Enzo Garage

LOL, that's what I was thinking! Bill, what is that?


Also, why is the Enzo in storage? Do you live in an area of California that's prone to sudden hurricanes? If you want me to hang on to her until the garage is done, I will, but only because I believe in your garage project.

 

Thanks for the offer! Nice to hear we have a believer!

I suppose you can call that a floor life preserver. Basically it's a test that measures water content, alkalinity, and some other things floor coating people care about.

When I first saw it, I thought it was a swine flu test or something like that.

 

Normally I would touch it, but it looked like a bio hazard.

 

Indeed! It looks like your harvesting H1N1 cultures in your garage!

This is a great thread; I'm looking forward to your progress.

 

You sure about that tile? It makes it look very dated, and it's not eye-catching or original at all. No offense, but it evokes an aging rock-star image.

Slate would give much more visual interest, and the new polished concrete surfaces are also great, especially when the lighting is thought out, as I am sure it will be in your project.

 

I would save that life-preserver...it's hysterical! And I have to agree with the other commenters, if there's one thing people want to touch, it's whatever that thing is protecting!

 

You're right. We wouldn't use that tile. Something shinier - something you would see in an old Santa Barbara building, like the court house. We're looking around. Maybe something like this?
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I think tile in the 2nd picture would look awesome. It's elegant, eye catching, and subtle enough to keep things comfortable.

 

Yes, the tile, texture, low reflectivity, and the layout pattern in the second pic are all pretty nice.

 

Second pic for the win!

 

We started to get a little "itchy" about the lighting, so we asked the lighting designer to bring one light to show us how it will look. There will be four lights on each car. This is one light: 50W Halogen 4000k flood. These lights will be used for the single car and the cars at the top of the lifts. The bottom cars will likely be lit with diffuse color-matched LED strings built into the bottom of the lift runways.
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Make sure that whatever lighting you use emits minimal UV.

 

I believe with LEDs they typically don't emit any UV so that seems like a great alternative to typical halogen for what you guys are going after.

 

nice E63...looking forward to more progress pics =)

 

Yep, E63 is sweet!

Bill, if we (evosport) can help you with the E if you want to play at all, let me know.

thanks
brad

 

Thanks! We really like the E63 as our everyday car. It's a great combo between luxury and performance. The only problem if that when we take it on a drive with the F- and P-car people, no one wants to be behnd it, even if they know they are slower!

 

We're checking into LEDs to replace the Halogens, but it may not be a problem with the distance the light is from the car, its low wattage, and the small amount of time we use the lights. Ambient daylight will probably cause more damage. There may also be UV filters on the halogens as they are also used to illuminate artwork.

City inspectors tend to delay things a bit, especially if they don't like something or they come a day or two later then they are supposed to. We've wasted several days just sitting around waiting for an inspector to show up before we can go to the next step. So far they haven't asked us to do anything too crazy. They're mainly concerned about fire, water and occupant safety (electrical). The engineering stuff is done by a private inspector and reported to the city.

Re-models are a problem because stuff that was OK 30 years ago is not OK today.

 

The city inspector came by and approved all work so far. So we could close in the two walls with plywood (for earthquake and other structural reasons) and start drywall today.

Then on to plaster, paint and woodwork.
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...and it begins...

_J

 

Bill

Make sure that pink insulation is pulled away from the lighting units. (Fire Safety)

 

Good advice, but not necessary if the lights are IC rated

 

I have found that the safety heat sensors are prone to falseing and that leaving a bit of air space around them isn't a bad idea.

 

Your going to need to add this picture of your Carrera GT in your garage once its finished!

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/1680/mg05431.jpg

 

I asked the contractor about that. Apparently these light enclosures have the can completely enclosed in a larger metal box with no openings. There is a large air space between the can and the box. The boxes are designed to touch the insulation. Pulling the insulation away on each box would not pass the insulation code (although the inspector would probably be OK with a garage).

With the 50W maximum lights we're using, if would be unlikely to ignite the insulation even if the temperature sensor failed.

 

Note figure 1.

http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/CONS/Codes/docs/res13.pdf

Even though the code says IC fixtures can be up against insulation (top) the figure they use shows it not touching the insulation on the sides and air flow space around the second can especially around the heat sensor.

IMO the installation diagram is correct. IC fixtures reduce chimney effect hear loss but I still think any fixture will last longer if it runs cooler.