2022 - Skip to page 7 if you want to start with the new 3 car garage.
2016 UPDATE.
Sold my house and moved out of the 6 car garage. Here is my new setup. 3 car attached garage and a 12x18 shed in the back I built from scratch.
20160606_191645 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
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20160529_194650 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
20160517_171255 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
Finished Shed
20160707_131433 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
Hello Guys,
Well I thought I would start a thread on my new garage build. Here is the backstory.
This was my Father in Laws dream garage. After retiring from the military for 33 years he finally started on it in April of 2009. He had the slab poured. It took 2 more years for him to save up for the rest of the build.
Summer of 2011 I helped him put up the walls and roof trusses. He hired out the roof and the stucco and rock on the outside.
Fall of 2011 he was diagnosed with throat cancer. It slowed down the build as he did Chemo and radiation. In the spring of 2012 he finally got some basic electrical and doors installed. After battling the cancer for a year he got a brain tumor and tragically we lost him this past September. He was a great man and I learned alot from him.
I felt it only right that I finish the garage and use it as that is what he would have wanted.
My mother in law has given me full rein of the garage and how I want to finish out the inside. The garage is 30’d x 60’w x 10'5"h in the middle with a 6’ rollup side door, two 16’x7’ doors, and a 12’x7’ door. My father in law built a 10’x16’ room in the corner where the walk in door is. I think he planned to have his tools in here and some workbenches. I felt the room was too small to do anything with so I tore it down and built a new wall dividing the garage into two spaces. You guessed it one side garage and the other woodshop.
The woodshop is the left side with the walk in door, 12' x 7' door and side door. It measures 23'5" x 28'6".
The garage side has the two 16' doors. It will measure 34'7"x 28'6"
Here is the outside finished
Some inside shots as of right now.
Here is the 10'x16' room I tore down
The room gone!
New wall. Left side will be Woodshop. Right side will be garage. The door is a for a 5ft double wide.
Here is my current plan:
Finish electrical.(add more sockets, some 220v sockets, more lighting, garage door opener wiring, switched socket for air scrubber with timer, wiring for DC blast gates. Wiring for audio)
Make an opening for two seperate A/C's for each side of shop.
West end of roof decking doesnt have solar backing. Want to install reflectex
Insulate roof and walls
Drywall and finish
Install 15,000-18,000 btu A/C units in both sides.
Paint garage side with blue bottom half, black strip, and gloss white on top.
Paint Woodshop side a semi gloss off white. Possibly line walls with knotty pine or cedar
Here is an up to date shot of my current garage. It is a little messy I haven't done anything out there since Sept. All of this will move to the new woodshop.
I have made a very crude layout in excel. To give you an idea.
View attachment 235604
I haven't finished the garage side layout yet but it will have three 3' metal cabinets, a 5' wood cabinet, a beverage fridge, parts washer, 15' of workbench with cabinets above, sandblasting cabinet, and all the usual garage stuff. I hope to have a 2 post lift as well.
This will be somewhat of a slow build as I work 50 hours a week have a 4 and 6 yr old boys and all the family stuff that comes with it.
As soon as the garage side is done I plan to start a frame off restoration on the 64' Chevy stepside you see in the photos. It was my father in laws and my wife inherited it. It has been sitting outside for the last 10 years and I got some rolling tires on it and got the engine running so I can move it around at least.
All comments and suggestions welcome. I am trying to think of everything I might need in the future as far as wiring so I can install it now before the walls are finished.
Bret
2016 UPDATE.
Sold my house and moved out of the 6 car garage. Here is my new setup. 3 car attached garage and a 12x18 shed in the back I built from scratch.
20160606_191645 by bjohnson388, on Flickrreceived_1324858310864705 by bjohnson388, on Flickrreceived_1324858424198027 by bjohnson388, on Flickr20160529_194650 by bjohnson388, on Flickr20160517_171255 by bjohnson388, on FlickrFinished Shed
20160707_131433 by bjohnson388, on FlickrHello Guys,
Well I thought I would start a thread on my new garage build. Here is the backstory.
This was my Father in Laws dream garage. After retiring from the military for 33 years he finally started on it in April of 2009. He had the slab poured. It took 2 more years for him to save up for the rest of the build.
Summer of 2011 I helped him put up the walls and roof trusses. He hired out the roof and the stucco and rock on the outside.
Fall of 2011 he was diagnosed with throat cancer. It slowed down the build as he did Chemo and radiation. In the spring of 2012 he finally got some basic electrical and doors installed. After battling the cancer for a year he got a brain tumor and tragically we lost him this past September. He was a great man and I learned alot from him.
I felt it only right that I finish the garage and use it as that is what he would have wanted.
My mother in law has given me full rein of the garage and how I want to finish out the inside. The garage is 30’d x 60’w x 10'5"h in the middle with a 6’ rollup side door, two 16’x7’ doors, and a 12’x7’ door. My father in law built a 10’x16’ room in the corner where the walk in door is. I think he planned to have his tools in here and some workbenches. I felt the room was too small to do anything with so I tore it down and built a new wall dividing the garage into two spaces. You guessed it one side garage and the other woodshop.
The woodshop is the left side with the walk in door, 12' x 7' door and side door. It measures 23'5" x 28'6".
The garage side has the two 16' doors. It will measure 34'7"x 28'6"
Here is the outside finished
Some inside shots as of right now.
Here is the 10'x16' room I tore down
The room gone!
New wall. Left side will be Woodshop. Right side will be garage. The door is a for a 5ft double wide.
Here is my current plan:
Finish electrical.(add more sockets, some 220v sockets, more lighting, garage door opener wiring, switched socket for air scrubber with timer, wiring for DC blast gates. Wiring for audio)
Make an opening for two seperate A/C's for each side of shop.
West end of roof decking doesnt have solar backing. Want to install reflectex
Insulate roof and walls
Drywall and finish
Install 15,000-18,000 btu A/C units in both sides.
Paint garage side with blue bottom half, black strip, and gloss white on top.
Paint Woodshop side a semi gloss off white. Possibly line walls with knotty pine or cedar
Here is an up to date shot of my current garage. It is a little messy I haven't done anything out there since Sept. All of this will move to the new woodshop.
I have made a very crude layout in excel. To give you an idea.
View attachment 235604
I haven't finished the garage side layout yet but it will have three 3' metal cabinets, a 5' wood cabinet, a beverage fridge, parts washer, 15' of workbench with cabinets above, sandblasting cabinet, and all the usual garage stuff. I hope to have a 2 post lift as well.
This will be somewhat of a slow build as I work 50 hours a week have a 4 and 6 yr old boys and all the family stuff that comes with it.
As soon as the garage side is done I plan to start a frame off restoration on the 64' Chevy stepside you see in the photos. It was my father in laws and my wife inherited it. It has been sitting outside for the last 10 years and I got some rolling tires on it and got the engine running so I can move it around at least.
All comments and suggestions welcome. I am trying to think of everything I might need in the future as far as wiring so I can install it now before the walls are finished.
Bret
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