Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT My Mini Garagemahal

[fouckhest]

Glad to see you dodged a lot compared to your neighbors. Was definitely one heck of a storm. Your area clearly got it worse than we did up here.

Love that you made it for Octoberfest. I have heard it is really crazy but still a bucket list item for me to do once. I have been to Germany once many years ago with my high school German club but had to leave early and never made it to Munich. Even though not US drinking age we snuck in some German beers while there. Looks like a great trip.

Yes, we certainly got very lucky! Its crazy how much a difference only a few miles (GSP to CLT) made in the storm impact.

You said it perfectly, bucket list for sure! If I ever happened to know I was going to be there during again, and it was later in the second week, it would be cool to actually get into one of the halls and be able to eat as well, but definitely won't seek it out at this point.

 

[M-technik-3]

Glad your place suffered no major setbacks from Helene. I miss flying with Uncle Sam we used to go everywhere.

 

[gearhead1960]

@fouckhest Glad to see you escaped any major damage from Helene. My brother lives near Lake Robinson and they were lucky as well with little damage. However, they lost power for about 5 days. He was prepared with a generator so didn't lose any food. Just inconvenienced....

 

[fouckhest]

@fouckhest Glad to see you escaped any major damage from Helene. My brother lives near Lake Robinson and they were lucky as well with little damage. However, they lost power for about 5 days. He was prepared with a generator so didn't lose any food. Just inconvenienced....

Good to hear, lake robinson is very close to me, maybe 5-10min. seems to be a common trend, mainly depending on each persons property and tree types on their property vastly changed the impact.

 

[fouckhest]

Busy weekend here, mostly catch up on little projects that have been lingering and/or postponed due to the recent weather and travel. One big project was getting some trees planted that will hopefully provide some additional privacy in the future. My MIL is a bit plant person and previously worked at a nursery and still has contacts. She sourced some Thuja Green Giants for us, she prefers these to Lelands(after the recent storms I agree, LOTS of Lelands came down around here), little guys, but they grow quickly I'm told.

We put 10 in the ground in total, 7 along the back fence and 3 in back/side yard beside the Lelands that were her from the previous owners.

Temporary fence to keep the dogs away
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After the fun wrangling of the auger for 10 holes, onto the next project....putting together some new chairs for the wife (forgot to take photos), then installing a new TV on the back deck
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Once that was done, I'd had enough for the day, it was time to relax and enjoy the back deck for the rest of the afternoon.

Sunday morning we got up and did our monthly costco run....we were supposed to be out of town this weekend for our anniversary, but the storms that hit Asheville, NC much harder than SC, forced our favorite brewery to cancel their annual music/beer festival...however, since our anniversary is coming up (tuesday), I knew what I wanted to get the wife for our anniversary....I've traveled a lot this year for work and even with all the dogs, she has wanted her own form of home protection and a local "armory" is close to costco, so I surprised her and we stopped in after our shopping excursion....

an hour later we left with her new toy! sig sauer 9mm, next step is to get her trained up on proper firearm handling so she can feel better when i am out of town. Oh, also capitalized on the HF parking lot sale and picked up a matching case that was on sale! lol

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[fouckhest]

Once home from all the sunday errands and after the saturday of house chores, I was able to sneak in some garage time and work on my project car.

Picked up this new tool recently to help with my next steps on the car
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Reminder the Evolution chop saw really is the bees knees!
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Also got to finally use my tubing bender! Spent a little time on the Rogue Fab website and YT channel picking up some tips/tricks...this was version 2 of the part I was trying to bend, pretty happy with how it came out
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Pretty happy with how this is shaping up....this will be a part of the tunnel and general reinforcement with the new heavy engine up front
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Trying out the tube coping jig
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works well! now to finish up the real part next!

 

[gearhead1960]

We planted Thujas years ago. They will fill the space. Hope you planted them far enough apart! 8-10' is the bare minimum.....

 

[fouckhest]

We planted Thujas years ago. They will fill the space. Hope you planted them far enough apart! 8-10' is the bare minimum.....

