My labor day garage redo

[joekd]

My garage is only 3 years old, it was already insulated, sheetrocked and had a popcorn ceiling but was starting to look like a mess

Changes made:
-epoxy floor
-painted side concrete
-painted wood trim
-repainted walls
-rebuilt and enclosed stairs with composite wood

Still to be done
-flourescent ceiling fixtures (total of 16 4' long tubes)
-additional insulation on garage doors
-Possibly building a bench next to the stairs with integrated shoe holder

Before:

After floor epoxy:

Concrete sides and trim painted

New stairs

Ton of prep went into the floor (probably overkill but can't be too safe) and a lot of painting time but now it should be good for a very long time

 

[Javi]

floor came out awesome.

i have the same jack

 

[Paul]

Cool man! I did the same thing a while back, although my floors were WAY worse. It took me forever to prep them.

 

[joekd]

To be honest prep wasnt too bad, had a couple small spots I had to patch near the door but thats it

Also my friend loaned me a floor buffer with a scour pad, put down gallons of degreaser and scrubbed it in with the buffer (much easier than using a hand brush)

 

[Paul]

I used a floor sander with 26 grit sandpaper for eight hours! LOL

I degreased, pressure washed, and acid-etched (a six-hour process) THREE TIMES.

I have a total of six 8' high-output overhead lamps. The HO bulbs (110W each) are much brighter than the normal ones. I highly recommend them. I got 'em at Home Depot.

My uncle is an architect/construction engineer. He built my bench (by hand with ALL hand tools no less) that you see in that picture. It's about as sturdy as a M1 Abrams and it's 3 meters long. :tongue3:

Also, I can't recommend those big shelves (on the left) from Costco enough. They're cheap and THEY RULE. I have a complete 8.8 axle and two transmissions on one of them. They are ridiculously strong and easy to assemble.

Paul.

 

[MustangChris]

looks good!!! i cleaned mine, but it doesnt look anything like that! lol.

 

[joekd]

I have a total of six 8' high-output overhead lamps. The HO bulbs (110W each) are much brighter than the normal ones. I highly recommend them. I got 'em at Home Depot.

The fixtures already have brand new bulbs in them (total of 16 40W tubes) so I will have those and two bare bulb fixtures left at the front of the garage (just in case temps are ever low enough where flouro's dont want to start)

 

[Steve-Oh]

indeed I'm jealous...

 

[Win]

Looks good man. I hope this winter to Drywall mine. I have a Window AC unit in mine right now and within a few months the ac unit from the house 1 1/2 ton unit will be xfer'd out to the garage since a 2 ton unit is going in the house

 

[BlackCobra50]

Lucky bastards I want a nice garage like you guys!! (I'd even be happy with a garage my car can go in at all!!)


Both look awesome though!

 

[vermilion]

eff you all. i need my own house.

 

[Dalamar]

that looks awsome!

Nice work man.

 

[OnyxCobra]

great job dude, looks a ton better. Paul nice garage, too.

 

[Suspect]

nice!! :thumbsup: man i cant til my garage is done being built.

 

[97blackout]

Haha same floor the showroom the shop I work at had :headbang:

Looks amazing though

 

[CruizinKev]

nice man! but next time add something like this:

 

[Twista]

Awesome. Love it. And nice @ the infloor ramps

 

[Paul]

That's pretty neat. I don't think I'd like that flooring, but the lift is cool.

 

[OnyxCobra]

dude, that lift setup is fucking siiiiick.

 

[TxCobrA98]

damn, nice lift. is that tile flooring with grout between? i think itd be hard to roll around on that in a seat or creeper. i dont use a creeper though to work on the car, i can't stand them.