5 Tips to Take your Garage to the Next Level

I just found your channel today! Nice C4, I have an 88 myself.

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

Wow just looked up the slat wall and accessories. Was like dang that looks like it would be perfect for my garage. But dang EXPENSIVE 😅

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

For $650 bucks plus a headache installation, I might have just gone with a high stationary option. Regardless, it's a great video, and thanks for the tips and advice!

#6 - get ride of shit

What color did you choose for your Slatwall?

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.

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.

Nice

Nahhhh them slats make the inside of your garage look like it’s supposed to be the outside

Have you tested the pressure at the end of the hose? Seems like 100' of hose would reduce that.

A lot of what you were saying and claiming about epoxy floors is wildly inaccurate or simply not true.

what criteria made you chose this slat system vs ProSlat or NewAge? I'm having a tough time choosing.

Super cool and generous storage solutions!
Well done!

That was a very smart way to do an advertisement!

Giraffe Tools is really starting to impress. They are pumping out tools that professional homeowners have wanted. I hope they hold up over the years.

Get a cheap winch from harbor freight 🤷👍

this is a 10 minute commercial.

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

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.

If you leave everything on the floor you will have a lot more wall space

About 3 minutes into this video I realized….. I ain’t got this kind of money. 😂

Sad but true -I need to build a shed to keep my garage useable

New idea: retractable shop vac hose reel.

For those wanting a platform that they can raise/lower to/from the ceiling, one could easily build a platform that is easy to raise/lower with pulleys by hand that would be a fraction of the cost of a powered motorized system, while still being easy to raise/lower due to the power of pulleys.

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.

Best garage storage system I've come up with is picking up a dozen laundry pedestal drawers. They are stackable. Made very durable and can be sprayed out when dirty. You see them in buy sell ads for cheap.

Awesome tips man. Now I just need a garage💪

not hatin' wonder why we didn't hear a full explainer about the shop vac :) also, started writing this before you gave the heads up, after the full explainer on the pressure washer.

That water heater has to be 18 inches off the floor!

Ya it might be decent quality but I'm not doing car washing as a business so I'm not paying $600 for an eletric pressure washer

Must have cost at least $10000

I built my own shelving above the garage door. That's the biggest wasted space in my opinion

Loved it hahaha 😊

True DIY guy of course makes all of those things himself (well maybe not the pressure washer ;)

HUGE ad spot. So painful to watch nothing but being pushed to buy your affiliated products. No thanks.

We bought our house 3 years ago. Within the first 3 months I had the floor epoxied. Best thing ever, looks sharp, easy to clean, and non-slip. Next, put in a subpanel for more accessories. After that I expanded my 1 garage outlet with a power strip to 19 outlets all on a 20 amp GFCI breaker. No more extension cords, plug and play. The garage fridge has it's own outlet and breaker as well now. Then the lighting.........just over 51,000 lumens in a 430 square foot garage. They weren't cheap, but I can make it daylight in my garage. That was almost the best thing I did. I see EVERYTHING. In the car, under the hood, under the car, everywhere. The actual best thing I did was installed a 1 ton mini split. Again, not the cheapest, but I'm a firm believer in you get what you pay for. I live in S Florida, so when it's 99 degrees out, I'm chilling at 72 or lower degrees in the garage. Plus it helps the garage refrigerator. So along with cabinets, a nice workbench, and other little things, I'd say I'm pretty happy with it. Many compliments of my garage from neighbors and visitors. I think that we are an elite group of men that believe that a garage should be utilized and not just used as a storage locker.

Thank you for the ideas!

TIP #1. don’t have kids.

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.

I am on my second giraffe tools power washer and this one still blows the reset fuse ever time I use it. It has been a very disappointing product.

Instead of using the rubber mats shown I suggest Horse stall mats.

That was a bad ass pressure washer

Wow--great transformation. I especially like that shelving system.

What brand of epoxy coating did you use. Checked the lagarri link but was over $3000 for 1000SF

Tip #6 -- Do not listen to this guy!! He's making commission on everything he lists in this post.

Epoxy floors without sand are dangerous especially with snow on your shoes.