Old garage made new

[andyztoy]

Well, little bit about me. Just turned 24. Have been tinkering in my dads garage since i was 16. Bought my first house Jan 2011 and been fixing it up since.

old mans garage, attached double car 17 X 17

my new garage, 15 X 21

We decided to fix up the garage rather then tear it down and build a new one.
It needed new shingles, once we pealed off the old ones we decided to re sheet the whole roof

There was no windows in the garage, so i said hey dad lets put some skylights in while we do the roof. He said okay found some used ones on kijiji

 

[andyztoy]

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Next was the useless garage door...... we put a larger one in

Garage stayed like this for a while..... we capped the wood.

While using the garage, i found that in the warmer weather it was very stuffy at the back of the garage ...... so i asked my dad if we could put a window in, another kijiji find .... used window

As you can see there was a ridiculous amount of junk in the garage. My dad left me a lot of stuff when he moved south so ...... i needed shed

 

[andyztoy]

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I asked my dad to build me a nice shed, he said nope, he was too busy, soooo there was a place down the st that made nice sheds... he sells his demos every fall for a reduced price so i put a deposit down at one

8 X 10 full steel door

he sells them as-is off the lot... you have to move them yourself

going up

special delivery

in the driveway house is just a small bungalow but its great

prepped a base

called every strong buddy i had over .... we used pvc plumbing pipe to roll the shed into place

 

[andyztoy]

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So winter is almost here.... i am planing on fully refinishing the inside of the garage in the spring / summer. I would also like to run a natural gas line out the garage in the summer and hook up a heater

I had a chance to put up my shop lights the other week

I have a propane heater so i can do a bit of tinkering this winter

leave your comments

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[bacpacker]

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Nice start on the shop. Seems like there is always one more thing to be done. But I guess that's part of the fun.

 

[Thruxton]

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Great project - I really like your updates to windows and garage door. Looking good!

 

[rickairmedic]

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Andy I have a freind who has almost the same garage . When he moved in it looked just like yours over the years it has gone through several stages of improvements . He has built a few really nice " LARGE " cars in that old garage a 1974 cougar and a 1973 ranchero to name a few . He has goten it fully insulated and drywalled now and actually heats it with a pair of electric oil filed radiant heaters and cools it with a small window unit . He has made it his own and is in it more than he is in his house .


Rick

 

[bacarl]

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Nice work, especially the door(s) and skylights. How many cars do you have!? I see the old Passat, the Jetta wagon, and the little Cabrio, not to mention the Grand Am!

 

[andyztoy]

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Andy I have a freind who has almost the same garage . and cools it with a small window unit . He has made it his own and is in it more than he is in his house .

Rick

ya rick the idea with this garage is the flowing... car, motorcycle, tool box and beer fridge ....

no junk in the garage will give me more then enough room and i was even thinking of one of those $150 window a/c units as well

 

[andyztoy]

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Nice work, especially the door(s) and skylights. How many cars do you have!? I see the old Passat, the Jetta wagon, and the little Cabrio, not to mention the Grand Am!

the grand am was the previous owner of the house car... that picture was taken when we did the home inspection

the "old passat" is really a 1992 jetta its my big project car, you can see the build here

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4400090-mint-green-rotisserie-goodness

the jetta wagon is my daylee car right now, and the cabrio is the girlfriends car

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[andyztoy]

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here is a picture with the wood capped, we used a Gray to match the shingles

 

[RIVERWEST AUTO]

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KEEP IT UP! nice vws by the way.

 

[SoL from Sweden]

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nice build, but one thing, maybe its tha camera angle, or my display, or even my eyes, byt the whole thing looks a bitt "off" like its wider at the bottom than on the top. a bit leany i guess

 

[happy]

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Keep up the good work. My first garage was 18 x 32 and leaned on the neighbors garage. My dad and I lifted it and put a new foundation and sill plate, lowered it and pulled it over as straight as possible. I then straightened the front by putting a false front. Front the street it looked like a new building from the small space to the neighbors side not so nice. Nobody ever saw it.

I was young and aggressive like you keep at it. Nice work!!

 

[andyztoy]

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nice build, but one thing, maybe its tha camera angle, or my display, or even my eyes, byt the whole thing looks a bitt "off" like its wider at the bottom than on the top. a bit leany i guess

yes the one wall has shifted a bit some time in the last 50 years ... we figure the garage should stand for another 50 years

 

[andyztoy]

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well time for an update ..

where we left off

ripping all the old wall material off .. found some abandoned windows

fresh wood

 

[andyztoy]

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new walls .. straight walls that is

framed an opening to put a window a.c in one day if need be

raise the roof

insulation R 40 in the ceiling .. R20 in the peek R12 in the walls

 

[andyztoy]

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drywall

 

[bazzateer]

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Some good work going on there. Isn't it going to make the space a fair bit smaller though?

 

[Super Sport]

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Looks worlds better! I've never seen skylights in a garage before, but i like the idea! I also like the window AC cutout.

 

[Olliecampbell]

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Looks excellent. Love the window find

 

[scab]

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You've made excellent progress, good work.

One question though, why does the front room of your house have two doors at different levels? Is the one on the left a basement door or something?

 

[andyztoy]

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Some good work going on there. Isn't it going to make the space a fair bit smaller though?

When me and my dad were framing the walls we were very careful to only cut into the garage as little as possible

I lost about 4" in width and 4" in length

I Measured the garage and its still 15 ft by 21 ft

 

[andyztoy]

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You've made excellent progress, good work.

One question though, why does the front room of your house have two doors at different levels? Is the one on the left a basement door or something?

The door on the left ... side door ... puts you on a landing which then you can walk up a few stairs to up stairs ... or walk down a few stairs to the basement.

There is a few houses on my street with the same design the two doors and most my neighbors never use the front door ... always the side door

 

[power wagon]

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i like it,good work, ive seen people tearing down buildings to build again,thats so wrong

 

[andyztoy]

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i like it,good work, ive seen people tearing down buildings to build again,thats so wrong

Thanks .. its something we briefly considered... but it would have been much more costly .. I would have wanted bigger garage and needed permits. So we decided to sink some money into what we have

 

[andyztoy]

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fresh paint

 

[Bull]

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Wow. It looks like a totally different (and much nicer) space in there now!

 

[Cobra4B]

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Excellent work. Did you retain the "found" windows or delete them?

 

[1953mercury]

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Very nice job. I stared out with a 1-1/2 car tin shed with a dirt floor in my first house back in the mid 70's. Your work will pay off in resale when you move on. Cheers, Mike

 

[andyztoy]

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Excellent work. Did you retain the "found" windows or delete them?

deleted them ..

had to make way for the old Chinese food restaurant shelves

have to re wire them and get some more low watt light bulbs but you get the idea

 

[Gentle_Ben]

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I am so impressed with what you have done with this older garage. You've created a very nice workspace for your projects!

 

[DBM]

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Hey andyztoy nice to see a neighbour on GJ, I am just east of you in Newtonville. Isn't Kijiji great anyway nice looking space you've made for yourself.

 

[ewang]

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Looks good!

 

[andyztoy]

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Gentle_Ben; .. thanks

DBM .. likewise .. girl friends parents live in Newcastle

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lights .. so i can see what I am doing in there

 

[GregsRetroGarage]

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Very nice! I am going to check out your VW Build thread now!

 

[andyztoy]

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sound check

 

[andyztoy]

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Well the garage is starting to take shape. Still got a few little things to do.

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[andyztoy]

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[nicobkn]

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Nice work! Funny I remember reading your Mk2 thread when you first started! It's been a long time. Not a VW owner anymore