Extra thought on forgotten items?

[mad57]

Im still building my garage, and im trying to figure out what else i can bury in the walls before i rock them so far i remembered to include ....:water lines, tele lines,thermostat line,camera lines ,extra headers plates for mounting what ever on walls, a p.v.c pipe line to exhaust my sand blaster , some not all air lines for outside drive way side hook up, build plate so when im dead and gone the next guy knows who put his heart and soul into his killer garage what else am i missing??

 

[5wndwcpe]

Mother-in-law ?

 

[rsanter]

how about a spare set of conduit that will allow easy future runs of whatever.
added electrical, fiber optic, flux capacitor lines

bob

 

[rsanter]

how about electrical outlets in the ceiling to power the pull down cord reels

by the same note, how about piping air lines into the ceiling for hose reels

bob

 

[dodgeram2500]

Nobody mentioned insulation???

 

[motofly196]

Adding heater, or AC? Power up there would be nice for the unit. I had the electrical contractor add a 220v leg for my Welder...would of been nice if I would of added 2 of them....now that I've got an oven for powder coating, and shopping for a 220v air compressor.

 

[mad57]

ok i do have outlets in the ceiling, iam running air drops in the ceiling, def insulation,yep got the 220 lines in plan, and my mother in law is cool i was fishing for other odd ball stuff that only somebody whos built there garage allready wished they put in. keep the ideas coming thanks mike.

 

[NSXSOON]

Outlets high on the wall with one leg switched for future neon sign, neon clock etc. I put in 2 but did not switch them, wish I had put in more and switched all of them. Still doable but a lot more work after the fact.

 

[Kevin54]

Wiring for speakers?

 

[mad57]

good ones guys keep them coming thanks mike.

 

[ddawg16]

Wires for the garage door sensors?

 

[fourfeathers]

How about cable and cat 5 line.

 

[BoydS]

* Exit sign above exterior doors
* Emergency light just incase the power is lost
* Vehicle exhaust outlet through exterior wall

 

[motofly196]

Didn't think about this last night...When I had my house built, I had the contractor add a roll up door on the back wall of the 3rd car bay (known as a boat door in CA)...I like the access to the back yard through this door...for my boat, restorations in progress....ect. Also had lights wired in the ceiling...one in each bay, and one over the tool bench area. If you have the room, a small sink would sure be nice in there...wish I did that.

Scott

 

[Z48LT1]

Whatever you do, be sure to take digital photos of every square inch of the interior before you begin to put up the drywall. I thought I'd remember where the narrow bays were, but I don't. Ones and zeroes are cheap.

Cheers -- Gary

 

[mad57]

i came up with this one i always wanted a small 30 inch by 25 in spray paint booth for small parts and stuff and not completly fog out the place so i will be piping pvc exhaust pipe in walls to eve for just such a thing.

 

[Joe Reed]

Whatever you do, be sure to take digital photos of every square inch of the interior before you begin to put up the drywall. I thought I'd remember where the narrow bays were, but I don't. Ones and zeroes are cheap.

When my house was being built, I was on site every day taking digital photos. As soon as the framing was complete and all the electrical and plumbing was in I took photos of every single wall. It sure comes in handy sometimes to know exactly where the pipes and wires are run, if there is any blocking in a wall, etc.

 

[autoist]

JOE!! Long time.....

 

[Joe Reed]

I'm still around...just rarely post on here. Not much to show off in my little garage

 

[tcianci]

How about this one... I ran a 6 inch steel I beam running front to back from the middle of the garage to the back wall. I got one of those trolleys from Harbor Freight and put a chain hoist on it now I can pop an engine out and slide it forward to clear the car... Have pulled many an engine from project cars and unloaded a few from the back of my pickup too. Steel is cheap and its out of the way when you don't need it.

 

[Richard Givan]

When I built my house, after the insulation was inserted in the walls and right before the dry wall went up, I went around and sprinkled bug dust (as I recall, it was named Roach Prufe, or something like that--pretty much boric acid in powder form). My theory was it would lie there forever and if roaches, silver fish or whatever form of crawlies passed through, it would put them down. Don't know if it is really effective, but it was cheap, relatively easy to do, and I've yet to see a roach.

 

[e-tek]

I'll second the exhaust ports - one for vehicle exhaust hose, one for parts paint booth exhaust. Both I added later and both are awesome additions!

 

[Ironcrow]

Fire sprinkler lines?

 

[limeranger]

On the exhaust Idea. A fella I work with gave me the idea that I'm using in my garage build (will have to post pictures sometime), To use a dryer vent like you would in a house with the flexable aluminum duct pipe to vent exhaust outside. Everyone always asks why I have 2 dryer vents on my garage (one on each side) Now I can say it has dual exhaust, and it comes in handy for the bikes on one side and the car or truck on the other). Aluminum vent pipe is cheap and he said he has had his for over 5 years, If it gets damaged it's only a couple bucks to replace. A good alternative if you would'nt use it everyday.

 

[no2tracks]

Water and sewer lines.
+1 flux capacitor line.
Jeffries tube.
Anti-matter drain.

 

[mad57]

these are allready in

Water and sewer lines.
+1 flux capacitor line.
Jeffries tube.
Anti-matter drain.

 

[alkemyst]

Mother-in-law ?

she goes in the slab...just don't let your wife catch you doing this.

 

[alkemyst]

seriously though...for in-wall stuff you can go on forever. Plan what you will be/want to be doing in your shop and build for it to grow a bit. If you are building a homeowner woodshop and later on switch to being a full-time metal worker you will almost always have to rebuild. One of the benefits of being able to afford a huge shop is being able to build it out in sections with plans for growth.