08-25-2014, 03:19 PM
Dave,
I think you need to ask yourself a few questions before making any decision. How do you plan to use the garage? Is it large enough for a vehicle _and_ shelves and a workbench? The garage at my parent's house isn't big enough for both. It was either the car or storage. They chose storage and set up shelves on one side and along the back. They have a workbench on the other side, leaving ample space for items like a snow thrower, bicycles, a fridge and a freezer.
Since you have the luxury of empty space, it's an opportunity to draw out the configuration on paper. Even do piece of paper for the shelves, the bench and other stuff and move them around the 'garage" until your satisfied with the configuration. I know it sounds crazy but ti'll make a huge difference. It's what I did prior to moving into my new apartment. Each room was laid out on paper before we brought stuff over. Made life much easier when moving stuff into the new unit.
For shelves, I am not a fan of the wire shelving sold at place like the container store. I'll take heavier duty shelving over it every time, at least if it's going to go into a garage. If space allows, I recommend this shelving:
We have two sets at my office and they're easy to assemble, well made and very strong. Definitely very happy with them.
Off the shelf workbenches can be very expensive. We did better by making them ourselves out of legs and plywood. The plywood needed sanding and a couple of coats of poly. End result, solid, workbenches custom made to our specs. We got the height adjustable legs, poly and plywood at Home Depot.
Robert
I think you need to ask yourself a few questions before making any decision. How do you plan to use the garage? Is it large enough for a vehicle _and_ shelves and a workbench? The garage at my parent's house isn't big enough for both. It was either the car or storage. They chose storage and set up shelves on one side and along the back. They have a workbench on the other side, leaving ample space for items like a snow thrower, bicycles, a fridge and a freezer.
Since you have the luxury of empty space, it's an opportunity to draw out the configuration on paper. Even do piece of paper for the shelves, the bench and other stuff and move them around the 'garage" until your satisfied with the configuration. I know it sounds crazy but ti'll make a huge difference. It's what I did prior to moving into my new apartment. Each room was laid out on paper before we brought stuff over. Made life much easier when moving stuff into the new unit.
For shelves, I am not a fan of the wire shelving sold at place like the container store. I'll take heavier duty shelving over it every time, at least if it's going to go into a garage. If space allows, I recommend this shelving:
We have two sets at my office and they're easy to assemble, well made and very strong. Definitely very happy with them.
Off the shelf workbenches can be very expensive. We did better by making them ourselves out of legs and plywood. The plywood needed sanding and a couple of coats of poly. End result, solid, workbenches custom made to our specs. We got the height adjustable legs, poly and plywood at Home Depot.
Robert