Recent content by Joe-R

Hi Shopnut, That's a bummer on the bridge jack! I thought for sure it would work after lifting your truck. I learned something about scissors jacks today. As a fellow engineer I know it's all part of the process. It sounds like you're already close to a solution. Maybe option 5 could be...

Hi Matt, I am sorry to have reached the end of your threads for now. Keep it coming! Your threads are definitely some of the best on the GJ. That home powder coating looks to be the bomb for sure, for sure. Keep up the good work!! Joe

Thickhead, Your solution sounds like a pretty good one. Probably not very expensive, just requires a little TLC every now and then. Maybe I'll look into the densifyers and sealers when the time gets a bit closer. Thanks for the info! Joe

Hello again thickhead! I hear ya on that one. What sort of floor do you have now? Joe

I suppose that one of the last things I did to the bones of the garage was epoxy the floor. It had a large enough crack to swallow a small dog right down the middle. The first step was to fill the crack with epoxy and grind it smooth. The first time I coated the floor I had a coverage...

Here's the inside of the electric panel near the start of the job. It doesn't look like this now!

Here is a shot of the outside of the roll up door. Apparently I was unable to snap of picture of it before someone ran into it LOL! The first dent is always the hardest to get over...

Thanks thickhead! I appreciate it! It’s getting better with a lot of help from the GJ community. Joe

Here's the roll up door installed plus drywall. I hired out the drywall. I can do it but am not very good at it plus it takes me forever (truth be told I don't enjoy it all that much either!). Things are looking up!

I shot some nails through the new stud wall into the concrete.

Like I mentioned in the first post, I had a carpenter remove the old X brace overhead. He replaced that with essentially two trusses laid on their sides to open up the middle so a lift could go in. That also caused me to replace the garage door with a roll up type. Changes beget changes!

Here we have more framing action.

Here's the car after completing the framing. A friend and I framed out the walls to make space for insulation and wiring. It also seemed like a good reason to buy a DeWalt framing nailer. I had never used one before, it does make short work of putting up a wall!

Here's another shot of it fairly early on. It gets cold here, so one of the first upgrades was to add heat! Edit: The boxes in the second picture contain a new mini split A/C unit. It gets hot here too! It also shows my shop lights in temporary locations. I had forgotten about that.

Thanks bdbecker! I sure did. I'm not done yet! I'll keep em coming for sure. BTW I really enjoy your thread! You have done a lot with your space!:thumbup: Joe