oldestof11
Well-known member
Hey everyone.
I came upon this site thanks to VWVortex and The Car Lounge. They had a thread about a guys DIY Ikea Garage. He goes by Jack Olsen on there. I go by dodger21 but that's an old gamer tag I had.
A little about me. I have worked in a factory for the last 6.5 years. I went from production worker and nearly 2 years ago got moved up to facility maintenance. I know the boss outside of work so that helped. I do everything from PM'ing the 4 air compressors, 3 vacuum pumps and the 1956 boiler to assisting contractors on renovations to electrical to wood working. They hired me for a jack-of-all position but my boss has recognized (his words) that I have better potential.
I have a lovely bride and tomorrow, a beautiful 1 year old girl. You'll see I talk about them a lot too.
I just recently bought a house (3 weeks ago) and with it came a detached 2 car garage with a 8x20 wood shop in the back. There is just a couple problems with it.
It is currently fed with a single phase 30a circuit. Luckily I found some old paperwork. Garage was built in 1984 and the buried a 1" conduit to run the wires through. I will see about upgrading the house to a 200a panel and feeding the garage with the old 100a panel. The whole garage needs rewiring.
The garage door is only 6' tall. Cant get my 01 2500 Suburban in there... My wife's uncle is an engineer for Raynor. I'm thinking about pulling some strings.
The side door has sagged and now won't close properly.
Anyways, I am looking for ideas and I like helping others.
Eventually this is going to house the Suburban and my project car that I want to buy. My beater, 94 Accord with 238k, stays outside.
Pics!
Looking to do a floor next besides getting the rest of my tools from my in-laws place.
I came upon this site thanks to VWVortex and The Car Lounge. They had a thread about a guys DIY Ikea Garage. He goes by Jack Olsen on there. I go by dodger21 but that's an old gamer tag I had.
A little about me. I have worked in a factory for the last 6.5 years. I went from production worker and nearly 2 years ago got moved up to facility maintenance. I know the boss outside of work so that helped. I do everything from PM'ing the 4 air compressors, 3 vacuum pumps and the 1956 boiler to assisting contractors on renovations to electrical to wood working. They hired me for a jack-of-all position but my boss has recognized (his words) that I have better potential.
I have a lovely bride and tomorrow, a beautiful 1 year old girl. You'll see I talk about them a lot too.
I just recently bought a house (3 weeks ago) and with it came a detached 2 car garage with a 8x20 wood shop in the back. There is just a couple problems with it.
It is currently fed with a single phase 30a circuit. Luckily I found some old paperwork. Garage was built in 1984 and the buried a 1" conduit to run the wires through. I will see about upgrading the house to a 200a panel and feeding the garage with the old 100a panel. The whole garage needs rewiring.
The garage door is only 6' tall. Cant get my 01 2500 Suburban in there... My wife's uncle is an engineer for Raynor. I'm thinking about pulling some strings.
The side door has sagged and now won't close properly.
Anyways, I am looking for ideas and I like helping others.
Eventually this is going to house the Suburban and my project car that I want to buy. My beater, 94 Accord with 238k, stays outside.
Pics!
Looking to do a floor next besides getting the rest of my tools from my in-laws place.
congrats on the new house. This is a great place for ideas. Sounds like you really got your stuff together. Keep us up dated 
