Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Welcome......To Odd Acres

[Finallygotit]

....How many BTU's is that portable mini-split?

Mac, that little mini heat pump is 12,000 BTU's, and surprisingly heavy.

 

[rmack898]

Thanks Dan

 

[Finallygotit]

Stiiiiiiil waiting on final inspection........sigh.......

But, in the meantime, my lovely wife pretty much insisted that the new shop have red racing stripes. So we copied the stripe sizing from the Cobra and put it on the walls.



Oh, and we applied the window tinting to all three sliding windows and the windows in the garage door. Much less glare and a bit cooler.

I think my next project will be the epoxy coating on the floor but I'm going to have to wait until the temps get out of the triple digits otherwise the epoxy will kick over before I'm anywhere near done. It's supposed to be hot for the next week then it will cool off. Oh well, I waited this long........

 

[Mr.zippy]

Stripes look real good! I like your garage/shop, you have patiently waited for this one.

 

[jbmatth]

I really like the stripes too, it is coming together nicely.

JB

 

[Finallygotit]

Thank you both and thanks for stopping by.

 

[Finallygotit]

I took this week off to burn up some PTO. My wife and I decided to drive out this morning to get some breakfast. Now I have driven down this road before but this was the first time I noticed this road sign. Enjoy.....

 

[DennisK]

Isn't that one of GJ's member road?

 

[Finallygotit]

Isn't that one of GJ's member road?

Dennis, if it is, I was not aware of it but I don't think so. That road has commercial buildings and such.

 

[StormcrowAz]

The street going the opposite direction on the other side of the cross-road really should be named "Wight Wy"

 

[Finallygotit]

OK, I'm looking for some advice/guidance on this.



Here you see the usual concrete control joints that I have in the slab in the new shop. Having had these in the last shop, they are kind of a pain when rolling wheeled items across them. I was thinking of filling them in prior to epoxy coating. Question, should I fill them in and if so with what? Or should i just leave them alone and deal with them?

Thanks in advance.

 

[rmack898]

Dan, in a commercial floor I did several years ago, we addressed the joints after the epoxy coating. I used foam backer rod to fill the joints followed by a Sika-flex product that cured fast and stayed pliable. The floor was done in grey epoxy and the joints were dark grey, it looked good and held up well to heavy traffic.

 

[Slowbuilder]

Your epoxy supplier should be able to provide an epoxy filler to put in the floor before coating the floor. I used Arizona Polymer Floors RTE-100 Gel Crack Repair, and did it before coating the floor with their Epoxy/Poly 100. After watching a couple of YouTube videos, I applied it a little proud of the floor surface, and ground it flush with a diamond grinding wheel.

The distributor only sold it in 3 gallon kits, so I have quite a bit left over. PM me if you are interested in some, or would like the distributor's name. I'm just up the I-10 a ways from you...

The shots below show most of the 1000 sq. ft. that I treated in my shop. It had 16 rectangular sections separated by control joints. You can see where the control joints are in person by looking closely, but they don't show up in the pictures. You probably couldn't see them in person if I had done a flake finish, but I like the look of the uniform slate color.

 

[Finallygotit]

Dan, in a commercial floor I did several years ago, we addressed the joints after the epoxy coating. I used foam backer rod to fill the joints followed by a Sika-flex product that cured fast and stayed pliable. The floor was done in grey epoxy and the joints were dark grey, it looked good and held up well to heavy traffic.

Mac, I have research to perform. Thank you!

 

[Finallygotit]

Your epoxy supplier should be able to provide an epoxy filler to put in the floor before coating the floor. I used Arizona Polymer Floors RTE-100 Gel Crack Repair, and did it before coating the floor with their Epoxy/Poly 100. After watching a couple of YouTube videos, I applied it a little proud of the floor surface, and ground it flush with a diamond grinding wheel.

The distributor only sold it in 3 gallon kits, so I have quite a bit left over. PM me if you are interested in some, or would like the distributor's name. I'm just up the I-10 a ways from you...

The shots below show most of the 1000 sq. ft. that I treated in my shop. It had 16 rectangular sections separated by control joints. You can see where the control joints are in person by looking closely, but they don't show up in the pictures. You probably couldn't see them in person if I had done a flake finish, but I like the look of the uniform slate color.

Slowbuilder, thank you very much for this info. Like I said to Mac, I have some research to do. Both options sound appealing. Now if the freakin' temps would just come down a bit, I could get something done.

BTW, your floors look great! Both of you.

 

[Finallygotit]

WE HAVE PASSED FINAL INSPECTION!!!!!! WOO-HOO!!!

 

[zmotorsports]

AWESOME Dan. That is a great day when that takes place.

 

[Finallygotit]

AWESOME Dan. That is a great day when that takes place.

Thanks Mike. It sure is good to have all of this behind us now. Lots of work to do.

 

[cbacres]

Congrats!!!!

I’ll second on the Sikaflex.

 

[tj675]

Congrats on passing the final inspection!!

 

[rmack898]

Great to hear Dan.

 

[Finallygotit]

Congrats on passing the final inspection!!

Great to hear Dan.

Thanks guys, much appreciated!

