Garages

[cokey]

ha the shed of doome.   now i gotta read and find out if its still standing..

[red baron]

My 1 car garage.  Was doing some cleaning and decided to do a weird panoramic shot.

Paint and epoxy the floor and that will seem much larger. Easier to clean too.

[Monsterlover]

Epoxy floors are awesome! 

Had that at the old shop. Oil just wipes right up.

[lethe]

I plan to do it in mine, after I pour new floors. 

A lot of square footage is awesome, at least until you have to gather up money to do this stuff.
I'm doing everything I can as cash so it takes awhile.

[Southpaw]

Paint and epoxy the floor and that will seem much larger. Easier to clean too.

It's a rental property, so my desire to spend money on stuff in the Garage that will not be able to come with me is not the highest.

[fastwin]

Epoxy floors are awesome!  

Had that at the old shop. Oil just wipes right up.

^ What he said.

I've said this before but it still breaks my heart. When we bought our house in 2005 before there was anything in the garage I had high intensity overhead 8' light strips put in and had the floor epoxy painted a light gray. The floor paint guy did a great job of prepping. Acid wash, filled in every single tiny crack in the cement, etc. Two (maybe 3... can't remember) coats of paint over several days and I never walked on it for at least 5 days. Damn, it looked like a hospital operating room with the lights on. No shadows on anything. Beautiful...

Until two years later when we had a terrible drought and no matter how much I watered the foundation of the house every single crack in the garage floor came back with a vengeance! Even bigger than they were. All the paint chipped up along every crack until the whole floor looked like it was suffering the worse case of varicose veins in the universe. I still feel like crying every time I look at it.

Still, without those problems I would do it again in a second. I went back and forth over garage type tile floor vs. epoxy and I'd go with the paint everytime. I've seen DIY kits at Home Depot made by name brand companies. I'd try that if I had to do it again in another garage.

[ChrisK]

Anybody else have some pictures of their motorcycles' bedrooms? There's gotta be more!

[HotIce]

If I had something like this, I am not sure I will ever go out, besides for rides 

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/101554244823678290874/albums/5974910052057955217

[ChrisK]

Pretty cool, I love their bikes. That green double door looks pretty drafty if you ask me though...

[fastwin]

Nice, cool and rustic. Seems like it needs some more overhead lighting. Ambient sunlight through the windows can only do so much.

[bdub]

What's the best door? Wifey wants barn doors on tracks
and I want insulated standard garage sectional door

[freeclimbmtb]

I think the regular garage doors probably seal a little better...but the sliding barn door doesnt need tracks on your ceiling...

You can always get a standard sectioned door and put one of the carriage house dress up kits on it...

[bdub]

Those are cool. What's the issue with tracks on the ceiling? Loss of storage or loss of head space?
Also where do I look for chain hoist tracks? The one I grew up with was a huge peice of I beam. There has to be something smaller. It's only a 1/2 ton hoist

[hbliam]

Those are cool. What's the issue with tracks on the ceiling? Loss of storage or loss of head space?
Also where do I look for chain hoist tracks? The one I grew up with was a huge peice of I beam. There has to be something smaller. It's only a 1/2 ton hoist

I don't feel there is any issue with the tracks overhead. I think unless you have a ton of room, a sliding door would be more cumbersome.

There are also side mount openers that allow you to keep the ceiling clear for your hoist.

http://www.liftmaster.com/lmcv2/productfamily/53/wall-mount-garage-door-openers/

[freeclimbmtb]

Those are cool. What's the issue with tracks on the ceiling? Loss of storage or loss of head space?
Also where do I look for chain hoist tracks? The one I grew up with was a huge peice of I beam. There has to be something smaller. It's only a 1/2 ton hoist

All depends on your situation I guess.  My garage ceiling height is just a little low so I actually had to cut the vertical section of track down by about 3/4 of an inch (to in effect drop the rest of the track enough for the door to clear the opener.)

My father put a piece of wideflange in the house as the header for the garage door and the carport on the side.  We always used that to lift from.