Florida Beachside 2 Car

[bob87633]

18 ft x 18 ft sized garage.
A little too small so have to make some tough choices.

Here is a picture with the recently installed RaceDeck flooring:

Light Green CircleTrac in the middle.
Yellow CircleTrac stripe.
Light Green Free-Flow around the edges.

RaceDeck was great. Easy to work with.

Thanks to GJ members for talking about their flooring problems and solutions.
I never would have figured this out on my own.
The RaceDeck is so much nicer than the cheap epoxy finish that is still there under the tiles.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Well, Welcome to our group Bob, Your race deck turned out look good. Rich

 

[jimreed2160]

Nice.

 

[bob87633]

Thanks for the comments!

Had this hurricane rated garage door installed 2 years ago.

Steel channels reinforce the panels.
Roller brackets are doubled up.
Left and right jambs are anchored to the concrete block every 12 inches.
Insulated.
It has been through a few hurricanes already.

The insulation on the door is great.
I could walk by the old door early in the morning (east facing opening) and feel the heat radiating off it into the garage. And too hot to touch.
Now always cool to touch.
Street noise is greatly reduced also.

You can sort of see where the RaceDeck runs below the vertical track.
Instead of trimming the tile around the track, I cut off the bottom inch of the track with a sawzall type tool.

 

[Johnny Generic]

Packers fan ?

 

[sawduststeve]

Packers fan ?

Nah, Norwich City FC.

 

[fdtrucks]

My old stomping grounds. I lived in Satellite off of DeSoto for about 8 years. I miss beachside, but I hear Melbourne and Palm Bay have gotten even busier. No thanks.

 

[GTO]

Nah, Norwich City FC.

Packers fan ?

I think he was asking the OP
Nice job OP.

 

[sawduststeve]

I think he was asking the OP
Nice job OP.

yes, we know, we were guessing what team
the OP might favour based on his choice of flooring colours.

Regards
Steve

 

[driftpin]

You can make the most of it w/planning. Take your time, and shop for bargains. I got a bunch of Whirlpool/Gladiator cabinets thru Sears on closeouts for an average of probably $0.27 on the $1. I also got some deals thru Habitat for Humanity.

I am south of you, but will be staying in your area later this week and commuting to Daytona Bike Week.

 

[bob87633]

Sorry, neither Packers or Norwich City FC. Although if RaceDeck wants to make tiles with those emblems, I will definitely install both.

We have only been here for 2 years. Previously from Boulder CO area. Living beachside is nice. Best to avoid the traffic on the mainland.

Had the man door replaced last year:

Old door was beat up with rotting wood jambs.
New door is hurricane rated including that big pane of glass.

The same guys replaced the door into the house:

Old door was interior hollow core.
New door is solid and fire rated.

Replaced the door trim with craftsman style trim.
This was an experiment to see if it would be worthwhile doing to the rest of the house.
Also replaced the baseboard with 1x8 PVC board.
My carpentry skills are pretty basic but I think I learned enough to do the rest of the house.

 

[marty_p]

Great renovations, sir.

Please keep us posted as you progress.

 

[bczygan]

Nice place Bob!

I used to live in Indialantic (3rd Ave.), Melbourne Beach (Built 2 houses on Banyan Way), Seacoast Shores, Satellite Beach, Eau Gallie, and Rockledge (Brunswick Pl.).

Bill

 

[bob87633]

Replaced the attic ladder a few weeks ago:

The old ladder was wooden and falling apart.
The new ladder is made by Werner.
Aluminum. Insulated door.
The pneumatic pistons are nicer than the springs on the old ladder.

Trimmed the opening with 1x4 pre-primed mdf baseboard:

And primed the door and some paint.

The install was surprisingly easy with some help from my wife.
The printed directions make more sense after watching the youtube video.

 

[bob87633]

There was no insulation above the garage.
Blown in cellulose insulation above the rest of the house.
Mostly compacted, only a few inches deep, sparse in spots.

Local company came in, vacuumed up the old insulation, ran a smoke test on the ducts and fixed leaks, and blew in new pink fiberglass insulation.

Also added insulation above the garage.

 

[bob87633]

Had the water heater replaced.

That and the toilets were done in the first few days of moving in.
Non-rusty hot water and good flushing toilets make a home.