Yes, they are 8ft apart

 

[cccoltsicehockey]

Busy weekend here, mostly catch up on little projects that have been lingering and/or postponed due to the recent weather and travel. One big project was getting some trees planted that will hopefully provide some additional privacy in the future. My MIL is a bit plant person and previously worked at a nursery and still has contacts. She sourced some Thuja Green Giants for us, she prefers these to Lelands(after the recent storms I agree, LOTS of Lelands came down around here), little guys, but they grow quickly I'm told.

We put 10 in the ground in total, 7 along the back fence and 3 in back/side yard beside the Lelands that were her from the previous owners.

Temporary fence to keep the dogs away
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After the fun wrangling of the auger for 10 holes, onto the next project....putting together some new chairs for the wife (forgot to take photos), then installing a new TV on the back deck
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Once that was done, I'd had enough for the day, it was time to relax and enjoy the back deck for the rest of the afternoon.

Sunday morning we got up and did our monthly costco run....we were supposed to be out of town this weekend for our anniversary, but the storms that hit Asheville, NC much harder than SC, forced our favorite brewery to cancel their annual music/beer festival...however, since our anniversary is coming up (tuesday), I knew what I wanted to get the wife for our anniversary....I've traveled a lot this year for work and even with all the dogs, she has wanted her own form of home protection and a local "armory" is close to costco, so I surprised her and we stopped in after our shopping excursion....

an hour later we left with her new toy! sig sauer 9mm, next step is to get her trained up on proper firearm handling so she can feel better when i am out of town. Oh, also capitalized on the HF parking lot sale and picked up a matching case that was on sale! lol

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Nice new toy and it must be that time of year for new outdoor TVs.

 

[fouckhest]

Nice new toy and it must be that time of year for new outdoor TVs.

Exactly! LOL

 

[jcarapet]

Reminder the Evolution chop saw really is the bees knees!

I really love it, but fair warning how you hard you crank down on the clamps near the blade. I bent the fences on mine and need to get some warranty replacements. Hopefully they come up with some steel upgrades in the future for my gorilla self.

 

[fouckhest]

I really love it, but fair warning how you hard you crank down on the clamps near the blade. I bent the fences on mine and need to get some warranty replacements. Hopefully they come up with some steel upgrades in the future for my gorilla self.

Good to know!

 

[quadrcr87]

I've been beating on my Evolution multi material miter saw for several years and have been impressed. It has produced some nice cuts in mild steel and wood. My only complaint is the lack of clamping when cutting metal. It gets a little sketchy sometimes. When it's time for a change, I will get their metal chop saw and a separate dedicated wood saw.

If you are looking for some good blades, check out Benchmark Abrasives. They have lasted much longer than the Evolution brand. TCT Blades for Metal

 

[fouckhest]

I've been beating on my Evolution multi material miter saw for several years and have been impressed. It has produced some nice cuts in mild steel and wood. My only complaint is the lack of clamping when cutting metal. It gets a little sketchy sometimes. When it's time for a change, I will get their metal chop saw and a separate dedicated wood saw.

If you are looking for some good blades, check out Benchmark Abrasives. They have lasted much longer than the Evolution brand. TCT Blades for Metal

Thanks for the tip on Benchmark, I've followed them on IG for a while now, been him-hawing around about trying out cutoff wheels and flap disks, this might give me a good reason to give them a shot!

 

[quadrcr87]

No problem, I have had good luck with their cuttoff wheels and flap disks as well.

 

[fouckhest]

Spent last week playing catch up from a whirilwind trip to the Philippines for work...my company has operations there, so went to meet many of the team members, flew out of SC on Sunday, skipped through Japan, landed in Manila on Monday night, worked Tues/Wed/Thurs, left Thurs night, landed back in the US Friday morning, back in SC 5pm Friday just in time to meet the wife an guy group for our usually Friday night chicken wing meet up....

After a couple days of recovery, back to house projects....The wife wanted to continue the flooring from the laundry room into the kitchen/rest of the house, so started on the removal of the flooring mid-week, was supposed to start laying new flooring Saturday, but my buddy had to postpone, so that will kick off tomorrow night....anyway....

