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Here are some photos from yesterday While removing one of the decommissioned lifts, all sorts of old car parts were found to fill the dead space in the pit when they backfilled it. Thought it was pretty funny: Current state of shop: Old lift parts, the pile keeps growing. My scrap guy is...

Cool stuff guys! Thanks for all the interest! Very excited to get this going and will be more than happy to answer your questions: Environmental Issues: Yes, as a condition of our loan, all environmental remediation that is required to gain a "case closed" status on the property and to receive...

This is in Edgewater, MD. Whole new floor will be repoured so this thing will be brand new, shouldn't be any need to worry about grinding when it's all set and done.

Here is a pic of the sealer my concrete guy recommended:

Well, I had a little fun over the weekend and decided to remove the terrible bathroom: And environmental remediation started today and talked them into cutting out the entire floor. Lots of action today! I'm also having them remove the loft area as well The old lift that was...

Plumber coming in tomorrow to install 2 floor drains as well. The water in the previous pictures were the result of the power washing work that was going on before hand. AJ

Yup, whole slab will be repoured. Met my concrete guy today and he said he could start this thing on Wednesday! We also are working on running proper sewage for an additional bathroom and also flush mounted lifts! Holy **** this has escalated quickly. Concrete guy also recommended a sealer...

Well that escalated quickly. I decided I didn't like the bathroom: Once I pulled the tile from the bathroom up, I noticed water running down this hole: Environmental work starts today. Since the equipment is here, I'm having them cut the whole floor up: Now what? I'll still have to...

Really value your input guys. As much as I would love a showroom floor shine...I just don't see it happening unless I spend serious dough on a full repour. Now would be the time to do it before the equipment goes in...but it would wipe us out financially I believe. I guess just roll with it as...

No doubt! Here are some additional shots of the cleanup process. All that trash in that loft is now on the floor: Now it's all in a dumpster 2 hours later: Remember that nasty parts room? All we did was power wash! Also power washed the walls in the main shop and stripped all...

Thanks guys! Good to see you on here Navin! Man, we are so busy with general auto repairs, we unfortunately have to turn away the performance prep and installs. We recommend JE Import Performance if that's anywhere close to your location. Here are some additional photos of the progress...

Here are some additional shots of the floor as well: Photo of the dip:

Thanks for the input all. What are peoples thoughts on grinding down the extruded metal? Do you think I could torch that flat with an oxy-acetaline torch? This will be a full time auto repair facility. Not a lot of fabricating/grinding. Also, I have everything on casters in our current shop to...

Jorgen, The photos aren't coming through. Thanks for the responses so far all!

Hey Folks, Long time lurker here but my wife and I purchased a piece of property for our new location for our auto repair business. Check out this thread for photos and progress of the move - http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=329273 The building was built in the 60's and the...

Thanks! I've taken the signs down and have had people approach me as to what I'm doing with them. I've stored them for now but am thinking of a cool future project. Post 4 Here are some before photos when I looked at the property back in September when the previous tenant was still working...

Hey Folks, Long time lurker here and this place has been a wealth of information! My wife and I own and operate an independent automotive repair facility in Maryland. We have done tremendously well the past couple years and we started searching for a new home for our shop last June. I had...

Wow, extremely inspirational stuff! Great build! AJ

I run an auto repair shop behind my house. It is in a residential area and to be legit it needs to be zoned at least C3/C4. I do however pay my taxes like any other business so it's a good thing the zoning guys and tax guys don't talk with one another haha. Been running it almost 3.5 years and...

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