Recent content by Cheezhead

It’s been awhile since I last updated, well a couple years I guess. Time flies with work and kids but I’ve made progress on the garage. I bought maple cabinets from a place called Builders Materials Outlet, there are a few across the country. I painted them primer grey and coated them with matte...

Kids and lack of funds have been keeping garage progress at a crawl. I did get the fourth garage equivalent painted (12x20 shed). I think it turned out nice but took longer, more paint and $$$ than I expected. Have to fix the ramp later. Next project is cleaning etching and resealing...

Heater paid for itself within the first few weeks! The heater quickly paid for itself. Not long after getting it going, my DD 2001 malibu started steaming. The dreaded 3.1/3.4 chev intake gasket was leaking. Shop wanted $800 for a 5-6 hour job for them. I didn't have much to lose so I watched...

Heating Issues I must say if you live up north, heat in the garage (especially vented exhaust heat) is simply awesome. I didn't have insulation in the attic at first but it was still great...........at first. After using it for a weekend I began having problems with the blower fan shutting...

I used standard B-vent for the exhaust. here's a good tip from my brother-in-law who does HVAC for a living. Get a laser and set it on the ground and shoot it up vertically. Cut the ceiling, then mark where the laser is on the bottom of the roofing. Drill a pilot through the underside of the...

Bring on the Heat! I was waiting for this little guy to go sale during the fall and it finally did just in time. I was going back and forth between the 45K and 75K but decided on the 75K. My thought was that if it was too big I will move it to the detached 30x40 if that ever gets built. I...

Good question, others can weigh in since my answer isn't going to be too helpful. Previous owner had the garage wired up with plenty of outlets. Luckily they were all level around the space. I put the drywall on the bottom first and just cut around them so I could set the next sheet on top of...

Re: Above garage door shelf I didn't cover it, nice eye. Just some speaker wire. I plan on getting a cheap surround system/receiver for tunes and the TV.

Re: Upgrading to a 3 car garage (Pic heavy!!!) I forgot to ask in last post opinion on shelf color. I can't decide. White, gray, black or leave it natural. Your thoughts? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Above garage door shelf After the painting was done I could finish the shelves above the garage doors. Pretty simple and pics are self explanatory. I got a little greedy on the big garage door trying to get the most room between the shelf and the ceiling. I didn't realize a two car door...

Nice looking place from another Stang guy! :thumbup:

I painted the summer of 2013. No way I'd do it in the winter, I'd wait. I used interior, but exterior would probably be better. Coverage was good. About two coats for each color. One issue I had was winter of 2013/14 was REALLY cold. We had a week where it was about -20F most days. You could...

Bench The reason I had some spare plywood was this bench. One of the other things we didn't care for was the mudroom in our "new to us" house. Before: There is a closet around the corner to the left (across from the washer and dryer) but no place for the kids to sit to put on jackets and...

Corner shelf I had a little free time and some spare plywood so I thought I'd make a little corner shelf. I delusionaly was hoping that maybe, just maybe the the 19" tv on the bench may fit on it. Boy that thing is deep. Oh well, ultimately it is for surround sound receiver and dvd player, and...

Ugh, our sale was miserable. Buyer was very, very difficult and demanding. I almost told him to shove off. :evil: We moved out New Year's day 2012 and closed the sale a few days later. Luckily it was the winter we had no winter. There was only two days with snow that year (one being the day...