooden blocks;
fasteners and ties;
plane and other woodworking tools;
varnishing and carpentry adhesives;
sandpaper and drying oil.

An example of placing useful devices in the garage: 1 - with hand tools, 2 - shelving and cabinets, 3 - a table for various repair work, 4 - a shelf for storing tires, 5 - an inspection hole

Technology for making a workbench in the garage with your own hands: 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 selected taking into account 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 make 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 your own structure. If desired, you can customize it to suit your needs.

Garage arrangement: how to make a workbench indoors:

Work stage	Details, size in cm	Mounting type
Assembling the tabletop	20 boards (5x10x200) with grooves 2.5x2.5 in the 5th and 16th element (step 25)	Adhesive composition metal ties
Drying	-	-
Making legs (4 pcs.)	Block (10x10x80) with grooves for brackets on the front supports	Brackets
Assembling the base of the underframe	Frames (2 pcs.) made of boards (5x10)	Tenon connection to a depth of 2.5 cm and bolts
Fixing the side and rear support walls	Chipboard boards (thickness 10 mm)	Screws
Fixing the tabletop to the upper frame	-	Bolts

Final processing involves impregnating the finished product with drying oil and opening it with varnish.

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

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

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

The width is selected so that there is enough space inside to work. The size is limited by the distance at which the car's wheels are seated. 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. 1 m should be added to this indicator.
The height of the garage owner is used to calculate the depth. Another 10-15 cm is added to it.

How to properly make a viewing hole in a garage using different materials:

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

The pit is dug 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:

marking;
construction of a pit;
arrangement of the pit;
construction of walls;
lighting gasket.

For waterproofing walls, specialized hydrophobic impregnation is used.

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

Making a garage press with your own hands

To create a press, a frame measuring 178x80 cm should be made from 4 pieces of metal pipes. These elements are connected by welding. It is recommended to be guided in your work by drawings, selected or compiled in advance. After this you need to install:

retainer;
removable stop;
bottle jack (hydraulic).

You can use video materials to review the detailed technology for creating useful devices for the garage with your own hands. Such visual recommendations help you navigate the dimensions, master step-by-step instructions, and imagine what the finished structure should look like.

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

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

Useful DIY garage gadgets: general recommendations

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

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

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

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

The construction of a garage workbench, machines, inspection pit and other devices expand the range of possibilities of the 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 - rack for small tools, 3 - shelves for spare parts and tires, 4 - rack for large tools, 5 - cabinets for various things, 6 - workbench with additional shelves

About 80% of the shelves in the garage are built with your own hands to store garage accessories, namely:

tools and additional devices;
components for the car;
accessories.

Be sure to designate a place where work clothes will be stored. It is not necessary to occupy a large area; you can get by with one shelf or even a hook (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 design of the bracket is as follows:

Two triangular frames made from corners. Between these frames, jumpers made of any durable metal are installed.

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

wooden beam;
boards;
chipboard sheets.

Tool storage: interesting ideas for a DIY garage

Rules for the manufacture of wood products:

It is better to use hardwood, for example, beech, oak, hornbeam.

Before assembly, it is necessary to treat the wood with antiseptic agents.

The frame parts must be carefully polished to ensure safe operation of the rack.

To make shelves, it is recommended to use chipboard or plywood sheets, OSB. DVL slabs 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 tool shelves in the garage with your own hands

Shelves are installed in cases where the garage does not allow for a shelving unit. It is better if there are several designs.

Scheme for creating shelves for tools:

Plan the placement of shelves, determine their size and mark them.

Prepare material in the form of boards and fasteners.

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

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

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

At the final stage, you can apply decorative finishing to the products (paint or special film).

Technology for creating a tool rack in the garage

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:

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

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

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

The top spacer is glued, then the top shelf, which already has a spacer, is nailed to it. The remaining parts are mounted in the same way. Installation of the lower strut is carried out at the end.

The structure should be turned over and the spacers should be screwed together with the base of the product.

The surface is thoroughly cleaned using sandpaper. After this, the product must be coated with two layers of oil-based varnish or another type of finishing.

The structure is fixed to the wall using anchor screws. Fixation should be done both under the top and bottom shelves.

Organization of lighting and heating systems in the garage

Factors affecting lighting levels:

garage area, its height;
the number and nature of the placement of work areas (sizes of a workbench for a garage, inspection pit, number of machines);
type of decoration on the walls, its colors;
indicator of network power density per 1 m?;
type of garage lights.

