pclark
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Thanks for the advice on the surfaces. Still looking at some options to seal it.
So.......I started a project, My new Garage!
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pclark
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On the far right of the cabinet wall I have carefully measured a spot between the window and the cabinets under the half cabinet for the fridge, right now beer stays cold in what little snow we have just outside the door. Fridge will be moved up from my basement once we start on the house remodel.
pclark
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On the far right of the cabinet wall I have carefully measured a spot between the window and the cabinets under the half cabinet for the fridge, right now beer stays cold in what little snow we have just outside the door. Fridge will be moved up from my basement once we start on the house remodel.
pclark
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Thanks Jim, love have you visit.Paul that doesn’t look like a garage that was just built, it looks like you have been there for a while. Looks great will have to get that way sometime to see how the beer fridge fits.
pclark
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Hey Bob, just the original concrete floor, guy did a real job on finishing the floor.
pclark
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Happy Super Bow! Sunday!, Not much else going on up here with the dismal winter tat we have had so far this season. Moving along getting things organized in the garage. Its nice to have a place to work inside in the winter that is heated, was able to change the oil in both vehicles and go through my maintenance routines especially on my 2007 Chevy Tahoe, it really appreciates the warm garage. Still stuff to put away but I have emptied my basement workshop and freed up that space as well as organized the rec room in the house where a lot of stuff was stored when we moved up here. I have also emptied my storage shed that we had as the weather has been very nice and I was able to trailer stuff over and not get road slop all over it. I finally figured out what to do with the surface on my island workbench, I used some old laminate flooring that I had and screwed it down over the nice 3/4" plywood so that it doesn't get ruined. The laminatte flooring is 5/16" thick and is made of MDF with a melomine wearlayer that has aluminum oxide in it, should be a very durable surface and it's very easy to clean with just spraying on cleaner and wiping off. Also got the gas cans and some other lawn care stuff organized on a shelving unit by the garage door. Was upstairs this week as it was warm and did a little more wiring and noting what i need to finish everything up there. That will be done this summer as Spring I have the siding to do. Enjoy the pictures and go Chiefs!
favoritos
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Great idea with the flooring. It sounds like one of those better products that is super wear resistant. I have one area that looks like a similar product. I believe they called it Duraceramic, I know it's tough. You will enjoy the working surface and easy cleanup.
I don't have scraps of the harder product left around so I've been using left over LVP pieces as temporary working spots. It's not nearly as hard but it helps protect the surface. Most of the stuff I have also has a layer of foam rubber on the back. In my case the foam is helpful to keep it from sliding around since it's not attached.
I don't have scraps of the harder product left around so I've been using left over LVP pieces as temporary working spots. It's not nearly as hard but it helps protect the surface. Most of the stuff I have also has a layer of foam rubber on the back. In my case the foam is helpful to keep it from sliding around since it's not attached.
pclark
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I also have some LVT but opted for the laminate flooring instead. Both are flooring products and some of the most durable made today.
pclark
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Thanks M8man
pclark
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Thanks Skiroule, coming from you that is a nice compliment. I feel good about where I am but still lots of things to do. Will keep updating throughout 2024 but the heavy lifting is done except for siding in the Spring.
pclark
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Darren, man the weather has been so nice lately. I started laying up some firewood for next fall, had to move my shorestations up a little because of the ice getting crazy, and……just got back from a great visit with my very pregnant daughter who is about 4 weeks away from delivering a little boy. Life is good! This is boring stuff but I have been going through a lot of my boxes of garage stuff that was in storage and organizing it, big stuff for me. I was upstairs last week and started to visualize getting that done, finishing the wiring, Drywalled, and floored. Also getting ready to order the siding. I also cleared out my offsite storage shed and now have everything on premises, a very good feeling about that.
We got home today about 4:30pm and it was beautiful out, finished up putting up some baby gates on the stairs and hung shelves and pictures in the little guys nursery, he has a great little room to grow up in. We will obviously be spending some time in Naperville after the baby is born so will be fitting garage updates in as they are completed. Will try and send some new pictures soon as I’m back for a few weeks and have a full list of things that need to be done.
We got home today about 4:30pm and it was beautiful out, finished up putting up some baby gates on the stairs and hung shelves and pictures in the little guys nursery, he has a great little room to grow up in. We will obviously be spending some time in Naperville after the baby is born so will be fitting garage updates in as they are completed. Will try and send some new pictures soon as I’m back for a few weeks and have a full list of things that need to be done.
dfattack
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thank you for the update. looking forward to the summer pics with siding and interior garage updates. I know the feeling on having everything onsite vs offsite. Good for you.
Airman68
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pclark... Just discovered this. Beautiful garage! Very inspiring! I hope to have one myself someday. I am limited by my lot and it needs to be attached to my house. Might be 15 x 40 with a partial second floor when all said and done. I'll look forward to looking back at your build.
pclark
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Well, its been awhile since I have posted on what my progress is on the garage so here are a few pics and some conversation. I spent some time up top on my lot creating a nice parking area and wood staging lot. Our landfill has free mulch so I covered all the rocky fill up and leveled out a parking area, still need to get a load of highway gravel brought in to make it nice and smooth, that will happen a little later but I'm happy with the way things look. Finally started on my siding this past Monday, it took me 5 days to put up the front of the garage and caulk it, lots of angle cuts but it';s done and I like how it looks, what's even better is my wife loves it! I used fiber cement board from Menards and it pretty decent to work with, wanted that on the lower level because of snowfall, it's all sealed and ready to go. My daughter and her husband with the new grandchild (little guy is getting bigger and a happy baby!) will be coming up next weekend so going to enjoy the visit with them. It's nice not to have things hanging over my head as i can now methodically move along and finish projects when I want. Also finished insulating all walls and did the electrical outlets upstairs. The ceilng will be done the next time we have cold and rainy weather. Enjoying a cold beer and writing this at my work desk in my shop, Happy Sunday!
