Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT My Mini Garagemahal

[Finally]

This is a great read. Very nice job on everything and especially your attention to the small details. Your outside shed is great. How much of this work was completed by you? A contractor did the main shell, sounds like you did all the finishing touches? The matchbox car collection caught my eye, great displays. I have so many matchbox cars, I just display my favorite 15 or so on a shelf. Congratulations, your garage warming party was a perfect celebration.

 

[fouckhest]

This is a great read. Very nice job on everything and especially your attention to the small details. Your outside shed is great. How much of this work was completed by you? A contractor did the main shell, sounds like you did all the finishing touches? The matchbox car collection caught my eye, great displays. I have so many matchbox cars, I just display my favorite 15 or so on a shelf. Congratulations, your garage warming party was a perfect celebration.

Thank you sir! The contractor got it "in the dry" with electrical done. I did everything else with the exception of hanging and finishing the drywall, the rest was my sweat equity.

Appreciate the kind words, thanks for stopping by!

 

[fouckhest]

Haven't been making any headway on the parts room, all my free time has been focused on keeping moving forward with the master suite project.

After my last post, the contractor got the new floor joists and the new floor installed. I continued to tear down original bathroom/bed walls, remove doors, then took the time to lay out what what the shower/knee wall, toilet and vanity would look like, "space wise" if we moved the bedroom/bath dividing wall, this would gain us ~20" of additional bedroom width...we decided to go this route

Rough layout
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Moving on with the layout they started to frame things up....slight pause over the weekend while I removed the bathroom ceiling and the bedroom walls...this was a MESS, its all old plaster walls.
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Mid Wall & Insulation removal
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Yesterday they finished framing the wall between the bathroom/bedroom, framed the door way for the closet entrance and started wiring. Last night I cut out the plaster for the door way and removed all the old plaster nails throughout the bedroom and bathroom

Bathroom framed in
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Closet entrance
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They are going to finish up the plumbing tomorrow, hopefully get the system pressurized so we can leave it to ensure no leaks and keep it pressurized as I start hanging insulation and drywall....should be a not fun project lol

In some fun news, a couple buddies came over Sunday, we got the mini bike engine running, installed the clutch, had to space the sprocket a bit, but she moves under her own power....I've got a throttle bracket kit on the way along with a band brake setup for the clutch...no brakes on this thing would be scary!

When I install the brake setup, I will need to build bracket which I will incorporate a shield/cover for the clutch

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[Trapps]

Great project!

Consider adding sound insulation on all of your interior walls. We did this in the bedroom remodel of our last house and it made a very noticeable difference.

 

[fouckhest]

Great project!

Consider adding sound insulation on all of your interior walls. We did this in the bedroom remodel of our last house and it made a very noticeable difference.

Interesting, I will certainly look into that!

Thanks for the tip.

 

[fouckhest]

Progress continues on master remodel....

The builder/contractor (same guy that did my garage) wrapped up his main portion on Thursday, walls are all done, plumbing is hooked up and holding water.

I took Friday off work to get insulation hung, then went and picked up sheet rock on Saturday. Didn't finish the far wall, we are waiting on window quotes to see about putting a larger window on that side of the room.

It was nice to get the insulation up, it certainly gives new perspective on the size and feel of the space. We are very excited to get sheetrock up, I believe that will really give a lot more perspective for what we are working with.


Hallway with the relocated door opening and reconfigured closet
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Looking from the closet corner towards the bathroom
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Looking from the bathroom towards the closet
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[jbrentd]

Nice work on the bedroom remodel...it'll be so nice when complete. We had an older home when my wife and I were first married and the size of the bathrooms and closets were always an issue.

 

[fouckhest]

Thanks, we are certainly excited, closet space is definitely going to be at a premium. Luckily it will just be the two of us most of the time, her daughter is in college, so will only be here on break/holidays.

There will need to be some purging of old cloths though!

 

[wreckdiver1321]

That's looking great! Can't wait to see it all finished.

 

[fouckhest]

Been a while since I've been able to update, had to travel to Arizona/Mexico for the new job, which was a fun trip, but certainly put a bit of a slow down on remodel progress, I have got some drywall work done, but still need to finish up the bathroom and one more wall in the bedroom.

Before leaving for AZ/MX I was able to get the mii bike finished up, brake installed and clutch guard made; then as soon as returning from said trip, went to a cool hot rod/gasser show/drag race/swap meet event. It fared wall all day then the chain broke, so a tensioner is the next small fab project for that size project lol

Band brake bracket and clutch safety shield
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Parked at the event waiting to take us each on ride, lol
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Then Sunday/Monday/Tuesday I wanted to make some progress before we headed down for an annual VW/Audi Car show in Helen, Georgia, decided to make some progress on my parts/storage room, which felt good and keeps organization and other small projects moving along.

