Jayman17
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I always like to see photos of Tarmy’s shop. 
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I'd like your input on building a fancy garage
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csp
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That's how I prefer mine to be set up. If there's anything like fire or other unforeseen disaster, you aren't likely to lose everything in one shot.
We have a large attached garage, a 2500 sq ft outbuilding and a very large airplane hangar which includes a kitchen and full bath.
ZRX61
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This link ought to blow any budget you had in mind:
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Classic Remise Berlin workshops - nordwulf
Classic Remise is not a museum but you can find many vintage and current model cars in a wonderful historic building in Berlin. Classic Remise in Berlin and Düsseldorf are more like a working and living museum with workshops, car storage and vintage car sales. There are also shops that sell...
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Lots of good recommendations in here. That said, I too think you should increase the SQ' by at least 50% of what you calculate. I'll also note that my wife and I have seen some very large and fancy 'barn' style setups off of the rural highways here in S.W. ID. And I am talking fancy. Some look to be setup as a very large garage on the lower level (of course) with upper level entertainment areas that would knock most of our socks off. Huge upper level tinted windows, and stained wood exteriors just looked like nothing we've ever seen. There were a # of classic red/white setups as well.
It's too bad we can't see into some of those barn buildings. It would be really cool to know what they looked like. Although a few of them are probably members around here somewhere. I don't think I can do wood cause I don't like the way the elements eat it up over time. I'd likely just go metal before I did one of those old barn looking setups.
safnd2021
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But when you do this make sure to have help lol doing it by yourself is madness
For sure - I don't have the skill or the patience to try to do something like this myself. I don't think it's a one man job but even if it was I believe it would take that man years to complete it. I'll definitely be hiring some contractor/company to build the building.
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I think this website will give you some ideas.
www.carproperty.com
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I'm sitting in my new 2100sqft garage/office with a 16.5' interior peak. I spent about 300k in NY. I saved a lot by having friends do some work.
My first thought, go as big as possible. I'm already out of room. 4 post lifts are nice for storage, but if its a PIA to get the car, I sometimes don't.
Those pics? Bricks and concrete and maybe wood paneling? Those interior finishes alone will be 6 figures. I wound up with 5/8 sheetrock.
I'll hopefully have some paneling milled one day for the lounge end.
You need walls. For storage, and to keep the dust contained. I'm one big room. Power tools are mounted to carts, I use em on the covered porch. If I cant, I try to use a big fan to push the dust outside. I ended up putting my woodshop in a different building.
I highly recommend Bard package units for HVAC. Mine has an aux 4kw heater. I LOVE THEM.
Spray foam insulation is amazing. I'm paying about $160 a month for electric. I'm very happy with that.
I wish I wrapped the whole building with covered porch. Just for dry storage.
Outlets everywhere. Up high too for clocks, lights, and signs.
My first thought, go as big as possible. I'm already out of room. 4 post lifts are nice for storage, but if its a PIA to get the car, I sometimes don't.
Those pics? Bricks and concrete and maybe wood paneling? Those interior finishes alone will be 6 figures. I wound up with 5/8 sheetrock.
I'll hopefully have some paneling milled one day for the lounge end.
You need walls. For storage, and to keep the dust contained. I'm one big room. Power tools are mounted to carts, I use em on the covered porch. If I cant, I try to use a big fan to push the dust outside. I ended up putting my woodshop in a different building.
I highly recommend Bard package units for HVAC. Mine has an aux 4kw heater. I LOVE THEM.
Spray foam insulation is amazing. I'm paying about $160 a month for electric. I'm very happy with that.
I wish I wrapped the whole building with covered porch. Just for dry storage.
Outlets everywhere. Up high too for clocks, lights, and signs.
matt_i
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If you love old brick buildings I'd shop for a commercial building and start from there.
Although the exterior character is nice insulating a stone/concrete/brick anything is tough.
That said. if you want to put your mark on the world, stone is the way to go. The ruins ought to be good for 1-2 thousand years and almost 100% make it to TV someday.
Although the exterior character is nice insulating a stone/concrete/brick anything is tough.
That said. if you want to put your mark on the world, stone is the way to go. The ruins ought to be good for 1-2 thousand years and almost 100% make it to TV someday.
Roushford6
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I would have a divider for the workshop area, especially if you will do any woodworking in your garage. And the wash bay should be lit up like a paint booth for any paint correction and waxing/coating.
So do all other detailing in the wash bay? That was one detail I was unsure of. Seems like it would work out great, except that you got the floor all wet during the wash. Now if you want to do something else - the floor is all wet! Like waxing/buffing and the like. Or if you want to clean out the inside of another car, now you're tracking water into it.
Maybe the wash bay should just be elongated so the water can't reach the other cleaning areas that are to be kept dry. One long room, and at the very end is the power washer and the drain in the floor.
I'm not opposed to sheetrock, if I could have it fashioned to look similar to the walls in some of those pics. A lot can be done with sheetrock to make it look old and antique/industrial looking. Another member posted those brick panels that are partially made out of brick, such that if you saw it you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. I'm all for it, as long as none of it looks fake or cheap somehow.
Otherwise I'd just save money and go plain jane and not worry about how it looked.
csp
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Squeegee the water towards a drain or wait until it's dry. Seems like an option unless you have no patience.
ZRX61
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Someone (on here?) many years ago did pretty much their entire wash bay in large white subway tiles. Floor sloped very slightly towards a central drain.
I'd love to see a pic of that one if anyone has it. Big subway tiles and a giant white shower curtain would be really cool. Pull the curtain around the car when spraying stuff. Might look like something on a scifi movie. I'll do it if it's cool looking, I want to have a unique shop.
ZRX61
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Tried to find a pic of it via Google, no luck. The place looked like a large coachhouse/stable with one bay set up for detailing & the other bays were like a regular garage. There were several Ferraris...
matt_i
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"White tile": That sounds like a recipe to constantly be cleaning the wash bay...as it is going to show every speck of dirt/grass/schmootz that you ever blast on it
Ive had three white tile floors in my life via prior owner choices and I can't say "never again" fast enough. Two have already been changed out and the other was a place I lived in 25 years ago.
Ive had three white tile floors in my life via prior owner choices and I can't say "never again" fast enough. Two have already been changed out and the other was a place I lived in 25 years ago.
Good point, but maybe the giant shower curtain will help with all that. If not I was going to have a steamer on hand anyway for cleaning cars. It would probably make quick work of tile nastiness. Then again I'm not sure how good that would be for tile... maybe it would eat away the grout or the grout sealer.