Wow.. feels like I'm among friends..

[Gene Arch]

I finally found a place where I can discuss this "garage' obsession

Here's what I've done so far:

So far the remodel includes:
4 - 20A circuits & receptacles (3 4X per wall)
2 - Overhead flourescent lights (white enclosed boxes)
1 - Epoxy "granite look" floor
36'- of custom maple cabinets (floor to ceiling)
1 - Custom cabinet over heater & Water heater
2 - Parkzone "platinum" Parking assist units
1 - Wayne Dalton Thermowayne II Garage Door
1 - Wayne Dalton Doormaster opener

* If you're shopping, this is the really trick setup. No opener in the garage, it's on the header & turns the spring.

1 - Extra powdercoating for garage door rails
1 - GE Spacesaver Mini-Refrigerator
1 - 20" Sony Wega Television on a pull out swivel
1 - Sony STRDE135 Stereo Receiver
1 - Sony 5-Disc CD Changer
1 - ReplayTV 4000 PVR
1 - Retractable screen door (garage--> house)
1 - Hose Dragon motorized hose retractor built into one of the cabinets along with a water spigot.
1 - Ethernet, Cable, telephone line (spare) and speaker wire run to stereo location.
1 - Bose subwoofer (hidden in a vented cabinet) and 3 cube speakers
1 - Wireless motion detector off of home alarm system. (all controlled by any phone in the house or dial in)
1- Fire Extinguisher

Here's a before picture:




Here's today: (80% done)





Monday the cabinet maker returns to finish the back wall. Basically, it's going to be done to match the side walls, with all maple melamine. I'm considering skinning the door and painting the door frame.

What do you think?

[Likecars]

Welcome.

That looks fantastic. I spend enough time in the garage as it is, I'd never leave if it looked like that.

[Lowejackson]

That looks utterly fantastic. As someone with no garage at all, I am very envious.

A job well done

Steven
Alfa 164

Wow! What lucky car gets to call that garage home?

Just curious... where's the workbench?

db

[Gene Arch]

Originally posted by autopia
Wow! What lucky car gets to call that garage home?

Just curious... where's the workbench?

db

2002 Black/Black SC430

On the back wall, there will be a 24W X 40D fold down work bench behind two doors. The back wall is being finished with 6 doors, 4 to cover the water heater and house heater, the other 2 for the fold down bench. I do have a decent sized Craftsman tool box in one of the cabinets, which required that shelf to be fixed in place and reinforced.

This garage wasn't intended as a "mechanics garage", more of a super clean car garage with tons of storage. I do have a water outlet in one of the cabinets with a Hose Dragon electric, hose reel. (VERY COOL) Also, a wall mount shop vac is installed in another. It all works very well for the intent.

Almost done...

I've learned a bunch with this one. The next one will be a 3 car, most likely 2 wide and 2 deep on one side. (Since I'm looking for a spot to build in the Channel Islands Harbor area, 3 wides are pretty rare) I really need the indoor space for a boat and a couple of Jet Ski's. I have even better plans for the next one! Stay tuned.

[FLONI]

..............that is an awesome garage....those cabinets are huge....how deep are they

[Gene Arch]

They are all 24" deep, most are 36" wide with a couple 44" for wider storage such as bicycles hanging. of course, they all have full backs and go completely to the ceiling. Even the little gap at the top was filled.

[FLONI]

fantastic job.....be sure to send a pic when you have everything all stuffed in there....because as unbelievable as it seems now....in less than a yr or so...you'll prbably have them all filled up....but the bright side is...now u have a great excuse to buy all new stuff...cant have a bunch of empty cabinets now can we..............

[BradE]

Wow! Nice Garage. Many people here, including myself, have been fixing up their garages before winter hits. I had my floor done in 2-part Epoxy a few weeks ago. I dont have a big budget for the garage, and I spent some money to have the floor done by a pro, so I have to do most of the cabinet work myself. If you don't mind my asking, how much did it cost you to redo your garage like that?

[Gene Arch]

Everything totaled was just at $14K. That includes $2,000 for the garage door and the additional $1,500 I am spending for the back wall to be completed.

I looked at "off the shelf" cabinets, but decided to have a custom job done. One issue was the beam across the top at 7' in. It is actually incorporated into the cabinets. It was also a challenge for the door opener. Everyone in my neighborhood with this model home has their door coming under the beam and a traditional opener below that. We did some exact measurements and determined with a high rise rail, we could take a foot out of the door depth and with the Wayne Dalton opener, it would be completely hidden. See the bottom pic? The door slides up and comes within 1" of the beam, yet tucks perfectly in place. The garage light is actually where the opener gets it's power, it's also the radio. I've been thinking about relocating it to the other side of the beam for an even more dramatic effect. The really cool thing about that opener is that it is really DC powered and it's power feed (a thin phone line) actually is charging the batteries. I accidentally unplugged the opener and it worked fine for 5 days.

[BradE]

Wow, $14K for the garage. I wish I had that kind of money to spend on the garage. It looks great though, nice job.