winnipegtibook
Well-known member
Budget Rebuild
Folks may remember me from the "Hockey Stick Garage", which was really a labour of love, and years of work. Sadly, we couldn't take it when we sold the house. The "new place" had an existing garage, probably built in the 1950's. It's a flat roof, which is very strange in itself or our climate / city, with 7 foot (and change) wall height, with a length of 24 feet by 14 wide. Not huge. When we moved in, it was "good enough", and I really didn't think much would be done in it. Almost two years later, I definitely want to be using it full season, and get back to some garage projects.
Pic from backlane.
A bit of a "fresh slate", I had to use whatever was there until now. Sadly, the "hook on a wall" is quite a bit cheaper and easier. Luckily, there is a bunch of extra storage for this sort of thing as well.
The roof is in okay shape, but as you can see there is exactly ONE circuit. This will be kept in line with the previous garage, with a sub-panel and LOTS of power!
A couple neat retro cabinets, that I think can be repurposed. Hopefully they will survive removal (when I insulate and vapor and sheeth it VERY soon)
I think this opener is as old as I am. It has sort of failed this winter, when the overhead door froze to the ground (uninsulated door, frost, ice buildup). A replacement is in hand. It was sort of the straw that lead to the plans for the entire revamp.
Pardon the mess, it was February, and it was too damn cold to be in here. The built-in workbench is actually sorta near. It has two drawers and seems to be a good size. I am sure it has a few "stories".
As I said earlier, the open walls have made it a BIT easier to just put things on nails. I will have to give some thought to really smart (and inexpensive) organization. The last garage had a very expensive wall system that didn't actually make it super easy to get in and out of the vehicle.
The concrete is in decent shape, it will get floated to deal with a few low spots, but overall will be okay for the next many years.
Folks may remember me from the "Hockey Stick Garage", which was really a labour of love, and years of work. Sadly, we couldn't take it when we sold the house. The "new place" had an existing garage, probably built in the 1950's. It's a flat roof, which is very strange in itself or our climate / city, with 7 foot (and change) wall height, with a length of 24 feet by 14 wide. Not huge. When we moved in, it was "good enough", and I really didn't think much would be done in it. Almost two years later, I definitely want to be using it full season, and get back to some garage projects.
Pic from backlane.
A bit of a "fresh slate", I had to use whatever was there until now. Sadly, the "hook on a wall" is quite a bit cheaper and easier. Luckily, there is a bunch of extra storage for this sort of thing as well.
The roof is in okay shape, but as you can see there is exactly ONE circuit. This will be kept in line with the previous garage, with a sub-panel and LOTS of power!
A couple neat retro cabinets, that I think can be repurposed. Hopefully they will survive removal (when I insulate and vapor and sheeth it VERY soon)
I think this opener is as old as I am. It has sort of failed this winter, when the overhead door froze to the ground (uninsulated door, frost, ice buildup). A replacement is in hand. It was sort of the straw that lead to the plans for the entire revamp.
Pardon the mess, it was February, and it was too damn cold to be in here. The built-in workbench is actually sorta near. It has two drawers and seems to be a good size. I am sure it has a few "stories".
As I said earlier, the open walls have made it a BIT easier to just put things on nails. I will have to give some thought to really smart (and inexpensive) organization. The last garage had a very expensive wall system that didn't actually make it super easy to get in and out of the vehicle.
The concrete is in decent shape, it will get floated to deal with a few low spots, but overall will be okay for the next many years.