Its coming together pretty well, excited to get some walls built then reevaluate the lighting in the room. Also need to find a spot for all the reclaimed lumber from the master bed/bath demo.

Relocated File cabinets
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Pallet racking that will get some further organization as soon as time permits, its gotten embarrassingly disorganized.
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All-in-all, I'm pretty excited with the size of the space, should work well to keep things looking tidy in both the new garage and the basement.
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Before we left for Helen, I took some time to clean up the new garage, mopped the floors and did a little pickup....cleans up nice
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Both cars tucked in
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As I was packing this caught my eye and thought it was a cool photo,

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Hopefully back on the drywall project this week if my buddy can help, if not, I'll be chipping away more on the parts room.

 

[fouckhest]

Still slowly chipping away at the master bed/bath project, hung some more drywall last week, picked up the new windows this week. As soon as those get installed it should make for a quick wrap up of hanging drywall, then onto the fun part....womp womp

In other news....As I'd been working on the parts room, I knew I needed to do a little "housekeeping" on the pallet racks, but it really just hasn't been a priority. Too many other projects, but right/wrong one of those is when wee get a "just the certain type of rain" (think direction and amount/time), my basement will flood, which is one part annoying, but then it runs into the new garage, which is more annoying.

Sorry for my babbling....but all that being said, last week we got over 3" of rain in a 4 day span, 2" alone on Thursday. Needless to say, when I vacuumed up 3x 5gal shop vacs full of water out of the new garage, and the dehumidifier ran non stop for 4days, my annoyance level had reached its boiling point.

I still feel the right way to do this is to dig up the front of my house and do a french drain, even though I've had varying opinions, ranging from outside grading, trench/sump pump inside to Drylock on the walls. Unfortunately, that is not in the budget with the master remodel right now, nor in the DIY time for the french drain with personal and work travel I have coming up over the next couple months...not to mention the summer/south heat.

During the storm last Thursday I marked where I saw water coming through the floor/wall, I've gutted the pallet rack, torn it down, started cleaning, going to wire wheel the wall/floor seam, acid etch wall/floor, fill/plug anything questionable (although all the water seems to be coming from where the block meets the floor), picked up a 5gal bucket of Drylok yesterday, gallon of muriatic acid and some PPE. Going to see if this will help out until the fall when I can get the front of the house dug up to do a proper french drain.

Parts room gutted/pallet racking removed
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Leaky basement woes by fouckhest, on Flickr

Back corner, spraypaint marks show where there was some strong leak points
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Results of gutting the parts room, does make me feel good about my organizational skills, that this was all on an ~12ft section of wall
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Now, while this is all rather annoying and a huge PITA....it did force me to make the bold move to move my long time project car out into the new shop. its great to see it under the good lights, and in company of running cars. I am certainly motivated to get back to work on it! I want to start on it ASAP, but I've already told the future wifey that after the wedding I'm starting on that project.

As anyone can expect, one project leads to another, so in order to more easily and safely moved it, it had to make the front chassis arm caster wheel adapters....fun little Memorial day project.

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[fouckhest]

Oh....at a minimum, a lot of rain brings nice green grass....if nothing else my front lawn looks decent

Leaky basement woes by fouckhest, on Flickr

 

[zanyad]

In other news....As I'd been working on the parts room, I knew I needed to do a little "housekeeping" on the pallet racks, but it really just hasn't been a priority. Too many other projects, but right/wrong one of those is when wee get a "just the certain type of rain" (think direction and amount/time), my basement will flood, which is one part annoying, but then it runs into the new garage, which is more annoying.

Sorry for my babbling....but all that being said, last week we got over 3" of rain in a 4 day span, 2" alone on Thursday. Needless to say, when I vacuumed up 3x 5gal shop vacs full of water out of the new garage, and the dehumidifier ran non stop for 4days, my annoyance level had reached its boiling point.

I still feel the right way to do this is to dig up the front of my house and do a french drain, even though I've had varying opinions, ranging from outside grading, trench/sump pump inside to Drylock on the walls. Unfortunately, that is not in the budget with the master remodel right now, nor in the DIY time for the french drain with personal and work travel I have coming up over the next couple months...not to mention the summer/south heat.

