Finally Building My Detached Garage, Build Thread

[Drewstang]

Wow. I just read this entire thread for the last hour. I thought I had alot of planning and though in my 24 x 30 I had built last year, but this makes my garage look like a shed.

I see an Eaton on the workbench, very nice.

 

[KYGTP]

very nice

Thank you!

Been out of touch for awhile, Great job on the finishing touches and all the air lines - probably should have gone with that system for mine, instead of all the copper, **** ton more work, and probably more cost too...

Great Job!

I went back and forth with the copper and rapid air, and decided that the rapid air would be a TON easier to work with than copper. I have done VERY little copper work, so rapid air it was.

KYGTP,

If I may bring up your 2X4 shelves, I was wondering how far apart your cross-supports are?

Looks like they are ~3ft?

Well, I think that they are about 32" or so. The shelves are 8 ft long, and I just took that and spilt it into thirds. If you think about it, they are not really needed. Using 3/4 MDF screwed down, and the shelf only being 24" deep, it would take a WHOLE lot of weight to bow the shelf. I just did it since I had some left over 2x4s.

Wow. I just read this entire thread for the last hour. I thought I had alot of planning and though in my 24 x 30 I had built last year, but this makes my garage look like a shed.

I see an Eaton on the workbench, very nice.

Thanks for the nice comments, and yes like I said in a couple of my post, I have been thinking of this for 5 yrs or so and tried to think of everything. But believe it or not, there are some things I would have added, but you just don't know until you get into the space and "live" in it for a while.

And Yes, that is a Ported and Polished Gen V Easton from a 04' Grand prix with a LS1 Throttle body that goes into my 98 Grand Prix that I currently have apart. I soon hope to start on that and get eveything back together so that I can get some mile on the new motor to be able to race this next spring. I hope to be able to get a 11.5 out of it this year. (1/4 mile)

 

[xcgates]

Well, I have planned 32'' deep, 1/2'' OSB, and a penchant for going overboard. I want to be able to park a bike on one of these things if needed, and I could fit it. At 6 ft wide, I'll either go for one or two cross-supports.

Oh, and building each shelf section individually with screws and wood glue. These sucker's ain't coming apart for no-one, only fire. The rest I have ideas for screwing it together in such a way that it will come apart with some ease, as I will be moving every few years.

*All subject to changing whims, naturally.

 

[KYGTP]

It took a minute for me to find my own post, 4 pages back, but I have been a little busy with the holidays and such, so I have not been able to update much.

Anyways, here are some pics with most of everything put in it, even though I still have some orginizing to do.

I ended up putting up another 36" cabinet, for a total of 3, to give a little more storage and to help the other two not look so out of place.

I got my light real and my extention cord real hung as well.

Mounted up a new 6" vise on the main bench. Put up some Gladitor Garage track to hang some tools and my wheels from the wall, so get them off of the floor. Instead of peg board under the cabinets, I used a kitchen knife magentic strips to put some general tools on. I have two more sections to put up, but you can get the idea.

The sitting area still needs a couple more things, but I got a peices of carpet and some padding down, my clock hung and a sign that my father-in-law got me a estate sale. For christmas, my mom got me a sign for over my entry door, which is pretty cool.

Anyways, like always, enough with the words and more pics:



The shelves are filling up:

Here is the Gladitor Garage track stuff up and being well used:

New light real and extention cord real put up:

Here is the rest of my Kennedy boxes put together that I brought home from work, since I don't use them any more at work, I thought I would get more use out of them here in the new garage.

Here are the 3 36" cabinets hung up. I think that looks better than just the two. Helps fill up the large wall space over the bench:

The magentic strips turned out pretty good to hold all the general tools above the work bench:

The new sign I got for Christmas that I put over the door:

Here is the sign and the clock hung up in the sitting area:

Here are some shots of the sitting area with some new red end tables. I still have to get rid of the coffee table, since it is out of place now.

The red circle carpet is to help with knowing where to stand when playing the X Box Kinets:

That is it for now, I still need to hang some signs up, along with my street light and "walk/don't walk" sign. I hope to get them hung some time this weekend, if time allows.

Thanks for looking and will update soon.............

 

[David79z28]

Love it!!! That is awesome!!

 

[Motobob]

Do you have a cub cadet for snow removal and one for mowing? I have mine set up for snow removal now but will take off blade this spring and put on mowing deck...just curious. Bob

 

[KYGTP]

Love it!!! That is awesome!!

