New Member (New GARAGE!) Advice Please!

[truekid]

BEEN a long time lurker, but finally bought a house with a garage. Cannot wait to set it up.

Background: I was a mechanic for little under a decade, and have worked mostly on german cars at BMW and Mercedes. Recently bought my first house with a two car garage in Sykesville MD!

Looking for a bit of advise of what lift would fit in my garage. The garage's dimensions are 20x20x10. I checked the concrete depth, and its at 4.5-5" deep.

Mostly wrench on my own cars, and motorcycles. I do not think I will be doing a full work shop until a bigger unit is build. My options are:
- maxjax
- the twin busch scissor lift
- even thought about the c7000 but thats a stretch.

I have no HOA, so I may build a bigger garage later down the road, and mount a proper lift. I attached some pictures of my garage for reference, and some with what seem to be settlement cracks, any issues you see please let me know!

Love this forum!

 

[38Chevy454]

I see no relief cuts in the concrete floor, so that's why you have the cracks. All concrete will crack, the relief cuts are put in to control where the cracks occur. 10 ft height is better than many attached garages. A MaxJax or scissor lift can give you some mid lift range for working. Depending on location of the cracks may dictate what choice of lift style.

Looks like the outer walls are not insulated. You may want to look into insulating and then finishing the walls if you plan to do much work out there. Insulation helps both winter and summer. Run a bunch more electrical before sealing it all up. You can also add some shelves up higher along the back and side walls that will be out of your way, but still add some nice storage capacity.

 

[truekid]

38 Chevy454 Thanks for the tips. Been a pretty busy few months, but I have made progress.

Finally able to complete my bunch list.

Wired up a 100 amp subpanel from my main, added 6 20amp outlets
Changed the garage door opener to LiftMaster 8500
Lights were wired thru the attic in the garage (SO much wasted space) Going to convert that into a storage.
Insulated the walls and ceiling and added drywall and paint.
Added a heater
Had the floor sanded and coated with Polyspartic coating

Ordered a a Dannmar M6 Lift and had a question if anyone could help me out on how they mounted theirs. I work on a variety of cars, mostly BMWs. Not sure how deep I want to mount the lift posts. Attached a drawing.

 

[ard]

Picture not working....

 

[truekid]

Yea I believe you have to have 5 posts for the pictures to work. And im not sure, but I think the mods moved this thread.

I ended up attaching it.