I love the wall slats, I love the idea of French cleats but hate having to make the bins, hooks, etc. because there’s just not enough time and these slats look fantastic on the wall. They really clean it up, I’m sure it was pricey but again the adjustability is amazing
I actually bought those same lights you used after watching your video. My garage shop had 2 spots for lights and only dingy 40 watt bulbs in it when we bought the house so the upgrade was the very first thing I did when we moved in.
I store lots of rarely used stuff up high in the garage. I’ve used several variations of rope/pulleys to raise & lower. The motorized unit shown here is nice, but $600 is pretty steep for lifting 2 suitcases and a cooler. I’d add one piece of advice on ceiling storage-plan ahead. It’s frustrating to do a bunch of work & then realize you’re blocking out light or don’t have enough clearance to walk under it or the garage door bumps it when opening. Also, look for any way your overhead storage can fail and do something to mitigate that risk.
Good stuff. I have that same wall mounted vac. A good tip is to add a Dust Deputy and poly drum underneath it, plumb the connection from Dust Deputy to the vac with PVC. Keeps your vac and it's filters super clean.
Another great video! I have 4 of the 1/2”x 130’ retractable hoses and they have been going strong for 3 years. To answer the question about winter, I’m in upstate NY where temps are frequently below zero and we average around 180” of snow. I just connect my compressor to the retractable hose reels blow the water out and store them in the basement.
For cheap strong overhead storage, I bought wheel racks and bolted plywood bases on them. They usually go for 60$ on sale and have high weight ratings.
Rust oleum epoxy is actually pretty good. It has several grades - I used both - just use the two car or use 50% more. I’ve done two garages DIY and a breezeway HUGE IMPROVEMENT - and has held up six years and still going. PS - it’s a garage - and I’m not Jay Leno - and even if it peels which mine has not - even with the minimal pressure wash citric acid one one hour prep (included) - there is matching (garage close) touch up. Three tips 100% - 1 lighting 2 floor 3 Shelves - got two 72” Guardian style - 4 shelves each - and mounted them connected across the back wall of a two car garage connected 3 shelves on the sides 2 in the middle. Maybe $800 - all in - and a nice heavy cord reel great add to make functional and presentable with a $100 hand held pressure washer. White paint helps a lot, too. Emptying your garage, sweeping and getting the dirt off is the biggest job and letting the epoxy dry two days makes a big difference.
@@JayDee-xj9lu In all cases my garages were used for vehicle daily drivers as I prefer to store my vehicles in the garage, didnt have any issues personally. Not beyond normal dirt and soiling like when you park a wet or snowy vehicle and the moisture and dirt drips to the floor, cleaning the floor of these areas resulted in near new conditions. I think like anything it depends on your initial prep and garage care not letting things get to the point where it would damage almost any surface. Was never perfect, but generally any area that was perfect was usually due to an area of particular failure to prep, like an area of concrete that was too smooth and never roughed up enough by the acid etching process, a touch up was necessary and remedied the problem once addressed.
I put up 6 of the 4' Barrina LED strip fixtures last summer. One of them is completely burned out and most of the rest have at least a couple of diodes burned out.
dude that's a really good yt video, not just the content like the presentation is suitable with short content addicts and tiktok kids like my gen, i know for a fact that you will blow up
Also SikaFlex the cracks and joints in your garage floor. It prevents dust and crap from settling in there, makes sweeping easier and prevents smalls wheels from catchign when moving toosl around.
I've already got a floor coating down like Tyler. So I'm assuming it's too late for me. I went with Polyaspartic and the nice floor also has the unintended consequence of encouraging me to keep it clean and vacuumed on a regular basis!
I have a French cleat system in my workshop area that I love! But it’s a lot of work to install, you have to make every mount yourself, and it’s less expensive but not cheap. These wall systems very much have a place when time or energy is a limiting factor. And it’s easier to make them look clean and neat, too.
You know what’s cheaper? Attaching those type of hangers directly into the dry wall. No idea why people think they need something to attach them to, when they are putting holes in the drywall anyway for these systems. Yea, you might be slightly more limited in where you put things, since you want to find drywall with studs or plywood behind them, but it’s not that big of a deal.
Good job Big "T" always thinking about the wife and kids. Plus cool toy's for your self. I like the entrance to the basement from the garage. As always keep thinking of shop greatness.
There all good ides if you own the property and can do that. What about if you rent and cannot make permanent fixing because you could have to move house at anytime
The floor isn't overlooked; it's just a REALLY expensive upgrade when the money could be better spent elsewhere. We don't need ideas on where to spend more money, we need help organizing while spending as little as possible. Unfortunately, most content creators don't know how to do this either!
Have you had any hot tire issues with that epoxy floor? I know that's more of a el-cheapo home depot/lowes kit, but I've also seen some very expensive options have the same issue.
These are great tips. Love them. AND am going to use them. Let's improve them. Install some Sonoff WiFi switches, plugs and wall switches, so you can use your voice to turn on/off things that have harder to get to switches. This allows you to also create Alexa routines to stack extra commands together. Also add some cheap cameras to oversee when you are not there.
Your wrong about the box store epoxy not working. The problem is the concrete itself is not rough enough or porous enough. I sanded my floor, and used a kit from home depot. Going on year 8-9 no peeling. My old house i did twice and it peeled both times.
