Sorting out the garage

An essential part of the prep for the arrival of the car is sorting out the garage. It's about the only positive thing about the long Caterham waiting list.

My requirements:

1. dry
2. insulated
3. floor that won't create dust and ruin my knees
4. enough room to manoeuvre

Dry

From this

Corrugated cement, tired, old, leaky, cold

Patched up but still leaking

To this

EPDM, dry and flat

Via this

Insulated

50mm Kingspan insulation in the rafters has made about 5 Celsius difference already, compared to the cement roof.

Floor

After a lot of research into paint, epoxy paint and floor tiles (many varieties), I settled on a budget option. These are Easimat "industrial garage tiles" and will do at least for the build phase, due to their slight softness (though they aren't as springy as normal foam) and cheapness. Bought from Amazon.

And the offcuts make good protective pads for the tops of axle stands and the trolley jack:

Room to manoeuvre

Clearing out the garage is a cathartic experience. No room for sentimentality!

One tip for a Marley/Compton sectional concrete garage is to use the existing structural fixings to help attach new features onto the walls. Drilling the walls is not advisable (they crack, crumble, and destroy drill bits). However, using eye bolts as hangers like this:

you get a solid fixing for bike racks:

and shelving etc.