My Garagemahal - build thread -

[absintheisfun]

This will be in a few posts due to the picture count

Sad, sad day….
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I am doing as much of the work as I can myself in my garage, but when it came to the quarters, I knew that it was out of my league. A shop I trust offered to put them on for a pretty reasonable price as long as I got it to him and supplied the parts.

So, with the Camaro out of the garage where it has been torn apart and slowly rebuilt, it was time to focus my efforts on the garage itself. I always knew that I was going to epoxy the floors, so I wasn’t very kind to the existing concrete:

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I stashed all of my tools and items of worth in the back room of my house. Everything else in the back yard for a week!

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-it’s amazing what a good grinding, acid cleaning and pressure wash will do!

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Before putting down the epoxy, I scraped the popcorn

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The gray epoxy was intentionally done with very sparse flecks. Just enough to distract from imperfections and dirt

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Re-Tape and bed the seams
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Prime and paint the ceiling.

Then it was time to patch the holes and paint the walls.
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The black stripe was actually done with rattle can. I painted my 63 C10 with this stuff, and thought it looked pretty good, so why not continue using it? I had 12 extra cans just sitting around
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I got two walls done and then starting moving back in !!!

Piled the shelves, brackets and everything from the third wall on a blanket on the floor and painted that.
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Insulated the garage door and added A/C. It doesn’t put frost on anything, but it makes one hell of a difference!
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Door open: Outside 105, Inside 105
Door closed: Outside 105, Inside 120+ (thermometer only went to 120 and the mercury was pegged!)

Added A/C: Outside 105, Inside 90
Insulated the door: Outside 105, Inside 87
Added a fan behind the A/C: Outside 105, Inside 82

AWESOMENESS! And if you are wondering how it was 105 for all of these tests, it was over several days and the temp for Dallas was 105 every day! We picked August in Dallas to redo the garage (I’m smart huh?)

[absintheisfun]

So after 6 days in the sweltering August sun, it is complete:
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Behind the extention cords is my hidden compressor:
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I added a “ramp up” to the garage. The step is only a couple of inches, but figured why not:
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I have a bank of 9 on-off switches that were wired to accept plugs in the back. I built a box around it and have all of my chargers and fluorescent lights hooked up to it.

I threw a breaker when I had all 9 switches running, the A/C and a few other accessories on the same circuit. (Basically it takes a hell of a lot of drain to get it to throw. I over-killed it on purpose to see the circuit’s limit)

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I built all of my workbenches to be completely static. With the “ramp-up” curbs on the sides, it made it impossible to put anything on wheels against the wall; or to have anything with even length legs. You can see the scorch marks where I tacked the legs together while against the wall.
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All of the benches were built to have easily replacable surfaces and bolted directly to the walls.
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Now I have a long, solitary week with no projects until the Camaro returns :(

[jocko124]

Very nice. Your garage looks great.

[dropit69]

WOW that came out great . My exs sister lives near ya and we used to visit in July..crazy ass heat..wow !!!!

[Chevrolaine]

Sweet, that's a LOT of work in 6 days! Congrats!

[BayouSS]

Very Nice. Makes me want to redo mine now.

[CruizinKev]

good work! :twothumbs

[Van B]

What can you tell me about the A/C unit you have there?

[Motown 454]

Nice work it came out great.

[absintheisfun]

What can you tell me about the A/C unit you have there?

Picked it up at Lowes (http://www.lowes.com/pd_317826-94751-DPAC12010H_4294859075_4294937087?productId=3192545&Ns=p_product_quantity_sold|0&pl=1&currentURL=/pl_Air%2BConditioners_4294859075_4294937087_?rpp=1 5$No=15$Ns=p_product_quantity_sold|0)...a bit pricey, but when you combine it with a cheap box fan it rocks!

I also paid for a 4 year warranty because it is Texas, and it gets really, really hot here so I fully plan on running it until it just won't run anymore!

[Rod]

i LIKE it :smoke: !!

[ArtosDracon]

That's really nice, congrats! I can't wait till I get to to mine next year.

[mc84_zz4]

Congrats man! that should make it VERY liveable to work in.
I tried working later in the evenings due to the heat, but then you get the mosquitos. :machine:
That AC you bought has me thinking about one....
Yeah August in Texas... over here; 100*plus the past 2 weeks....

[Van B]

Picked it up at Lowes (http://www.lowes.com/pd_317826-94751-DPAC12010H_4294859075_4294937087?productId=3192545&Ns=p_product_quantity_sold|0&pl=1&currentURL=/pl_Air%2BConditioners_4294859075_4294937087_?rpp=1 5$No=15$Ns=p_product_quantity_sold|0)...a bit pricey, but when you combine it with a cheap box fan it rocks!

I also paid for a 4 year warranty because it is Texas, and it gets really, really hot here so I fully plan on running it until it just won't run anymore!

I think one of those would be great but they don't sell them up here in the north.

What is the reason for the flexible hose running through the door?

[jy211]

big diff after you insulated the garage doors...hmmm i wonde rif it will help down here in Florida....

[rohrt]

Looks really good.

[ProjectSideOiler]

NICE! Nothing like a clean and organized garage.

Maybe a new show is in order called: GarageMahaulin' LOL

I need to have my floor done but really do not want to epoxy it as just too much stuff gets spilled on it. Probably just a polish.

[CamaroAJ]

Maybe a new show is in order called: GarageMahaulin' LOL


there is a show called garage mahaul on DIY network. they do stupid not really cool stuff though. like who wants a pool table that come up from the ground?

[claytonisbob]

I think one of those would be great but they don't sell them up here in the north.

What is the reason for the flexible hose running through the door?

I believe the heat the AC unit pulls out of the air is blown out that hose. It's basically like a window unit, but the part that hangs out the window is contained and a fan blows that air out the hose.

I'm in Dallas too and holy crap has it been hot this month. It rained yesterday... and it will be 100 today, it SUCKS! Could be worse, we could be in Houston; the armpit of the US.

Good job on the floor man. I like the wall's racing stripe. You should put a hole in the wall like a clothes dryer uses so you can keep the door closed.

[Tony_SS]

Looks great!
I'm about halfway through mine, just too lazy to take pictures. I'll post a final pic when it's done.

That's a sweet C10 btw!

[absintheisfun]

I think one of those would be great but they don't sell them up here in the north.

What is the reason for the flexible hose running through the door?

There are actually two hoses: an intake and exhaust. I am simply recirculating air, so the inlet hose was disconnected. The exhaust hose is the only one running out of the door.

There is a small 1/2" hose running out as well that drains water from the dehumidifier.

I would run a dryer vent, but the outside of that wall is a concrete patio in the backyard and can't be hidden very well.

[prostreet69camaro]

Your garage turned out great.

My neighbor has one of those A/C. He ended up with a window unit. It doesnt blow very hard. The fan you used probably helps it though.

I tried it in my garage but it would only get down to 89. My garage door isnt insulated either. The bad thing about Texas is the humiditiy and the A/C has to get that out of the room first and that is why it has the drain. I had both of the hoses in my window.

They make a 10,000 btu and a 12,000 btu.

I think it would be great with a 18,000 btu A/C but where my window is you would see it and my homeowners would be all over me about it.

What kinda cement did you use on your lip. My garage has the same step and I hate it. Especially trying to push a car in the garage.

[LeighP]

Nice job. Well planned to knock it over in a short time.