The FNG Garage

[keithh2oskier]

Hey GJ'ers,

My wife and I are about 1/2 way through escrow on our very first house. We are pretty excited but of course I am most excited about finally having a real 2 car garage. Right now at our rental we have a little 1.5 car garage which is about wide enough to drive a smart car through... Its a detached 20x22 so not the largest but it gives me room to work on my dirtbikes, maintain the cars, and drink some cold beers with the dog. Dont worry he doesnt drink - hes still a puppy and not of legal age yet...

The original owner is a 93 year old single woman so as you can imagine the garage was not a priority except to park her Buick and store some house paint and stains...

Right now the garage only has one outlet and a 4' light that is near worthless over the work bench. Basically the light from the garage opener is all I have...

So my immediate plans are to run some more plugs off the 20A to at least make it useable for the immediate future. I will plan on adding another 20A off the main pannel so I can run my compressor, stereo, beer fridge, lights, and tools as needed.

I havent really thought of the layout yet but i will put some wood in the rafters to put the wifes holiday decorations so they are out of sight - out of my mind!

She has a small work bench that will likely stay with the cabinets and I may eventually build another one to the left of the big faux-wood cabinet.

I will need to build a small shed to get the lawn equipment out of the garage because of the space it takes up. Eventually I want to be able to park the wifes car in there but I have priorties first.

Here are a few pics below:

 

[Humble Mechanic]

Looks like a nice shop! Keep the pics coming..

 

[Jack Olsen]

That's a nice work bench for a 93-year-old woman.

It looks like a nice place. Don't ever count 20x22 out. You can do a lot in a shop that size.

 

[keithh2oskier]

Hey GJ's,

Finally starting to get everything moved in and in place. Obviously your only interested in the garage and not the living quarters so here are a few more pics I snapped this morning with my phone.

Yesterday a buddy and myself wired six additional outlets and started to hang the three 4' shop lights. I have two hung and one more to go + the one over the bench. Ill post some better pictures later.

Below is the work bench area. I replaced tossed her old hanging 4' shop light and replaced it with one that I already had. She had some pegboard already up which I love for my wrenches and basic stuff. On the shelfs above the bench are the regular maintenance oils/lubricants for the dirtbikes

Here are the dirtbikes. My 00 KTM 200 MXC and wifes 02 Honda XR200 in case your curious. Back behind the bikes is the lawn mower, pressure washer, blower, gas line trimmer, edger, etc... All of which needs a shed to house it. That will be one of the projects in the next few months so I can keep that stuff out of the garage and more space for my toys

Here is a shot of my compressor and the hose reel that I need to setup. I will clean this up this week so it doesnt look so sloppy.

Finally the most important area of the garage - the beer fridge and stereo... I need to get some speaker wire so I can move the stereo.

 

[Weekend_warrior]

Looks like a nice start. A fellow KTM rider!

 

[UN4GTBL]

Looks great for sure!