I will be closing on my "new" house soon, my favorite feature is the unattached, 2-car workshop. The house has an attached 2-car garage that will be used for parking, minor car maintenance, and storing of your typical garage stuff. This one on the other hand will be my dedicated workshop and I can't wait to completely remodel it. Primarily I am into metal working (MIG, TIG, Plasma, etc.), but I also do some wood working so consider it a non-commercial hobby workshop. I do very little automotive work, just not really into cars. Let's get started.
Here is a panoramic shot of it. The entrance (a solid wood door) is on the right where the nice real estate lady is standing (you can only see her head). That first (ajar) door near her leads to a 2-room office with hardwood floors and (mostly) wood paneled walls (some peg-board hanging on those walls). For the time being the office will pretty much be staying as-is, just needs some clean up. The next door is a bathroom with a small sink and toilet. Over to the left is a staircase that leads to the attic where there is lots of storage room. Most of the gear you see in the photo will leave along with the prior owners. I plan to gut the shop completely and start from the studs. I have very solid electrical and plumbing skills; I've completely wired and plumbed two previous houses by myself and had no issues passing the inspections.
The shop as it sits today:
This is looking east, the cabinets are very cheap and kind of rickety. I plan to replace them with some high-quality storage cabinets else make my own. The windows are single-pane aluminum sliders. The peg board will go, I prefer to keep my tools in storage cabinets.
Looking west; all of the tools will be gone, that "workshelf" is strong but not very high quality.
When you reach the top of the stairs and look right, this is the attic storage area. There is some ABS drain (vent) line and a cold water hookup.
Other end of storage shows the staircase and the very noisy, old attic fan.
This is the office:
My plans at this point include adding a porcelain tile floor to the shop area (I did not see a single crack nor any damage in the concrete), HVAC system, insulated roll-up door (the existing one is in bad shape and is bent), air distribution plumbing (there is a shed outside that will house my 60 gallon compressor), 120/240V wiring for tools and welding gear, hopefully a ceiling mounted electric hoist, possibly a TV and stereo speakers on the far wall above where the grey toolbox is, a water heater, and definitely a deep-bowl (1-2) stainless shop sink. I hate fluorescent lighting, so that will most likely get replaced with ceiling cans with bright LEDs.
So, given a blank canvas along with my ideas above, what would you do to make this the perfect hobby workshop? Also, shop layout ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Here is a panoramic shot of it. The entrance (a solid wood door) is on the right where the nice real estate lady is standing (you can only see her head). That first (ajar) door near her leads to a 2-room office with hardwood floors and (mostly) wood paneled walls (some peg-board hanging on those walls). For the time being the office will pretty much be staying as-is, just needs some clean up. The next door is a bathroom with a small sink and toilet. Over to the left is a staircase that leads to the attic where there is lots of storage room. Most of the gear you see in the photo will leave along with the prior owners. I plan to gut the shop completely and start from the studs. I have very solid electrical and plumbing skills; I've completely wired and plumbed two previous houses by myself and had no issues passing the inspections.
The shop as it sits today:
This is looking east, the cabinets are very cheap and kind of rickety. I plan to replace them with some high-quality storage cabinets else make my own. The windows are single-pane aluminum sliders. The peg board will go, I prefer to keep my tools in storage cabinets.
Looking west; all of the tools will be gone, that "workshelf" is strong but not very high quality.
When you reach the top of the stairs and look right, this is the attic storage area. There is some ABS drain (vent) line and a cold water hookup.
Other end of storage shows the staircase and the very noisy, old attic fan.
This is the office:
My plans at this point include adding a porcelain tile floor to the shop area (I did not see a single crack nor any damage in the concrete), HVAC system, insulated roll-up door (the existing one is in bad shape and is bent), air distribution plumbing (there is a shed outside that will house my 60 gallon compressor), 120/240V wiring for tools and welding gear, hopefully a ceiling mounted electric hoist, possibly a TV and stereo speakers on the far wall above where the grey toolbox is, a water heater, and definitely a deep-bowl (1-2) stainless shop sink. I hate fluorescent lighting, so that will most likely get replaced with ceiling cans with bright LEDs.
So, given a blank canvas along with my ideas above, what would you do to make this the perfect hobby workshop? Also, shop layout ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
