Recent content by Boomer2

Latest update as the "final" plan comes together for submission to the city. The thing that is jumping off the page for me is the floor height of the bottom level being 44' below the peak of the top floor. That seems like a lot. Lost a glass wall on the 2nd floor. Still thinking about swapping a...

Confusion seems to be the rule rather than the exception when it comes to floor coverings.

Any chance you could expand on this polyurea base and polyaspartic top coat. My most trusted car/fabricator guy tells me this is the way but when I told two different flooring companies what I wanted I was told it was a bad idea. In that situation it was for a hangar so maybe changes the science...

Sweet Baby Jesus. $6.50 sqft..... anyone know if there are economies of scale. 11,000 x $6.50 not the concrete.... I hear compacted gravel garage floors are pretty cool or soon will be!

Wholly schnikies that is a lot of work. That is next level Mini Magic. All the respect for your creativity, talent and determination. Damn!

Not sure what those guest rooms will be used for. Guests I don’t want in the main house with me or car guy buddies that would rather sleep in a garage. Both seem reasonable. I could host a carburetor guy for the car club or something. Those guys are fewer and far between these days.

The story continues. But finally have the final version of things ready to be submitted back to the city. Added some storage, refined some design astehtics. Still feels light on storage but as this won;t be a primary maintenance garage just storage and light work and am thinking positevly that...

I need to hear more about this '72 Mini ST Turbo Project. I have a '74 Mini that I am stalling on just doing a kSwap so i can enjoy it without worrying about will it start....

Some strong feelings on HVAC. Didn't realize folks were so passionate one way or the other. I will of course have an enginer run the numbers but regardless of the ROI I will be using geothermal and hydronic heating for the building. Supplemented by what else I do not know at this point. The...

50 acre lake. Hello! I’m less concerned with the ROI. I want to do geothermal because I’ve never done one. On a daily basis eletric splits will annoy me. In the back of my mind I’ll be thinking about an eletric bill. If it’s geothermal I won’t think about it.

Live in Unfunafornia. This garage will see summer temps in the 90’s and winter temps in the teens with about 2’ of snow a year. I think cooling the slab leads to moisture issues so the plan is to use liquid to air for cooling. I’m not suggesting the heated slab is 3x more efficient, just...

If I use air to heat the building and heat still rises I would need to heat 220,000 cubic feet of air. If I use the slab to heat the building I only have to heat 73,000 cubic feet of air. So your eletric air to air heat pump need to be 3 times as efficient to even be in the ballpark. I don’t...

Bob it is a half baked idea that is why I was looking for some input from random strangers on the internet. This is a DIY site and I’m a DIY guy. I am sure once the rubber hits the road I will need to hire some kid to do some calculations and from there either bring in a pro geothermal group if...

I was on an Instagram building bender and there were wall/roof panels that were R80. Seemed extreme but that’s why I used the extreme in my example. Let’s say R60 is the max.

Redoing on of my garages. 70' x 36' x 15'. The ceiling will be painted black with the walls painted a dark gray/orange is what I am leaning towards. There will be a 20' mezzaine in the back of the garage. I am very concerened about lighting with the dark surfaces. There are currently only 2...