Garage ceiling - what to use?

[Richard Sterry]

Oh heck, give me a little time and I'll fake some untidiness. ;-)

Rick

[geoff]

In message , Andy Hall writes

Hanging motorbikes ...

[Mary Fisher]

Ladders, push bikes, lengths of timber - anything really.

Mary

[Andy Hall]

I use the space over the doors as a timber rack...

It works well....

.andy

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[Peter]

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:39:43 +0100, "Richard Sterry" wrote: I don't think it will meet your dust and cobweb free requirement, but what I have done is get a 100m roll of silverised bubblewrap (£60) and put it both between the corrugated roof and the felt and also between the felt and the inside of the garage. It is an excellent reflector of light, so brightens up the garage no end.

Peter

[Richard Sterry]

Only for the bloke who drinks Carling Black Label, methinks. I certainly can't lift 220kg (34 and a half stone) of bike!!

Rick

[Richard Sterry]

Thanks, Peter, an interesting idea for sure.

Bye from Rick

PS: Please post replies at the bottom, otherwise people start getting rather snotty!

[Mary Fisher]

Pulleys.

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

I puzzled about that then wondered if you had an up and over door. Our garage doors are very sturdy steel ones which open outwards Well, one does, the other is inaccessible because of the workbench against it in the carport .. :-)

Mary

[Richard Sterry]

The door is a sectional door - very good. We have a short drive and it was a nuisance having a conventional up-and-over door 'kick out' at the bottom, as it tended to clobber our cars if parked too close. They are made by Novoferm.

Rick

[Pete C]

Hi,

6mm or even 4mm ply should do it, best to have it so the thicker central ply runs across the rafters.

cheers, Pete.

[Richard Sterry]

Thanks Pete. I think that's probably my best option.

Rick

[Peter Parry]

When we built our garage I lined the roof with plasterboard sheets and painted them white for the same reasons you want to. The plasterboard was simply screwed in place - no skimming or filling. It was simple to do (although you need some props and assistance) and looks as new after 12 years. No cars are in the garage though :-).

[PoP]

Levers.

PoP

[Richard Sterry]

Hmmm, plasterboard is fairly heavy stuff and my poor old neck and back aren't too good these days, but I haven't yet checked to see if it's cheaper than thin ply.

Thanks

Rick

[geoff]

Yeah, my Suzi weighs about that

Have you never heard of pulleys and block and tackle ?

[Set Square]

I imagine it's a *lot* cheaper than plywood. If you're doing it on your own,

6 x 3 sheets are a lot easier to handle than 8 x 4's. You can get a support rod - which can be jacked up using a handle like that on a sealant gun - for about 20 quid from the likes of Screwfix.

[Richard Sterry]

Er yes, but I've never met anyone mad enough to hoist a heavy motorcycle up like that. A pedal bike, yes, but not a motorbike. No hang on, that's not quite true, I *DO* know people who are mad enough to do that, but they just don't happen to own motorcycles!

Rick F650GS / R1150GS

[geoff]

Not a true UKRM'er then ...

[Owain]

"PoP" wrote | "Mary Fisher" wrote: | >Pulleys. | Levers.

Hydraulics.

Or mag-lev.

Owain