Garage/Shop overhaul

[Greg Nichols]

This whole summer my home is undergoing a remodel phase. I included my garage as part thinking it would only take a little bit of effort. The initial idea was rip off drywall and upgrade electrical, insulate, re-drywall and get some adequate storage. Well during the demo we found the siding was just mounted to the studs, no sheeting, and the garage was not bolted to the foundation. Off came the siding, put up sheeting, cover with tyvex and wait for the next paycheck to afford new siding.



The electrical was upgraded to 20amp systems (12ga wire and heavy plugs), with 3 plugs on their own breakers. This way all my steamers, extractors, and heavy draw stuff can be on at the same time, no more waiting.



I plumbed the garage for a sink, a three basin stainless steel job and a shelf. Found a great deal on a local classified ad. No more soaking in buckets, or cleaning out stuff in the wife`s kitchen.



Plumbed for heat, just a basic unit to keep temp above freezing, yet I can crank it up to do some cars in the winter. I also am getting a portable swamp cooler on wheels to cool off this during the summer.



My flooring is SwissTrax flooring Swisstrax Garage Flooring - Interlocking Flooring - Modular Flooring - Garage Floor Tiles - Rubber Floor Tiles , saw the stuff at SEMA last year. Crazy strong/durable and works awesome in the winter to drain off melt from cars, I don`t have wet floors to work in. I can vac up the dust or pull out the floor in the spring and hose down the floor. In comparison to racedeck, there is no comparison this stuff is built!



My cabinets were made by a local crew to my needs. I have them mounted off the floor to allow wash outs, or blow outs easy. No more mice living in kickplate area. The cabinets are 42" from the floor, I`m 6`3" so no more bending over. Lots of bench area, all my large gallon jugs fit with no loss of room.



My lighting is high output T8`s. 4 fixtures of 6 bulbs. Looks like a portal to heaven when the lights are on, the neighbors see beams of light coming out of the windows and door windows. I want 2 more fixtures on a diff switch.



I`m working on speakers and sound for the area, ceiling speakers likely and a tuner.



I`ve tried to think of all the things to make my area easy to work in. If you have suggestions let them fly.



Enjoys the photos.































one of the 3 dedicated outlets.





One of the light fixtures.





More to come!



Cheers,

GREG

[Greg Nichols]

The demo

















not bolted down framing!!!









the insulation going in:

















Drywall going in:









All painted up ready for next phase:









new electrical in, new service panel!!









Next postings! The final done project!



Cheers,

GREG

[Greg Nichols]

Space for final completed project!

[bigltc]

Garage built around a canoe! I`m jealous.

[Accumulator]

Greg NIchols- Looks great, I bet it`ll be a lot nicer to work in too.



Bet that was pretty surprising, what you discovered during the demo!



Not surprised that you`re doing it all properly Great find on that sink and shelf :xyxthumbs

[DaGonz]

I haven`t been doing much detailing lately... as I`m going through a construction project at the Casa DaGonz now... one of my garage bays is being converted to a entryway/mud room, and a new garage bay has been added. The new driveway is in,new garage doors, the blueboard is up, the plasterer comes on Monday.... then the electrican can install the light fixtures and plugs, the garage door openers can be reinstalled the plumber can make the water connections (no sink, but I`ll have connections for hot and cold water in the garage) and I will be able to park my Mustang and wifey`s Edge in the garage once again! Total project completion time is less than 2 weeks...

:clap::spot

[Greg Nichols]

Here are a few updates, not all done but getting there!

















Cheers,

Greg

[Accumulator]

Greg Nichols- Looking good! That`s a neat idea, hanging the halogen light up in the corner.

[imported_Ivan Rajic]

That looks.. perfect! Very jealous. I did some remodeling to my garage to allow for winter detailing and a better work environment overall, but nothing close to that. Just insulated, drywalled and painted, then added a few more light fixtures. Now I have something to look forward to. Looks great, enjoy it.

[Pats300zx]

Greg..what flooring did you go with? Racedeck?

[Greg Nichols]

Greg..what flooring did you go with? Racedeck?

Swiss Trax! Racedeck is Cheap Quality in comparison........I looked at both at SEMA it was worth the slight increase in cost.



cheers,

GREG

[RaskyR1]

Looks awesome Greg! Love the cabinets and sink too! Maybe I missed it but do you have a floor drain?





This is getting my excited for the addition on my new home!





What are the dimensions of you garage BTW?

[Greg Nichols]

Looks awesome Greg! Love the cabinets and sink too! Maybe I missed it but do you have a floor drain?



NO Floor drain, but the floor tiles really do a great job keeping things dry!



This is getting my excited for the addition on my new home!



Its a real dream for me, while not perfect, its very functional. The electrical, insulation in walls/celing, sink, floor tiles, and heat.......air cond in the summer.........perfect for my uses.



What are the dimensions of you garage BTW?

The garage is 555 sqft, I forget the exact measurements

[Barry Theal]

Greg looks like it came out very nice. I love the floor. I have been wanting to do a floor like that for a long long time!

[Accumulator]

I`d run a dehumidifier if relying on the floor to deal with the water. Eh, I run one anyhow!