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[MJB1971]

Hey gang, just signed up, but the journal was responsible for helping me get a discount on the Armorpoxy floor I just installed.
Quite the project.
Ikll let the pics do the talking.

This was after a day long cleaning. Notice the floor, lots of cracks and the Cracks were impossible to move a creeper over, past, whatever.

So...

Notice all the clay and no gravel or any kind of rebar or base.
We could hear water running when it rained and it would puddle under the cracks in the concrete in front of the house.

Yes, expansion joints are coming, soon!
No, no floor drain, I wasn’t home to rough one in.
Lets talk about electric...

Every time I opened something up there was a WTF moment.
EVERY TIME!

Which one is the hot?
Where’s the ground?!

New drywall

...and paint and a barnwood border

Baseboard, too.

Armorpoxy Armorclad primer

...and wait to dry...

Fleck, baby, fleck, baby 1,2,3,4!

I also put together some time lapse of the epoxy installation.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Looks like really nice stuff that you have hopefully the water won’t damage anything when everything is sealed up a floor drain might help some. Will be glad to see more post from you. The electrical is a little sketchy though lol.


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[MJB1971]

Yeah, I agree. It’s better, now, but still needs some work. The original buffoon that wired things had stuff daisy#chained so the garage was tapped into the living room, so I would run the compressor, half the house would go out. The garage outlets have their own GROUNDED runs, the house is back on its own, now, and the outlets are GROUNDED!!!

 

[nadogail]

Welcome to the forum from Southwestern California. There are strange things found in projects that were started by well intentioned, but incompetent others. Sometimes the best we can do is to try to not make things worse as we learn.

 

[mmb617]

Is somebody just messing with me? I see no pictures in the original post, yet others are posting as though they see them.

 

[58Yeoman]

Is somebody just messing with me? I see no pictures in the original post, yet others are posting as though they see them.

Me neither. The King has no clothes? Has clothes?

 

[logical]

Is somebody just messing with me? I see no pictures in the original post, yet others are posting as though they see them.

I see them

Sent from my garage.

 

[captain14]

No pictures here, just the little Boxes .

OP needs 5 posts for the pictures to show or he’s got an extra “s” on the attachment.

 

[MJB1971]

I’m lacking in post count, probably.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

I seen the pictures. I say it’s good you got that chicken scratch wiring fixed lol that would drive me crazy having half of the houses power go out.


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[MJB1971]

I seen the pictures. I say it’s good you got that chicken scratch wiring fixed lol that would drive me crazy having half of the houses power go out.


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It was SO annoying, and the garage was a mess, so it'd be dark, I'd have to stumble through piles of stuff and then hope I didn't break an ankle or knock something over.
I'm constantly fighting the packrat gene that was inherited from my dad.
I'm really trying to make sure it doesn't take hold again with this project.

 

[MJB1971]

Updated pics, anyone still having issues seeing 'em?

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

It was SO annoying, and the garage was a mess, so it'd be dark, I'd have to stumble through piles of stuff and then hope I didn't break an ankle or knock something over.

I'm constantly fighting the packrat gene that was inherited from my dad.

I'm really trying to make sure it doesn't take hold again with this project.

I bet so. I also have a pack rat gene from my dad lol. I wouldn’t want to stumble over things either. And I can still see your pictures fine.


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[captain14]

No photos.

The below link is from the Q&A section on how to post photos.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=162883

 

[MJB1971]

I used the photo button, copied the direct url from imgur and can see them on my home pc, but just boxes on my ipad. Weird.

 

[MJB1971]

Here is the direct imgur posting
https://imgur.com/gallery/Hek8rUP

 

[kroc0005]

This is one of the most informative posts i have seen in this group. Such a compilation of beginning to end well documented for our benefit! Thank you!

While I'm not in the market for floor coating, I do like the look of your barn wood upper trim. Specifically in the wall-ceiling corners they used no tape and it looks like ****. Having a decorative look with some wood is nice. So i will "steal" that idea appreciate this forum for this and many other reasons!

Kudos dude, looks like an awesome space!

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[Jeff Ivers]

Hope you get your pic issue resolved - sure would like to see what you are talking about.

 

[MJB1971]

This is one of the most informative posts i have seen in this group. Such a compilation of beginning to end well documented for our benefit! Thank you!

While I'm not in the market for floor coating, I do like the look of your barn wood upper trim. Specifically in the wall-ceiling corners they used no tape and it looks like ****. Having a decorative look with some wood is nice. So i will "steal" that idea appreciate this forum for this and many other reasons!

Kudos dude, looks like an awesome space!

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Thank you, yeah, we left some of the original drywall as it was not something I wanted to spend money on to fix, so we just painted it and called it a day.
Some of the drywall was so old, it was actually brown, they installed it wall with nails. Ick.

 

[MJB1971]

Updated a lil, brought in the tool box and a cabinet for my work related sterile product.

https://i.imgur.com/XZNqm2k.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/mhcKu44.jpg