During the storm last Thursday I marked where I saw water coming through the floor/wall, I've gutted the pallet rack, torn it down, started cleaning, going to wire wheel the wall/floor seam, acid etch wall/floor, fill/plug anything questionable (although all the water seems to be coming from where the block meets the floor), picked up a 5gal bucket of Drylok yesterday, gallon of muriatic acid and some PPE. Going to see if this will help out until the fall when I can get the front of the house dug up to do a proper french drain.

Back corner, spraypaint marks show where there was some strong leak points
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@fouckhest have you considered hydraulic cement? Worked well in our basement where we had some leaking issues. Then painted with Drylok once the hydraulic dries (about a month).

 

[fouckhest]

@fouckhest have you considered hydraulic cement? Worked well in our basement where we had some leaking issues. Then painted with Drylok once the hydraulic dries (about a month).

*Edit, quickly googling, and looking at the Drylok brochure, I read that this stuff was kind of an "if you need to" but it might be a good added protection...

you mean this stuff, correct?

 

[wreckdiver1321]

Ugh, sorry to hear about your water woes. As an insurance adjuster, I see that way more often than one would think. I've had a few customers use hydraulic cement to great success though, so it's worth a shot to keep it sealed for the time being.

Best of luck!

 

[zanyad]

*Edit, quickly googling, and looking at the Drylok brochure, I read that this stuff was kind of an "if you need to" but it might be a good added protection...

you mean this stuff, correct?

Yep! Not sure which brand we used, but my guy said it was easy to work with, and it sealed the leaks right up. Can even be applied to wet surfaces, unlike the paint.

 

[fouckhest]

Ugh, sorry to hear about your water woes. As an insurance adjuster, I see that way more often than one would think. I've had a few customers use hydraulic cement to great success though, so it's worth a shot to keep it sealed for the time being.

Best of luck!

Yep! Not sure which brand we used, but my guy said it was easy to work with, and it sealed the leaks right up. Can even be applied to wet surfaces, unlike the paint.

Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback! Looks like I'll be adding this to my "bag of tricks"

Hope to make some more headway tonight and this weekend since the forecast looks dry for the next several days.

 

[fouckhest]

Small update, thanks to @zanyad advise, I took a step back, took on a little more work, but certainly discovered that at some point, someone has tried to band aide this issue before

I started by grinding out at the floor/wall joint, there was certainly some questionable "filler" in there, and you can see were it had been dug up before. The corner I showed originally was certainly one of the worst spots, what ever was put in there was borderline still soft (not sure if mixed improperly ratio wise?) Either way, a LOT of grinding and wire wheeling, the bottom block is all cleaned, the floor/wall joint is all cleaned out and any questionable previous repairs are all removed. It was good to find some very obvious "holes" under previous repairs, some large than others (worst shown below).

Here is where it stands as of cleaning up last night.....Plan is to get down there today with the Muriatic acid, start cleaning and get the floor/wall joint ready to be filled with the Drylok Fastplug hydraulic cement. Fingers crossed, it doesn't look like any substantial rain in the next few days.


General prep
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Corner with very questionable previous repair attempt
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The largest "hole" that was covered up, I can stick my pinky finger in there for reference....plan is to pack this full of the fastplug cement
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Finally the arsenal of product to try and get this mess under control
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[fouckhest]

Had a busy couple evenings after work.

Thursday night I took on the task of doing the muriatic acid cleaning, with no great way to approach this I improvised the best I could. Plan/result was, pour a little bit of acid down the first course of block where I wire wheeled, then poured a little more on the floor, scrubbed with brush with broom handle, then diluted/rinsed with water in my garden sprayer and sucked up with the shop vac. Rudimentary, but proved to be effective; also wore a mask and had two box fans pulling air/fumes out of the basement.

Once that was complete I set out to start applying the Drylock Fastplug, hydraulic cement; lets just say that a 4lb bucket doesn't go very far....this is as far as I made it Wednesday night, but it was a good stopping point as I had a meeting with my side hustle team.

