New House, New Garage
Well maybe not new, but new to us and a chance to do things again and better. I have been lurking here for a while, just gathering information and such. For a few years, I had been entertaining the idea of doing epoxy. I am glad that I didn't do it because we don't have that house anymore. We moved into our new house this past June. There was a need to move quickly because we hadn't sold the other house yet. That coupled with the RaceDeck Father's Day sale presented me with a scenario that was too good to pass up.
Pics of the garage from when we were under contract to buy the house. Actually, the day we had the inspection done on the house.
It all starts with an idea.
Before I unloaded it, I decided to fire up the drone and get a couple pics of the house from above.
Getting started
Finished with the flooring and ripped out the old door openers. I replaced them with some new craftsman quiet drive units.
With the flooring done, it is time to bring over the other two cars and the rest of the stuff from the old garage. Time to start thinking about storage as well.
One of the changes that I made during ordering was that I wanted the solid diamond tiles for the front of the garage in the work area and everything if behind that would be free flow.
One of first things to get setup after bringing everything over was the compressor and reel (tired of hitting it and it helps with cleaning). I picked up some decent 8" pine from Home Depot and some fairly long Spax Torx screws as well. I got the idea from someone on here was doing a garage and putting up a French cleat system. I think it worked out pretty well, it has been up for almost 8 months now and it's still solid. A lot better than before at the old garage with 2"x4"s and some extra lag bolts that I had lying around.
After getting everything put into its place, throwing away garbage and cleaning, the next project that I tackled in the garage was storage. I made some half-*** shelves at the other house and I also had the luxury of a shed as well for the bikes and anything else that got stuffed in there. At around this time I got an email from Costco, one of the things for sale was the Safe Racks. I picked up a double 4'x8' set for a pretty good deal and got to work when they arrived.
They gave me a great option for storing the bikes as well.
At this point, I was more than ready to get back to work on my car project...until I truly realized how abysmal the lighting in the garage was. To add insult to injury, 1 of the 2 light fixtures gave up the ghost as well. Down to 1 light, that just won't do.
On the way home from work the next day, I decided to stop by Home Depot and pick up 5 twin light fixtures, a bunch of the new Phillips LED bulbs, a roll of Romex, some outlets and single gang boxes. This time around, I wanted everything to be as clean as possible. I decided to tie into the existing circuit for the overhead garage lights to keep it simple.
Light install finally done. I took this picture around midnight, no flash, garage door and curtains closed. It was just the overhead lighting. Not bad, not bad...
Time to reinstall the lift. Prior to this point, I swapped out the tiles under the lift plates to diamond tiles. I figured they would take the weight better than the free flow tiles
I drilled the holes directly through the RaceDeck tiles into the concrete. I also decided to use Epoxy this time with the anchor install. The anchor install was great, no spalling or cracking of the concrete under the tiles after almost of week of curing.
Time to install the pillars
Those steps. They needed some covering.
Getting closer
At this point in time, I was finishing up the welding on my exhaust. I wanted to be able to lift the car to full height with the door open but that was not going to happen because my roof box was using my car for storage.
It was time to do something about that other than just putting it on the ground temporarily when I needed to use the lift.
More recently, I had to do something about my most commonly used power tools, computer for connecting to the car, batteries, chargers, etc...
The next thing I want to do other than some serious organization is to install a heater. The unit that I have been looking at is a SpaceRay CB-50. The plan is to hang it in the open space above the TV at a 45* angle.
Right now, the most difficult thing seems to be getting a quote for running the gas line. It's February, so I figure I will just leave it as a summer project to be used for next winter.
Well, this is my garage. I have learned a lot from this forum and it has helped tremendously in getting me to this point. I look forward to learning more and like most others, transforming my garage into something that has both great form and even better function.
Well maybe not new, but new to us and a chance to do things again and better. I have been lurking here for a while, just gathering information and such. For a few years, I had been entertaining the idea of doing epoxy. I am glad that I didn't do it because we don't have that house anymore. We moved into our new house this past June. There was a need to move quickly because we hadn't sold the other house yet. That coupled with the RaceDeck Father's Day sale presented me with a scenario that was too good to pass up.
Pics of the garage from when we were under contract to buy the house. Actually, the day we had the inspection done on the house.
It all starts with an idea.
Before I unloaded it, I decided to fire up the drone and get a couple pics of the house from above.
Getting started
Finished with the flooring and ripped out the old door openers. I replaced them with some new craftsman quiet drive units.
With the flooring done, it is time to bring over the other two cars and the rest of the stuff from the old garage. Time to start thinking about storage as well.
One of the changes that I made during ordering was that I wanted the solid diamond tiles for the front of the garage in the work area and everything if behind that would be free flow.
One of first things to get setup after bringing everything over was the compressor and reel (tired of hitting it and it helps with cleaning). I picked up some decent 8" pine from Home Depot and some fairly long Spax Torx screws as well. I got the idea from someone on here was doing a garage and putting up a French cleat system. I think it worked out pretty well, it has been up for almost 8 months now and it's still solid. A lot better than before at the old garage with 2"x4"s and some extra lag bolts that I had lying around.
After getting everything put into its place, throwing away garbage and cleaning, the next project that I tackled in the garage was storage. I made some half-*** shelves at the other house and I also had the luxury of a shed as well for the bikes and anything else that got stuffed in there. At around this time I got an email from Costco, one of the things for sale was the Safe Racks. I picked up a double 4'x8' set for a pretty good deal and got to work when they arrived.
They gave me a great option for storing the bikes as well.
At this point, I was more than ready to get back to work on my car project...until I truly realized how abysmal the lighting in the garage was. To add insult to injury, 1 of the 2 light fixtures gave up the ghost as well. Down to 1 light, that just won't do.
On the way home from work the next day, I decided to stop by Home Depot and pick up 5 twin light fixtures, a bunch of the new Phillips LED bulbs, a roll of Romex, some outlets and single gang boxes. This time around, I wanted everything to be as clean as possible. I decided to tie into the existing circuit for the overhead garage lights to keep it simple.
Light install finally done. I took this picture around midnight, no flash, garage door and curtains closed. It was just the overhead lighting. Not bad, not bad...
Time to reinstall the lift. Prior to this point, I swapped out the tiles under the lift plates to diamond tiles. I figured they would take the weight better than the free flow tiles
I drilled the holes directly through the RaceDeck tiles into the concrete. I also decided to use Epoxy this time with the anchor install. The anchor install was great, no spalling or cracking of the concrete under the tiles after almost of week of curing.
Time to install the pillars
Those steps. They needed some covering.
Getting closer
At this point in time, I was finishing up the welding on my exhaust. I wanted to be able to lift the car to full height with the door open but that was not going to happen because my roof box was using my car for storage.
It was time to do something about that other than just putting it on the ground temporarily when I needed to use the lift.
More recently, I had to do something about my most commonly used power tools, computer for connecting to the car, batteries, chargers, etc...
The next thing I want to do other than some serious organization is to install a heater. The unit that I have been looking at is a SpaceRay CB-50. The plan is to hang it in the open space above the TV at a 45* angle.
Right now, the most difficult thing seems to be getting a quote for running the gas line. It's February, so I figure I will just leave it as a summer project to be used for next winter.
Well, this is my garage. I have learned a lot from this forum and it has helped tremendously in getting me to this point. I look forward to learning more and like most others, transforming my garage into something that has both great form and even better function.
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Fun watching someone else progress through their garage journey. Kinda miss the process.