The blue line runs cold water to a faucet in the garage.
The copper line running up into PVC is hot water running through the attic to a bathroom.
The original hot water line in the slab had slowed to a trickle.

The prepurchase home inspection said the disconnect boxes for the water heater and air handler were not up to code.
So had that fixed.

Added some more power to the garage.

Added 5 drops of 120v on a 20 amp circuit.
Should have put in more drops and a second cicruit.
The round outlet is a 240v 50 amp circuit for the kiln.
Might also use it for the big compressor if I had a big compressor.

There is an unused 240v 30 amp circuit that terminates above the garage in the attic.
Might be useful someday.

All the electrical stuff was done at one time a few months after moving in.
Needed power out on the back patio and the pool pump needed an upgrade.
The 35 year old existing power panel was of course full.
I figured just install a subpanel.
The electrician wanted to replace the existing panel with a new larger panel.
So did that. New panel and all new breakers.

 

[bob87633]

Workbench arrived:

This is the "7FT 24 Drawer Midnight Pro Series Workbench" from Dragon Fire Tools. https://dragonfiretools.com/

The top is 2mm thickness steel.
The drawers and drawer fronts are 1.5mm thickness.
Very sturdy.

Nice paint job.

The welds are tack welds. I did not see any continuous welds.

 

[sawduststeve]

Workbench arrived:

That Sir, is a very nice bench.
May you be very happy together.

Regards
Steve

 

[driftpin]

Plumbing & electric upgrades allow better use and help to assure trouble-free utilities. Your space is looking good, it appears thought-out and neat.

I just installed a 10' X 20' premanufactured stand-alone steel frame, 3/4" PT plywood, vapor wrap & Hardi-Board shiplap siding, the unit is on a slab (slab is the floor) w/a 100 amp service, lots of duplex outlets, three 240 V outlets, outside LED floodlights, inside 4' LED lights one end to the other, overhead rollup door in one gable end, and have a mini-split waiting for me to finish insulation before it's installed.

On the way-back from Daytona Beach Bike Week, we stopped at the I-95/Eau Gallie flea market, and I bought some stuff, nothing big. Couple hundred 3/16" pop rivets, 1/4" socket strip holder (metal), I've had a plastic one, but it holds-onto the sockets so-well, I break the plastic clips trying to remove them; a vented camo-pattern wide-brim hat for yard work, and a cheap replacement trailer light to replace one of mine I'm using baling wire to hold on the lens.

I always enjoy going up to Melbourne/Cocoa Beach. It still has a 'small-town' vibe to it, despite the high-rises on the ocean.

 

[bob87633]

Yeah, still a "small-town" vibe around here. More relaxed than the mainland.

The drawer slides use detents to hold the drawers closed.
I don't need them for a stationary bench.
Found a tip somewhere on how to remove the detent:

One good squeeze with the knipex is all it takes.

My retired neighbor came over to help me get the bench off the skid.
Jacked up both sides of the bench a couple of inches to clear the edge of the skid.
Used a sawzall to cut one of the skid struts and slid the skid out from underneath the bench.
Then somehow got the bench to the floor without losing any toes.
The final resting place:

Relatively easy to slide it over the racedeck into position.

 

[nicholam77]

Looking great. Awesome bench and I like the green racedeck. Something different.

 

[bob87633]

Looking great. Awesome bench and I like the green racedeck. Something different.

Thanks. The green keeps the garage bright.

Bolted the Starrett vice to the workbench:

The bench steel top has 1.5" thick hardwood boards backing it.
Easy to mount the vice. Feels secure.

Need to prime that wall board in the corner.

 

[bob87633]

Brewed this past weekend.
This is my current brewing rig on the back porch (garage auxiliary):

It yields 10 gallons of beer.

I split the batch into two fermenters. Each in a mini-fridge:

The wire connects a temperature sensor in the fermenter to a controller that the mini-fridge plugs into. This provides good control of the temperature of the fermenting beer. For this batch the temp is set to 53 F.

 

[DragonFireTools]

Workbench arrived:

This is the "7FT 24 Drawer Midnight Pro Series Workbench" from Dragon Fire Tools. https://dragonfiretools.com/

The top is 2mm thickness steel.
The drawers and drawer fronts are 1.5mm thickness.
Very sturdy.

Nice paint job.

The welds are tack welds. I did not see any continuous welds.

Hey Bob!

Thanks for posting! Love the pics!

Lew