tdott
Well-known member
This is my garage build, nothing spectacular, just a normal attached double car garage 20'x22' with 10'9" ceiling. I wouldn't call it my dream garage but this is as close to it as I'll get until I can someday build a decent sized detached.
First the clean slate, looking back, I should have done the floors right after moving in, but those were hectic times with lots to do.
Shortly after moving in, stuff already starting to pile up:
I had found some free used kitchen cabinets and bought a tool cart for my then small set of tools, this would have to do as I eyed buying set of metal cabinets one day:
I tried to keep things organized:
Next up was a 2-post lift, here it is before it was loaded onto a ship:
Being picked up:
Lift Install:
It is a low ceiling, no base-plate lift, similar concept to a maxjax but with higher lift and higher capacity and more safety locks.
Wasted no time, first project on the lift was doing the rod bearings on my m3:
Installing the lift required a 8500 side mounted opener and high lift conversion to the tracks. I tried the DIY approach to modifying the tracks, it's not perfect but it works. If I did it again, i'd go with the correct high-lift conversion with raising the drums/springs and adding the vertical section to the tracks:
As my tool collection started to grow, I needed more room. I originally wanted a full set of metal cabinets but came across a great deal on these Husky boxes and reconfigured the wood cabinets I had:
Much more room for my tools:
Up next were the floors, I originally wanted to do epoxy but I had too much stuff in my garage and there was no way I could store everything in the house, so I decided to go with Swisstrax:
M3 Approves:
That brings us up to date for now.
My future plans are to install a mini-split AC and then perhaps wall mount the controls/pump for the lift and clean up the hoses/wires.
First the clean slate, looking back, I should have done the floors right after moving in, but those were hectic times with lots to do.
Shortly after moving in, stuff already starting to pile up:
I had found some free used kitchen cabinets and bought a tool cart for my then small set of tools, this would have to do as I eyed buying set of metal cabinets one day:
I tried to keep things organized:
Next up was a 2-post lift, here it is before it was loaded onto a ship:
Being picked up:
Lift Install:
It is a low ceiling, no base-plate lift, similar concept to a maxjax but with higher lift and higher capacity and more safety locks.
Wasted no time, first project on the lift was doing the rod bearings on my m3:
Installing the lift required a 8500 side mounted opener and high lift conversion to the tracks. I tried the DIY approach to modifying the tracks, it's not perfect but it works. If I did it again, i'd go with the correct high-lift conversion with raising the drums/springs and adding the vertical section to the tracks:
As my tool collection started to grow, I needed more room. I originally wanted a full set of metal cabinets but came across a great deal on these Husky boxes and reconfigured the wood cabinets I had:
Much more room for my tools:
Up next were the floors, I originally wanted to do epoxy but I had too much stuff in my garage and there was no way I could store everything in the house, so I decided to go with Swisstrax:
M3 Approves:
That brings us up to date for now.
My future plans are to install a mini-split AC and then perhaps wall mount the controls/pump for the lift and clean up the hoses/wires.
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