Garage Storage solutions #1

As many of those who had the pleasure of working in my garage in England will know, organisation and tidiness were not among my stronger points. What will surprise you, is that I have learnt from this, and I am not going to end up in that situation again.

I am already beginning to see that the time and frustration saved by having everything in a specific place is significant. I am also enjoying the benefit of having a clean and painted garage floor on which you can find the nuts and such that you drop.

What has been frustrating up until now is that all my tools and garage supplies have been kept in the basement due to the lack of shelving in the garage. On Saturday, by completing a very rare "1 day project" this problem was solved.

I made use of a drawer unit that my wife acquired (good and solid, with metal drawers), bits of wood from the wood store in the top barn and some of the paneling, which, if I have done my calculations correct will be left over after the other side of the wall is complete. It was a bit of a design as you build affair, but the end result is satisfactory and all in all very solid. Drawers for tools, shelves for parts and a nice clean top for Haynes manual/Drawings/clean parts..... By the end of Sunday the shelves were adorned with most of the Triumph parts, new and old all carefully segregated and labeled, paints, nuts and bolts and so on.

So now that things are beginning be in order it's full speed ahead with the spitfire. I'll attempt to write a report of progress to date and what's planned for the next few weeks soon.

The wall #3

A few weeks ago I was finally back in the country after an unexpectedly long stay away from home with work.

Since then it's been all go, both in the Garden (see some reports on Norwegian Wood) and in the garage. The garage wall is now paneled completely on the garage side and is awaiting the installation of a light switch, sockets and cables before insulation and paneling can begin on the other side. This job may now wait until the completion of the Triumph project, which, as it is now summer has a higher priority.

At least with the Spitfire chassis sitting on stands in the middle of the garage I am satisfied that the garage is more than big enough for the sort of work I have planned, could be a different story with the Landy or the David Brown tractor in there though. Time will tell. Now all I need to do is organise lighting and sockets, sort out some shelving and keep the place as tidy as it is now.