Life in Ronda, Learning Spanish, Property in Spain

Wednesday, November 26. 2008

Have you ever tried to get a garage floor absolutely flat, shiny flat, and arrange things perfectly so that everything has it's place?

It isn't very much fun, and it our locality a lot of houses have huge basement garages that can fit several cars, or at least two or three. They aren't just used for parking cars, or even as a workshop, in fact most people around here use their garage as a large entertainment area.

Park the cars on the street, set up a few large tables, and a couple of dozen plastic chairs, and over in the corner a music system, and voila, you have the perfect entertaining room.

Of course actually getting it to a stage where everything is perfect to begin with is the hard part. Over the las week I've been helping a friend smooth out the high spots in his garage floor, and we both kept asking ourselves if there wasn't an easier way.

Actually there is, and it has a weird name, hybrid polymer garage flooring, yeah I know, it's a mouthful, but take one look at the photo on that site and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

The cupboards look amazing as well, raised off the floor so washing the floor doesn't flood them. Here, we make do with whatever old wardrobe we can get our hands on, but seeing how it could be done has us both envious, even contemplating the idea of starting again instead of persevering.

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Web Design Beach said,

Thursday, November 27. 2008 at 11:35 (Reply)

Those garage floors look very clean and easy to maintain. They have really interesting products over there. Thanks for sharing.

Moving Home said,

Thursday, November 27. 2008 at 17:25 (Reply)

WOH! I know what you mean now, I didnt quite understand the term but I had a look at that site and am really tempted to get something simular myself! My garage is state, I dont even put my car in it becuase there is no room what so ever! I bet this kind of stuff is going to be reallt expensive though.

So did your friend go with getting this floor implemented then?

AmeriGlide said,

Monday, December 1. 2008 at 22:38 (Reply)

Those cabinets are very cool! A friend of mine has a similar flooring in his garage. I don't think it is as shiny though, but then again, it has seen a lot of wear and tear.

I have always wanted to put a vehicle lift in, but have never had the opportunity. I enjoy doing car work and having a vehicle lift makes life so much easier. They are relatively inexpensive as well...

nicole/inspire political discourse said,

Thursday, December 4. 2008 at 17:18 (Reply)

Argh.....I have a 2.5 car garage that I need to refinish, and I am so dreading it.

This is one of those things where I wish I were still married.........at least temporarily.

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