My Beach Garage

[bombguy]

Hi all, I have been lurking here for a while and waited several weeks until I could finally post my garage.

My wife and I recently purchased our first home as a married couple (I owned one before, and sold it last year). We reside about 1 mile from the beach in SoCal, so space is a premium around here. My garage is 19x21 and is the first "finished" garage I have had. I'm looking to make some upgrades to it eventually...including lighter paint (hate the brown), surfboard racks and epoxy coat the floor. The garage is wired for a TV and has a built in entertainment center for a 32" TV and A/V equipment...the previous owner used it as his lounge, but did not store cars in it. I intend on it being a workshop, showcase and lounge as well!

Let me know what you guys think...also please pass on any suggestions for storage techniques and/or ideas to improve my beach town "man cave!"

Also, I have a "slab" style garage door...any suggestion on what type of garage door opener I can use for this?

 

[FryZ]

Garage looks like it has some potential. No idea on the door dilemma, up here where it snows we can't use that kind of door..won't open w/ 2 ft. of snow against it, lol.

Are/were you a member on GM Fullsize? SN and the BMW seem familiar.

 

[bombguy]

Garage looks like it has some potential. No idea on the door dilemma, up here where it snows we can't use that kind of door..won't open w/ 2 ft. of snow against it, lol.

Are/were you a member on GM Fullsize? SN and the BMW seem familiar.

I am! I lack a certain creativity when it comes to screennames....

 

[cool50]

Looks like you should have no problem making that a nice place. good luck and keep us posted.

 

[OhioSiouxFan]

Good Lord, is there anything that can be done with that pole? If it could be engineered out somehow you could have a traditional garage door and maybe even get a vehicle in there. I had a cumbersome pole in my basement and we were able to have an engineer look it over and get it moved into a different location inside an existing wall.

Love the space, and it looks like it will have a natural flow out to the drive if you want to expand work space or if you're entertaining in there. Looking forward to see what you do with it!

 

[Scout Driver]

Good Lord, is there anything that can be done with that pole? If it could be engineered out somehow you could have a traditional garage door and maybe even get a vehicle in there. I had a cumbersome pole in my basement and we were able to have an engineer look it over and get it moved into a different location inside an existing wall.

Love the space, and it looks like it will have a natural flow out to the drive if you want to expand work space or if you're entertaining in there. Looking forward to see what you do with it!

I agree 1000% with OhioSiouxFan. Nice garage with a ton of potential. But.....eliminating that pole will be the most satisfying upgrade you could make.

Good luck with your project. I'm looking forward to seeing its progress.

Scott

 

[bombguy]

Sadly, the pole most likely has to stay for a long time. It provides support for the level above the garage and it would definitely be out of this new homeowners budget!

Any suggestions on paint colors, storage solutions etc?

 

[Jagmandave]

Whether you change the garage door or not, any regular beam type garage door opener will work fine, no need to get anything special. I had one of those doors in my house in Sandy Eggo.

 

[bombguy]

Whether you change the garage door or not, any regular beam type garage door opener will work fine, no need to get anything special. I had one of those doors in my house in Sandy Eggo.

"regular beam type?" I guess I'm a little unsure what that is?

Just any standard opener will work? Belt, chain or screw type?

 

[Stuart in MN]

I had a one piece door on my old garage (they aren't very common in Minnesota, but mine was really old.) I used a conventional chain drive opener and it worked fine.