Hydraulic cement by fouckhest, on Flickr

With that being as far as I could go, got online, order 2x 10lb buckets for pickup Thursday; after work, promptly got started. Keep in mind, you eccentially mix this stuff in small tupperware, 3x scoops of cement (~1/2lb) to 1x scoop of water, and it sets quick, it says 3-5min, but you have to be ready once is i starts to go....just like bondo

I believe this was my after my first bucket was done, I decided to take a miller lite break (notice how much the previous night had dried)
Hydraulic cement by fouckhest, on Flickr

All done! Here is a shot off most of the wall, you can see where I went back to the corner and packed some more on, I had half a batch left so put it there as that was one of the worst spots
Hydraulic cement by fouckhest, on Flickr

Here is where I stand as of this morning, you can certainly see where the thicker areas are taking longer to dry. We have a pretty solid hot/dry spell on the way, so I will likely let this set up over the weekend and hope that the bottom area looks to be completely dried out before painting, the data sheet shows the compressive strength at 2650psi after 24hrs, and 3050 after 7day, so not a big change, then it jumps to ~12kpsi after 28days....I dont want to wait that long, so hoping it looks good by Monday night and start painting Tuesday, TBD. Certainly excited to get my basement cleaned up and my parts room organized.

Hydraulic cement by fouckhest, on Flickr
Hydraulic cement by fouckhest, on Flickr

 

[wreckdiver1321]

Had a busy couple evenings after work.

Thursday night I took on the task of doing the muriatic acid cleaning, with no great way to approach this I improvised the best I could. Plan/result was, pour a little bit of acid down the first course of block where I wire wheeled, then poured a little more on the floor, scrubbed with brush with broom handle, then diluted/rinsed with water in my garden sprayer and sucked up with the shop vac. Rudimentary, but proved to be effective; also wore a mask and had two box fans pulling air/fumes out of the basement.

Once that was complete I set out to start applying the Drylock Fastplug, hydraulic cement; lets just say that a 4lb bucket doesn't go very far....this is as far as I made it Wednesday night, but it was a good stopping point as I had a meeting with my side hustle team.

Hydraulic cement by fouckhest, on Flickr

With that being as far as I could go, got online, order 2x 10lb buckets for pickup Thursday; after work, promptly got started. Keep in mind, you eccentially mix this stuff in small tupperware, 3x scoops of cement (~1/2lb) to 1x scoop of water, and it sets quick, it says 3-5min, but you have to be ready once is i starts to go....just like bondo

I believe this was my after my first bucket was done, I decided to take a miller lite break (notice how much the previous night had dried)
Hydraulic cement by fouckhest, on Flickr

All done! Here is a shot off most of the wall, you can see where I went back to the corner and packed some more on, I had half a batch left so put it there as that was one of the worst spots
Hydraulic cement by fouckhest, on Flickr

Here is where I stand as of this morning, you can certainly see where the thicker areas are taking longer to dry. We have a pretty solid hot/dry spell on the way, so I will likely let this set up over the weekend and hope that the bottom area looks to be completely dried out before painting, the data sheet shows the compressive strength at 2650psi after 24hrs, and 3050 after 7day, so not a big change, then it jumps to ~12kpsi after 28days....I dont want to wait that long, so hoping it looks good by Monday night and start painting Tuesday, TBD. Certainly excited to get my basement cleaned up and my parts room organized.

Hydraulic cement by fouckhest, on Flickr
Hydraulic cement by fouckhest, on Flickr

Looks like you put in some good work, hopefully it solves your problem, or at least until you can get the drainage issue figured out.

 

[fouckhest]

Looks like you put in some good work, hopefully it solves your problem, or at least until you can get the drainage issue figured out.

Thanks Tom!

Been a couple weeks since my last update, but its been working out well for this project. Gave the hydraulic cement a solid 7 days to dry before putting on the first coat of Drylok, did 2 coats the first day, which I realized the recommended minimum 2hrs is not enough if using a brush, which results in thick coats. I let those two coats cure for ~24hrs, then did 2 more coats at the same time span. Then went on vacation for 5days, got home Monday, after mowing grass I did one more coat before getting on a plane Tuesday morning to head to Indy for 3days for work, got home yesterday and did one more coat.

All that said, I am hopeful that this will yield some good results. My plan is to start getting the parts room back together this weekend, hoping to have a better update by the end of the weekend with a newly organized parts room!

Here is the finished product, crazy home much time and money went into this and all you see is a strange white stripe lol

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[fouckhest]

Made some decent progress this weekend on the parts room. Pallet racks are set up, reconfigured a couple to give a little more space and hopefully drive some more discipline/organization.

Also got some of the metal roofing hung up on my faux walls, trying to keep some of the reclaimed lumber visible to give the basement a rustic look. Next step will be to star figuring out how to make a set of bifold doors.

Overall I'm happy with the space, it was certainly nice to use the opportunity to purge some old parts and move some totes up into the garage attic.

