The Barking Dog Garage

The Engine Ear · May 2, 2018

I posted on here a couple of months ago when I started re-organizing my garage at my old house...correct, my OLD house. We started looking for a new home shortly after I started re-organizing that garage. Now my wife and I are at our new house now with a new garage to organize. I need to add some receptacles on each wall. There is only 1 right now in the entire garage; besides the receptacle for the garage door opener. I also need to add lights; hoping to purchase from Home Depot or Lowe’s. I will post more pictures as the garage evolves but here are a few for now of what it looked like when we got the keys on Monday 4/23.

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The Engine Ear · May 6, 2018

Here are a few pictures of me moved in. Still missing my lawn equipment but I may add a little shed to hold all of it in the back yard. I will be adding more lights and receptacles soon.

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The Engine Ear · May 11, 2018

Yesterday was my birthday and my wife bought me a bike storage system. So now I’ve got the bike up and out of the way. With the open rafters, I can almost get the bike completely out of the way. I like it.

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Toolfool · May 11, 2018

Nice. But the fridge looks empty.

The Engine Ear · May 11, 2018

Haha, yes sir it is. That's the fridge from our old house. The new house came with a fridge and it's a counter-depth. That one there isn't and would stick out awkwardly. So, its been re-purposed as my garage fridge!

It should be ready to go with beer soon.

The Engine Ear · Jul 15, 2018

It’s a been a little while since I last posted. We sold our other house and I’ve been busy moving furniture around and getting settled in. I am finally getting around to working in the garage.

Been moving some stuff around and trying to figure out what works best. Think I finally have a layout that works for me.

I installed 2 20A circuits. One for the left side of the garage and one for the right side. Each have 5 outlets. I put the outlets in the left side and back side of the garage at 42” high. I plan to install some cabinets and a worktop down the entire length of the back wall at 36” high and 32” deep so my miter saw will fit nicely in it. The outlets on the right side I put at 50” high so that they are 6” above my workbench.

I still need to install a dedicated 50A for my welding machine but for now I think the next step is lights so that I can work later into the night installing cabinets and walls in the near future.

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The Engine Ear · Jul 20, 2018

I bought and installed some lights today. LED King 8’ tubes. These were reasonably priced and fulfill what I wanted. I like that there’s no shadow under the ladder!

Before

After

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The Engine Ear · Jul 25, 2018

I am going to start putting walls up soon. I was thinking about using some 8"OC or 4"OC plywood board because that will give the walls some texture. The one concern I have is getting the holes cut for the electrical outlets. Are there some tips and tricks to making sure that you get them matched right so that everything is even? I tried my best to get the outlets at 42" from the concrete but they may be off 1/8" or so.

Mikkeli · Jul 25, 2018

Are you going to add any insulation to your garage, or is it needed in Texas? :headscrat

So far looking really good!

The Engine Ear · Jul 26, 2018

Mikkeli said:
Are you going to add any insulation to your garage, or is it needed in Texas?

So far looking really good!

I wasn't going to. I don't think there is because it's not going to be climate controlled. But then again, it might be the smart thing to do now if I ever wanted to put an AC unit in there...

Thank you sir! It's definitely becoming a lot easier to work in there since the outlets and lighting have been added.

Grnmonstergarage · Jul 26, 2018

Looking good.....nice work on the electrical.

BoostAddiction · Jul 26, 2018

The Engine Ear said:
I wasn't going to. I don't think there is because it's not going to be climate controlled. But then again, it might be the smart thing to do now if I ever wanted to put an AC unit in there...

Adding insulation will help moderate temp swings even in a non-conditioned space. It's a good idea even if you don't expect to heat or cool the space.

But Texas? I'd be sure to seal and insulate very carefully, and add a minisplit. Ain't nobody got time to sweat in that heat!

The Engine Ear · Jul 26, 2018

Grnmonstergarage said:
Looking good.....nice work on the electrical.

Thank you sir! I appreciate it.

BoostAddiction said:
Adding insulation will help moderate temp swings even in a non-conditioned space. It's a good idea even if you don't expect to heat or cool the space.

But Texas? I'd be sure to seal and insulate very carefully, and add a minisplit. Ain't nobody got time to sweat in that heat!

I may look into doing it then.

Thanks for stopping by.

slik560 · Jul 26, 2018

Those LED's look great, but I did not see anything like them on the King LED web site. Mostly grow light modules. Can you share the source?

The Engine Ear · Jul 26, 2018

slik560 said:
Those LED's look great, but I did not see anything like them on the King LED web site. Mostly grow light modules. Can you share the source?

Thanks Slik. Here's a link to the company I purchased them from. I think they are LED King lights. Anyways, the link is below:

http://www.apledworld.com/product/led-t5-integrated-fixture/

slik560 · Jul 26, 2018

Great. Thanks very much. Can't have too many sources...unless you have trouble making decisions....like me.

The Engine Ear · Jul 26, 2018

slik560 said:
Great. Thanks very much. Can't have too many sources...unless you have trouble making decisions....like me.

I hear that!