Old flooring out...some very nice late 50s/early 60s tile
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Finished up the removal of that Saturday, once that was done, I moved onto finishing up part of the fence project that had been put on hold, building the gate. Went to tractor supply, grabbed some hinges and a latch, got the hinges installed Saturday afternoon and did some thinking on how I wanted to build the gate, then called it a day.

Sunday morning, got up, ran to lowes, grabbed 2x 12ft 2x4, decided (or convinced myself) I wanted to build the entire unit as one piece, then cut it in the center once it was all finished....worked out pretty well IMO...although, I didn't buy enough swages so the left side still needs the adjustment cable made and sagged immediately...but if that is the worse that happened, I'm okay with that

Starting the frame
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Added the inner frame sections, made some ~1/4" spacers to keep a nice gap there, outside used ~1/2" spacers
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Frame all built
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Laid it down to screw the bottom and add the hog wire
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Back up in place to attach the hinges
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Installed one cable, then cut to add the latch, you can see how much it sagged. Hopefully add the other cable today at lunch, then if needed I can tie that post into the existing fence to the left if it still wants to lean.
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Now one night off and get ready to start installing flooring tomorrow night....hoping one of these days I'll be able to work on my project car...

 

[gearhead1960]

Not wanting to raise an alarm, but you need to be really careful with the old tile. In NOVA, those tiles were associated with Asbestos and were typically used in the 50's and 60's in many of the houses! You might want to carefully grab a sample and have them tested or sampled in some way. I can't help you in that regard, but know that that style tile often time was ID'd as Asbestos. Depending on the age of your house, you might be able to research when they were used in your area. I know that often times the easiest way to deal with them was to encapulate them as opposed to removing them. Hopefully, I'm raising a false alarm.....

 

[68400BIRD]

I was thinking the same thing when I was looking at the tiles. It's usually best to go right over them.

 

[fouckhest]

I was thinking the same thing when I was looking at the tiles. It's usually best to go right over them.

Not wanting to raise an alarm, but you need to be really careful with the old tile. In NOVA, those tiles were associated with Asbestos and were typically used in the 50's and 60's in many of the houses! You might want to carefully grab a sample and have them tested or sampled in some way. I can't help you in that regard, but know that that style tile often time was ID'd as Asbestos. Depending on the age of your house, you might be able to research when they were used in your area. I know that often times the easiest way to deal with them was to encapulate them as opposed to removing them. Hopefully, I'm raising a false alarm.....

Thanks for the comments, I certainly have my concerns, but they are all in tact, thankfully, so the plan is to let them stay that way and lay the new flooring right over top of them and not disturb them!

 

[fouckhest]

Kicked off flooring install last night, got ~3hrs in, area by the dishwasher was a PITA, same with the island...Originally wanted to remove the island, then it proved difficult to move, but might revisit that today at lunch....not 100% in love with the idea of having to do shoe mold around it....TBD

All in all, I think its an improvement, just going to **** to keep clean....back at it tonight, starting earlier, hoping to make some serious progress
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[cccoltsicehockey]

New flooring looks good. With the way that island is designed I think you have to figure out how to get it up. Molding would just look bad with those caps at the corners.

 

[fouckhest]

New flooring looks good. With the way that island is designed I think you have to figure out how to get it up. Molding would just look bad with those caps at the corners.

I am quickly coming to that realization.....

 

[quadrcr87]

Some of the islands are anchored to the floor pretty strong and you may not be able to access the fasteners. They likely anchored 2x4s to the floor and screwed the cabinet into them in several places. The screws are probably hidden under the trim and finish panels.

I would be tempted to trim off the bottom of those decorative corners with a multi tool and slide the flooring under them. You would probably have to cut off the lock together channel and glue/ nail that piece of floor in. The key is to make the gaps small enough to caulk for a clean finish.

Another option would be to scribe the flooring for a tighter fit. If it's easier, you could also make a template out of 1/4" ply and then transfer that to the flooring material.

 

[fouckhest]

Some of the islands are anchored to the floor pretty strong and you may not be able to access the fasteners. They likely anchored 2x4s to the floor and screwed the cabinet into them in several places. The screws are probably hidden under the trim and finish panels.

Thanks for the feedback, the old flooring is/was certainly under the island, it moves a little, but not much. I am starting to wonder if my buddy that is helping me is right and the wiring for the outlets on either side are simply so tight that they aren't letting it move.