Pallet rack side
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Cabinet side (need to find a good use for those old floor joists, I couldn't bring myself to trash them when the builder redid the bathroom floor)
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Not the best angle, but I'm liking how the roofing looks....and there is a surprising amount of room in the center of the room, I'm actually thnking about trying to put the Mk1 gti in there

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[fouckhest]

Got my doors frames built last night...

Lunch trip to Lowes for hinges and some screws left me realizing that if i was going to use corner braces I was in for a dent in the old wallet...so back home I went for some research and decided the best path forward would be to pick up a Kreg Pocket Hole jig. I got one of the more basic units to save a few $$$, but I have to admit, I REALLY like this thing, I may be investing in one of the newer units with the built in clamp.

All that said, got the door built out of the reclaimed lumber, installed the center hinges and stood them up for a little mock up. Plan for tonight will be to get the uni-strut installed, bend up some steel to mount the uni-strut trollies and see how difficult it will be to get the hinges on the faux walls installed.

Some photos of the doors, the "windows" will have metal roofing installed in there, thinking I'll incorporate some black iron pipe for handles and need to decide on something cool for a latch.


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[jbrentd]

Looking good on the parts room. I guess stuffing an entire MK1 in there still classifies as parts storage.

 

[fouckhest]

Looking good on the parts room. I guess stuffing an entire MK1 in there still classifies as parts storage.

Thanks, and yes, EXACTLY on the mk1

I need to do some measuring, but it has been on my mind....its either that, or get one of those canopy's from HF to put it under.

 

[fourmotioneer]

MK1s are meant to be crammed into garages

 

[fouckhest]

Made some decent progress over the last couple days, if nothing else rewarding to get the basement cleaned up and feeling like a usable space (still really want to do something for flooring, but more on that later).

Got the doors all finished up, while they don't close "perfectly," I've come to accept that the difference in the rotation/pivot points of the wall hinges as they relate to the sliders, will never allow them to be perfectly straight when closed, but this is a good compromise, and was a fun project.

Fully Closed
Doors by fouckhest, on Flickr
Doors by fouckhest, on Flickr

Fully Open (really need to find a good place to store my miter saw, open to any/all suggestions)
Doors by fouckhest, on Flickr

With that project behind me I was able to do a little clean-up in the basement, cut out the last of the redundant posts, still have some more organization to do. I need to sell my old road bike, I need to find a home for my mountain bike, those wheels need to either find a new home or become wall art of some sort, lol.

Got some light re-arranged, this photo is with the can lights and not great bulbs, need to upgrade them to some LED. But all-in-all, its shaping up.
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Next project will be to do tie in this area; I am going to replace that last post with one of the wood beams, then find a way to dress up/camouflage my beer fridge and incorporate some metal roofing and some reclaimed lumber. OH! we were gifted a small kegarator for a wedding gift, so that is another thing that needs to find a home.....I need to update my thread title to be the never ending projects on endless drive lol
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[Morio]

wow! Great progress! I need to visit more often! Love the cayman btw

 

[fouckhest]

wow! Great progress! I need to visit more often! Love the cayman btw

Thanks buddy! You do need to visit, although, I'd love to make a trip to Tejas as well!

 

[fouckhest]

Like most on here, I am not good at sitting still, so used as much time as possible this weekend to keep working.

Saturday before doing a little family BBQ I got the kegerator in position, relocated one of the can lights, made a faux wall behind the kegerator, replaced the last metal post with a reclaimed corner post, utilized one of the old floor joists to close in the area above the fridge and kegerator, then had to mow grass and clean up to have a few folks over.
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Didn't get much work done Sunday, but got back after it yesterday. Made this table for the misses, she requested 6 cocktail tables for our wedding, so this was my "proof of concept," that needed approval before I build the others as we get closer to the big day. The rest seemed to fly by with getting the kegerator assembled and finishing off the fridge to blend in/match the general theme of the basement/bar.

Cocktail table (and lazy hound)
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Fridge all dressed up
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Shot of that full wall. All-in-all I am very happy with how it is all coming together, eventually I'd like to do something with the floor. I am thinking about doing a cheap'ish linoleum floor, I've seen some decent looking patterns at Lowes for ~$1/sqft. One of my next projects is going to be making some shelves on the walls that are on either side of the parts room bi-fold doors.
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[Metallitubby]

I might be the only one depressed that the fridge is covered now. Maybe it's because I did one the same way in my bachelor days. Morio most likely grabbed a beer from it too!

 

[fouckhest]

I might be the only one depressed that the fridge is covered now. Maybe it's because I did one the same way in my bachelor days. Morio most likely grabbed a beer from it too!