To maintain the optimal temperature, various types of heating can be used:

gas;
based on waste 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 a garage: how to calculate

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

P = S x W/N.

Explanation of values:

P – total required power, W/m?.
W – power of one lamp, W.
N – number of lamps (luminaires), pcs.
S – room area, m?.

For halogen and LED lamps, the optimal indicator is 16-20 W/m?. 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 implemented:

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

The switch is output strictly to the panel.

A suspended ceiling system is used for electrical wiring.

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

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

Height calculation for a multi-level system:

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

Which heater to choose for a garage

Heating of the garage is carried out using small portable devices that are able to warm up the room in a short time and subsequently maintain the optimal temperature.

a kit intended for assembling a heater;
wire equipped with a plug;
paper laminated plastic (area of one element 1 m?);
graphite powder;
epoxy adhesive composition.

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.

Plastic sheets on the rough side are coated with a mixture of glue and graphite, which is applied in zigzag strokes, after which they are fastened with their faces and fixed with a frame made from wooden slats.

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

Safety restrictions:

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

It is prohibited to use equipment that can cause a fire.

Do not place flammable substances or materials near the device.

Making useful gadgets for your garage with your own hands

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

boards and wooden blocks;
fasteners and ties;
plane and other woodworking tools;
varnishing and carpentry 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 repair work, 4 - a shelf for storing tires, 5 - an inspection hole

Technology for making a workbench in the garage with your own hands: photos, drawings

Garage arrangement: how to make a workbench indoors:

Final processing involves impregnating the finished product with drying oil and opening it with varnish.

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

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

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

The width is selected so that there is enough space inside to work. The size is limited by the distance at which the car's wheels are seated. 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. 1 m should be added to this indicator.

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

How to properly make a viewing hole in a garage using different materials:

The pit is dug 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:

marking;
construction of a pit;
arrangement of the pit;
construction of walls;
lighting gasket.

For waterproofing walls, 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 size 50x50x4 mm

Making a garage press with your own hands

retainer;
removable stop;
bottle jack (hydraulic).

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

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

Since time immemorial, a car storage room has been considered not only a place to relax after a hard day, but also a unique workshop. The men equipped it, creating various homemade products for the garage with their own hands. In a small space you need to arrange a huge number of things for convenient use and reliable storage. Enterprising craftsmen do not lag behind their ancestors, but continue the work they started, using modern methods and technologies. Let's consider popular ideas for original designs for the work area of real men.

When setting up a room for parking a car, you must follow the basic safety rule. The entrance gate or door should be easy to open and access to it should always be free.

Homemade products for the garage - a wise approach to modernizing space

Almost every car enthusiast can build a “house” for an iron horse with his own hands. The main thing is to tune in to the fact that this is a constant and long-term process. It doesn't hurt to use creativity, skill, and strong determination to achieve your goal. Practical advice from experts will help those who are ready to get down to business create original homemade products for the garage. In addition, it brings enormous satisfaction when ordinary objects are transformed into a necessary and valuable thing.

Car tire storage

Experienced drivers change the “shoes” of their car every season. Where is the best place to store tires so that they do not lose their properties? A simple do-it-yourself garage project will solve this painful issue forever.

For proper tire storage, the type of wheel design plays a key role: with or without a disc.

Car tires mounted on rims are stored hanging or in stacks. For the first option, simple materials are used:

metal cables;
chains;
luggage straps

They are often attached to the ceiling, load-bearing wall, or to a beam located in the upper part of the room. An original DIY garage craft is driving metal hooks or pins into the wall. They are stuffed over the entire area of the wall, the main thing is that the wheels do not touch each other.

Metal pins should not protrude beyond the edges of suspended structures.

Car tires that do not have rims are stored standing up. Suitable shelves are made for them by welding profiled pipes with a diameter of 30 mm or a corner. The width of the structure is 4 times the width of the wheel plus 15 cm for free placement on a shelf. The height of the rear part of the structure is 10 cm higher than the outer volume of the tire. This DIY garage fixture is hung on the wall.

The place where tires are stored must be protected from sunlight so that the rubber does not lose its properties.

The good owner has everything at hand

To set up a work area in the garage, experienced drivers first determine in which part to place it. If the room has a rectangular shape, then it is convenient to build a “creativity corner” along the entire width of the back wall.

