My dream garage 36x54

67ShortFleet · Dec 17, 2006

The project started it in early may. I did just about everything myself. I hired the foundation, floor concrete and had some carpenters set the trusses. It was a hard summer and fall! Features a floor drain in the center and is going to have a small bathroom in the back corner.

67ShortFleet · Dec 17, 2006

more pictures

bmwpower · Dec 17, 2006

Holy VW light, batman! I hope you plan on lighting that puppy up - it should look cool.

Speaking of lighting...I definitely think you could use some more light in your garage. Have you considered putting up some more, brighter lights?

DynoDave · Dec 17, 2006

Yeah, you light that sign up and you'll have people pulling in from the interstate looking for service!

That's a great looking shop. Congratulations!

67ShortFleet · Dec 17, 2006

bmwpower said:
Holy VW light, batman! I hope you plan on lighting that puppy up - it should look cool.

Speaking of lighting...I definitely think you could use some more light in your garage. Have you considered putting up some more, brighter lights?

I have a bunch of used high output fluorescent fixtures to use. I can't decide when to put them up. I plan on lining the inside with steel. So much to do. I need to get my mid rise rotary lift installed also.

JMURiz · Dec 18, 2006

Wow, that garage looks about 30% bigger than your house....cool!

Der Bugmeister · Dec 18, 2006

Great looking garage, matt. I'd give my eye-teeth for that old dealer sign! Nice score!

67ShortFleet · Dec 18, 2006

another inside picture, but better

TNToy · Dec 18, 2006

If you knew you were putting a lift in it, why did you build it with a 9-10 foot ceiling? Building code/zoning restrictions - or trying to prevent it from overshadowing the home?

Seems strange to put a low ceiling in a place where you knew you'd be installing a lift, is all.

67ShortFleet · Dec 18, 2006

TNToy said:
If you knew you were putting a lift in it, why did you build it with a 9-10 foot ceiling? Building code/zoning restrictions - or trying to prevent it from overshadowing the home?

Seems strange to put a low ceiling in a place where you knew you'd be installing a lift, is all.

It is a mid rise lift! Lifts car about 30" off the floor.

moefuzz · Dec 27, 2006

Looking good But you defineatly need more light.

I used cold start ballasts (scrounged/free) and philips 4 foot tubes. They seem to last pretty long without going thru a lot of bulbs.

I tried those cheap sylvania "watt misers" and went thru them like crazy. The watt misers (or similiar) are only 34 watt for the 4 foot and 60 watt for the 8 foot tubes.

They never seemed to become fully bright and always flickered until they died.

The low watt tubes are "planned obsolescense"

In which they want you to buy more of them more often as they die early.

what a rip off.

jmho

moe

C_F · Dec 28, 2006

JMURiz said:
Wow, that garage looks about 30% bigger than your house....cool!

That's what I was thinking too...PERFECT! :bounce:

fordnutz · Jan 5, 2007

From what I could see in the pictures I would be calling in an exterminator. That garage is infested with bugs. lol Pat.

badhst · Jan 6, 2007

Very neat set-up !!!

WhatThaFrig · Jan 6, 2007

JMURiz said:
Wow, that garage looks about 30% bigger than your house....cool!

Are'nt garages supposed to be bigger than the house :bounce:

At least that's what I'm trying to convince my wife of.

86swb · Jan 7, 2007

Sounds like a good size to me. Wish it was in my back yard.

ramrod2624 · Jan 7, 2007

36X54 how many cars can you get in there comfortabley? im still trying to figure out how big my shop should be.

67ShortFleet · Jan 9, 2007

I have 6 in there. 3 vw beetles, 1 chevy short box truck, 1 mini van and a oldsmobile 88. There is lots of room. Sometimes I wish it was wider.

IntrstlarOvrdrve · Jan 10, 2007

matt schlicht said:
I have 6 in there. 3 vw beetles, 1 chevy short box truck, 1 mini van and a oldsmobile 88. There is lots of room. Sometimes I wish it was wider.

You'll always wish it was wider..no matter how big or wide your garage is, you'll want it wider. Our garage is 36ft wide as well, which looked HUGE compared to what we used to work out of...and now we're saying we should have made it bigger! :lol_hitti

coW · Jan 12, 2007

That's beautiful! Great space!

67ShortFleet · Feb 14, 2007

Here are some new pictures. Not alot happening in my garage lately. Too cold. I have a slow start on insulating the ceiling. I've been working in the basement. I live in Iowa so I thought I'd include a snow covered picture. Other pictures show my storage, my toolbox, a high $ chair I got for $20 and recovered and the furnace.

67ShortFleet · Feb 14, 2007

oops nothing like pictures that are posted wrong.

