AndrewBigA
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Here are some before pics of the place when I got it :
The wall was cut & a brand new door was installed by my landlord.
Annoying tar paper on half of the walls was tricky & a waste of time to remove so we left it there.
Small exhaust fan was installed by my landlord.
I'll admit, it does nothing at all. Maybe i can upgrade to a larger fan next spring. You can see the water was taken from the bathroom & my hose is hooked up here. I didn't want the hose to be hooked up outside so this was where it was installed. It's not close to the garage door like I wanted but we were able to work around that.
There was a drop in the floor about 4-6 inches deep. Another upgrade by my landlord was this concrete ramp. It extends 4 feet into the garage. Low cars don't scrape when enterig the garage.
I was lucky to get the place with a pretty new roll up steel garage door.
Floor drain that I found out after washing cars, does'nt catch all of the water =(. We eventually figured out how to catch the water & broom sweep it into the drain. Next spring I'll be looking for a shallow water pump so I can put the broom away because it's a pain in the ***!
Floor painting round 1 with two 8 feet electric base board heaters installed by my landlord. They are terrible, I've been using propane. I need to upgrade my heating situation. THe paint all came up a few months later. I was in a rush to get the place ready. I was working in the old shop during the day, getting the new place all fixed up at night. I made the mistake of adding playground sand to the paint. I saw the condensation in the bag but ignored it. A few weeks later, the paint started to crack =(.
Getting the walls ready. The bathroom was completely unfinished as well.
Customer seating area, wait till you see what it looks like now!
The wall was cut & a brand new door was installed by my landlord.
Annoying tar paper on half of the walls was tricky & a waste of time to remove so we left it there.
Small exhaust fan was installed by my landlord.
I'll admit, it does nothing at all. Maybe i can upgrade to a larger fan next spring. You can see the water was taken from the bathroom & my hose is hooked up here. I didn't want the hose to be hooked up outside so this was where it was installed. It's not close to the garage door like I wanted but we were able to work around that.
There was a drop in the floor about 4-6 inches deep. Another upgrade by my landlord was this concrete ramp. It extends 4 feet into the garage. Low cars don't scrape when enterig the garage.
I was lucky to get the place with a pretty new roll up steel garage door.
Floor drain that I found out after washing cars, does'nt catch all of the water =(. We eventually figured out how to catch the water & broom sweep it into the drain. Next spring I'll be looking for a shallow water pump so I can put the broom away because it's a pain in the ***!
Floor painting round 1 with two 8 feet electric base board heaters installed by my landlord. They are terrible, I've been using propane. I need to upgrade my heating situation. THe paint all came up a few months later. I was in a rush to get the place ready. I was working in the old shop during the day, getting the new place all fixed up at night. I made the mistake of adding playground sand to the paint. I saw the condensation in the bag but ignored it. A few weeks later, the paint started to crack =(.
Getting the walls ready. The bathroom was completely unfinished as well.
Customer seating area, wait till you see what it looks like now!
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