Rest assured those treasures/memories are not gone, simply covered! lol

I actually have SO MANY stickers that I may continue that tradition in the parts room on the file cabinets...there are already a couple with a solid start
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[fouckhest]

I wish I had more garage related news, but house projects are top priority right now. We are trying to get the master bed/bath suite wrapped up in parallel with getting the fiances house listed before the market softens much more.

Been a good few weeks of progress, got the new windows installed in the master bedroom, should let a lot more light in.

Before:
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After:
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Also got the vanity from the cabinet maker; the misses wanted "file cabinet style" I think it turned out rather nice
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Over the last couple weeks I finished up hanging drywall in the bathroom and started trying my hand and finishing it...Its coming out "ok," but I definitely think I'm going to try and hire someone to finish the bedroom and hallway

Oh, and the tile man has officially started on the shower!

Bathroom drywall fun! (I really wish we could put a bigger window in there, but the garage roof is right below that)
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Outside view of said window....
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Concrete in the shower floor with the drain installed. I'm excited to show off the tile the misses picked for the niche in the shower, I'm certain it will be GJ approved
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I know these aren't excited garage or car project updates, but a necessary evil at this point and this is a great way to document everything. If all goes as planned, after the wedding I am going to start working on my mk4 gti v8 project, hopeful to have some fun fabrication content soon!

 

[Chrisb62]

I know these aren't excited garage or car project updates, but a necessary evil at this point and this is a great way to document everything. If all goes as planned, after the wedding I am going to start working on my mk4 gti v8 project, hopeful to have some fun fabrication content soon!

These things are part of the entire "Mini Garagemahal" and should be included and shown, so we all don't wonder where you disappeared to.......I feel that way about every person on the forum.

 

[fouckhest]

These things are part of the entire "Mini Garagemahal" and should be included and shown, so we all don't wonder where you disappeared to.......I feel that way about every person on the forum.

Thanks Chris, appreciate the support!

 

[jbrentd]

Remodel is coming along nicely. We have a couple of bathrooms that need to be remodeled sometime soon...so I like following along.

 

[fouckhest]

Remodel is coming along nicely. We have a couple of bathrooms that need to be remodeled sometime soon...so I like following along.

Thanks Brent, after another night of sanding and what I am hoping will be my last coat of mud, fingers crossed, we will get some primer on the walls/ceiling this weekend before the tile guy comes next week!

 

[fouckhest]

FINALLY....A small garage update!

Happened to catch a window last night where the misses was going to dinner with her daughter, I got yard work done earlier than expected, so I had some free time and the material I had ordered from online metals had been sitting around for a few days....

Small back story....my grandfather owned an Esso Station back in the 60's (ish/maybe), when I was growing up there was this tiger in the upstairs/woodshop of his shop/barn/garage. As the oldest male of all the grandchildren (and only gearhead), I layed claim to this many many years ago. It has been with me for going on 10yrs now, but I've never had a good place to put it, until building the new garage.

Its been floating around on different so shelves and such for a while, and I'm always worried that its going to get further damaged. so recently sketched up some ideas for a stand to hang it in the my work bench/toolbox corner.

Plan is to build a small stand out of 1x1 steel angle, that will have an Esso sign that hangs under the Tiger....here are some photos of said tiger and the stickers I found on Etsy, I think they are sized rather approprately.

Tiger
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Sticker for scale
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Here is the start of the stand
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[Morio]

Man! That Tiger is badass! I love it! Remodel is looking great! Things are looking good my friend! I love your bar area! I so need to build something like that in mine!


and Andy, I did enjoy a beer or two out of a decorative fridge of yours back in the yesteryears of VW nonsense

 

[fouckhest]

Man! That Tiger is badass! I love it! Remodel is looking great! Things are looking good my friend! I love your bar area! I so need to build something like that in mine!


and Andy, I did enjoy a beer or two out of a decorative fridge of yours back in the yesteryears of VW nonsense

Thanks buddy! Thee bar area is already bittersweet, lol! OH!!! that fridge could certainly tell some good stories!

Sunday garage update!

The misses was doing a bachelorette thing yesterday and didnt get back till lunch today, so spent a few hours yesterday morning getting the stand finished up and rough mock up of the tiger on his perch

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Here is my make shift sign in process, could scraps of 3/4" plywood sandwiched in between two sheets of aluminum
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All stickered up
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Hung up! (I really need to clean up my work bench, its rather embarrassing) going to finish it out with some trim board around the wood I think...
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