So...After watching Indy 500 build a place to keep his sled I knew I needed one too

[borderstaff]

Well, I've wanted to build a second garage since I bought my house and I finally did it over the last year. I broke ground in June of 2009 and finished the garage in September of 2010. I did as much as I could myself and only really needed help on pouring the slab, standing the walls and trusses, putting on the roof osb, and hanging the gutters. I did almost everything else (with some help from my brother in framing and electrical). I do owe a huge debt to my wife who was right beside me...she took all the pics otherwise she'd be in them too.

I had to level my yard out with a retaining wall and about 60 yards of base material.

My wife and I made the pad base and framework.

The radiant heat was laid out.

 

[borderstaff]

The cement crew was a huge help.

About a week later some friends came over to help assemble and stand the walls.

The walls are up.

And then sheathed.

 

[borderstaff]

It was really cold when we put up the trusses and overhangs.

A couple of weeks later we had the sheathing on the roof.

And then somewhat weatherproofed.

This spring I finished most of the outside except landscaping and a permanant door step - I'm going to wait until next year when I install a driveway to build a step. I have some other projects that are taking my time up now. I'll share those in another thread.

 

[borderstaff]

Here's the inside in July.

The radiant heat system. Wow is this nice - its so quiet when its on. And toasty feet are way better than the torpedo heater I've been using in my tiny garage attached to the house for the last 13 years.

I had to clear out my little garage for another project (new insulation and sheetrock) so the garden tools and misc. items from the other garage are in the new garage. Hence the mess.

And finally...the workbench I always wanted. All brand new oak cabinets (that my wife stained) and PLENTY of workbench space. Well, you can never have too much - but its a 19 foot long workbench so thats a good start.

 

[skeedoo]

Holy cow!!!!! That's sweet!!!!

 

[yamahauler]

That is absolutely awesome, great job!

I think that you should have a garage warming party and we can all come over and drink beer in it, lol

 

[borderstaff]

That is absolutely awesome, great job!

I think that you should have a garage warming party and we can all come over and drink beer in it, lol

Thanks! I did have a garage warming party on Sept. 18th. We invited about 120 people and had 110 show up. We flew in 40+ lobsters (everyone payed for their own or ate steak that they brought - my wife and I provided salad and corn) and I supplied a keg, a few cases of beer and a 1.75 of Captain. It went well and having the radiant heat on really made it comfortable in the garage - even with it being 50 outside it was 65 on the thermometer in the back of the garage with the garage door wide open.


There will be more than a few get-togethers to disassemble or reassemble my latest project. A few of my riding friends were over two weeks ago to take my wife's M8 apart so I can swap tunnels/bulkheads. The buildup is in another thread I just started.

 

[Skylar]

AWESOME!! What size is it? Is the upstairs going to be finished, or is it just for storage?

 

[borderstaff]

The garage is 24X30. I would have love to go bigger but I had to grease a lot of palms at the city hall along with have variance meetings etc just to get this size. I could have gone bigger if I'd turned the 1 car garage attached to the house into part of the house but I wanted my wife to be able to park indoors for once. For the last 13 years the only vehicles that parked in the garage have been the snowmobiles.

The upstairs is finished with 3/4 flooring and OSB for the walls/celing. The OSB is painted white and the floor is painted tan. It matches the scheme downstairs with white walls and tan epoxy on the floor. The ceiling upstairs is 7'6" in the center so there's plenty of headroom. And it took me all of one weekend to fill the upstairs with stuff. Its tripping room only (even less than standing room)

 

[jeepbob47]

Thats Awesome!

 

[catalac]

nice building. what are you useing to heat the water? water heater or boiler? that concrete looks as thick as an interstate. should'nt have a problem with cracking. good job.

 

[indy_500]

Sweet! My dad just called the guy who built our house tonight and he's finally coming to our house on monday (3rd time we called him lol) and we're adding onto our garage, Indy gets a 10x14 and papa gets a 12x26 added onto our existing 24x28. Our property line is at an angle and we can't go 12 wide and be flush with the rear of the existing garage so we're adding on "2 garage stalls" basically.

 

[Sno-Bandit Gary]

What happened to the pictures?

 

[Firecatguy]

nice cat house

 

[scott_l]

the cabinets in your garage are nicer then the ones in my kitchen!

Nice job and congratulations.

 

[uncle_ed]

That is one sweet garage! By the pics I would say you spared no expense and wanted to keep the heat you created in. I always liked the walls sitting one block up and 2x6 walls Im guessing. What floor finish is that?
Nice!!

 

[fjr4me]

Love it, great job!!!

 

[coldbear]

Wow!!

Nice job Borderstaff. Any thoughts of a 24 cf reefer in the future? How many hockey pops will a frig that size hold. And how long would it take to drink it dry? Seriously though,what a nice workplace for your sleds.
40'' LCD TV ?

 

[borderstaff]

nice building. what are you useing to heat the water? water heater or boiler? that concrete looks as thick as an interstate. should'nt have a problem with cracking. good job.

In the pic showing the boiler panel you can see the electric boiler in the top right. The boiler is no bigger than a paint can and it heats the whole garage. It may use a little current though - its on a 50 amp fuse. I have separate service to the garage so we'll see what it costs to heat this winter. I plan on keeping it at 50-55 all winter.

the cabinets in your garage are nicer then the ones in my kitchen!

Nice job and congratulations.

I've heard that a few times - Thanks! The cabinets are way nicer than whats in my house too. The kitchen will get renovated one of these years...

That is one sweet garage! By the pics I would say you spared no expense and wanted to keep the heat you created in. I always liked the walls sitting one block up and 2x6 walls Im guessing. What floor finish is that?
Nice!!

The epoxy is Armorclad. It turned out O.K. I still have to put the topcoat on. Maybe in the spring. You are correct on the walls - I wanted everything to be as well insulated as I could to save money on heating.

Nice job Borderstaff. Any thoughts of a 24 cf reefer in the future? How many hockey pops will a frig that size hold. And how long would it take to drink it dry? Seriously though,what a nice workplace for your sleds.
40'' LCD TV ?

The little fridge does good - it fits 2 cases of bottles. Back in the day when I had roommates to help pay the bills on of them left it. It sat for about 7 years before I got around to using it...but it seems to work great. Emptying the fridge doesn't take too long... T.V. will happen next year. I did wire the garage for surround sound - I just wish I had more time and would have hidden all the drops for air in the walls. Instead they will have to be on the outside.