Recent content by c6fan

We lived just south of Tecumseh for 13 yrs before moving back to the city. The wife and I made a deal, she gets to move back the city and I get a new shop. OK is a decent place to live but they really need to get over the 3.2 beer already.

Still working towards the floor plan i started with. I'm not going to be completely the same but most of the goodies will still be there. All my tool boxes installed. Plenty of tool storage but I wish I had more cabinets. The pool table was installed last weekend. And yes the idiots who...

Nice shop!! I know how frustrating it gets not being able to 'move in' to your new shop. My new shop has taken over a year but I'm finally getting my tools out of the garage and into the shop. Your wall height is great. My old shop was 6' shorter than my new one but with 12' walls it still...

Thanks for the compliments. My last shop only had 4 lights like you see in the pictures and was just not enough light so I made sure to have plenty this time. I have 3 switches controlling 4 lights each, 1 switch for the (4) center lights and 1 each for the left and right banks. Normally I'll...

It has been a while since my last update. Here is my finished inside. Still need to put in cabinets and tool boxes and plan on a pool table as well.

Thanks for all the compliments!!! The center height is 13' to the bottom of the walls, then the stem wall adds about another 6-7 inches.

Well this is it. Floor is done and lift is installed. Floor still turned out to be the worst looking concrete work I have ever seen but I've made my choices and will live with it. I used Armorseal 1000 HS for the floor epoxy.

None, I have one set of tools that are as complete as I have been able to put together through the years. But I have 2 or 3 starter sets of open/box wrenches, screw drivers, sockets sets, etc. It's hard to say what the definition of a "complete" set actually is. How many 'one off' items do...

The GC has arranged to have the floor resurfaced. I'm not sure what the guy has quoted to do yet. The GC is using the term 'sanding'. I told him that there is a difference between sanding and grinding and the floor will need grinding. He also quoted to do the epoxy for $1000 which is only...

The brick is done, clean up is crew next. These guys did great work but they left a huge mess. They don't clean up after themselves. Still need the hardware on the doors and frame/install the window. After clean up is done I'll need to install a gate between the house and shop and run the...

I do to, it started as a means of getting the shop where I wanted it but once done I think it turned out pretty good. Thank you.:beer:

Moving on to the brickwork. We still have a floor issue that needs to be resolved but everything else is looking pretty good.

That is correct, I probably didn't word it correctly. The plan is to have him pay for it. Under the circumstances I will probably be involved with the process if not choosing the person to do the grind since I intend to followup with the Epoxy.

I'm sure you are both very good at what you do and have wide knowledge of your respective fields. I didn't hire the GC to babysit anyone, I never expected him to be on site during all of the operations. I hired him to hire the correct contractors needed to build my shop. He is responsible...

Mygarageone is correct. The true reason I hired a GC was because I didn't want to throw a dart at the yellow pages for each step of the project. Not knowing if any or all of them could be unethical or poorly skilled. Basically, I wanted to throw the dart one time instead of many. I hired the...