BeachBum2012
Well-known member
I've got an 18 x 20 detached garage that is in dire need of some serious TLC. My folks bought the house in '84 and I took it over last year when my dad moved out of state. After clearing out most of his junk and moving it to his new garage I finally had a starting point for my shop rather than a giant storage room for ****. Work if finally under way on making it a useful space that I'll enjoy working in. This site has been a huge inspiration and motivation to get me going. Thanks guys.
Starting point
There are 2' deep shelves covering the entire back wall and half of the side wall in the garage. What seems like a good place for storage quickly became a place to load with useless **** over the years. The take up a lot of space and make the garage seem much smaller than it is so... step 1 this weekend was demo.
Mostly cleaned up
Top shelf down
Middle shelf down
Full shot
Now I have a temporary bench that spans 15' across the back of the garage.
This is the cleanest I've ever seen this garage in my life. Before I got my dad's stuff out there hadn't been a vehicle in it for 25 years. Wouldn't fit.
Next step is framing in a ceiling. 2x8 at 12" on center across gives me an 8' ceiling height that I can store my tubs from the shelves above. That clears up a lot of floor space. After that the door guy comes and installs my new overhead door and the Liftmaster 3800 and I'll be putting in a new people door. That should all be done by the end of the month. I'd love to get it done by this weekend but I have to work to pay for all of this.
I'll be running a 100A sub panel from the house to the garage in July (I hope) and wiring the place up myself. Iv'e got a copy of the code and my uncle who is a contracter to help me make sure I pass inspection. I'm wiring in lighting in the garage bay, attic and outide along with 20A utility outlets at 4' intervals around the whole garage, a couple up high for signs, 240 in the attic for air and in the front for a welder along with a few other dedicated 120s for some saws and a fridge. I figure all of that should take me a few weeks to a month depending on what else I have going on.
After inspection comes finishing. Sheetrock, paint, trim and flooring. I hope to have it all wrapped up by September so I can start on the next project. The idea is to have the woodshop set up along the right hand wall, the "Auto and fab" shot set up along the left hand wall with a curtain to pull around it when I'm working on the other side and a misc. bench and storage along the back wall. I can't wait.
Any comments or advice would be great. Thanks again for the motivation!
Starting point
There are 2' deep shelves covering the entire back wall and half of the side wall in the garage. What seems like a good place for storage quickly became a place to load with useless **** over the years. The take up a lot of space and make the garage seem much smaller than it is so... step 1 this weekend was demo.
Mostly cleaned up
Top shelf down
Middle shelf down
Full shot
Now I have a temporary bench that spans 15' across the back of the garage.
This is the cleanest I've ever seen this garage in my life. Before I got my dad's stuff out there hadn't been a vehicle in it for 25 years. Wouldn't fit.
Next step is framing in a ceiling. 2x8 at 12" on center across gives me an 8' ceiling height that I can store my tubs from the shelves above. That clears up a lot of floor space. After that the door guy comes and installs my new overhead door and the Liftmaster 3800 and I'll be putting in a new people door. That should all be done by the end of the month. I'd love to get it done by this weekend but I have to work to pay for all of this.
I'll be running a 100A sub panel from the house to the garage in July (I hope) and wiring the place up myself. Iv'e got a copy of the code and my uncle who is a contracter to help me make sure I pass inspection. I'm wiring in lighting in the garage bay, attic and outide along with 20A utility outlets at 4' intervals around the whole garage, a couple up high for signs, 240 in the attic for air and in the front for a welder along with a few other dedicated 120s for some saws and a fridge. I figure all of that should take me a few weeks to a month depending on what else I have going on.
After inspection comes finishing. Sheetrock, paint, trim and flooring. I hope to have it all wrapped up by September so I can start on the next project. The idea is to have the woodshop set up along the right hand wall, the "Auto and fab" shot set up along the left hand wall with a curtain to pull around it when I'm working on the other side and a misc. bench and storage along the back wall. I can't wait.
Any comments or advice would be great. Thanks again for the motivation!
