garage in a old wine factory

[gotfromfrance]

hello everybody

I love this forum and I am really impressed by your garages.
after reading many of your posts it's my turn to show you my new garage.
I bought an old building (between 150 and 200 years old, we dont know exactly) 2 months to build my garage.
This is an old wine factory (no kidding).
I am next to the mediterrean sea (0,6 away)
This is my first garage and I have to use for my company (I am a carpenter) and for my hobbies (to work metal and build bikes).
I will show you day by day how it's going.
this is the beginning of a long story : I started 2 weeks ago, and cause I do everything myself, I'll need maybe a year or 2 to finish this project.

I will try to use your metric system (tell me if I make mistakes )
I took a lot of ideas from your garages..and I thank all you !!

Later today i'll send some pictures of the building and some of the work already done.
thanks

Ps and sorry for my english

 

[Scuderia-F1]

Welcome!
Looking forward to see some pics.

 

[Justanoldguy]

French Winery.
This should be good.
Don't worry about metrics.
Just use what you are used to.
Americans use inches.
Us Kiwis used mms

 

[nine4gmc]

sounds interesting, looking forward to pics!!

 

[gotfromfrance]

here are some pics
the inside :
you can see the main door (118 inches/118 inches), which open on the main street of the village, where from the old tractors used to enter


to see the nice floor


the old concrete tanks where the grapes were first stored. the size is nice (118in/157in)
There was some old wood tank also but I put them down (I think i ve some pictures of them)


the other door on the garden (with an old stone well full of water)


some other pics are coming (to see the outside mainly)
the building is not big : 551in/393in
But this is my first one...and Iam proud of it

 

[markf4e]

Sweet place, looking forward to seeing more!

You can use meters if you want, don't worry about it. Your english is very good.

 

[ChrisOne]

Bienvenu à toi!

Vivement la suite des opérations

Chris

 

[smschriefer]

You have a very nice space to start with. Are you going to modify the wine storage tanks to storage rooms? I think it would be nice to save the fronts and use the space between the tanks as a place to create doorways into the old tanks. It would keep the vintage feel and keep the clutter down. Plus, the tanks must smell nice!

 

[jeffmoss26]

Very cool! Looking forward to more pictures.

 

[cdd1]

I think the place looks great. Oui, votre anglais es tres bon.

Sorry, took one year of French back in the early 90's.

 

[82_454_shorty]

Beautiful! Keep posting those pictures!

 

[gotfromfrance]

"You have a very nice space to start with. Are you going to modify the wine storage tanks to storage rooms? I think it would be nice to save the fronts and use the space between the tanks as a place to create doorways into the old tanks. It would keep the vintage feel and keep the clutter down. Plus, the tanks must smell nice! "

you r right !! I wont put down the wine storage. Even if they are younger than the building (maybe 70 years old), i feel like in that kind of building you have to respect what was done before.
So i 'll just open a door on it to make it a special room : for my bikes.

Like you can see I am not a liar..I am opening the door right now


you can see how to use a pneumatic drill, made to be used for the floor, on a wall. the tool weights about 15kg (33Lbs)

 

[ckadams00]

Awesome! Which part of France? My wife's family is in Perpignan, probably right nest to you.

Can't wait to see more.

 

[gotfromfrance]

1 hour away from perpignan
next to Béziers

 

[sselander]

Only on here can you see some cool old places being transformed.
Looking forward to the progress.

 

[930dreamer]

Welcome and please post more pictures of the winery. How much land do you have?

 

[saceone]

Ça semble super comme emplacement!


Merci de mettre plus de photos! Bonne chance

 

[ckadams00]

1 hour away from perpignan
next to Béziers

Incredibly pretty country. Sorry to hear about all the fires to the south of you, my wife said they were pretty bad.

 

[gotfromfrance]

the fire was 'fortunetly' on the other side of perpignan, on the north of the spanish border (country of cataluna).And the fire was really really bad/

on my part, no fire, just girls on the beach and grappes back in the country

the land is small because it's expensive, and I am young (which mean poor ). The building is 140m2 (169square yard) and the garden is 100m2 (120square yard).
But the seller has got the same one (with one floor more) next to mine; so I ve the idea to work a lot on this one and to buy the other in 1 or 2 years...space is luxury in france

 

[bidouchon]

hello d'un Bourguignon, décidément on reste dans le vin.
hello from Burgundy, we stay talking about wine.

tu vas utiliser les vieilles cuves comme pièces ?
you're going to use the old wine tank for rooms ?
bon courage pour la suite

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Wow! That space is wonderful as it is. It reeks with ambiance. I can't wait to watch what you do. PLEASE keep posting progress photos.

In the US, most of us can only dream of old buildings like that being repurposed for our personal garage. Here, most things are (unfortunately) knocked down and replaced by the time they are 50 years old. Too bad we don't honor our past like other places do.

Welcome. And don't worry about your English. (Sshhh, truth be told its better than some of ours!!) lol.

 

[Weekend_warrior]

Please keep up with the photos! That is a great idea. Most winery's are pretty cool and have a lot of history. Should make for a cool garage.

 

[gotfromfrance]

In the US, most of us can only dream of old buildings like that being repurposed for our personal garage. Here, most things are (unfortunately) knocked down and replaced by the time they are 50 years old. Too bad we don't honor our past like other places do.