SWA Guy · Feb 15, 2007

That looks like a great garage! Great size too! I can't wait to watch your progress on the interior. I'm doing the same to my garage here in Sacramento. It was a chilling 65 degrees here today, but I'm doing the best that I can (sorry).

Keep the pictures coming!

Guy

Herb · Feb 15, 2007

matt schlicht said:
It is a mid rise lift! Lifts car about 30" off the floor.

Hey Matt, are you on the CLF? Post a picture there of your garage with the VW lollipop.

67ShortFleet · Feb 15, 2007

Herb said:
Hey Matt, are you on the CLF? Post a picture there of your garage with the VW lollipop.

Yes I am. I posted it there a while back in off topic (my dream garage) if you want to see it. You on CLF? Whats your name over there if you are? Mine is the same as here.

67ShortFleet · Apr 6, 2007

Ceiling insulation is done :bounce:

That sucked! I hired a guy to put on seamless gutters. Thats nice not to have water dripping everywhere. Maybe I'll be able to get the backhoe back soon to finish the plumbing. I have about 30' left to go. It will tie into the house. I installed as far as I could when the footing hole was open.

GTRClive · Apr 6, 2007

matt schlicht said:
Ceiling insulation is done That sucked! I hired a guy to put on seamless gutters. Thats nice not to have water dripping everywhere. Maybe I'll be able to get the backhoe back soon to finish the plumbing. I have about 30' left to go. It will tie into the house. I installed as far as I could when the footing hole was open.

Nice ..... did you buy any off it as a Kit, or did you just build the walls and have the roof made to fitt ????

Does anyone do this kind of garage in Kit form ??? and any Idea on how much it's cost so far to what you have upto now ???

Cheers Clive

67ShortFleet · Apr 6, 2007

GTRClive said:
Nice ..... did you buy any off it as a Kit, or did you just build the walls and have the roof made to fitt ????

Does anyone do this kind of garage in Kit form ??? and any Idea on how much it's cost so far to what you have upto now ???

Cheers Clive

I knew what size I wanted so I ordered the trusses to that width. It is not hard to figure what lumber you need. Just takes some time. I'm at about $28,000. Thats with me doing most of the work.

cyclopsblown34 · Apr 6, 2007

Killer shop. You need more light and it needs to be wider. Gotta bust yer balls a little bit on what the others have commented on. Mine is 36 wide x 30 deep. It was huge til I worked in it a while. I can just imagine how cold it was this winter in there up nort der in Iowa. It was cold in my shop and it is insulated like nobodys business. Of course I was heating with a salamander til SuperBowl Sunday when I was given an electric furnace.
I really like what you did with the ductwork off the furnace. I got unoriginal and just installed a box with registers on it.

67ShortFleet · Apr 13, 2007

Two rows of lights up. I'll put the last row up today.

67ShortFleet · Dec 1, 2007

Well I have everything insulated except for the north wall. That wall has the overhead doors. The bathroom has been framed for a while. I'm waiting for my neighbor to finish the mud work in there. I'll post pictures later

Old Relic · Dec 15, 2007

What is the brand name of the heater you have? Propane/NG ? BTU's? Nice garage.

67ShortFleet · Dec 16, 2007

Old Relic said:
What is the brand name of the heater you have? Propane/NG ? BTU's? Nice garage.

It is a Bryant 90 plus, 80,000 Btu's Natural gas. It is 10 to 15 years old. I picked it up for $50.

67ShortFleet · Dec 16, 2007

Here are the pictures I promised. Bathroom now is painted. I need to set all the fixtures. I think the garage will look like this for a while. We bought new furniture for the house on black friday. $3800 worth! That would have gone a long ways in the garage.

WolverineCoatings · Dec 16, 2007

I like it!

The first 6 cars (or so) that I owned were all VDubs... Bugs... Carman Ghias... etc...

67ShortFleet · Dec 16, 2007

WolverineCoatings said:
I like it!

The first 6 cars (or so) that I owned were all VDubs... Bugs... Carman Ghias... etc...

Do you own any now?

Homebody · Dec 19, 2007

matt schlicht said:
We bought new furniture for the house on black friday. $3800 worth! That would have gone a long ways in the garage.

LOL, You gotta please the other half too! Nice looking garage & projects you have there. My brother and I are also restoring a Super Beetle right now for my nephew. Pretty weird car for a couple of diehard Chevy guys! :wtf:

67ShortFleet · Sep 24, 2009

Well it has been a while since I posted anything. The bathroom is done. I have a good used two stage compressor now also. It is nice and quiet.

67ShortFleet · Mar 19, 2010

I finally got my rotary lift installed!

trexdoink · Dec 28, 2010

You're my garage hero! Post new pics!

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