Thanks, I still have alot that I want to do, I just have to find the time to do it.

Do you have a cub cadet for snow removal and one for mowing? I have mine set up for snow removal now but will take off blade this spring and put on mowing deck...just curious. Bob

i only wish, the one with the blade goes at my moms house, I brought it over here to do some maintance on it, since it has been through two mowing seasons, but only 35 hrs on it. But it needed a oil change, blades sharpened, and hydro fluid toped off and switched over to the snow plow.

The other one is mine and I just use it to mow, my brother, who lives next to me, does all the plowing for us, even though I LOVE to plow. Some day, I may get the stuff for my cub to get the plow attachment.

 

[4StarCstms]

Find you a older Cub and get a plow for it. A good set of Ag Tires, some Liquid weight and itll Plow like nobody's business - like my Wheel horse with its 54" snow blade

Shop's coming along great - It'd look better with a big honkin snap on box in there thou..haha

 

[Motown 454]

The garage loos great your putting it to good use.

 

[Oldsklrolla]

Have been reading this thread over the last couple of days, Truely awesome!

 

[KYGTP]

Find you a older Cub and get a plow for it. A good set of Ag Tires, some Liquid weight and itll Plow like nobody's business - like my Wheel horse with its 54" snow blade

Shop's coming along great - It'd look better with a big honkin snap on box in there thou..haha

Scott, you know, the sad thing is, is that I total restored a plow to fit the older cubs, all new paint, cub white, new hydro hoses, and all new hardware for my dads older tractor before we got the new one when he was in the hosiptal.

It is the kind that hooks on the front where the mower carage hooks on to and up under the middle of the tractor and is raised with a rod that is connected to the arm that raises and lowers the mower deck are right by your foot, and the left & right is with the front hydros.

We got rid of that tractor and they did not want the plow. I don't think it ever saw snow. If you know of anyone looking for a VERY nice plow, LMK.

Along the lines of the Snap On box, WAY too much money for a tool box for what I do. I will stick with HF boxes and my craftmans boxes.

The garage looks great your putting it to good use.

Thanks Wayne!! It has been nice, that is for sure. Working on stuff has just turned into being very easy, with air everywhere, and a nice large tool box with everything I need in it to roll around.

Have been reading this thread over the last couple of days, Truely awesome!

Well, thanks for taking the time and checking it out, and glad you enjoyed it!!

 

[4StarCstms]

Ky, sounds like it might be time to pickup another cub and give it a resto - You've got the garage space to do it in now!

I understand on the cost of the snappy box, I'll be paying for mine for awhile...

 

[ZRX61]

Damn, It's already looking too small...

 

[DaleJR88Fan]

Just a little update on some stuff I have been working on.

First the Alum Pads:

Like I've said before, awesome project. Where did you get the aluminum parking pads? I just had an appointment with insulation contractor to progress on my build. He is willing to work with me and do the insulation in sections so I can work around my "junk".

 

[KYGTP]

Like I've said before, awesome project. Where did you get the aluminum parking pads? I just had an appointment with insulation contractor to progress on my build. He is willing to work with me and do the insulation in sections so I can work around my "junk".

Thanks!! It has been one heck of a project, that is for sure.

The Alum Parking pads came from Race Deck. They are not on their web site but if you call, you can get them and at a VERY good price, compared to what other companys sell them for.

It comes with two smooth tiles AND a non skid pad it you do not have a Race Deck floor. The back side has a peal and stick on it to stick it to the Race Deck. I really like them, I can back my car up and have the front very close to the door, to give me as much rm as possible behind the car for my sitting area.

 

[mrailing]

As a suggestion for the fridge, if you want it to match the walls, without painting it, looking at getting a vinyl shop (that does vinyl signs) to cut you vinyl material to match the paint scheme and install it. You can "wrap" it with the vinyl, which, if it gets dirty, you can replace it, or if you want the solid black, remove it without any film left on the fridge.

Also, if you want to do something trick, look at 3M DiNoc. It looks just like carbon fiber, and it's a vinyl material, so it does the same as regular vinyl. I will have a mini-fridge in my garage, and will be covering it with 3M DiNoc to look like carbon fiber.

I am thankful you posted the pics of your RapidAir. Thank you (along with all the other pics). I have built a 30x40 garage, and although it's "finished" and I can occupy it, it's not close to being done. Still roughed in on the inside, and as the money comes in, I am finishing more and more myself. My upstairs is 12x40 and has been insulated and drywalled, and I have a spiral staircase to the second floor to save on space, although it limits what I can have upstairs in terms of furniture.