This useful DIY device for the garage will help solve three main problems:

compact arrangement of a large number of things;
ease of use;
free movement indoors.

For a wide garage, it is better to place the structure along one of the side walls or as a corner option. In this matter, the garage owner makes his own decision based on the size of the room.

A great idea for the garage is to make your own wooden table or workbench. For the design you will need:

profiled pipe or metal corner;
boards;
moisture-resistant plywood or chipboard;
fasteners;
set of tools.

Using welding equipment, the frame of the future table is made, which is sheathed with plywood or chipboard. Alternatively, the structure can be made entirely of wood. To compactly fill the space, shelves are installed under the tabletop, where plastic or wooden containers are placed.

In addition, craftsmen use various tricks in the garage - they build a rack from plastic canisters with their own hands. Identical containers with the handle at the top will do. One of the sides is cut out, turning the canister into an original box for the car enthusiast’s valuables. Then the containers are placed on a wooden or metal rack, as shown in the photo. Such garage storage systems will serve car enthusiasts for many years. Because plastic is not afraid of dampness, temperature changes and is resistant to mechanical damage. As a result, the wise master has all the details at hand, which means he works without distractions.

Folding table for small spaces

A simple design that can be made from an old cabinet will help you set up a work area in a small garage. For the design you will need:

chipboard sheets;
corners;
several loops;
mortise nuts for furniture;
wooden block;
self-tapping screws;
anchor bolts.

First, mark the future structure using a level. Through holes are drilled on a wooden block and attached to the wall using anchor bolts. Then the prepared table surface is connected to it using moving curtains. The design fits wonderfully into a small room and is used only when necessary.

Ideal place for tools

Every driver has a whole arsenal of tools at his disposal. Some of them are used quite often, others - once a year. Original homemade garage gadgets are a simple solution to the problem. They contribute to perfect order in the room and also decorate its interior.

Organized people who keep everything in its place can benefit from locked drawers for tools and car parts.

One of the devices is performed in a simple way. A metal reinforcing mesh (cage size 10 cm), which is made of wire (diameter 2 mm), is attached to the wall. Some parts of the cage are bitten off, then folded back and made into hooks or crossbars.

Motorists hang on them:

hand saw for metal;
watering can for fuel;
various rubber hoses;
small car spare parts.

Another way to organize valuable tools for car enthusiasts is a shelf for screwdrivers. To do this, the board (about 15 cm thick) is thoroughly sanded, bringing the surface to a smooth state. Next, drill holes of different sizes (one or two rows). Each of them is cleaned to prevent the appearance of splinters. Attach the structure to the wall using brackets, after which screwdrivers or chisels are inserted into the holes. A similar device is made to store hand tools. A board is nailed to a vertical surface. One of its sides is pre-sawed off to make it convenient to hang pliers, wire cutters of various types and pliers.

To place battery equipment in the garage, a special shelf is built. Its upper part has a flat base. At the bottom, protrusions of different formats are sawn through, where suitable parts for battery tools are placed. This approach allows the car enthusiast to quickly find the things he needs, especially in critical situations.

Portable lighting systems

As you know, there are no windows in garage spaces. During daylight hours, light enters only through a door or gate. When repairing the underbody of a car, it is very difficult to do without. Experienced motorists advise making a portable lamp.

To create the simplest design, take a regular cartridge and connect it to an electrical wire, at the end of which a plug is attached. For lighting, a regular incandescent or housekeeper lamp is suitable. The main thing is that it fits the cartridge.

To protect fragile glass, you can make a lampshade out of it. A medium-thick milky-colored vessel that perfectly diffuses light is suitable. The design is used to illuminate the most hidden places of the car and distant areas of the room.

Compact stand for electric drill

When performing various works in the garage, they are often used. The tool needs to be treated with care, so you need to keep it in a safe place. In addition, it is easier to drill holes on a flat and stable surface without distortions. It’s easy to make an original stand for an electric drill if you listen to the advice of experts.

First, assemble the main components of the structure:

flat area of an old milling machine;
calibrated tube or rod;
sheet of plywood.

A box is made from thick plywood that matches the size of the electric drill. Two holes are made in it with a drill. Next, the drill is attached to the box using special nuts. The structure is installed on the rack towards the base. A handle is attached at the top of the rack, next to the barbell. A standard ruler is installed along the base, which serves as a limiter for the unit. In this position, working with a drill is much more convenient. The holes are smooth and without visible deviations.