Here people dont like to buy old buildings anymore : it costs a lot of money to turn them into something useful, and it costs a lot of energy to do that kind of work.
And the legislation is much more complicated. For example, for this building I have to send the plan of architecture to an official Architect of the French Buildings (Architectes des batiments de France) because I have an old church (600-700years old) in my village. It meens i wont decide anything about my project.It takes 6 months to get an answer !!
If he wants me to have no windows cause he FEELS LIKE it's a not good idea, I cant say anything...
SO the project can be frustrating..But fortunately, with a lot of talking, anything can happen !
More and more, because of the price of the land (which is really high),people buy old buildings to collapse them down and to rebuild new stuff on the free land..
I prefer to use old stuff. I am carpenter, I work like carpenters used to work 200 years ago (except for the electric tools of course). I think we ve got to preserve what was done before us, we ve to use it. we can rethink it, but you cant erase it.
Thats why on this project, except the roof, I wont touch the walls (on the outside).

Some pics later

 

[gotfromfrance]

tu vas utiliser les vieilles cuves comme pièces ?
you're going to use the old wine tank for rooms ?
bon courage pour la suite

oui je vais garder la cuve comme pièce pour stocker.
Merci pour les encouragements

Yes I am going to use a wine tank as a room.
Thanks for encouraging me

 

[Derrickwade]

jemange unveil. Sorry, thats all the French I remember from high school. I think I meant to say "I eat up town". French was my first period class and each morning we had to say weather we were eating lunch at school or up town. Anyhow... I like the pictures. Keep them coming. They are very interesting.

 

[gotfromfrance]

today, I took some time to think (dont woory, it wont happen too often )how to organise the construction site.
I will have to work a lot here, and work for my company on the same time.
I think the best way to make it, is to have a room, just for the tools ; so I make sure i dont loose any of them during the battle ; and i make sure I wont lose any time looking for them.

Lets go for the first "tool room".

stay tuned,pics are coming

 

[Bib Overalls]

In Europe it is not unusual to see an old, historic building like yours with a weathered exterior and a very modern interior. The history is preserved and the building is still useful. We do a bit of that here in the US but, unfortunately, many of out older structures were built out of wood and they are simply not economically worth the effort it takes to keep them up.

 

[beny happy camper]

Great to see other froggys here
Un voisin breton

 

[[email protected]]

Neat looking place, good luck!

 

[JSBriggs]

I looks amazing. Any pictures of the exterior?

-Jeff

 

[gotfromfrance]

back on track
goal of the week : clean the garage (we moved and our stuffs are in the garage) by building a room for the tools and upstairs a room for our personnal stuff.
picture of the tank "door" - the concrete was really really good !!


the beginning of the "tool box"



and the outside (garden side)

but no grass anymore, it's too hot in here

 

[darkdog]

Hello and welcome to this forum.
I will walk for about 4 years and I must say I do get tired of it ........ lots of ideas for the garage I have come to this forum.
eSite does not mail back a lot of pictures of your future home and your area that has beautiful .........
I will follow your narrative with interait.
hellos from the region south of Paris (nemours 77)

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

In Europe it is not unusual to see an old, historic building like yours with a weathered exterior and a very modern interior. The history is preserved and the building is still useful. We do a bit of that here in the US but, unfortunately, many of out older structures were built out of wood and they are simply not economically worth the effort it takes to keep them up.

In San Francisco I've seen old brick buildings that have been gutted of EVERYTHING, wood floors, everything. Then a new structural steel building is built inside and the old building (well, the brick anyway) is tied to the new steel building but really is only a veneer. Its amazing that it can be done.

 

[gotfromfrance]

hello
for today no work at the winery
I had to work on the electrical plan.I had to decide where to put the workbench, the truck....I took me the all day to do it f ..I really dont like doing that
Tomorrow big changes.I'll finish the tool box (and maybe start the plasterboard (or drywall..dunno in english how you say it )
And of course new pics !

 

[gotfromfrance]

well, I got some time to work on the tool box and to go shopping...
I found these beauties : some old school stuff, really good quality (sorry guys..the bag is not for sale)


and found what to create some drawers for free : those are old box for the bottle of wine. Now I have to work on the design of this thing, to make it llok good...

 

[beny happy camper]

Pour la crémaillère je vois déjà la dégustation de vin !

For the D Day, red wine must be present

 

[fenderless]

i think a few large chests of drawers with the winery names showing on the drawer fronts would look great, and help to keep the history fresh in everyones mind

 

[don long]

This is quite a project
I can't imagine a building that old
It looks like a load of hard work and a **** load of fun
I'll be checking in weekly for updates
Thanks for sharing this fabulous journey with us all
Don

 

[gotfromfrance]

the tool box is almost done
Today i will take tare of the drywall+ painting and maybe the inside a little bit



you can see the high security door (50e at a low price ..'and quality' shop)
but fortunatly the guard is watching the tools


we just have to work on her 'hooo man youll get in trouble if you try to get in and i really dont want to play' face..
a lot of work, a lot..

 

[gotfromfrance]

well..the tool box is done : drywall ok, painting ok. I also built some racks.
Before



After


inside




now i ll start to make some holes on the floor for the basement.
Concrete time !!