Took from May to Nov '16 to get the project complete but it's all done save for the Bendpak (over G'd the Benjamin Franklin tree so it has to replenish the fruit a bit).
Got a bunch of great ideas from y'all and thought I'd share a few LL that may help the next poor soul who dives into the checkbook drag race to house the items proprietary to guys who'd rather skin a knuckle underneath a car than get a paper cut signing the check for somebody else to do it for him.
Lessons Learned:
1. An 8' tall garage door with 5' of 'wall to climb' is a big deal. Not a $1200 garage door due to engineering that goes into the overhead spring assy. And when they installed it, they failed to 'breakaway' the track from the wall as the door goes up and the result was I got to paint my door 3 times from the scratches against the header (they adjust/it scratches after it heats up to 145 deg in sun and expands....then they fig out they forgot to install a breakaway track). Reputable company in San Diego but door engineered by a rep that is now no longer with them. All good now. Liftmaster shaft drive (attaches to spring shaft on the side of the door) is uber-quiet and nice way to go.
2. Big *** Lights were a big pain in my ***. Was going to go with 3 of them but then they played pricing games with me (gave me a quote and didn't honor it at buy time). Found eLED lights and they happened to be in San Diego and long story short, turns out I knew Justin, the salesman. He hooked me up with two high bay UFO style LED 90W and a 120W that turns my garage into daylight. Wife says she has to flip the visor down if approaching at night. I'm going to get a buddy enroute to the space station to tweet that he can see my garage at night...
3. Reelcraft retractable air hose reel weighs a friggin ton. Very hard to get up to 13' and attach to ceiling. Then the air hose crapped out. I haven't replaced it yet as a result of the pain in the **** (and a nuked back).
4. Turns out Racedeck is one of our Spotless Water customers...they took care of me for the floor and I'm exceptionally happy with the product.
5. Saber Cabinets are the bomb. At first, I was curious why all my boxes were 'cut open and taped shut'. Turns out that Dean re-keyed all my locks to the same key. VERY nice touch and compliments to the man for attention to detail! I also went with a beech butcher block top from a local hardwood supply. Didn't want a seam in the middle for the SS top.
6. Bike collection was going to hang from ceiling but sacrificed some wall space and engineered some tire trays to hold them in place. Too hard to get 'em down from above.
7. Late addition to build were the 3 windows (15"x36" frosted) on each side. Needed more natural light but wished I made at least one on each side operable. Skylights open tho for venting out the top.
8. Based on a bit of 'peer pressure' from y'all, I widened the project from 16' to 18' (checkbook be damned). Very happy I did.
9. Used a trial version of Sketch It to drop down different ideas on flooring and door placement/sizing/etc.
Here's a few snaps from inception to completion.
Cheers!
~John
Inauguration Party....
Got a bunch of great ideas from y'all and thought I'd share a few LL that may help the next poor soul who dives into the checkbook drag race to house the items proprietary to guys who'd rather skin a knuckle underneath a car than get a paper cut signing the check for somebody else to do it for him.
Lessons Learned:
1. An 8' tall garage door with 5' of 'wall to climb' is a big deal. Not a $1200 garage door due to engineering that goes into the overhead spring assy. And when they installed it, they failed to 'breakaway' the track from the wall as the door goes up and the result was I got to paint my door 3 times from the scratches against the header (they adjust/it scratches after it heats up to 145 deg in sun and expands....then they fig out they forgot to install a breakaway track). Reputable company in San Diego but door engineered by a rep that is now no longer with them. All good now. Liftmaster shaft drive (attaches to spring shaft on the side of the door) is uber-quiet and nice way to go.
2. Big *** Lights were a big pain in my ***. Was going to go with 3 of them but then they played pricing games with me (gave me a quote and didn't honor it at buy time). Found eLED lights and they happened to be in San Diego and long story short, turns out I knew Justin, the salesman. He hooked me up with two high bay UFO style LED 90W and a 120W that turns my garage into daylight. Wife says she has to flip the visor down if approaching at night. I'm going to get a buddy enroute to the space station to tweet that he can see my garage at night...
3. Reelcraft retractable air hose reel weighs a friggin ton. Very hard to get up to 13' and attach to ceiling. Then the air hose crapped out. I haven't replaced it yet as a result of the pain in the **** (and a nuked back).
4. Turns out Racedeck is one of our Spotless Water customers...they took care of me for the floor and I'm exceptionally happy with the product.
5. Saber Cabinets are the bomb. At first, I was curious why all my boxes were 'cut open and taped shut'. Turns out that Dean re-keyed all my locks to the same key. VERY nice touch and compliments to the man for attention to detail! I also went with a beech butcher block top from a local hardwood supply. Didn't want a seam in the middle for the SS top.
6. Bike collection was going to hang from ceiling but sacrificed some wall space and engineered some tire trays to hold them in place. Too hard to get 'em down from above.
7. Late addition to build were the 3 windows (15"x36" frosted) on each side. Needed more natural light but wished I made at least one on each side operable. Skylights open tho for venting out the top.
8. Based on a bit of 'peer pressure' from y'all, I widened the project from 16' to 18' (checkbook be damned). Very happy I did.
9. Used a trial version of Sketch It to drop down different ideas on flooring and door placement/sizing/etc.
Here's a few snaps from inception to completion.
Cheers!
~John
Inauguration Party....