The useful do-it-yourself garage items shown in the photo clearly demonstrate the skill of modern car enthusiasts. The main goal of arranging a car house is to rationally distribute the work area and conveniently place valuables. Thanks to this, it will be comfortable to work, relax and even communicate with friends in the garage.

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

How can you arrange a garage?

First, let's look at several options for ergonomic use and design of the interior space of the garage:

In 99% of cases, a garage box has a rectangular shape in its internal configuration. Accordingly, the distance from the car to the side walls is not very large and is not comfortable for carrying out any work. The most common arrangement option is to move the work area (workbench, shelving or cabinets with tools and spare parts) to the rear of the garage, to the wall opposite the gate. This area may even have enough space to install any necessary equipment other than a workbench.
If there is an additional room in a large garage (utility room, electrical room), then on the surface of its door you can organize tool storage using a hanging sheet 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 shelving in the garage, you can place a metal grill at some distance from the wall. You can hang almost any objects, clothes and the like on it. You don't even have to install shelves.
Another way out is to attach hooks to any surface. There simply can’t be enough of them in the garage. You can make them yourself, or you can buy them at the supermarket. Significant savings in free space are guaranteed.

Little tricks for the garage

So, the garage has been purchased. At the initial stage of arrangement, we will most likely talk about purchasing 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.

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

Materials:

furniture hinges;
wood fasteners;
accessories;
wooden blocks;
anchor.

First, markings are made using a building or household level.

Next steps:

the block is drilled through and attached to the wall with anchors;
holes are marked and drilled in the future plane of the table and the area where the corners are attached;

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

How to make a stand for a drill?

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

Making a wooden stand will take very little time and will not require any special materials or tools:

wooden blocks or boards no thinner than 20 mm;
furniture guides;

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

Tools:

hacksaw;
vice;
Screwdriver Set;
electric drill.

The dimensions of the mini-machine are chosen in accordance with the size of the workspace in the garage.

Making a stand from metal requires a little more time and materials, so it is necessary to cover it in a little more detail.

The proposed metal stand is more versatile than one made of wood and includes:

supporting frame;
guide posts of the drill, to which it is attached and moved vertically;

vertical tool feed handle;
additional components for ease of use.

How to make an overpass for car repairs?

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

Overpasses come in full and small sizes. Strictly speaking, overpasses function in the same way as inspection 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 construction of an inspection pit impossible.

It is quite possible to install the overpass yourself. For this case, you need drawings, an action plan and taking into account the dimensions of the car:

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

The ladders are made from a corner, the cabinets 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 with painting, inflating tires, blowing off dust, and in many other cases.

You can assemble the simplest compressor for painting a car yourself from an old car camera.

Here is a description of the necessary materials and tools to bring this idea to life:

the camera itself will serve as the receiver;
supercharger - a pump, preferably with a pressure gauge;
tire repair kit;
awl.

Procedure:

check the chamber for damage with the pump and repair it if found;
make a hole in the receiver to release a stream of compressed air;

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

leave the “original” chamber nipple - it will be used as a valve, holding excess pressure;
by testing, determine the required air pressure of the receiver, spraying paint and ensuring that it lies evenly;
The main rule is that there should be nothing foreign in the chamber: moisture, particles of dirt and dust.

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

The method is inexpensive, even if you don’t have 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 l;

pressure gauge for the 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 can be installed in a niche on the wall or on a home-made wall shelf, wherever the need dictates.

This type of compressor receiver has three outputs:

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

Operating principle: the compressor sucks in air through the lower part, where the filter regulator and switch switch are installed. The regulator pressure limits range from two to eight atmospheres.

To ensure against troubles, you can install a relief valve for safety.

How to make a crane-lift?

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

A crane with a winch can be of great help in such operations. It can be equipped in the garage either by purchasing it in a supermarket or with your own hands, according to a simple diagram.

The most practical way to place such a crane beam is above the front of a car parked in a garage. If the boom extension is 1 meter, then the working area will be around 5 m².

The base 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 ensure compliance with horizontal levels, since often the floor or ceiling of a garage may have a slope in one direction or another.

The boom is made of a meter strut, 50x50 angles and a glass with two pressed bronze bearing bushings. The entire structure is secured with a cotter shaped nut M42x2.

Pit and cellar

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

The situation is as follows: a garage has been built/bought/rented, the car requires repairs or simply maintenance, and there is no inspection hole in the garage. There is a way out - build it with your own hands.

