Author Topic: Does any one give a Crap about my shop / garage build? (Read 48716 times)

mystic_1 · « **Reply #350 on:** November 25, 2008, 06:02:07 AM »

Good job planning the overhead lights, they shine through the windows of the garage door when it's up.

mystic_1

SD750F · « **Reply #351 on:** November 25, 2008, 08:19:11 AM »

seaweb11,

I have been following your post, and especially enjoy looking at any new pictures you provide. I can not believe that the weather has been holding for you! It has already hit single digits here at night and now running around 34 during the days. Must be sea influence?

Keep up the great work!

my78k · « **Reply #352 on:** November 25, 2008, 09:20:15 AM »

Yeah those guys on the west coast have it easy when it comes to weather....of course what they lack in snow they make up in rain!

Dennis

Spikeybike · « **Reply #353 on:** November 25, 2008, 10:12:38 AM »

Quote from: seaweb11 on November 24, 2008, 08:34:15 PM

But designing and hand building your own dream garage is I would hazard to say "just as" satisfying as a bike build. There seems to be a thread that runs through my life that involves design, restoration and building something at all times and if you are going to do it....do it well.

very well said my friend

i agree 100%

seaweb11 · « **Reply #354 on:** November 25, 2008, 06:33:02 PM »

Thanks for the response Keith, glad I could see more clarity, I'm not an elitist, just a lucky guy

I too have had some less than perfect working conditions until now, and I'm stoked that within a few days the boys and "girls" and the boat can come out of the wet winter.

Guy on the left is the Island "Hardware store owner". He used to install floors and I asked him to come over and give "Larry on the right" and I a lesson on squaring up the room and getting started.
Tomorrow is the day!

Gossamer blade ceiling fan with extention done and functioning

heffay · « **Reply #355 on:** November 25, 2008, 06:43:28 PM »

well, whadidhesay about the floor?

looks fantastic!

seaweb11 · « **Reply #356 on:** November 25, 2008, 06:53:07 PM »

In the 1st photo in the bottom left you can just make out some tiles layed on the floor.
There are now a couple of snap lines right in that area that we can follow out to the opposite corners and from there fill in and it will be square and perfect

At least that's what we heard......................Beer.........

The idea is to spread glue over the entire garage area, take a 2 hour break, come back and lay them from the doorway once it is less than tacky. If you don't get to it all in a day, the glue surface will still effect an adhesion for up to 2 days.

So it's all or nothing, ya can't just do a test spot

Wish us luck

mystic_1 · « **Reply #357 on:** November 25, 2008, 06:58:06 PM »

You probably already know this, but expect that once you set down a tile, no matter how gently you do it, it's instantly stuck down for good. OK, maybe not QUITE as bad as that, but flooring adhesives I've used tend to be very unforgiving. Any errors will be magnified as you go, so be really anal about the first few courses.

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious.

mystic_1

seaweb11 · « **Reply #358 on:** November 25, 2008, 10:04:30 PM »

Thanks mystic_1

That's what scares me

I will approach the tile install with great expectations, plenty of enthusiasm and a some what screwed sense of construction techniques

seaweb11 · « **Reply #359 on:** November 26, 2008, 12:17:59 PM »

Glue on entire floor, taking a break for it to dry.

Wish me luck!

my78k · « **Reply #360 on:** November 26, 2008, 12:31:42 PM »

Hey I dig that look!! That by itself looks cooler than any garage floor I have seen!!

BTW, what type of tiles are you using? Is there a way to keep them from getting beaten to hell and looking like crap?

Dennis

seaweb11 · « **Reply #361 on:** November 26, 2008, 01:54:14 PM »

It was very simple after all

1 hour to do it....

DME · « **Reply #362 on:** November 26, 2008, 02:33:49 PM »

NICE

Ecosse · « **Reply #363 on:** November 26, 2008, 03:09:44 PM »

That garage is nicer than my home! Beautiful man.

DarkRider · « **Reply #364 on:** November 26, 2008, 03:43:20 PM »

Party at Dereks!!!

Spikeybike · « **Reply #365 on:** November 26, 2008, 04:00:36 PM »

hey wait a second........... where's the stripper pole and the bar

seaweb11 · « **Reply #366 on:** November 26, 2008, 04:09:12 PM »

Quote from: spikeybike on November 26, 2008, 04:00:36 PM

hey wait a second........... where's the stripper pole and the bar

I kid you not Spike, all that is in the development phase................

Just came in for a break. We have the propane heaters set so high, we are sweating in there

Jakoba · « **Reply #367 on:** November 26, 2008, 05:44:17 PM »

Hey seaweb,
that garage is "Sick"

I too have "Garage Envy".

My 18x22 is a mere wood shed compared to that beauty.

I to would like to know....what kind of tiles are those.

Jako

KeithTurk · « **Reply #368 on:** November 26, 2008, 07:27:27 PM »

Do keep in mind this shop is going to shrink in size regularly... don't know how it works... but it does... built mine 2 times the size I thought I needed and it's just right...but I need storage now.. LOL

Don't go filling it with Junk... bring your scooters in... leave yourself plenty of work room and build a "really Really" nice bench... and enjoy the solitude...

I can't tell you how much I love my shop time...

K

seaweb11 · « **Reply #369 on:** November 26, 2008, 09:25:31 PM »

Another 12 hour day at it.......man I'm pooped///

Here is the link from a few pages back on the tile I chose.
http://www.garageforums.com/?s=floor+tiles

Got to hit the couch, good night

mrbreeze · « **Reply #370 on:** November 26, 2008, 10:28:16 PM »

Damn Derek!!!!......She makes you sleep on the couch

Your shop is looking ready. The weather is right for putting the TRACY TOGETHER.

my78k · « **Reply #371 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:17:39 AM »

So that is why you are putting in the loft, big screen and surround system! Well, it will sure beat sleeping on the couch!!

Dennis

Jakoba · « **Reply #372 on:** November 27, 2008, 09:13:42 AM »

Yeah... but not if the couch is in the loft with big screen and surround system!

John

seaweb11 · « **Reply #373 on:** November 27, 2008, 05:07:15 PM »

Guess What?

From this.....

To this in 5 1/2 months

They must be happy, they all started without a gripe after not being ridden in a while

HAPPY DANCE!!

I had a thought last night. If I was to put a queen size bed in the loft, I could market the building as a B & B kind of idea for Traveling Bikers. A warm shop to clean and work on your bike, Wood stove heat, a 42" Big screen, beer cooler, internet access, eggs and bacon in the house...make it yourself

Could be a nice niche market, and a way to pay for this and also meet some interesting people.

Should I mention this to the wife??

upperlake04 · « **Reply #374 on:** November 27, 2008, 05:24:24 PM »

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