I just went into the crawl space, under the kitchen, no apparent screws from below. Going to further investigate at lunch and/or this afternoon as time permits.....I will certainly report back

 

[fouckhest]

Not that I would ever doubt the garage journal crowd, but the curiosity was eating away at me, so at lunch I went down the rabbit hole...

Pulled the back cover off the seating side of the island...found this

Note the two screws on the bottom edge....there were two more on the other side and then 4x on the front side....a bit overkill for an island that probably weighs 3-400lbs
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Some creative lifting up onto trusty HF moving dollies revealed just what @quadrcr87 suggested!
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Now the island is out of the way and ready to get rocking on the rest of the floor tonight!
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[Fast_Ed]

Nice work!! Much nicer to work on a big open section vs. a bunch of corners/edges

 

[fouckhest]

It is really amazing how much faster things go in a big wide open room....I am honestly looking forward to doing the living room.

Got the kitchen mostly finished last night, little jenga with the island and the fridge, but got past the fridge and started down the hall way. As you can imagine, once we started down the hall way our swift progress slowed as we worked to keep everything straight and navigated the doors and that spot where the wall steps back out. Getting back after it tonight after work, my hope is we get into each bedroom and into the living room. If all were to go as planned, by the end of the weekend we will have the living room done, then I will finish up the bedrooms on my own since they are just big open rooms.

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[Nolift911]

Looking great!! I kinda dig those green tiles -

 

[fouckhest]

Looking great!! I kinda dig those green tiles -

I told my wife we should keep them, they are "RETRO"

 

[Jagmandave]

Is that LVP? putting that over original hardwood seems ......I dunno......wrong somehow?

I can see covering those old green tiles.....

 

[fouckhest]

Is that LVP? putting that over original hardwood seems ......I dunno......wrong somehow?

I can see covering those old green tiles.....

Yes, it is LVP....and yes, covering the old hardwoods. It does pain me, but at the end of the day, the level of logistics and mess to have the original floors redone just cant be justified right now. On top of that, its another variable where the hallway is half of the old green vs hardwood.

If it was a few years ago and it was just me living here, I could have justified redoing them, but now with the wife, dogs and just busy life, I honestly can't even comprehend how we would make a rehab like that happen.

 

[Nolift911]

Yes, it is LVP....and yes, covering the old hardwoods. It does pain me, but at the end of the day, the level of logistics and mess to have the original floors redone just cant be justified right now. On top of that, its another variable where the hallway is half of the old green vs hardwood.

If it was a few years ago and it was just me living here, I could have justified redoing them, but now with the wife, dogs and just busy life, I honestly can't even comprehend how we would make a rehab like that happen.

I hear ya - I got 3 levels and 3000 sq feet of battered hardwoods, what to do with?? Any estimate I got was told to rip and replace vs. refinish. After 20 years, 3 kids, 6 dogs...I am learning to like patina. I need to figure out a way to get patina to the non "high traffic" areas. Going with all polished concrete in the new house/garage. Rugs are life, or will be.

 

[Bob Heine]

Yes, it is LVP....and yes, covering the old hardwoods. It does pain me, but at the end of the day, the level of logistics and mess to have the original floors redone just cant be justified right now. On top of that, its another variable where the hallway is half of the old green vs hardwood.

@fouckhest, I'm with you on covering that hardwood. My parents built their new home in 1952. It was one of a dozen or so on our street and probably the last one completed. The oak floor planks were mostly scrap pieces with the longest ones about 18-inches. Our first house that we purchased 14 years later was built about the same time and the vast majority of its oak floor planks were 8-feet long.

 

[fouckhest]

I hear ya - I got 3 levels and 3000 sq feet of battered hardwoods, what to do with?? Any estimate I got was told to rip and replace vs. refinish. After 20 years, 3 kids, 6 dogs...I am learning to like patina. I need to figure out a way to get patina to the non "high traffic" areas. Going with all polished concrete in the new house/garage. Rugs are life, or will be.