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

To do this, measure the dimensions of the hole:

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

Life hack: you need to add 30 cm to all the obtained dimensions. This is done for the intended installation of hydro- and thermal insulation.

Let's take a step-by-step look at the construction process itself:

The dimensions of the pit are marked.

Lifehack. If you already have a floor screed, you will have to organize the work order as follows: apply markings and then cut through them with a grinder or some other tool.

We keep the floor parallel with the help of a level and carefully compact 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, reinforced mesh, which is filled with concrete in a layer of 7 cm. Then it is necessarily spilled with bitumen-based mastic, roofing material is laid on top, then the seams are coated and lay a layer of foam plastic and the next layer of concrete 15 cm.

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

Creating formwork is the most labor-intensive operation: it is made up of plywood sheets or boards, leaving a gap of 7 cm from the wall.

The wall is reinforced and filled with concrete.

Life hack: the height is filled 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 explain its purpose.

Simply put, a caisson is a can. An ordinary large waterproof canister, tank or anything that resembles them. It is used as a basement impermeable to soil moisture.

It consists of:

over-caisson 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 “volume/materials consumed”;
The caisson is additionally waterproofed from moisture with various bitumen mastics, an asphalt layer or various solutions, again based on bitumen.

Let's look at some useful tips and recommendations on this matter:

The walls of the caisson must withstand significant external pressure; you should not skimp on their thickness.
Welds must be welded twice, and the use of anti-corrosion agents is highly recommended.

When using a caisson, it is necessary to install a reliable ventilation system.
The list of basic storage units is almost the same: canned food and pickles, other homemade supplies rolled into 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 ventilation option is not always suitable due to the lack of the possibility of artificial regulation. Forced ventilation is better suited.
If there is no caisson, for waterproofing, a so-called sand cushion 25-30 cm thick is laid on the floor, covered with roofing felt or other material on top, and 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 covered in fungus over time. To avoid this, they are coated with protective mixtures.

Steel racks do not have this drawback, but they tend to corrode, so they are treated with water-repellent materials.
Plastic shelving is resistant to moisture and corrosion, but is quite fragile and cannot bear a large weight load.

The depth of the cellar is directly proportional to the depth of the aquifer in this particular area, unless a caisson is used.
When using a caisson, measures must be taken to prevent it from being squeezed out to the surface by groundwater.
The cellar floor should be located at least 1 meter from the upper boundary of the aquifer.

How to make a workbench?

Who has ever seen a garage that doesn’t have a workbench with a vice attached to it? Or a garage without shelves, mezzanines, or wall cabinets? Without a stand for checking or maintaining the car?

By looking at the interior of the garage, you can immediately tell who its owner is 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, it will turn into a universal place of work. Typically, such a workbench is made across the entire width of the garage with drawers of various sizes.

To install it with dimensions 660x100x60 cm you need:

saw;
plywood of various thicknesses;
polyurethane;
paints;
sander;
fastener

Operating procedure:

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

boxes are made from strips 0.6x4.8 m, 13 mm thick;
sections of the rack are assembled from 20 fragments measuring 61x61 cm;

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

additionally cut a 254 mm groove 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 rear wall with strips of plywood;

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

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

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

How to make shelving?

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

A garage rack can be purchased at retail chains - this is an option that requires almost no energy consumption. Installation/disassembly of such structures is elementary and does not require highly qualified assembler.

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 scrap or purchased materials: from scraps of pipes, profiles or corners, from pieces of plywood, chipboard, plastic.

Instead of drawers, it is quite possible to use ordinary plastic canisters. The canister is positioned horizontally, and using the handle that is in front, it is pulled out and returned to its place.

The only thing that should not be forgotten is that it is prohibited to use canisters and other containers containing 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 yourself, you need to carry out preparations, take dimensions, calculate the load and select the material for the product. You should also take into account what communications are located in the place where the rack is planned to be installed.

First, determine the external dimensions of the product.
Then calculate the number of shelves and their height. It makes sense to make them of unequal heights, since the sizes of storage items vary.

It is irrational to make sections that are too wide - the load-carrying capacity of the shelves will sharply decrease and 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 turn out in the end.

The next step will be cutting the vertical parts.
All parts are cut to the same length from a solid profile or angle. 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, shelves made of chipboard and fiberboard will not support significant weight due to their relative fragility.

