RockMonkey
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A forum dedicated to awesome garages! Sweet!
I'm in Salt Lake City. We built our house last year and moved in August. It has a 1400 square foot garage. 18 foot double door 8 feet tall, 12 foot single door 10 feet tall. 2/3s of it is 42 feet deep. We fully insulated the walls, had the builder finish the sheetrock and texture the ceiling. I bought an airless sprayer and painted the whole thing. I have also finished the floor with the Rustoleum Epoxy-Shield professional floor coating. We park three cars in it and one Rock Buggy. I'll post a pic of the buggy, I built it in about 6 months from a pile of tube. I use the 25 X 25ish deep section as a shop. I do a lot of metal fabrication and custom off-road type stuff in there.
Currently the garage is a mess. I've been concentrating on a million other projects around the house and I'm just starting to think about the garage. It has to be functional, because I do a lot of work in there. I want it to look clean and organized. I think I want almost everything in cabinets, rather than open shelves. I've looked at the gladiator, stanley, craftsman, ultimate garage, and a million other products. I've also looked at converting metal office cabinets for this use. So far I'm leaning towards the Ultimate Garage stuff because of the price, aesthetics, and selection. I will put all the cabinets on wheels so they can be moved around for cleaning.
Other garage projects on the horizon are:
Lighting: I have 11 8' 3 tube lights, 8 of which are planned for the garage.
Attic insulation: Most of it is uninsulated right now, I want to blow in insulation after I'm done wiring lights up there.
Loft: I want a 5x25 foot loft along the back of the shop area. Hopefully you guys can help me design a sufficient beam so I don't need any columns.
Misc metal/parts storage tub: I built a 12'x4' welding table on nice wheels. I want to build a 3'x8' wheeled tub to roll under the welding table for misc tube, axles, and large parts. I'm going to use some chainlink fence parts that I removed from my back yard to build this.
Look forward to using this forum. Here's a couple pics.
I'm in Salt Lake City. We built our house last year and moved in August. It has a 1400 square foot garage. 18 foot double door 8 feet tall, 12 foot single door 10 feet tall. 2/3s of it is 42 feet deep. We fully insulated the walls, had the builder finish the sheetrock and texture the ceiling. I bought an airless sprayer and painted the whole thing. I have also finished the floor with the Rustoleum Epoxy-Shield professional floor coating. We park three cars in it and one Rock Buggy. I'll post a pic of the buggy, I built it in about 6 months from a pile of tube. I use the 25 X 25ish deep section as a shop. I do a lot of metal fabrication and custom off-road type stuff in there.
Currently the garage is a mess. I've been concentrating on a million other projects around the house and I'm just starting to think about the garage. It has to be functional, because I do a lot of work in there. I want it to look clean and organized. I think I want almost everything in cabinets, rather than open shelves. I've looked at the gladiator, stanley, craftsman, ultimate garage, and a million other products. I've also looked at converting metal office cabinets for this use. So far I'm leaning towards the Ultimate Garage stuff because of the price, aesthetics, and selection. I will put all the cabinets on wheels so they can be moved around for cleaning.
Other garage projects on the horizon are:
Lighting: I have 11 8' 3 tube lights, 8 of which are planned for the garage.
Attic insulation: Most of it is uninsulated right now, I want to blow in insulation after I'm done wiring lights up there.
Loft: I want a 5x25 foot loft along the back of the shop area. Hopefully you guys can help me design a sufficient beam so I don't need any columns.
Misc metal/parts storage tub: I built a 12'x4' welding table on nice wheels. I want to build a 3'x8' wheeled tub to roll under the welding table for misc tube, axles, and large parts. I'm going to use some chainlink fence parts that I removed from my back yard to build this.
Look forward to using this forum. Here's a couple pics.