I am going to place my order for my RapidAir stuff today, probably from Northern, as they are a bit cheaper than RapidAir directly, and I am still playing with my full layout in the garage, but I will have a few flushmount connections on the wall so I can hook up another hose if needed beside the reels I will mount on the ceiling.

Thanks for all of your pics. I will be creating a post of my own in the future with my setup once I get more done and organized.

If you do like the idea of the vinyl, it would be cheap, probably around $20 worth of vinyl total... The DiNoc stuff is more expensive, but still reasonable.

 

[rickyrj1]

just spent an hr. ,reading your whole build, Beautiful! so when can I move in? Great Job! & Great little Boy ( I have 2 myself and they make everything in life worth it)

 

[KYGTP]

Damn, It's already looking too small...

You know, you are right. I should have gone bigger, but I did not have the rm to do so, oh well, I guess I will have to live with it.......

As a suggestion for the fridge, if you want it to match the walls, without painting it, looking at getting a vinyl shop (that does vinyl signs) to cut you vinyl material to match the paint scheme and install it. You can "wrap" it with the vinyl, which, if it gets dirty, you can replace it, or if you want the solid black, remove it without any film left on the fridge.

Also, if you want to do something trick, look at 3M DiNoc. It looks just like carbon fiber, and it's a vinyl material, so it does the same as regular vinyl. I will have a mini-fridge in my garage, and will be covering it with 3M DiNoc to look like carbon fiber.

I am thankful you posted the pics of your RapidAir. Thank you (along with all the other pics). I have built a 30x40 garage, and although it's "finished" and I can occupy it, it's not close to being done. Still roughed in on the inside, and as the money comes in, I am finishing more and more myself. My upstairs is 12x40 and has been insulated and drywalled, and I have a spiral staircase to the second floor to save on space, although it limits what I can have upstairs in terms of furniture.

I am going to place my order for my RapidAir stuff today, probably from Northern, as they are a bit cheaper than RapidAir directly, and I am still playing with my full layout in the garage, but I will have a few flushmount connections on the wall so I can hook up another hose if needed beside the reels I will mount on the ceiling.

Thanks for all of your pics. I will be creating a post of my own in the future with my setup once I get more done and organized.

If you do like the idea of the vinyl, it would be cheap, probably around $20 worth of vinyl total... The DiNoc stuff is more expensive, but still reasonable.

You know, that is a pretty good Idea, I never thought about vinyl, I will have to look into it.

Not a problem on the rapid air stuff, I love mine and the install was a breeze. I just saw too that Northern tool has Rapid air kit on sale for $99, darn good price. I did a custom system, since most of the stuff in the kit I was not going to use, so I just built it from scatch. Just make sure you get the hose all the way in. Sometimes it can be a little hard to get all the way in, but not bad though.

My second floor is bare studs, with roughed in plumbing. Right now it will be storage, and who knows when I will finished it, plus I am a little broke right now from the build, so I have to keep saving my pennies...............

just spent an hr. ,reading your whole build, Beautiful! so when can I move in? Great Job! & Great little Boy ( I have 2 myself and they make everything in life worth it)

Thanks for taking the time and checking it. I have LOVED my new space, almost ever night, the wife and I have been out there hanging out, playing xbox on the big screen.

The upstairs some day may be for my little boy, we will just have to see how well he does, since he has some special needs. He is the BEST thing that has ever happened to me and loves to hang out in the garage with "Dad" and ride his little peddle car aournd while I work out there. He is such a good kid!!

 

[AndysMBgarage]

WOW

I just read this thread and that is am awesome garage you've built there!

Thanks for taking the time and effort with the post.

Cheers

 

[CHILACO]

Great job!!!
Can you please post some pictures of the plumbing of the air compressor - filter - rapid air lines.

 

[KYGTP]

Great job!!!
Can you please post some pictures of the plumbing of the air compressor - filter - rapid air lines.

No a problem, I will get a shot of it while I am out there today and get them posted up tonight for ya.

 

[Warg]

No a problem, I will get shot while I am out there today and get them posted up tonight for ya.

Uh... I would stay the heck away from that place if I knew I was to get shot...

-Paul

 

[KYGTP]

Uh... I would stay the heck away from that place if I knew I was to get shot...

