Garage turned obsession

[Average Joe]

3 things. 1. I like the way all your electrical wire is all nice and straight and lying flat. Thats the way I did mine, and it drove my friend crazy helping me. 2. Beautiful counter top, I would like that in my home kitchen. Bet you can't wait to pound some nails in that? 3. Are you putting anything on the floor? paint, or color etc. OK back to work, you , not me.

3 comments / Questions....3 answers.

1) thanks again on the complement on my wiring job, you are the second one to mention it, there was a lot of thought put into it and with doing it all cash and all by my self I spent almost a year (off and on) before it was done.

2) MY wife said the same about her wishing we had that nice of counters in the house. As far as driving nails in it...I hope not I will never less have to mount my vice to it and drill holes in it .

3)As far as the floor goes...that is like a loaded question. I am just about to that point and I have gone thrugh several ideas. at first I wanted to do epoxy, the I realized cost to do a 1200 sf. shop and all the horror stories of it peeling up. Then my next idea was VCT, this way a tile gets messed up and I peel one up and replace it. not to mention I can still do a design with VCT. Then I started to think about cutting, welding and grinding on VCT....I would be replacing tiles constantly. Now I am thinking A dark colored stain and just seal it?

So, in short, yes I will do something just not sure exactly what yet? any ideas, thoughts or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. pros vs. cons?
anything?

 

[c_mccann]

Love the counters, heck- love the whole project..! Keep it coming, you are doing an excellent job.

 

[Average Joe]

In posting the reply about the 6 light switches at the front door I realized I had not put up anything about one of my more recent additions to the front of my shop. I have added a 5'' x 32' wide cantilevered porch cover to the front to keep rain out of my doors and to make loading and unloading a little nicer in the rain. Once again this was another project on the cheap. I had done some electrical work for a framer friend so he helped frame it for nothing. I had to buy some metal roofing and a few pieces of trim (from another friend that makes and forms metal). All together this little addition wound up costing about $400.00 with the lights and everything. Not to bad I didn't think.

 

[Sr. WiNdTeCh]

Re: Garage turned obsesion

Thanks, I appreciate when someone else likes the effort it takes to do something right the first time. It does take more time and effort but I believe any thing worth doing is worth doing right the first time.

My wife evidently believes I feel this way 100%, she surprised me with this shirt the other day.

Thanks again for the complement,
Joe

I must have that shirt. Where did she get it?

 

[Average Joe]

Re: Garage turned obsesion

I must have that shirt. Where did she get it?

Kohles Department store, here is the link:

http://www.kohls.com/upgrade/websto...d+ir+right+the+first+time&bmUID=1303253613428

 

[Average Joe]

Love the counters, heck- love the whole project..! Keep it coming, you are doing an excellent job.

Thank you very much for the kind words. My friends...and wife think I'm crazy for going too such extremes.

 

[JC23]

Here's an idea for the floor that I came up with for my next garage. Stained and sealed concrete with VCT on the clean assembly area.

 

[loudrango]

great looking garage!wish i had more real estate to build a bigger garage on.

 

[ambenz]

I really see nothing wrong with leaving the floor concrete.
If it's a working man garage and not a showroom garage, it's best to just leave it as is!
I love the idea of using real tile....then I see prices for 700 squares.
You know what your gonna do when you see the material at a clearing house and the price is right...and affordable to change out if one gets "punky!"