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My Odd Garage........

Fastbird

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Been a member here since 2006ish I think. Had a nice 750SF attached 3 car once upon a time, then fell on some pretty dark and hard times. Picked myself up, dusted myself off, got back in the mix. Spent a few years slaving, finally landed a good job. Sadly during that time a foreclosure and bankruptcy ensued. Continued to press on. Talked to a lender last fall, found out we were actually excellently positioned to buy a home after doing some maneuvering and saving. So we started looking, and fell in love with the first house we looked at (we looked at plenty more but NOTHING compared at the same price point).

So without further adieu, I give you my "Odd Garage."



Notice the little protrusion on the left. That's a third side entry bay.



Decent size on the two car side, nice kick back up at the front for my tool box and a bench (that cabinet will most likely be making an exit).



Has AWESOME ceiling height in the two car side. Sadly there's a slight incline to the floor, so no lift here.



Brought my baby home from our previous rental today too.

The one car bay is 12x20, the two car side is 20 x 27 deep with exception of the door area (mud room). I figure the two car side is going to be a tight fit (2005 Pacifica and 2012 Passat will both be going in) but it should work.

No huge plans as of yet. Some LED fluorescent style lights, build a work bench, put up some cabinets, etc. One day in the future I'd like to add on to the one car side by building it out to the front of the two car bay, and creating a much larger area for storage, etc.

Anywho, that's my reintroduction.
 
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greenlizard

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Nice to see someone recovering. Times have been pretty lean for a lot if us since '09 or so.
Is there a reason a lift can't be installed on a slightly sloped surface? I'd think the columns could be shimmed to vertical?
 

Power Sedan

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Congrats on the new purchase! Plenty of great potential with that garage combination and depth. I'd love to have a 27' garage. I think the vette is plenty well suited for is own reserved room.

I can understand your situation, I myself had to do a full 360 with a career change, and rebudget my life and start over, and grow within and move forward.
 
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Fastbird

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Fort Wayne, IN
The floor slope would make shimming a two post life nearly impossible. It's enough slope that you'd never get the rear arms under a car. I'll try to capture pictures of it. I know WHY they did the floor the way they did, to keep a gentle entry angle into the garage. The sides next to the foundation actually slope up and level off about 6" up from the main floor. It's awfully intrusive on usable space is what it is. Once we get the boxes and stuff unpacked more I'll try to get some pics. Just found out on Thursday that my tool box won't fit under those shelves in the front. Top won't open, hence top box drawers don't open (Craftsman BB Griplatch 40" stack). Could give me reason to grab the HF 72" or the Masterforce 72" box though.........

Now.......the ceiling over the single bay is a small attic floor. I could potentially remove that flooring and go with a four post on that single bay if I needed. I'd have to have a doggone good reason I.E. something VERY nice I'd want to keep inside also. That's a long way off though.

Starting over again, at any age after you've been doing something for in excess of a decade or more and it's all you know, is extremely difficult. Took me about 3 years and really got lucky that my current job dropped out of thin air into my lap, literally found out about it from the local unemployment office as I was doing unemp paperwork. One of a hundred hired out of over 1300 applicants. I still can't believe it to this day. Makes me appreciate everything that much more.
 
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