-Paul

Thanks for pointing that out, I tend to think faster than I type and then don't reread what I just typed, I fixed my original post.

 

[Warg]

Thanks for pointing that out, I tend to think faster than I type and then don't reread what I just typed, I fixed my original post.

You're welcome! I'm not that good at typing either, nor rereading what I type, so when I get an opportunity like the one in your post I just can't resist it...
Anyhow, it's an amazing place you got there and I've been following your build since day one. My place is lightyears behind yours, even though it's considered spacious over here.

-Paul

 

[KYGTP]

Great job!!!
Can you please post some pictures of the plumbing of the air compressor - filter - rapid air lines.

Sorry CHILACO it took so long for me to get some pics up, but I have had some things come up the last couple of days.

Anyways, here you go:


Here is one of the "T's" that I have coming from one of the reals running into the main line:

This is how I got around the I beam in the center of the garage:

Here are the lines coming off the front two hose reals:

The Reg. and separator, which comes straight off the compressor itself:

The main line comes into the compressor rm, branches off to the Reg. and then continues down to a drop with a valve, so that if any moisture gets in the line it will settle there.

Now that line connects to the same line from the bottom of the tank for the automatic blow off. And both of those are ran to the outside through the wall and brick, that was put in during construction:

And this is where it is ran outside: (The little white PVC line)

Well, there you go, I hope that is what you were asking for. If you have any other question, just let me know.

 

[KYGTP]

Well, not a whole lot of stuff going on, but I have really been enjoying the space and have worked on a couple of small projects, which have been VERY easy to work on. I have never had enough space and all my stuff in one spot to make things easy, but now I do.

One thing that I did do was I got my Stop Light hung in the corner, so here is a pic of that:

And I put it on a on/off pull string so I could just plug it in the ceiling where the garage door opener plugs into. The light cycles through all the lights like it was on the hwy. Kind of neat, and alot bigger than I thought. From mount to mount, it is a little over 4ft tall.

I hope to get my walk/don't walk sign hung here soon too, I will get some pics posted up when I get that one done.

Thanks for looking and till next time....................

 

[patrick66]

I just sat and read the entire post on this garage project. This is one beautiful shop! And, it matches your home and blends in with the rest of the addition, too! To say "I'm impressed!" would be a gross understatement! The idea of a "mother-in-law" apartment is brilliant. As you said earlier, you can have your mom or your son live there when that time comes. The way you have your tools organized, has given me a few ideas to incorporate in my 38' x 65' shop. I do have a full bath in my shop, which makes things so nice.

Congratulations on finding a contractor who actually wants the work, does what he says and when he says! That in itself is so rare these days. Three months from first dirt turning to move-in, on a building that is essentially a house. That is so cool!

Enjoy your new shop!

 

[Motown 454]

Glad to see your getting to enjoy the garage. You did a great job setting it up.

 

[KYGTP]

I just sat and read the entire post on this garage project. This is one beautiful shop! And, it matches your home and blends in with the rest of the addition, too! To say "I'm impressed!" would be a gross understatement! The idea of a "mother-in-law" apartment is brilliant. As you said earlier, you can have your mom or your son live there when that time comes. The way you have your tools organized, has given me a few ideas to incorporate in my 38' x 65' shop. I do have a full bath in my shop, which makes things so nice.

Congratulations on finding a contractor who actually wants the work, does what he says and when he says! That in itself is so rare these days. Three months from first dirt turning to move-in, on a building that is essentially a house. That is so cool!

Enjoy your new shop!

I can not say enough about my contractor!!!!!!! He is not the cheapest guy on the block, nor the highest, but right in the middle. All though this project, he was great, and give me updates everyday as to what was done and what is going to happen the next day. He would even take my call in the evening when I would be sitting here thinking of stuff that we needed to do, and an idea that I thought about.

I knew he was good in the begining, since he and his former partner, build my house about 5 yrs ago, and the same thing with the house, everything was done right and done once!!!

The time that it took to put this up was amazing, but we had NO RAIN, but maybe 2 or 3 days through this whole thing, so there was not a work day that went by that something did not get done!!!

Thanks again for checking out the builld and I am glad you enjoyed it!

 

[KYGTP]

Glad to see your getting to enjoy the garage. You did a great job setting it up.

Thanks Wayne, I still have a ways to go on getting it all set up "just right". Oh well, I have plenty of time to do alll of that.

 

[jfred64]

Congratulations, your garage has turned out great! I'm seeing a lot ideas that I'd like to use in my garage!

