Recent content by miatasteve

After a long and sometimes painful process, its done!!! There were survey issues, sub contractors the were fired for not showing up, schedule conflicts and all the usual headaches. I am sure many of you can relate. The "shop" is smallish, but its a big as my lot and zoning will allow. The...

14ft is wide as I can legally go. Should have sold the house when I had the chance! I Have worked in smaller! Slab is going to be 6 inches thick so we are good there. Foundation contractor knows a lift is planned. I only plan on small cars! There will be space at the end for a bench and...

Planning on an Atlas BP8000 or BP9000

so I can do this indoors (and more)

Its only going to be 14x24, but I have big plans for my small garage.

I like this idea....and I have a buddy in the sheet metal business!

Actually have the damm thing built!

Thinking of using some sort of plywood or hardboard on the bottom (4') of the walls. The rest will be 1/2 sheet rock. I may cover the whole back wall where I plan to have the bench in plywood. Anybody do this? Suggestions? Looking for impact resistance from jack handles, tires,......flying...

From what I can tell the standard floor in this area (Eastern Mass) is 3000psi reinforced 4 inch concrete. I may put a MaxJax lift in at some point so I am going to spec thicker. Five inch or six? If I plan coat the floor with epoxy should skip the sealing process? Its getting into the...

The much awaited garage has been permitted! The current stage is waiting for Dig Safe to give the go ahead for excavation. I will be firing off lots of questions! The garage we be smallish (14x24) due to my lot size, but as my user name indicates I don't need too much space. So any advice...