LOL, glad to hear I'm not too far off of center! The guy that is helping me do these is one of the builders that has done all the big work at the house and his brother in law owns a hardwood floor refinishing business. I didn't talk to him, but the guy helping me basically said, if it was me, I wouldn't mess with refinishing....plus the wife likes this floor, so, if she's happy, I'm happy. The sooner this is done, the sooner I get back to the garage

Now polished concrete, that is right up my alley! Especially if you've got heat running through them!

@fouckhest, I'm with you on covering that hardwood. My parents built their new home in 1952. It was one of a dozen or so on our street and probably the last one completed. The oak floor planks were mostly scrap pieces with the longest ones about 18-inches. Our first house that we purchased 14 years later was built about the same time and the vast majority of its oak floor planks were 8-feet long.

Thanks @Bob Heine, this house was built in 1957, so same vintage for sure! I do love it, but it is the narrow ~2" wide wood, so for the cost of fixing this, I'd rather do something newer/wider/more modern, but that cost is likely 4x or more for what we will have into the LVP.

 

[quadrcr87]

...plus the wife likes this floor, so, if she's happy, I'm happy. The sooner this is done, the sooner I get back to the garage

Truer words have never been spoken. I feel the same way about my current project repainting bedrooms and bathrooms. Make her happy and move onto the fun stuff!

 

[fouckhest]

Truer words have never been spoken. I feel the same way about my current project repainting bedrooms and bathrooms. Make her happy and move onto the fun stuff!

This is why we all hang out here!

 

[fouckhest]

Weekend absolutely flew by, but for good reason, flooring is done.

worked for a solid 4-5hrs Saturday, got done with the kitchen and hall way, then Sunday morning, got up, cleared out the living room, hit the go button around 930am, had the living room back together and enjoying cold beer on the couch around 2pm. The big square rooms go fast for sure! Now to take a short break, then get the two bedrooms/offices done and on to shoe mold

Hallway buttoned up
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Kitchen almost back together, trying to decide if we want to move the island a little or not
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Living room almost done
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Living room all back together
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[fouckhest]

Crazy that another week has gone by! Spent most of last week cleaning up and buttoning up little project left over from the floors. Had our annual friendsgiving gathering at a buddies Saturday, so that was a full day event.

I spent Sunday doing chores around the house to get ready for our annual food drive event this coming Saturday. Part of that was a LOT of general clean up from the fence project along with getting my scrap metal pile loaded up and ready to take to the scrapper (which I did that Monday at lunch, much to my delight 940lbs brought ~$66, I'll take it!)

Once my scrap metal loading was done on Sunday, I took on a little side project with some of the left over 4x4 from the fence posts. I've seen a people for years build "cribs" as I call them for setting cars on, so I figured the scrap 4x4s I have would be a good proof of concept.

Here is one mocked up:
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Then after I started assembling, but apparently I saw a squirrel and forgot to take photos of it finished. Guess I'll have to do that later
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Somewhere after that it was time to clean up and settle in and make dinner Sunday night....Monday I knocked out some yardwork as it was and did rain most of the day Tuesday, supposed to wrap up this morning.

So given a rainy Tuesday night, I utilized my time on some garage organization for aforementioned upcoming weekend shindig. In classic fashion, while getting started, I needed to get my engine hoist out, which meant move the Cayman....because the engine hoist was on the wall, behind this tubing laying on the floor....so enter squirrel
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Just like with the cribs, I have some 2x4 scraps from the fence...decided to craft up a little rack to store some tubing
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This is what I came up with in about 5min (missing a couple braces here)
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With braces and holding some 1-3/4" and 1-1/2" tubing
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Now with all the tools tucked back in (engine hoist lives where the leaf blower is currently)
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with this side project wrapped up, it was onto the original task at hand....more to come

 

[fouckhest]

Original task for the night was to put the engine back in the project car

615p Engine off the cart and hanging on the hoist
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630p Engine bolted back into the car...getting oddly good at this lol!
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Then after a little cleanup, 645p had the core support and bumper cover back on, just to get them both off the floor for cleanup
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Tonight's project will likely be more shop/basement organization, pull the car out of the basement and start cleaning...fun!

 

[zmotorsports]

Great progress on the car Mike and a nice solution to the metal storage behind the equipment. Looks like a great option.