Garage Construction - Start to Finish (Pics)

red vette mike · Oct 12, 2006

I started on this garage addition in April 2006. I am basically complete now. This structure is 31x54x12. I had to attach it to my home to meet local building codes. I subcontracted out the concrete, framing, plumbing, insulation, masonary, roofing and some of the electrical. I did all the finish trim, walls, ceilings, paint, floors, door construction, and compressor plumbing. I had to put a good bit of pre planning into the structure. It has central air and heat. I bought a 7.5 HP I/R compressor and plumbed a loop system with 7 drops. The attic is floored (18x40). I fabricated the doors using cedar frames reinforced with metal bracing. The doors took me about 10 days to fab, insulate, trim, paint and install. I have yet to put the windows in them but, I have the glass and will do this soon. The lift is a Rotary 10K capacity asymetrical model. It works well, I have a **** Blast bead blaster. I plan to piddle on a few old muscle cars. This was a fun project but required a tremendous amount of my labor (and $). I am proud of the way it turned out and hope you will enjoy seeing photos of the construction.
Mike Martin
Madison, MS

Site at Start

Dirt being brought in

Pouring concrete

Foundation Forms

Finishing Slab

First wall goes up

Roof Trusses arrive

red vette mike · Oct 12, 2006

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Borrowed boom truck proves useful

Bricks are put on

Attachment to house

Transformer set

Making some progress

Roof truss system

Rear wall

red vette mike · Oct 12, 2006

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Interior prior to wallboard

Decorative window on N eave

Lift being installed

Luan walls and ceiling

Abe the dog

New driveway - crushed limestone

Side view

red vette mike · Oct 12, 2006

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Back wall

I sprayed the paint on (moved cars first)

A big dog

Walls with first coat

Lights are installed

Painting the brick

Fabricating swing out doors

red vette mike · Oct 12, 2006

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Reinforced cedar corners; Hardi Plank exterior

Hinges on metal bar

Door insulation

Picture showing air drop

Interior paint scheme

Rustoleum Professional

Doors almost complete

red vette mike · Oct 12, 2006

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Compressor room

Door hardware

Moving tools in

Tool chest and Blast cabinet

Road leading to shop

Finished

arno · Oct 12, 2006

good job

C_F · Oct 12, 2006

Wow, you got a lot done since April, it looks great! :thumbup:

Two things kinda surprised me, all the plywood inside instead of sheetrock & the makeup of your doors. Not that it's a bad thing at all, just different. I like it!

DynoDave · Oct 12, 2006

Awesome progress. That's a great looking shop.

keperkey · Oct 12, 2006

Is it just me or are there pictures missing?

snorvet · Oct 13, 2006

awesome garage! Thats a lot of work in 6 months

JMURiz · Oct 13, 2006

Holy ****, that's an amazing space, 4-car full brick, wow!!!

My project has been going on 6 months and I haven't passed final inspection yet

Inetmonkey · Oct 13, 2006

Mike, that's an awesome garage! I love the swing doors as opposed to the usual roll-ups. How has the epoxy floor been standing up when you drive the cars in? Have the rocks from the driveway been problematic? Also, why did you opt for plywood interior walls instead of the usual sheet rock?

red vette mike · Oct 13, 2006

Inetmonkey said:
Mike, that's an awesome garage! I love the swing doors as opposed to the usual roll-ups. How has the epoxy floor been standing up when you drive the cars in? Have the rocks from the driveway been problematic? Also, why did you opt for plywood interior walls instead of the usual sheet rock?

