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I didn't take any real pics on day two. That's when we put down the second color coat and the paint chips. It looked about 3X better afterwards. I wouldn't recommend doing the rustoleum with only one coat, even though they say you can. Day three we rolled out the clear. This shot does...

I hired a local company to pull in electrical service from my house panel. I've only got 200 amp service available to the house right now, so we pulled 100 amps to the shop. In the future, I may be able to upgrade my home service to 320 amps, so we buried wire sized for 200 amps and put a 200...

Ok, sorry all, I got behind on updating this thread. I also slowed down with the picture taking, but there's a few. Here goes... Here's the finished roof: Here's the stair heading up, with a bathroom underneath. Time for paint... The color is Mocha, with White trim. I wasn't as...

Sorry Greg, I missed your question. Yes, sheetrock is next. There is an upstairs, 14X40x7. We will finish out the upstairs, the stairway, the bathroom and the lid with sheetrock, and I'm going to do the walls downstairs with OSB. It may not finish as perfectly smooth as drywall, but it will...

I build a '78 Scirocco into an amazing autocross car. I later piled it into the back of a minivan and bent the frame, but amazingly the only piece of go fast stuff (over 5 grand worth!) that I bent was the strut tower brace. Back to the junkyard, where I found a straight '76 body with no rust...

I didn't take any real pics on day two. That's when we put down the second color coat and the paint chips. It looked about 3X better afterwards. I wouldn't recommend doing the rustoleum with only one coat, even though they say you can. Day three we rolled out the clear. This shot does...

24 hours after finishing the clear, the smell is 80% gone, now completely bearable. Ok, here goes. Here's the floor after acid etching and filling the cracks. My lovely assistant, opening the first box. Mix WELL! If you are using a cordless drill, make sure your extra batteries are...

Ok, to be clear... Coat 1, 3 kits, two gallons each. Coat 2, 3 kits, two gallons each. Clear Coat, 4 kits, one gallon each.

Ok, that's an amazing picture. What at bevy of gorgeous beauties!!! But, what is that I see in the background? A MkII? A little young, don't you think? Ah, I'm not one to talk. My 356 is a replica, and my early Scirocco has long belonged to someone else (although, I think she's still...

356? I luv mine too! Pics???

Done. I think it's going to be good, I'll know more in the morning. Right now, I'm surprised I can type, I'm so high on fumes I can barely see straight. Regarding the clear, here's how it went and some things I learned (for next time, right?). First thing I would suggest is when you figure...

You can find a slab thermostat. You will have to find a spot where you know you won't hit a tube, and drill a hole into the slab, then put the temp sensor down into the hole. http://www.radiantdirect.com/index.php/products-and-services/components-and-parts/thermostats

Ok, here's where we're at. We've applied two coats of Rusto Pro Dark Grey and sprinkled that with the Marble chip mix (black, light grey and white) that has some metallic silver mixed in for good measure. It's looking pretty good so far, the second coat went down nicely, and although you can...

thammel, as for cost comparison, I used the "heating cost calculator" on one of the radiant websites. I can't seem to find it now, but here's another. http://hearth.com/econtent/index.php/articles/fuel_cost_comparison_calculator/ Electricity is quite affordable here, and this boiler is 100%...

My 36X40 slab is level. I don't mind it that way one bit, but I do wish they would have dropped it an inch or so at the doors. When the wind drives rain against the doors, it will seep under and puddle up. I may end up with some sort of garage door threshold if needed to keep the water out.

Hmm, does my link show up now?

Hi Mike, First, I just added a link to my build photos in my sig line. Let me know if it works. There are shots of the slab in progress that should show you all you need to know. Answers... 1. Slab insualtion. In my county, code said I had to insulate the whole slab to R-10. That's 2" of...

My "office" is an aircraft kept in a large hangar, about 6400sf with 30' ceilings. Metal building with basic vapor barrier insualtion only. We have two overhead gas fired tubular style radiant heaters on a thermostat. I keep it set at 50 degrees normally, and when I want to do some work out...

Well, 14 hours of runtime and the shop has come from 48 degrees up to 60. I've initially set the thermostat all the way to 70, because I want to "bake" the slab good and dry, and I have some pressure washing of the floor yet to do before pouring down epoxy in a couple days. You can hear the...

Here's a crummy shot off my camera phone...