 

[Mr.zippy]

Congratulations! Now, get those damned holes in the side walls covered up and sealed

 

[Chrisb62]

Congratulations! Now, get those damned holes in the side walls covered up and sealed

Maybe paint a fake stream on the floor between holes first.........nope

 

[Finallygotit]

Congratulations! Now, get those damned holes in the side walls covered up and sealed

Hahahaha...... Oh you can bet those damned things will be caulked up and painted! And soon!

Maybe paint a fake stream on the floor between holes first.........nope

Nice thought.......NOPE! Hahahahahaha.....

Had the roofers come back out to give us an estimate to re-do the roof on the house. He saw the flood vents on the shop and asked what kind of dog door they were.

Thanks for stopping by guys!

 

[zmotorsports]

OK Dan, enough jibber jabbering about the house roof and relaxing after the final inspection. You've got work to do. We want to see that shop setup with the tools and equipment in it and better yet, making chips and working on projects.

 

[Finallygotit]

OK Dan, enough jibber jabbering about the house roof and relaxing after the final inspection. You've got work to do. We want to see that shop setup with the tools and equipment in it and better yet, making chips and working on projects.

Yes sir, right away sir! But first I must hydrate.......


I'll let you know when I'm done hydrating.

 

[Finallygotit]

We need more POWER! The electricians left me with this breaker box. Knowing that if I asked for a larger breaker box, they would ask all kinds of questions that did not apply. Never mind that the electrician freaked out when he saw the Bridgeport. (long story...) Anyway, this is what was left after initial installation.


Not nearly enough spaces for the breakers that I needed.

So this weekend I removed that box and installed a new breaker box with a proper main breaker.



Much more better.

So then after that, my good friend and I installed a bit of lighting. Let there be light!!!





The power to the light fixtures is temporary until I get some conduit run.

Next up is to call my HVAC guy to install the mini-split and get on his schedule.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

Let there be light!!

Nice work Dan!

 

[Finallygotit]

Let there be light!!

Nice work Dan!

Thanks Marc! Little steps.....

 

[rmack898]

I don’t know Dan, that looks a wee more than a bit of lighting. It also looks great. WFH (Woo F’n Hoo)

 

[Finallygotit]

I don’t know Dan, that looks a wee more than a bit of lighting. It also looks great. WFH (Woo F’n Hoo)

WFH indeed, Mac!! And I still have 10 four foot LED fixtures to hang. Gonna need some shades when I flip the switch.

I'm thinking it will get a wee bit brighter in there when I put the epoxy down.

 

[cros13]

Garage is looking great! love the stripes!

My vote goes for a grey epoxy floor like what I have. DONT do flakes, you will curse the day you drop any kind of nut and bolt and it blends into the flakes in the floor.

Looks great in a showroom, not great in a workshop.

Grey... grey is nice...



Rudi.

 

[madison069]

Garage looking good Dan! I've been following your build, but just haven't been posting much.

I might have missed it, but what's your first planned project to do in the garage?

 

[Finallygotit]

Garage is looking great! love the stripes!

My vote goes for a grey epoxy floor like what I have. DONT do flakes, you will curse the day you drop any kind of nut and bolt and it blends into the flakes in the floor.

Looks great in a showroom, not great in a workshop.

Grey... grey is nice...



Rudi.

Hi Rudi, I hear you on the flakes but I have been overruled. I was told I will have flakes. Now if I drop something, that's what my bar magnet is for. That sucker has come in handy more than a few times.

Now for the gray.......yeah, I'm not a fan of gray. But I certainly do appreciate the suggestion.

Garage looking good Dan! I've been following your build, but just haven't been posting much.

I might have missed it, but what's your first planned project to do in the garage?

Thanks Madison! I think my first project will be to repair and reconfigure an electric boat winch. We keep having issues with the wire rope. We're going to try another route.

 

[madison069]

Thanks Madison! I think my first project will be to repair and reconfigure an electric boat winch. We keep having issues with the wire rope. We're going to try another route.

Intrigue, what's this electric boat winch you speak of? I've been eyeballing the boat winch on my boat trailer as it's rusty and the strap is looking rough. This winter is the time to change it out if I'm gonna do it.

 

[Finallygotit]

Intrigue, what's this electric boat winch you speak of? I've been eyeballing the boat winch on my boat trailer as it's rusty and the strap is looking rough. This winter is the time to change it out if I'm gonna do it.

Stay tuned.......

 

[Finallygotit]

Small update!

Things have been hectic around here and most of it was not shop related. I did get some work done on the shop. I decided on the Sikaflex product to fill in the expansion joint in the concrete. Overall, I like the stuff.



Next, I put down the epoxy color base coat for the shop floor.



And lastly, I put the clear coat on. Turned out pretty good IMHO.



This past weekend, I was able to finish running the 240v feed for the mini-split and installed the service disconnect outside.



And I started installing the wall cabinets that will go over the workbench.



I ordered the new air compressor which should be shipping shortly. I have to wait for some other stuff that is back ordered......sigh......

 

[jbmatth]

Progress is progress, still looking good. What floor epoxy did you go with?

JB

 

[OutlawDrifter]

Floor looks nice Dan!