Another idea that I have implemented is putting larger items on casters. I
use swivels rated for the weight of the item 2 - regular swivels, 2 - that
lock - sometimes needing to build a platform for the item. I put my
workbench, drill press, Radial Arm saw etc. on them - roll it out, use
the item and roll it back. Even put them on a unused created engine /
trans that was always in the way.
One more idea and I will stop, but before your floor goes in consider
putting a floor drain in - makes it great for washing cars, hosing down the
floor etc. However, check with local building codes as many do not allow
them in residential garages. I had to persuade my building department for
my garage floor drain and connivence them on the mechanics of it. I put an
18" grate, over a 20" wide by 30" deep pit in the middle of my garage with
the entire garage floor pitching to the center. Put a 4" PVC pipe from
the side of the pit, under the floor, through the foundation and about 25"
out to a drywell - all of which is below grade. A drywell, for those new
to the idea, is a pit dug out of the earth (mine is about 6' square) filled
with crushed rock that a drain pipe runs into and disperses water
throughout the rock into the soil around. Before backfilling dirt on top
of the rock, cover the rock with tar paper. One critical point that the
building department had in not allowing floor drains was if fuel or oil got
washed down into the pit and then drained out to the soil. Ah Hah I
explained that fuel and oil will float on water and I put a 90 degree PVC
fitting pointing down into the pit onto the drain pipe. This allowed water
to enter under the 90 degree fitting and exit into the drain pipe - oil,
fuel and other floating debris could never enter the pipe. Every few
years you need to clean the crud out of the pit.
Krister