What type of lights did you install?

 

[KYGTP]

Congratulations, your garage has turned out great! I'm seeing a lot ideas that I'd like to use in my garage!

What type of lights did you install?

Thanks!! I am glad you got something out of it that you can apply to your garage!!

I have 20, 4 bulb T8 fixtures with reflectors that have a mirror finish on it. I got them at a local industrial supply house, since I could not find ANYTHING in the big box stores that I wanted. They all seemed to be dim and have covers over them.

I will try and see what brand they are and get back with you. I have it on my work e-mail which I can get at home, since I download all my e-mails to my computer from our server.

 

[Motown 454]

Are those J shaped pieces on the door track limit switches? I've never seen them before.

 

[ddl2004]

Love the garage - I've followed the whole build and will continue to do so! A little over the top for my tastes, but to each his own!

 

[KYGTP]

What type of lights did you install?

I just looked and they are Techbrite brand high bay style lights.

Are those J shaped pieces on the door track limit switches? I've never seen them before.

It is more of a "bump" stop for the door if you happen to throw the door up too fast when you have it unhooked from the opener.

Love the garage - I've followed the whole build and will continue to do so! A little over the top for my tastes, but to each his own!

Thanks, it is a little over the top, but I really did not intend on it turning out that way, but it did.

 

[ZRX61]

I can't help thinking that comprressor drain is plumbed a bit wrong. In my mind the line from the auto drain should slope downwards, not up & the one that T's into it shouldn't have that loop in it.
I think when the timer releases the blast from the drain it's just going to blow right past any water in the line...?

 

[KYGTP]

I can't help thinking that comprressor drain is plumbed a bit wrong. In my mind the line from the auto drain should slope downwards, not up & the one that T's into it shouldn't have that loop in it.
I think when the timer releases the blast from the drain it's just going to blow right past any water in the line...?

Here is my thought pattern on this:

When the auto blowoff goes off, it is blowing out over 100 psi of air/moisture, which in turn will push the water/moisture any way you plumb it. The main air line going throughout the whole garage, which has the drop line on it, has a valve on it, so the air coming from the blow off is not going to go that way when the blow off turns on, it is going to go the path of least resistance, which is out the side of the garage.

I could be VERY wrong on this, but in my little head, it makes sence.

I guess one easy way to check it is to undo one of the lines, put a little bit of water in it, let the blowoff trigger, and see where the water goes. I am thinking it is going to head outside to the line I have plumbed in.

Like I said before, this is the first time I have done anything like this, so my thinking may be WAY off, I don't know until I try it, which I think I may do tonight. You got me thinking now................

 

[gasgas17]

From a guy that has run air gear every week for the last 20 years, I can tell you that water dose not like running up hill even when 100psi is blowing past it. Sure some or most of the water will be expelled to the outside, but there will surly still be water left behind. We get the same problem with air hoses all the time. It would work if there was enough water that the line was full, but we are only talking residual amounts, especially with that self timer thing you have there. Mind you there will only be water left in that short line and maybe the loop up to that other drain valve. Not a big deal in the scheme of things. The bigger issue I see with your system is that the water separator is too close to the compressor. It should really be 10 feet away to give the air time to cool off and condensation form in the line. Our lager framing compressor has a separator beside the tank and it hardly ever has a drop in it. Even when we drain off substantial amounts of water from the tank. We will have water in the line as well. This is why we have to run antifreeze in the lines so the guns don't freeze up. If you install another separator out in the shop some where, you will find that it collects much more moisture than the one on your compressor. Even this is not a big deal unless you want to spray paint and by the looks of your shop I don't see that happening any time soon. Very nice build. Enjoy!

 

[sublue99]

I just joined this site. I am getting ready to pull the trigger on my garage
build. It took me awhile to read all ( or most ) of the 34 pages. What a great
build. It got me thinking about alot more details. How is the compressor
room working? Is it getting hot & is it getting enough air? Is it quiet?
How is the racedeck for rolling the motor crane & tool box's onto? Sorry for
all the questions but it's all stuff I took notice to on your build thread.
I don't see the Subaru in the garage. I'm into Subbies. Thanks.

 

[kesslerbmw]

WOW. What a garage... Only thing that isn't right is the water traps for the air compressor need to be moved at least 25 FT of line away from the tank, it will give the air time to cook and produce the water. With it set up like that, you aren't doing yourself much good.