BHR4CE1
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Wonderful space. Congratulations. I hope it gives you and your family many years of enjoyment.
My dream garage under way, 28x32
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schwalby
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No child labor laws in Canada I see?
Place looks great, I am sure all the "extras" are worth it.
On Edge
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Wow is all I have to say! Your garage turned out amazing. Your pavestones adds a nice touch to the driveway. I put in a pavestone patio out back with a walkway around to the drive way and I know what you mean about the amount of work.
the stairs are only made of wood and covered with fiberglass, one of my friend makes fiberglass balcony and steps for a living and he can do stairs, basicaly, anything made out of wood can be covered. I didn't want any wood color in the garage, it was hard work to hide everything, to paint or cover up in some ways.
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romafern
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Dude!
Nice house and hood! Really like the area. Great project. Really wish I was done moving all over the world so I can set up something like yours...Congrats.
Nice house and hood! Really like the area. Great project. Really wish I was done moving all over the world so I can set up something like yours...Congrats.
silverstone
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wow ! I really like the way you finished the inside (lighting & door that go into the ceilling ) really cool !
wallaroo87
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Really cool garage!
Bib Overalls
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A lot of innovative ideas at work here. Love it.
Coyote Red
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Do you get any water dripping off your roll ups after/during a hard rain?
Scotts Elle
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Love the 996's... Are they both Turbos or is the black a GT3?
veedubman91
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wow, what an awesome garage. i love every part of it
iamthor
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Great looking garage. I love the simple color scheme and the fact that you did not overdo the flooring design. 
you mean if i open the doors if there is water coming down in the ceiling? Well i didn't think about that but i doubt it, i have the same thing in my garage on the house and i don't get water coming from the side when i open them up on a rainy day. A little as the lower part but it doesn't go all the way in the ceiling so...
If that's not what you meant, please correct me, not sure i understand your question.
lol everything is so nice but i think its funny that you have the "hood" open on two rear engine cars. Was there something wrong with the trunks???
batteries are there, that's where you unplug them when working close to electrical stuff in the engine and if you shut the "hood", you are done, it opens up electrically, no battery, no hood opener.
Scuderia-F1
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Thats a great looking garage & some great looking P-cars!
Coyote Red
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Yes you described what I was thinking. We get some off our doors from time to time. Not a whole lot, but some.
bigdaddycool
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my dream garage!!! 
and i think we live in the same city 3riv.
how much was it for the concrete ?
by the way nice house/garage/car. thanks for sharing the price and many pics.
and i think we live in the same city
3riv.how much was it for the concrete ?
by the way nice house/garage/car. thanks for sharing the price and many pics.
dave67fd
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Love the interior design with the lighing and doors as well. Also like the mini garage door/storage area. Good thing you have small cars. Looks like you have just barely enough room to get them by the house to the garage.
Well my lift is finally installed. Took a little while to take the pictures and post them but here they are. I followed the bandwagon of ever eternal lifts from Paul Bird. Thanks to him and to the gentleman on the forum here who's nickname is Photo, i took all my installation ideas from him because i thought he had done the best installation i had seen.
So here is the floor cut with my pipe already installed for the lines.
If someone wants a trick on how to bang the pipe in place, here is what i did. Long piece of copper pipe with a squeezed end. I am lucky i am in sand so the water diluted the sand and i was able to push the 2 1/2 pipe further and further. Just put the hose inside the pipe and move them together, the water is clearing the path and the mud is coming out with the flow of water.
Here is where the control box is going to go, cut the floor for it, you can see the pipe came just at the right place (a little luck helps sometimes). I had to get some new lines done because mine were too short. Had i known before i would have had EE make me some of the right length first. They charge like 25$ more to make them as you want, i had to pay close to 200$ in a local hydraulic shop for custom lines...
forms are now created, that was a lot of work and calculations.
pouring the concrete
luckily, the company had a small truck for the job, a big one couldn't make it pass the house.
control box installed in place
I made a custom table to hold the 1/2 steel plate in the middle, you can see it here
And we have lift off, projects already under way
Here is what it looks like once fully down, nothing in the way. The color difference on the racedeck is because i removed a portion to do the work and the rest is full of concrete dust from the cutting. Garage was a real mess after taking out the concrete.
All in all, i am very satisfied with the lift, it doesn't show when not in use, so no post in the way of my other bay and i can store many cars or keep the garage as a party place when needed. It is a LOT of work to install it properly though. If i had been smart enough, i would have thought about it before i pourred the concrete in the first place and it wouldn't have been such a job but a lift wasn't in my plans back then. As soon as i started working with it, i couldn't beleive how i did all those years without it. Man it feels good to only put a knee down to install the blocks and then everything is done at arm level. So nice, best investment ever.
So here is the floor cut with my pipe already installed for the lines.
