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I drywalled my garage, but I put down 6 inch wide pressure treated decking along the bottom perimeter of the garage. By doing that I wont have drywall sitting directly on the floor, for when I wash the floor down.

I'm building a 5x6x10 compressor room in my garage so I don't have to listen to it while I'm working. The compressor is a 80 gallon 2 stage Ingersoll Rand. I figure it will put off a good amount of heat, I'm just trying to figure out the best way to remove the heat. I have been thinking about...

After searching some more I found a thread talking about the same thing. At the bottom of the thread he shows a pic of exactly what I'm talking about. http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35522&highlight=sealing+metal+walls

I'm getting ready to start insulating my new 28x36 pole barn with r19 and I noticed that there is a small gap at the bottom of my walls. It is where the big ribs on the outside metal meet the rat guard at the bottom. It's also where the metal siding meets the divider for the wainscot. (wish I...

Ok. Here's another question for you guys doing body work, what were you pulling the car with and how did you have it anchored? I have seen the Kansas Jack style towers, but wondered if there were other methods others were using? I'm hoping to do some light frame work (pulling uni-bodies) so I'm...

AHH!! Anchor pots. I was calling them by the wrong name. Amazing what you can find when you know the correct term. Thanks guys.

I'm getting close to pouring the floor in my shop and I've been thinking about putting in a couple tie downs (Or whatever they are called) so I can do some light collision repair in my shop. I have tried searching on here to find ideas, but I don't know if I'm calling them by the wrong name or...

Nice garage. The wainscot adds a lot to the looks. I'm getting ready to start on a 28x36 this coming week and watching yours is getting me excited. Nice driveway too.

Here is what we use at work for our prep stations. It is a little more on the pricey side, but they work great, and when not in use, just push them back up against the wall and they are out of the way. If you could find a used set of curtains for a good price, I think it would be the way to go...

Since I started in the auto body business nearly 12 years ago, I bought a little at a time. I don't think I have ever owed more than $400. I don't like owing money, therefore I never wanted to have to pay for something forever. Also, I started out with a Craftsman tool box. When I saved enough...

Nice room! I was wanting to have a "clean" room like that, but I won't have the space in this garage to do that. Maybe in the next one. I would love to have a room like yours. Thanks for the links to the other garages guys. There is some nice looking ones out there.That's the good and bad side...

Thanks for the pics and comments so far guys. Anybody else have any pics or thoughts?

Didn't think of that. May be worth checking into. One thought that crossed my mind was how hard would it be to keep clean in a garage environment. I will be doing body work in my garage, so there will be a fair amount of dust. So I'm wondering if this will be a good idea or not. I definitely...

I'm getting ready to build a 28x36 and since I'm into old cars and gas pumps, I thought it would be neat to maybe finish out one of my side walls with reclaimed barn siding. I know I have seen one garage on here that has done this, but I'm not sure whose it is. I'm curious to how much it can be...

I don't know much about the manufacturing side of things, but I do auto body work for a living and I get to see the prices on factory replacement parts. With front bumper covers sometimes going for $900-$1000, aluminum hoods going for near $2K and a complete air bag system costing several...

This is what I was hoping I could do. And yes, grading the ground away from the garage is something I have planned from the get go. I wanted to make sure there is no water coming in under the garage door.

I'm getting ready to have a pole barn built here in a couple weeks. I asked the contractor who is going to build it, what I needed to do to get the ground ready for him. He just said scrape the top soil back and get it fairly level. My lot is already pretty level, it only drops about a foot from...

Cool place. I'm sure it will be a lot of work, but should also be a lot of fun. As far as the old gas pumps in the picture goes, I'm pretty sure they are Bowser pumps, the best I can tell. They were a fairly common pump, but make for a good looking pump when restored. Since your into all things...

Cheap5.0, earlier in the thread you said you had priced stick building a 28x36 garage and it was 17k with the footings and floor. And the pole barn with floor cost $9300. Was the stick built cost with your own labor, or hired? I recently started a thread on stick vs pole barn to find out which...

As some have mentioned, I think I'm going to wait for my Dad to finish the drawings on the garage and go get a couple estimates on a pole barn and then price out lumber to frame it. The more I think about it, if I'm going to frame it out myself one way or the other, and I'm paying somebody to...