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Nice to see a fellow Kentuckian on the board. I used to work out of Lex and was in Paris several times per week for a few years. Keep the updates coming, and nice shop. Matt

Re: Garage Refurb Slow day at work, so I ended up reading the whole thread. Love it! Any more updates???

Love the build, and how you are retrofitting it to the old structure. Glad you saved it!

Just wanted to bring this back up to the top. Any new projects, updates? Thanks for sharing.

I first noticed this thread when it was only a few pages long. After purchasing a new home and selling my current one, I've stumbled across it again, (with much more content this time of course.) I am so thoroughly impressed with every aspect of this thread. It seems to have come full circle...

Been a long time since I updated this thread. Garage is back in order, and has been gettin heavily used lately. Still have a few things to improve on though, and a bit of clutter to get rid of yet again, but thats how it goes. I'll put some current pics up soon.

I was already working in my field when I got married. Due to working around alot of live electrical components, and high voltage I have never worn one. Alot of guys I have worked with used to put glass tape around their ring while at work, but I'd just as soon not wear one. Wife completely...

On any compressor, the line going into the intake valve on the head should be warm. The discharge side line should always be HOT if working properly. This is why you see cooling fins on the discharge lines on industrial, or multi stage compressors. Perfectly normal. If this is reversed, then you...

You are correct in what you know. My home was not considered to be in a flood plain, I would not have bought it if it had been. I had several inspectors, and two different engineers inspect the property to determine if it would flood, even after checking to see if it was located in a flood...

Thanks again guys. I stopped by the place again today on my way to work and tile is done! Not sure if my cabinets are going up in the kitchen tomarrow, or what but I'm hoping so. The hardwood guys delivered the wood today, and will let it set, and get acclimated to the houses temp, and begin...

The romex is fine by me, and I agree, there are alot more dangerous things. I'm an industrial electrician/maintenance technician, so I get to see/repair/redo, alot of these dangerous things you speak of all the time. Its alot different when working on switch gears and buss rails and getting to...

It is sad to say, but you are probably spot on.:(

Thanks for the comments guys, I know the garage isn't much, or very big, but it is what I have, and I'm proud of it, as I crank out large projects out of a small garage. Honestly, I kind of like it better that way. Depending on what the money situation is like when I get done with the house, I'm...

Most kitchens do for the microwaves. As far as code goes, I'm not sure, all of my electrical work is industrial, so I don't keep up with res. Code. BesIdes, I,ve already broken code by my other circuits not being gfi, so I don't really care. :)

Heading down to the house on the way to work to check out the progress on the tile. I'll snap some pictures while I'm there.

I installed 6 recepticles total in the cabinets. I put the extra two in so I could use plug in fixtures so I could quickly change them in the future if I wanted something different. I already had the metal recept. boxes leftover from a job at work, I had pulled them in favor of something else. I...

Well I was at the house most of the day, most of it was spent moving stuff around and out of the way, as the tile guys will be there in the AM, and the kitchen is where I had most of my tools at. So while I didn't get much done, I did manage to get the last of the wiring done. All I had left was...

I do feel whole again, but will more so when I can enjoy being back out at my house on the porch on a pretty evening. That's when it will be final. I don't have plans to sell, or move. Even if it floods again. I love my home, and I love where it is. The thing is, this event was so overwhelming...

Lol, no. Nothing will be done. In the picture quoted above, that is not standing water. That is the creek flowing up that high. My lot doesn't really hold water, that water is back up from the creek flowing through a culvert that couldn't handle as much rain as we had. Funny thing is its a 10'...

Thanks. The work tops, and anything you can see that it bare wood will be stained and polyeurathaned when finished. Got to get that tomarrow, along with a bit more wood, and some lighting for under the cabinets, as I have yet to wire up the in cabinet stuff. Also need a new shop radio to mount...