iced98lx
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Hey all, thought I'd start a thread here mostly to motivate myself with public shaming. I joined this forum a few years ago, right about the time I thought I'd have more time/money to devote to doing what I wanted to the garage. (HA)
Enter re-meeting my now wife, gutting and renovating the house I bought as a bachelor pad, purging toys, buying toys, having a child and now...
I need to actually use my garage! We are in the middle of renovating our tiny little home (removal of walls, all new floors all new trim and doors etc) and so the garage has become prime workshop space. Sadly as the tool collection and project list grows the clutter does too.
I hit breaking point this week, and said it's about time to clean up, pick up and organize with an eye towards making long term plans for the garage.
I'm working with a 24 wide by 30 deep detached double garage. It is a stick framed structure on a slab and is probably in the 20 year old range.
Photos of the current mess:
As you can see I've got some projects living in there, supplies for the house like 900sqft of flooring:
A fridge in the middle of re-hab (works like a charm needs some body work):
And 100,000 BTU furnace that was "for the garage":
Besides the few cabinets you see around the walls I did build a rolling cart for work, which has been very handy:
and believe it or not, there was a time when it was clean enough and well enough organized to get 3 cars in it:
Which is a goal for this upcoming winter, my wife is sick of her vehicle sitting out.
Immediate Needs
Unsure how far I can get before the snow flies with house projects, but I need to get it clean enough to remove 2/3 cars and work in there but still be able to get all 3 in.
Some Day
I'd like to lift the garage up and do 4 foot of block, and set it down on the block and re-trim in for new taller overhead doors. Likely when it's time to side the house so we can justify re-siding the garage.
I'd like to insulate, heat and cool it. I'm in SD if it's not -30 it's 100.
I'd like to add 12 feet to the back of it as finished space for my office. I work from home and we are goign to run out of extra bedrooms sooner or later. Having my work area separate from the rest of the house would be very nice.
I think that sort of covers it. On to the actual work!
Enter re-meeting my now wife, gutting and renovating the house I bought as a bachelor pad, purging toys, buying toys, having a child and now...
I need to actually use my garage! We are in the middle of renovating our tiny little home (removal of walls, all new floors all new trim and doors etc) and so the garage has become prime workshop space. Sadly as the tool collection and project list grows the clutter does too.
I hit breaking point this week, and said it's about time to clean up, pick up and organize with an eye towards making long term plans for the garage.
I'm working with a 24 wide by 30 deep detached double garage. It is a stick framed structure on a slab and is probably in the 20 year old range.
Photos of the current mess:
As you can see I've got some projects living in there, supplies for the house like 900sqft of flooring:
A fridge in the middle of re-hab (works like a charm needs some body work):
And 100,000 BTU furnace that was "for the garage":
Besides the few cabinets you see around the walls I did build a rolling cart for work, which has been very handy:
and believe it or not, there was a time when it was clean enough and well enough organized to get 3 cars in it:
Which is a goal for this upcoming winter, my wife is sick of her vehicle sitting out.
Immediate Needs
- Remove most storage from the side walls to maximze door opening when cars are in
- better organized wood storage
- Hand tool storage (rolling tool cart?)
- better lighting
- additional outlets
- Access doors repaired (Jambs rotted out on the bottom)
- Bottom row of siding replaced (rotten)
Unsure how far I can get before the snow flies with house projects, but I need to get it clean enough to remove 2/3 cars and work in there but still be able to get all 3 in.
Some Day
I'd like to lift the garage up and do 4 foot of block, and set it down on the block and re-trim in for new taller overhead doors. Likely when it's time to side the house so we can justify re-siding the garage.
I'd like to insulate, heat and cool it. I'm in SD if it's not -30 it's 100.
I'd like to add 12 feet to the back of it as finished space for my office. I work from home and we are goign to run out of extra bedrooms sooner or later. Having my work area separate from the rest of the house would be very nice.
I think that sort of covers it. On to the actual work!
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