Have you had any experience with a central shop vac with retractable hose? I am suspect of a long vacuum hose dropping pressure especially with the high price tag and how pourly shop vacs are made these days. I have seen the Rockler option which is pricey, as well as a company with a solution called "Vroom" but I can't find a dealership locally to look at this before buying. I don't have a dust collector and would prefer the high pressure instead of the high volume.
Why not just get an attic ladder installed above the man-hole. Put down some structural plywood sheets and now you have roof storage. I can walk 2400mm x 600mm x 15mm plywood sheets straight up the ladder.
@@ShopNation I think this video's thumbnail should be broader and represent a more general overall view of the changes that you made. Including more than just the pressure washer, because the pressure washer is just a minor detail compared to the whole video. The hoist is way more interesting! Great video anyway!
Please people, those little pads that link together to make a garage floor, most are a joke, I have an electric bike and it won't stay in one spot, I hate having something under my feet that can move with some effort. I ha e heard if you back out of your garage a little to hard it peels up those mats.
There is absolutely no way you are getting the rated flow or even pressure at the end of that pressure washer nozzle with 100’ of line. At that length of hose, the flow rate will have dropped a significant amount.
@@ShopNation Just a heads up before I say anything. I really enjoy your content and I don’t want you to think that this is a big “gotcha” moment. It’s not like that at all. You have a lot of people who watch your videos so it’s important that you are giving out correct information. That’s all. You’re the man! “Everything from saw dust to car oil wipes up easily.” - This is not necessarily true. There are plenty of chemicals and things you can spill or get on your floor that simply won’t just “wipe up easily”, especially if they dry on the surface. The type of clear coat/sealer put on the floor also plays a big factor on easy of clean-ability. Along with the flake size used, percentage of flake broadcast, etc. “If there’s one thing you need to know about epoxy flooring it’s that it should have 100% solids and that you should pay attention to the thickness.” - I guess my question would be, why should it be 100% solids? There are hundreds of epoxies out there that are not 100% solids that are fantastic. Just because a product might be 50% or 75% solids, does not make it worse than something that’s 100%. Why is it that someone should pay attention to the “thickness”??? “Some of the cheap options out there are thin watered down varieties that WILL peel up”. I love your channel brother but I’m just going to shoot you straight about this….that’s totally a false claim. Just because an epoxy is cheaper does not mean at all that it “will peel up”. I mean, you basically claimed that if someone uses a lower cost epoxy that is not 100% solids, it’s guaranteed to peel up. Which is not true at all. If the floor was grinded and prepped properly and sealed with a good clear coat…there is no reason it should ever peel up. Someone could use the best epoxy on earth and it will peel up if the concrete is not prepped properly. Grind & prep the surface and use a good sealer, and those “cheap watered down” epoxies from your big box stores should hold up just fine. I’ve also never heard of an epoxy being “watered down”. What exactly does that mean?
@@TheCureThatKillz Just a sidebar question - Does the floor prepping process (grinding, etc.) create a lot of dust or tiny chips flinging against the walls? I have to prime and paint the entire garage and was wondering to do that first or after the flooring. Thanks!
I have to say the way you made your video is really refreshing. You didn't stop the process of going into your sponsor and transition back to the content. great job
We bought a house with two 2-car garages, one of which became my shop. Both have tan colored, speckled epoxy floors. Both are slippery when wet. My main hatred of this floor is the difficulty in seeing and finding dropped screws or nails! They virtue disappear on the speckled floor! If not speckled, it would still be useful for cleaning and vacuuming, but little things would remain visible. I’m thinking about using a diamond grinder pad to buff off the epoxy. Yes, I hate it that much.
Tip: check your electrical codes before you hang a bunch of junk around your electrical panel. Accessibility, without impedance, can be a problem. Your setup would fail, insurance companies look for things like that to not pay out a claim if an electrical fire occurs and access is impeded. Doesn't matter whether you think you can access it, electrical inspectors can be the gestapo of the building trades, zere are rules.
Great video, I have built a new garage and workshop, I ended up with specifying lights for garage and workshop. The workshop has big covered flat panels, and they work great, the garage has small round lights and work great as well, much better than I expected. I like the big flat panels since I don't expect they will have an issue being cleaned and spread the light out even better than your tube lights. Can you use your power wash on your epoxy floor? I am about to have an epoxy floor installed and will ask them if OK for use with the power wash, that would be cool and help things very clean.
I wish I could use my ceiling, but considering my garage ceiling is something like 15 feet high it kind of takes the ceiling out of the running for me. I'd have to build some kind of loft to use the vertical space
I almost always agree with this guy, but electric pressure washers can take car paint off. My buddy has a Jeep Wrangler with bald fender flares to prove it
So I've only used this pressure washer one time. ru-vid.comUgkxfQauTxLT0JLSvqkq10rD79TU4k0Vz8zP The one time I used it, it worked great. I recently had new siding installed but kept the old gutters and small areas surrounding my house that weren't replaced so they looked horrible and dirty because of the new siding. I needed to get it cleaned asap. When I used the pressure washer, man it just melted all the dirt and grime that was on those areas of my house. I used that krud kutter soap and it was over after that. Easy to assemble, feels durable, very simple to use. Also, I purchased a used one to save money and there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. I want to get more use out of it so I think I'll be washing the cars and update this comment as time goes on.
I have the same epoxy floor for 12 years now. They still looks good except for little bit of yellowing. The only big problem for me is when I accidentally drop a screw, good luck finding it. :D
@@ShopNationquestion. What are the 2 small flush devices to the left of your electrical panel door? Are they some type of electrical surge protection devices that are wired into the electrical panel?
