My new Garage

Judge,
I LIKE that paint scheme!! I was thinking of a Ferrari paint "theme" but painting the whole thing red was a bit much. The lower third red is nice and the yellow ads to it! I'm going to run that pic by the wife for comments. Thanks.

Ron,
I ran all kinds of wire...we got 220, 110, phone, garage door openers in two locations, but I decided that I didn't need speaker wire because I had no idea where I would end up putting anything. I just use an mp3-playing boom box in the garage which is fine. The real stereo equipment stays in the house. "Offer a pair"? Are you an audio dude??

Scott,
I'm afraid the two of us would have been a month hanging all that 'rock. Wait till ya see it in person! It's a LOT! (They hung 60 sheets between the garage and sunroom....that's about 1/3 the number hung in a typical HOUSE.)

Here's today's update. My Modine "Hot Dawg" heater (60,000 BTU) is now hung. It's hard to ilulstrate from this pic (I need a person in there for scale) but the bottom of the heater is 8 feet off the floor. I didn't want the heater way up high because the ceilings are so high that I am afraid the heat will just stay up there! Tomorrow the gas co. is coming to give me an estimate and over the weekend I'll get the direct vent installed so I will hopefully have heat next week. At long last, 18 months after I started, I will have a heated garage!

Birdman
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Since all the pictures were lost, here is a shot from the spring that shows what the garage looks like on the outside and a shot comparing it to the first day I started framing, at the end of August, 2004.

The upstairs will be a new master bedroom suite with big bathroom...but it will be a while before I get to that!

Birdman
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Thanks Uro! It's not a mansion or anything, but it's home, plenty big for us and we have a really nice lot with 6 acres.

BTW, when are you going to buy an Fcar for YOUR garage?

Birdman

 

Yeah, that already occurred to me and I raised it up another 18 inches so it is now only 18" from the ceiling.

Birdman

 

If you have hot water heat, that's a great idea! I didn't know they had those. But I have air in the house, so I needed something self-contained. The gas co guy said they install a ton of these things and he actually has the same one in his garage and loves it.

Birdman

 

Jwise-Yes, I forget what we were working on that day, but it was cold! That was pre-heat, pre-insulation and I think pre-siding....so the wind just blew right through!

Chris, if we're just talking belts, we can do your car in a day. However, I thought we were doing a full major, which means the car will be here for a week or two, so we should wait until spring when I don't have car storage issues!! Also, do you want to drive it in the salt season to get here???

They are hooking up my gas on Tuesday....I can hardly wait!!

Birdman

 

Yo Billy! You bought a lift from Tec? Cool. They are great to work with. I was very happy with the lift and their installation and follow up. Glen is a good guy.

UPDATE on the garage!

The spacklers finished last week and they left their staging for the weekend, so this weekend was a painting weekend. Verell and Capn (Michael) came over on Fri night to help paint. I had a few other friends show up on Sat and Sun and between the three days we got the rooms all painted. Today the gas company showed up with my 100 gallon propane tank and plumbed it all. I took the opportunity to help out so I could learn all about gas fitting. Not an expert, but I learned a lot! So we test fired the heater and MAN it works great! Verell, there should be no problems with proximity to the car. The fan pushes so much air that the actual temperature of the air at the vent is not too hot to stand RIGHT in front of. So a few feet back, it will not bake anything. The thing works by blowing a large volume of air that is only about 25 degrees above room temp, rather than a small volume of extremely hot air like the kerosene heater I have been using. It heated the garage from 45 degrees to 60 degrees in about 10 minutes! Then I had to shut it off because it can't be "officially" run until the gas inspector does an inspection and I get a full propane tank. That should happen later this week.

More details and pics to follow!!

Birdman

 

If you bring pizza and beer, you don't even have to paint!!

Jonathan