Thanks for the compliments. I have had no trouble with the rock driveway. I think the secret to not bringing the rocks into the garage is in their size. You can get this stuff from pea gravel size and then on up. I got a slightly larger size and migration of the rocks is not a problem. However, I put some of it on a walkway that I have in the back yard and it is not the best surface for a walkway.
I cannot tell you exactly why I opted for wood walls. The 'luan' was pretty inexpensive (at least to me) @ about $16 per sheet. Another thing was that I knew I could put this stuff up and I knew I could not put up the sheetrock. The luan is 3/8". It went up easily (I shot way more than 10000 finishing nails) and painted well (I bought a airless spray rig and that worked well-especially when priming and painting the bricks). The seams between the sheets are somewhat evident although I caulked all of them. I could have used some other type of sandable caulking and got a better finish. But you know that it is only a garage!
The epoxy floor seems to be holding up well. I let it sit for at least a week before pulling any vehicles in there. I followed Rustoleum's instructions to the letter. I made a few mistakes and you can see a few 'roller strokes'. However, with cars in there just about no one but me would ever see the errors.
I had a great time building this addition.
This forum was really invaluable to me in getting the job done.
Thanks,
Mike

bmwpower · Oct 13, 2006

OMG....you painted the brick?

Winmon · Oct 13, 2006

Nice work Mike! Looks great.....

red vette mike · Oct 14, 2006

bmwpower said:
OMG....you painted the brick?

I had painted the brick on my home some years ago. I painted the bricks on the addition to match. Now the addition looks way better than the house so my wife is telling me that I have to paint the house again! Always something.
Mike

L84ARACE · Oct 14, 2006

I like the painted brick, adds nice character.

Winmon · Oct 14, 2006

the addition looks way better than the house so my wife is telling me that I have to paint the house again!

Ya, that sounds REAL familiar!!

C_F · Oct 14, 2006

keperkey said:
Is it just me or are there pictures missing?

It's just you.

colt zantop · Oct 14, 2006

looks great! awesome cars to go with it also! NEED more info on the camaro and chevelle!

I like the unpainted brick better but you did the right thing matching the house.....

red vette mike · Oct 14, 2006

colt zantop said:
looks great! awesome cars to go with it also! NEED more info on the camaro and chevelle! I like the unpainted brick better but you did the right thing matching the house.....

The Chevelle is a 71SS454, auto, tri black with ps, pb and a/c. It is real straight and pretty much unmolested although it is not a #'s match. The Camaro is a '69 (but not an RS or SS or z28) that I did a frame off restoration on in '05. It was pretty rough and needed new quarters and trunk pan and right front fender. It is #'s matching (350ci with TH350 trans-although I put an 700r4 overdrive in it). It is a p/s and factory a/c car also. It is real straight now and both are fun drivers although that 700r4 is the way to go. The Camaro is pretty quick but the Chevelle is a real stump puller and can just melt a set of tires. I have just bought a 70 Chevelle SS that needs some help. I am going to fix it up and then sell it (hopefully).

colt zantop · Oct 14, 2006

awesome! nice rides!

red vette mike · Oct 15, 2006

colt zantop said:
awesome! nice rides!

I also have a '53 Chevy 210 sedan that my sweet aunt (who died last Nov at age 92) gave me. She had bought it new in 1953 in Crystal Springs, Ms. It pretty much stayed there but she drove it in 1955 to the openning of Disneland in LA, Ca. Three other teachers went with her. I can't imagine driving that thing that far-no a/c, no radio, no heater! It has only 53k miles. I repainted it and redid the chrome. It has the original interior. It is a cute thing and special because Emmy always told me that she was saving the car for me. It is now 53 years old. I drove it to a cruise in last night.

396ss360hp · Oct 22, 2006

Fine garage! :thumbup:

Nice cars too! I love the 53 Chevys!

SuperKid · Oct 22, 2006

Do you have any sort of security system? If seems odd that with those cars all you have is two metal rods going into the floor. Not to mention, how do you open them from the outside? Am I not seeing something in the pictures?

red vette mike · Oct 22, 2006

SuperKid said:
Do you have any sort of security system? If seems odd that with those cars all you have is two metal rods going into the floor. Not to mention, how do you open them from the outside? Am I not seeing something in the pictures?[/QUOT

I have a central station security system in this bldg-fire and burglary. This town (23500 pop) is very safe-I think there were only 2 car thefts last year. I am not saying it doesn't happen-it is just rare here.
I have added some locks since these pictures were made. The doors will open from the outside, there are handles on both sides now. They, however, cna only be locked from the inside.

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