It can be very easy for your garage to become a badly disorganised, storage area for junk with so many different boxes filled with stuff and other kinds of clutter, that it can be hard to pull your car into it, let alone work on the thing.  If you are interested in working on cars, and use your own garage for this or have a small business that you are trying to improve, the following article gives some very practical and easy to put into action tips that will help turn your garage into a more effective work and storage space.

Mount Everything On Wheels

If you want to make your garage a more functional space than it already is, it may be a good idea to put everything on wheels.  This means not only stools and things that you’d expect to be on wheels, but bench-mounted tools (such as those found here – http://www.sgs-engineering.com/garage-equipment), arbour presses, drill presses and cabinets are also much easier to handle and store if they are on a set of caster wheels.

Wall Mount Your Tool Boxes

Freeing up floor space is a must, as you need as much space as possible to fit a car inside the garage and work under and around it.  This can be achieved by wall mounting cabinets and tool boxes, to give you space to store your tools and other accessories, while keeping them off the floor.

Make Use Of Overhead Racks

Does your garage have a particularly high ceiling?  If it does, make effective use of this by using it as an out of the way storage area.  Pulley-controlled overhead racks can be bought for storing long items such as ladders etc. so that they are out of your way, but also easy to get back down when you need it.

Stainless Steel Sink

You need somewhere to clean yourself up and parts too at times, so if you haven’t already got one, it may be time to purchase a stainless steel stink.  As well as having the advantage of being durable, it is also easy to clean and can be grounded electrically, which is perfect for when you need to use the counter surface to plate metals chemically.  If you choose the right mode, you may also have a lot of under sink storage space as well.

Wall Mount Your Parts Bins

If you are constantly having to watch your step because of parts bins sitting on the floor, similarly to what was mentioned before, you need to find a way to free up floor space.  By wall mounting your parts bins, it will not only free up that all too important floor space, while keeping them stored away nicely, but also easy enough to find.

Reused Kitchen Cabinets

If you are looking for cheap storage space, look in junk yards and online for second hand kitchen cabinets.  These are normally sized well for use in garages and as they usually have shelves incorporated into them, it is not too hard to use them for a new purpose.