my garage/shop

Well its not really fancy but it works well for my needs. I built this garage about 20 yrs ago in my back yard. I am a carpenter and do have a small reno business . I basically use this garage as my main work shop and there is rarely ever a vehicle in it although even with its narrow width 22' I can put two vehicles inside if I really need to with a quick shuffle of a couple of tools I have on wheels. Its a bit of an odd shape 22'Wx 36'L and 10' walls but that is due to not being able to build over top of my natural gas line running through the yard. It actually is an odd shape because in reality it is 1 box 22'x24' and another 18'x12. there is a jog at the one corner because the gas line took a mean curve as it got closer to the back of my lot and at the time I was told by the utility that I could not build over it. That has since changed but its to late for me. That odd jog area on the outside is not just a concrete pad where we keep bikes and that sort of thing. the roof actually is still 22'x36' and over hangs the small side jog pad.

Its really a pretty basic build, 4" floating concrete pad with thickened edges and it was built on a gravel base and 1-1/2" styrofoam under the pad. Rebar in the pad was 10m @ 24" O.C. I think the concrete was 3500MPA. I also have lex tubbing in the floor as that is the heating system.More about that later. The walls were then framed (2x4) stood and fastened to the slab using expanding hammer in anchor bolts. Batt insulation in the walls and blow in in the ceiling. I went with drywall on the interior at the time but wish now that I had used OSB or plywood but some 20 yrs later i have way to much stuff in there to change it now.

Because of my main use being a wood shop and there ebbing dust and fumes I really did not want a source of ignition in the actual building so I decided to go with in floor hydronic radiant heating and the heating appliance was placed in my house and the pipes were trenched out to the garage. At the time I was still able to use a N.gas hot water heater as my heating source and thats still what I have today. Sometime down the road if I ever change my house furnace I plan on maybe looking at a boiler to heat the house ,garage and domestic hot water but for now this works very well.

Anyways I actually have a video tour of the interior of my shop that I did a couple months ago and I will share it with you to see what you think.

love the video, thanks for the tour. such practical use for spaces and placement of items

HOUSE: i started watching your YouTube video and after getting about 8 minutes through it i like what i see so i'll watch the rest later.

i'd love to learn how to make a YouTube video and if you wouldn't mind giving me a few pointers maybe i can help you find things on GJ a little better if you are looking for something too.

could you maybe PM me with a few ideas on how to make a YouTube video and maybe let me know what's involved in posting some on their site? also if there is a cost or possible income i'd like to hear about it since it sounds like you use them all the time. if you want to send me your email you i'd be happy to use email if easier than GJ's PM. i've only met a few guys from Saskatchewan and i liked them and one is a pretty active member here you might already know.

from what i've seen so far i love the clamps on the garage door for your painting projects, the sawhorses under the bench for easy access, and your little miter saw table and set up. also i like vintage cabinets and you showing me how you use yours gives me a good idea how i should be using mine.

welcome to GJ and hope you are enjoying reading all the threads. if you have questions just ask either on threads talking about the subject or you can PM me if you like and i'll try to help.

Hi drivesitfar, I actually have a online business ,House-Improvements.com We have a website where mostly our forum is the most active and then we also have a YT channel for all of our DIY videos. We have nearly 200 videos and over 230k subscribers.
My brother inlaw is my partner and he does all the Tecky stuff so I found not even tell you how the uploading works to be real honest but I believe it is pretty well laid out on their site and easy to do once you set up your own YouTube channel, I just don't need to know because that is his end of it. LOL.
In all honesty we started out using a $90 camera that happened to shoot video as well, then went to using a iPhone (which we will occasionally still do in a pinch) we now have lighting,stands ,sound equipment ,and a more professional camera and editing programs.
I'm glad you liked some of the ideas I had in my shop/garage.
I have been watching GJ for a while but only have made a few posts, trying to chime in on things I can help with. I also work full time as I have my own small construction company,so between that and the web stuff I just have not had the time to get to involved here also. I hope to keep hanging out and helping when I get the chance. Ill drop my link here to the rest of my You tube channel incase thou wanna have a look. Maybe sometime I will add it to my profile here, not sure if that is allowed?

House: i did like the way your video gave a tour of your garage and you had a reason for almost everything.

if you start a thread in the garage gallery and you already have a garage can you maybe post up some of your projects, ask questions or post up a ton of pictures of your work offsite to get some activity on your thread? also if you post on other members threads and get to know us you'll have a better chance of them maybe looking at and posting on yours.

thanks for the 411 about your YouTube and website.

here's a member that's a great guy and might be in your area if you want to check out his thread.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99313&highlight=slim

good luck!!