Design shelves no more than 60 cm wide.
The presence of a 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, install the vertical posts. The method of fastening (to the floor, ceiling, walls) should be considered at the stage of drawing up the drawing.
When installing, be sure to use a level to avoid distortions.
The shelves are secured using corners.

Let's look at some useful life hacks:

Sometimes, to save space, shelves are attached directly to the ceiling without using vertical supports on the floor. Hanging shelves can free up space in the lower tier of a garage box, but they cannot have a special load capacity. You can put oversized but lightweight long slats, plastic corners, cardboard pipes, etc. on them. They can also be made mesh - then you can additionally hang something from them with hooks.
Another popular way to use a wall is to arrange a metal or plastic panel with fasteners (hooks, brackets, etc.) instead of a shelving unit; this will greatly save space.
To create a small gap between the wall and the panel, it is recommended to use wine corks sawn in half.

Hanging 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, they are quite easy to lose or drop on the floor. There are several options for solving the problem. Here is one of the interesting, simple and inexpensive options - just ingenuity and a new look at using ordinary things.

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

To work you will need:

4 metal slats, each 2.2 m long;
electric drill;
fastener

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 strip (in our case, its length is 2 m), holes must be drilled for the entire length of the row with a drill for fastening to the wall. Saving is not recommended, since 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 of things in the garage with your own hands, because among all the variety of goods that modern industry offers us, there is not always something that fully satisfies 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 homemade devices that make life so much easier when a sudden need arises to perform a non-standard operation.

The garage performs a wide variety of functions: from a storage room and a workshop to a repair 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 accessible for making with improvised materials with your own hands.

To protect against drafts, it is often recommended to lay a kind of felt “sausage” under the garage door. It is very helpful 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 disks, tires are stored vertically with the obligatory change of their position once a month.

To place them in a standing position, it is recommended to design a storage location on the wall with your own hands. In fact, it is a wall-mounted triangular frame into which tires are inserted in a standing position. The farther the frame is installed from heating devices, the better the tires will be preserved.
It’s good if there are used tires in the garage that have not yet been scrapped. If you put a piece of plywood or chipboard on top of such a tire and decorate it with decor, it will turn into such an elegant thing as a designer stool.

If you lack driving experience, you can mount a used tire on the wall opposite the gate as a bump stop. This craft will significantly reduce the risk of scratching the bumper when parking the car.
An old tire makes a homemade little thing for storing small items. Attaching the tire to the wall is quite simple, and this option will look impressive. For gardeners, the shelf can easily turn into a flower bed if the tire is placed outside the garage.

Storing various wrenches (socket wrenches, combination wrenches, adjustable wrenches) on hooks is beneficial and preferable from several points of view. Several keys on one hook, they are clearly visible, take up little space, and are all accessible at once.
It is very convenient to store rags using a wall holder, which uses ordinary clothespins. The rags will always be at hand, no need to waste time looking for them.

To make notes “for memory”, you need a board and chalk. But this is completely optional: cover a cabinet door, part of a gate, some kind of shield, or just a free, flat section of the wall with graphite paint and make a schedule of tasks on it, leave notes or write down the dimensions of the future shelving.
Using a grinder, you can turn an old 200-liter barrel into a wonderful chair if you cover it with foam rubber or rubber. The same thing can become the basis of a table for something needed.

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 the hooks, you attach a figuratively cut strip with holes and staples to the wall above the workbench, it will be very helpful for storing and using pencils, drills, spools of thread or twine.

The same applies to various types of loops and straps attached to the garage wall.
If you attach lids to the bottom surface of the wall cabinet, they are very convenient for wrapping jars in which various small items are stored.
Another possibility of using them: an electric cable is pulled through the hole in the lid, and a socket with a lamp is placed in the jar - the lampshade is ready!

Garage doors are a very significant and important part of the garage. They carry a fairly significant load, serve as the main obstacle to burglars, and require 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 extension springs or torsion springs is not yet very popular in Russia compared to the “classic” version, but they also deserve attention precisely because of their ease of use.

Tension springs are usually used with gates smaller than 8 m². They do not require a large lintel height due to the use of extension springs installed on the sides. They are easier to install, and their price is lower than gates that use torsion springs. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to install a built-in wicket gate in such gates.

Torsion springs are used when installing gates larger than 8 m². 3 types of installation are allowed: standard, low, high. A big plus when using gates of this type is the protection against falling of the door leaf when the springs fail and low-noise operation, just like the version with a built-in wicket door.