Sensational Andres! I will tile my garage floor in my new house also, definitely the way to go I reckon!
Just finished fixing up the garages. Did a general cleaning, wall and ceiling patch, three color wall repaint, added wood wall protection where needed, changed the lighting out to high output fluorescent lighting, and did a multi day floor refinish. The floor had to be cleaned, oil removed, acid etched, power washed, binding primer applied, two color coats of epoxy, decorative flakes while second coat was wet, and two coats of clear protectant. Overall, it is nice, but about half the space I would want. When all the tools, firewood, cars, etc... go back in, the garages lose the clean look. I like the paint scheme, and the color flakes in the floor work with the wall colors. Total cost of materials for doing two garages of about 750 s.f. total was about $700. I still need to add the car posters, etc..., but the messy work is done. This Seal Crete 1 part epoxy is kind of dull, and lots of work. The top coat adds a little shine, but not much. I definitely prefer the look of the snap together tiles I had in Florida, but this only cost about $300 for 750 s.f. of floor material, and the cheap version of the floor tiles would have been around $1700 or so. Time will tell if this holds up. BT Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thanks, Brandon, PAP348. Actually, we used epoxy in the workshop, and one can compare the tiled and painted areas in this photo. A sliding door separates the workshop from the parking area. On reflection, I perhaps should have used tile throughout. Andres Andres Image Unavailable, Please Login
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Yes, I did the work over about 5-6 days, and my youngest daughter helped me with taping off the striping, and doing the accent painting. I'm not super confident the flooring will hold up, but if it lasts for 2-3 years that will be okay with me. Thanks for the compliment! BT
The garage is not deep, Edward, just 6.4 meters, so the three sliding panels simply close that gap. The first photo shows the area before the dividing panels (and a 2-post lft) were installed. One can compare the tiled and epoxy floors here. There is a fourth, fixed panel, which is at the left of the 2nd photo. Each sliding panel is about 1.3 meters wide. Those are not glass panels, actually, but fluted lexan. They diffuse the view into the often messy workshop. The dividing panels also allow the garage and workshop areas to be airconditioned separately. I hope this is helpful. Andres Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
New addition... I hope the statistic regarding red cars and tickets is a myth. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I think I am good on the car collection but it clearly looks like I need to up my garage game! The ones that I don't drive much stay here: Image Unavailable, Please Login
I'm a fan of your carefully selective taste! Just a honest question: how do you manage the upkeep of such old cars? That's what keeps me from buying multiple older cars, they need much care (= time). I would imagine even just one Countach would need tons of attention. PS. I'm asking you specifically because you seem to enjoy a collection classic icons vs. most other collections in this thread that have significantly newer cars.
I think your garage space looks awesome! The fancier garages are great also, but yours is like what a professional mechanic would have if they were super clean and organized. Well done! BT
No need to up the garage game, looks great!!!! If that is the garage where cars which are not used so much stay, then move the Countach and stretch her legs
That's a hard question to answer. It takes time and money but that's a big part of the fun of the ownership experience for me. I love taking care of them. I have all kinds of work lists, check lists, and to do lists. Anyone can go out and plunking down for the latest and greatest so if you want to own the icons, be prepared to be a real car guy and embrace the care and maintenance. It's a ton of the fun for me and I love it. Personally, I take a lot of pride in acquiring special cars and dialing them in to a new level entirely so it's easy for someone like me. So far, I have more cars than I thought I would get but it's fun. However, I don't really plan on adding any more unless I sell the ones that feel like I've already enjoyed enough. The only ones that I can say are truly permanent parts of my collection are the F40, 550 Maranello, and 348 Challenge. As far as the others go, if I feel there is a car that I really need to add and one of those others needs to go in order to make space, then so be it. I enjoy them all to the fullest. These older cars are iconic an spectacular and if you want a collection of the best cars ever made, you can't let the fear of maintenance stop you. But remember the old adage: if you can't afford the maintenance then you can't afford the car. You have to love and appreciate the maintenance side so much that you don't mind the costs. Thanks but I've only borrowed that garage. It belongs to a fellow car collector and business associate. Those are my cars in the pics but not my space. I keep some at home, some in other places. Keeping all of my cars in one awesome home garage would be a big step up but I would rather spend my money on the cars and maintaining them. Maybe one day I'll add the big home garage. This is my home garage. I keep two here and one in the next garage. Image Unavailable, Please Login