If someone wants a trick on how to bang the pipe in place, here is what i did. Long piece of copper pipe with a squeezed end. I am lucky i am in sand so the water diluted the sand and i was able to push the 2 1/2 pipe further and further. Just put the hose inside the pipe and move them together, the water is clearing the path and the mud is coming out with the flow of water.
Here is where the control box is going to go, cut the floor for it, you can see the pipe came just at the right place (a little luck helps sometimes). I had to get some new lines done because mine were too short. Had i known before i would have had EE make me some of the right length first. They charge like 25$ more to make them as you want, i had to pay close to 200$ in a local hydraulic shop for custom lines...
forms are now created, that was a lot of work and calculations.
pouring the concrete
luckily, the company had a small truck for the job, a big one couldn't make it pass the house.
control box installed in place
I made a custom table to hold the 1/2 steel plate in the middle, you can see it here
And we have lift off, projects already under way
Here is what it looks like once fully down, nothing in the way. The color difference on the racedeck is because i removed a portion to do the work and the rest is full of concrete dust from the cutting. Garage was a real mess after taking out the concrete.
All in all, i am very satisfied with the lift, it doesn't show when not in use, so no post in the way of my other bay and i can store many cars or keep the garage as a party place when needed. It is a LOT of work to install it properly though. If i had been smart enough, i would have thought about it before i pourred the concrete in the first place and it wouldn't have been such a job but a lift wasn't in my plans back then. As soon as i started working with it, i couldn't beleive how i did all those years without it. Man it feels good to only put a knee down to install the blocks and then everything is done at arm level. So nice, best investment ever.
CactusS4
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Fantastic work.
The table holding the steel plate, it won't tip if you step on the edge?
Looks great. Can't get William at Ever Eternal to respond to save my life, soo. Maybe it will be a maxjax
Thanks for sharing your progress
The table holding the steel plate, it won't tip if you step on the edge?
Looks great. Can't get William at Ever Eternal to respond to save my life, soo. Maybe it will be a maxjax
Thanks for sharing your progress
JDishong
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Lookin good! Maybe you already stated, you used 2 1/2" DIA versus 4" tube diameter. 4" does seem a bit large.
I was planning to construct "dual recess" versus using the steel plate. Any comments with the steel plate version? My floor is new construction so I can do either way.
Any feedback or lessons learned please pass them along.
John
I was planning to construct "dual recess" versus using the steel plate. Any comments with the steel plate version? My floor is new construction so I can do either way.
Any feedback or lessons learned please pass them along.
John
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well i decided to go with the steel plate because if i need to work on the lift, it can be removed. Also, makes thing easier if concrete isn't 100% perfect for fitment. And oil mess or just vacuum cleaning is easier this way. Both ways are good, i just thought i prefered that one but mostly, i liked the idea to have angled iron around the edges so the concrete doesn't break over time. Try to find pictures from member Photo, he took a lot more pic than I of his install and i got the idea from him.
cactus, look at the picture where the forms are on the asphalt, you can see i welded two tabs on each side so it would not tip like you say.
I used 1/2 inch but realised that with my support in the middle, 3/8 would have been more than enough. That 1/2 plate is freaking HEAVY!
cactus, look at the picture where the forms are on the asphalt, you can see i welded two tabs on each side so it would not tip like you say.
I used 1/2 inch but realised that with my support in the middle, 3/8 would have been more than enough. That 1/2 plate is freaking HEAVY!
lesson learned, plan before pouring concrete in first place.
Order the right length hose the first time.
measure 100 times before pouring to be sure it's perfect.
Lots of braces because concrete will push hard on the plywood even if it's 3/4 when pouring
When removing concrete, don't try to break it with a sledge hammer if you just used a saw and water. I had concrete mud all over the garage from the hammer. I mean everywhere on the ceiling, the cabinets, the walls. I had to wash the garage entirely with a bucket of water and a piece of cloth. Moving the ladder with this 11 feet ceiling isn't fun
Order the right length hose the first time.
measure 100 times before pouring to be sure it's perfect.
Lots of braces because concrete will push hard on the plywood even if it's 3/4 when pouring
When removing concrete, don't try to break it with a sledge hammer if you just used a saw and water. I had concrete mud all over the garage from the hammer. I mean everywhere on the ceiling, the cabinets, the walls. I had to wash the garage entirely with a bucket of water and a piece of cloth. Moving the ladder with this 11 feet ceiling isn't fun
Todd.Brock
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Place looks amazing! I noticed the holes cut out for the florescent lights in the ceiling, are the lights recessed or flush mounted over the holes?
KPSquared
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You said $1600 for cabinets...what are those and where did you get them? They look great!
Kevin54
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I really like the way you put your lights up in the corners like that. Very efficient use of space.
Looks like you have some major floor scrubbing to do.
mdkingsley
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Great garage, wish I would have thought of the tile when I did mine. We wound up just doing stucco to hide the block. it is only 32" off the floor so it does not look bad but tile would have been much nicer. A lot of thought went into your garage and it looks and functions great I am sure.