Recent content by pickardracing

Hm. That's actually really nice. I wonder how I could pull that off. And I agree, I'd rather keep the open ceiling look as I don't necessarily care for the low ceiling height on a finished ceiling either. I already have that on the first 4 feet of the back of the garage with the loft there, and...

Haha, yeah, the car is put away for the winter and I get it over as far as I can and crawl out the passenger door. Every inch counts! As far as the ceiling, I agree, it needs to be insulated and finished. That's likely my next project. Seems like everything I'm reading is pointing me to the...

Any pictures of the attic?

I'd really love to end up with something like that, hubbell. That's my goal. Very clean setup. Do you have storage above?

The only thing I can really think of as far as the ceiling is to add in more cross beams and supports, finish the ceiling the same as the walls, insulate and use the upper for storage. As it sits, it's trash. In my opinion, the ceiling needs to be either all open/vaulted, or totally closed off...

Any ideas if there's anything I can do with the supports that are in the ceiling? I added the lighter colored vertical pieces because the cross beams were sagging like crazy, but they look like absolute sh*t. They're spaced too far apart to hang any type of ceiling from, and they're going to...

Hi guys. Long time lurker here. I've gotten so many great ideas from this place, and I thought I'd put up a thread and get some input. My garage is a 24x24 with a 16 foot single door, and a storage loft in the upper rear section. Automotive maintenance and woodworking are the two things I use...

Well, here's my preliminary results. It's solid as a rock. Zero concerns about it at all. Feels like you could park a car on it. It's honestly waaay sturdier than I thought it would be, and far overbuilt for what I intended on putting up there. I'm completely happy with it. That said, if...

^^^^This is great, and the Lightning ain't half bad either. :)

The only thing I can see being an issue is what you've pointed out, the front of the loft where the single rafter spans. That's basically the problem. I need to find a sturdy way to support it from the ceiling somehow. Again, this isn't going to be holding 1000 lbs. Just miscellaneous kids/yard...

I have an old Sony receiver, hooked up to a couple 8x12-ish Bookshelf speaker boxes that I put some second-hand Pioneer car component speakers into. These are at the front corners of the garage, and I have some off-brand junk in the back corners. One speaker at every corner. It's a mismatched...

I don't really need to put a whole lot of heavy stuff up there. It's just going to be seasonal ****. Smoker, fishing stuff, sawbucks, rakes, brooms, a couple kid's pedal bikes, etc. On the back wall side I planned on using truss hangers for the 4-foot sections, then screwing the other side...

I've used Fluid Film for years since I was given a sample at SEMA in 2011. There's nothing this stuff can't do. Rust prevention, lubrication, etc etc. Great stuff, I'll never use anything else.

Hi all, been lurking on this site for many months and it's been indispensable in my efforts to remodel my garage and house. Finally ran up against a question I needed to ask myself. My garage is 24x24 square, built in what I can only assume was the 50's/60's. Stick frame, full-size old-school...