Finally got a garage
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Nice!
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If the building on left is the house, you did good son. Priorities
Mr onetwo
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square footage! more photos please
nadogail
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IMHO, all Garage Shop are a “Work In Progress”. Mine keeps getting better.
M.Brane
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I would say that is considerably more than a "garage".
MileHighRover
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OP hasn't posted since yesterday evening. Probably got himself lost in the "garage".
PWC Repair
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Stoked for you!! I remember the feeling of being able to use a ROLLING jack,.....and NOT have gravel stabbing you under the shoulder blade LOL!!
Jetfixr320
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Nice, more room to store more projects and toys!
Smilodon
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Wow, one extreme to the other. No garage to something I'd consider a bit more than "a garage". Now, we count down to how long it takes to fill it up and start building an "extension"!
Jazz1
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Nice,,,the old cement pad be suitable for a storage shed when you run out of room in the shop..
Hooked
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Considering he's been a member for 12 years with only 8 posts..........it may be while before we get an update.
rsparks64
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Bought a house and have a 4800 sq ft garage. Now to be able to work on cars out of the weather!
Nice. Everyone want a good garage.
No that is an old pool house(it’s been filled in) has a brick house about 2700 sq ft, a 3000 sq ft social hall with a full kitchen and bathroom and then the shop on 7.78 acres
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There is almost more cement outside the shop than underneath it. Same for the social hall.
Farmall450
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Nice!
I could fill it now I have 20 cars and a bike. But most are in Georgia…and this is in Texas. Just gonna have to bring a car from my other house every time I visit home
It’s been that long? I haven’t logged into here for a whileConsidering he's been a member for 12 years with only 8 posts..........it may be while before we get an update.
4800 sq ft. Has doors on each end you can drive a semi truck thru. The previous owner had a trucking repair business but this was at his house. Said he was into fire truck restoration. A lot of the junk has been cleaned out since this post from the realty’s listingsquare footage! more photos please
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MileHighRover
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Wow.
Mr onetwo
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This is certainly one of the best clean slates ever.You have the room to do anything you want.Any thoughts on what your next steps will be?
Awesome space, congrats!
You'll never have a better chance to get the space clean, so if it was mine I'd probably start with pressure washing the floor and getting it clean. Your choice if you want to coat it with something, have it ground and polished etc. Even to reduce the dusting and make it easier to sweep I personally would look at some type of coating
From there it's all about what you want to do in it. Wall covering, insulation and infrastructure (air, electric, lighting etc) will be a big effort but will deliver a great space when you're done. Any desire to install air conditioning or heat down the road? Can break up the space and do it in chunks if you can identify defined spaces you want to do different tasks ....hot work area for welding etc, normal mechanic work, long term project work...storage etc.
You'll never have a better chance to get the space clean, so if it was mine I'd probably start with pressure washing the floor and getting it clean. Your choice if you want to coat it with something, have it ground and polished etc. Even to reduce the dusting and make it easier to sweep I personally would look at some type of coating
From there it's all about what you want to do in it. Wall covering, insulation and infrastructure (air, electric, lighting etc) will be a big effort but will deliver a great space when you're done. Any desire to install air conditioning or heat down the road? Can break up the space and do it in chunks if you can identify defined spaces you want to do different tasks ....hot work area for welding etc, normal mechanic work, long term project work...storage etc.
Tell them to leave that pallet racking and we expect daily updates with pictures.
johnre
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Is that a gravel driveway I see in the aerial image leading from the major roadway to the adjacent concrete pad? I'm just wondering about access here.
rsanter
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What’s your address?
i have some stuff I need to store there
i have some stuff I need to store there
Negative it’s all paved
Hooked
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Might quite a commute since he mentioned this is in Texas.
Nice. Everyone want a good garage.
I used to watch a YouTube channel, two women in Colorado who lived in a fairly fancy suburban neighborhood, and had six cool cars in their three car garage, worked on them, too:
JuncleJohn
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Very nice. Lot’s of potential.
John
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