I got the 8 footers FYI. Really easy to install.

fowldarr · Jul 26, 2018

Looking great so far, keep up the good work. Insulation depends on climate, I did not insulate my shop because it rarely drops below freezing and rarely gets over 80 here on the Oregon coast. However, I've been to TX, and I probably would insulate there just to help with the temp swings, especially to the higher end.

The Engine Ear · Jul 27, 2018

fowldarr said:
Looking great so far, keep up the good work. Insulation depends on climate, I did not insulate my shop because it rarely drops below freezing and rarely gets over 80 here on the Oregon coast. However, I've been to TX, and I probably would insulate there just to help with the temp swings, especially to the higher end.

Thank you Fowl!

Yeah I'm thinking I might just go ahead and do it. Need to check on pricing first.

Appreciate you stopping by.

The Engine Ear · Aug 4, 2018

Late night at The Barking Dog Garage. Been working 6-12’s and finally got some time to get some plywood. I decided not to insulate the walls. I’ll never do any climate control to this area. Here’s what I got so far.

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fowldarr · Aug 4, 2018

Starting to look nice.

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The Engine Ear · Aug 4, 2018

Thank you Fowl.

Got a little further this morning. Fixing to head out to go shoot some shotguns!

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fowldarr · Aug 4, 2018

Are you going to leave the plywood bare? Paint? Stain? What’s the plan?

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The Engine Ear · Aug 4, 2018

I’m not sure. I think the bare looks good but painting it white would make it really bright in here. I’ll leave it bare for now.

Got all the plywood that I had put up. Got all my stuff somewhat organized.

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fowldarr · Aug 4, 2018

It does look good. And when it doesn’t anymore you can paint it

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The Engine Ear · Aug 5, 2018

fowldarr said:
It does look good. And when it doesn’t anymore you can paint it

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Exactly my opinion as well. I think it looks great. Can’t wait to finish the walls. Then it will be on to building cabinets to house all my power tools and aerosol cans.

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The Engine Ear · Aug 10, 2018

Well, I got 2 more sheets up tonight. Will start on the other side tomorrow and hopefully finish up both sides.

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The Engine Ear · Aug 11, 2018

Got the morning started off by getting some more up on the last side.

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Mikkeli · Aug 11, 2018

Dark walls almost gone combined with your new LED lights :thumbup:

Quite an improvement.

The Engine Ear · Aug 11, 2018

Mikkeli said:
Dark walls almost gone combined with your new LED lights Quite an improvement.

Yes sir! It makes working in here a whole lot more enjoyable.

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bj383ss · Aug 12, 2018

Garage turned out great. I really like the plywood walls. I know white walls is better for lighting but something about raw plywood.

Bret

The Engine Ear · Aug 12, 2018

bj383ss said:
Garage turned out great. I really like the plywood walls. I know white walls is better for lighting but something about raw plywood.

Bret

Thanks Bret. Yeah, I agree. I’m going to leave it for now. My focus is going to be getting/building cabinets to store/hide some of this stuff.

Thinking about building a large closet on the back right hand side of the garage for the welding machine, pressure washer, car ramps, and shop vacuum.

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fowldarr · Aug 13, 2018

Now your ceiling looks unfinished though....

The Engine Ear · Aug 14, 2018

fowldarr said:
Now your ceiling looks unfinished though....

Haha. I know but I really like being able to store stuff up there like my extension ladder and my bike.

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Kenfab · Aug 14, 2018

Lighting upgrade and the plywood looks excellent mate! Also love the whiteboard in front of the bench, might have to steal that one! :beer:

leog · Aug 14, 2018

The difference the plywood made versus the felt paper is incredible. It seems to have edded light and made a more enjoyable look to the garage. Looking really good

The Engine Ear · Aug 14, 2018

Kenfab said:
Lighting upgrade and the plywood looks excellent mate! Also love the whiteboard in front of the bench, might have to steal that one!

Yes sir! A whole lot better. Hoping to start getting some storage cabinets and closets in here soon. Going to incorporate a miter saw station into the cabinets like Jay Bates on YouTube. The whiteboard is nice for drawing stuff or writing information down. At my last house, I just wrote stuff on the workbench. It's got all sorts of information to rebuild a 1964 F100. Haha.

leog said:
The difference the plywood made versus the felt paper is incredible. It seems to have edded light and made a more enjoyable look to the garage. Looking really good

It really does. I'll post pictures of before vs after here in a minute.

Thank y'all for stopping by.

The Engine Ear · Aug 14, 2018

This picture below is of when we first got the keys to the house.

This is the most recent picture.

fowldarr · Aug 14, 2018

The walls and lights make a huge difference, but where are the pictures of the 1964 f100?

The Engine Ear · Aug 14, 2018

fowldarr said:
The walls and lights make a huge difference, but where are the pictures of the 1964 f100?

Here they are. It was my father in laws. He had bought it and drove it for a couple years before parking it in the early 80’s when he couldn’t figure out what was wrong with it. Many people tried to get it going but failed. I got a hold of it in 2016 when they were moving and start fiddling with it. Got it running and gave it back to him right before we moved in May 2018.

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