Recent content by Matt 330LS

We built a detached garage last summer. I ended up lining the bottom 3 feet with OSB and corrugated steel from an old barn over the top of that. The remaining 7 feet I used ACX plywood. Mud on the seams, sanded and painted Gulf Racing colors. Looks great and I can hang stuff anywhere I want...

In Northern Wisconsin here. This past June I tried to get an estimate for a poured driveway and apron down the long side of my detached shop. Three companies said they'd come out. One never showed. One showed up, talked with me and looked around but then I never heard from them. The other...

The attached garage at my place has floors that slope inward toward a round floor drain. My wife loves it because snow/ice/rain that runs off her car hits the floor and runs right to the drain. It drives me nuts because because you have to custom level anything on the floor and everything round...

I ended up building a 28w by 32d. Went with a single 16x8 garage door on the short side so that I have more usable interior room. I haven't moved my project car in yet but there's more than enough space for my crew cab Sierra with another vehicle side by side, plus shelves and work benches.

The only issue here is that a 24" workbench cuts into that 3' 6" area pretty significantly unless you have the room in front.

In the most general terms the loan is just that, a fixed amount with fixed terms. Say your garage is estimated at $30k, you borrow $30k at X% and you pay back $30k. The HELOC is an open line of credit up to a certain amount of your equity. The rate is fixed (or can be), and you only use what...

I'm seeing the photos. Nice looking car and start to the garage. I'm back and forth on epoxy or stain for the floor as well so I'll be interested to see what you come up with.

I about fell over when I ran the calculator just for the engine swap. The base car at 530 points already would have me starting laps behind. After the engine swap calculator it was over 20,000 points. E46 330Ci with 408ci LSx, T-56, gutted, caged, ATL fuel cell, and rear dropout from an '04 M3.

Sounds like you're in the same boat I'm in. Building a 28x32 primarily for my race project, concrete gets poured in June. I'll be following along to see how it goes. On a side note I love endurance racing and Champcar looks like the way to go to get into it on a "budget." Unfortunately my...

How about a sense of national pride and accomplishment for starters.

Good point on the garage placement. I'd say at least a third of the houses in my small neighborhood have detached shops / toy garages and those are a mixed bag regarding orientation. I've got time before they pour the slab to overthink it a bunch...

We've decided to pull the trigger on an additional (detached) garage. Going through a General Contractor for this for a number of reasons and we have a pretty solid plan thus far. I've got a couple ideas I'm bouncing around in my head so I thought I'd quit lurking and throw them out here...

Hey all. Been lurking for awhile and finally have a garage project in the works so figured I'd better join up so I can ask lots of questions. We're breaking ground on a 28x32 detached garage near the end of June so I'm looking forward to posting in the gallery as it goes up.