My Garage Setup

[markag]

My wife and I bought our first house just over one year ago. One of the key requirements for me was a good sized garage. The house we settled on its kind of unique in its garage layout.

The original garage on the house is an oversized single car garage. Dimensions are 16ft wide by 25ft deep. In the late 90s the previous owners added on another 16 x 25 ft single cat garage on the back side of the house with its own driveway going out to the alley.

So I've got a tandem garage setup with 2 oversized single car garages, back to back. If you think about it, each of the garage is only a few feet short on the width to be the same size as a 2 car garage turned sideways.

I'm into working in our cars. I've also got the setup to do some home powder coating. I've got an old oven in the garage. I've also got some old kitchen cabinets and counter tops from my parents that I've used for storage and writing space. The compressor is wonderful for automotive work. And for my painting and sandblasting needs, it's big enough to get the job done.

For a first home, considering my wife and I are in our 20s still, I'm pretty happy with the state of my garage. I'm sure I will accumulate more tools over time. But as I stand now, I can pretty much tackle any job that comes my way. I've had the transmission of of my wife's previous car two times. I'm getting ready to change out the rear end gears on my 2008 Mustang GT.

I've got some pics of my front garage attached.






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[Notgrownup]

If it gets the jib done it is great....good to get a home at such a young age,,,,congrats

 

[1/2 Cup]

Congratulations on your purchasing your new home. Looking forward to following your progress..

 

[Mr. 360]

Not sure I'd know what to do with myself if I had that much space . I assume then it more or less totals 16x50? 800sqft is nothing to sneeze at, should be a great space to work. Does the oven wall divide the 2 spaces? any plans on opening up for one long shop space? I'm properly jealous.

 

[markag]

It's a good amount of space, but we still need to fit our vehicles in, so I can't use ask that square footage for equipment, but there is still plenty of storage space for specialty items. Yes, it is essentially 16x50 with a dividing wall in between. I actually plan to keep the wall between the two garages because I can use it for electrical, storage, pegboard, etc.

The oven is a standard oven with a single pen cooking area. In using that empty wooden cabinet as my powder coating both. I also have a bench top sand blast cabinet. Everything is sized about the same as my oven.

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