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Keeping Your Garage Safe |
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A functional and safe garage is a clean and organized garage. Thousands of accidents
happen each year due to the cluttered state of a garage–falls, accidental
electrocutions, animal and children poisonings and fires. All of these calamities
could have been avoided if the garage owner had maintained a garage in which the
floor was clear of debris, cords and wires had been neatly hung on wall hooks
and toxic chemicals were kept behind locked cabinet doors.
How to Safe-Proof Your Garage
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Expect to spend at least a weekend in your garage.
Once you get started, you will find there is more to organizing and safe-proofing
your garage than you thought just by scanning the amount of work to be done. |
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Purchase four or five large plastic
trash cans and give each one of them a label, such as "small tools",
"Christmas decorations", "garden tools", "miscellaneous"
and "garage sale/trash". Start putting items into the trash cans
but throw away anything that you haven't used in the past year. |
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Once you can see the floor, take a street sweeper-type
broom and begin sweeping the floor. If you have one of those heavy-duty,
wet/dry vacuums, you can use that to eliminate dirt, stray nails and other
assorted, small debris littering the floor. |
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Workbenches
and tables need to be cleaned and organized as well. Install garage
cabinets and shelving above workbenches in which to place tools and
other items frequently used at the workbench. Hooks are a great way to prevent
electrical cords from getting tangled or damaged and can also be used to
hang tools for easy access |
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The garage ceiling is often passed over as a place
for storage. Consider installing overhead
ceiling racks for storage of seasonal decorations and larger items that
are used infrequently to free up more room in your garage |
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Stackable containers come in just about any size
to fit any place in the garage. Clear plastic containers allow you to see
what is in the container without needing to go through every one to find
what you are needing |
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Pegboards are affordable methods of organization
that provide many "holes" in which you can place hooks to hang
all kinds of smaller items. Hang extension cords on one pegboard and ropes/tying
cords on another to keep them off the floor and potentially causing a serious
trip and fall. |
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Don't forget about the concrete floor. If you find
that the floor is dirty, oily and cracked, you might think about have it
sealed with polyurethane, a durable coating that fills cracks, covers stains
and makes the floor look almost new. In addition, this coating can be mixed
with a granulated material that prevents slipping when wet or oily. |
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Laying plastic
mats especially designed for garage use is another option to help safe-proof
your garage and conceal an old, dingy concrete floor |
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Broken garage doors are extremely unsafe and should
be replaced immediately to avoid accidents. People, vehicles and pets could
be seriously hurt by a defective garage door |
For further help with keeping your garage safe and organized, contact a professional
garage remodeling company that is experienced with garage renovations and providing
the right materials for maintaining a clean, family-friendly garage.
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