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Awesome place to store N work on your toys, quite the mancave!!!!!   BUT, if your gonna spend any amount of time there, your gonna need water for that kinda money.  No bathroom, sink for washin up or a hose to wash car or clean up parts?   Any plans to add this service?  

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2 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Awesome place to store N work on your toys, quite the mancave!!!!!   BUT, if your gonna spend any amount of time there, your gonna need water for that kinda money.  No bathroom, sink for washin up or a hose to wash car or clean up parts?   Any plans to add this service?  

There is a small provision built into each garage for what amounts to a small garden hose for water. It is located in the back left corner of the garage, you can't really see it in the photos.

So no provision for biological breaks. If nature calls, I pee in the bushes behind the facilities or drive 10 minutes and use the toilet at the house.

However, I do plan to able to wash cars outside (so does the kid with his detailing side business) and some limited parts washing. I will have to run the water outlet along the wall once the walls are finished, along with running shop air, and making a place for a 4-post shop lift. 

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oh gotta love the Milwaukee stapler !!! you justA hold the trigger and press it against what you want to attach !! its a brilliant tool 👍

Frosty, with my garage floor i simply did a sprits of salt wash of the floor to etch it and bought proper concrete paint in gray from the hardware shop, its water based and has been down for some 16 years now, and works perfect, one day i will do a refresh, but boy does it make life easy when cleaning up!... only thing is gas spills will melt it :cheers: 

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12 hours ago, Frosty said:

Kiwi - I already have the fridge mate! I am stealing the bachelor fridge we bought for the kid when he was at college. It is sitting in the house garage at the moment taking up space and collecting dust. That sucker is mine!

The idea is to stop paying for the two storage space leases once I am done building out the garage mahal. So with luck I should be out of the storage units by October or November. That will save me $500/550 a month.

I have been getting quotes for floor coatings but at 1500 sq. feet, that is like another $8000 and up. That's around $6+/sq. foot. I am now looking at Race Deck and comparable products. Some of their products are listed at $3.49/sq. foot. Anyone have experience with any of these systems?

 

Here is another picture of Jacob playing with the new Milwaukee power stapler putting up the insulation back in early July. You can see that we have already run the 110V but we still needed to run the 220V wire. Hence the slits in the insulation at the lower right.

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Frosty I have a few thoughts if you want? I’m a little pressed right now, but I’ll post this weekend if you want?!

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11 hours ago, Last Indian said:

Frosty I have a few thoughts if you want? I’m a little pressed right now, but I’ll post this weekend if you want?!

I'm always up for advice Last Indian. 

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23 minutes ago, indymanjoe said:

Sweeeeet! Looking forward to checking it out! I'll pick something off my wall to donate to the garage art!

thats a great idea Joe!.

 frosty would you be keen on something from nz for your wall in the new  garage ? 

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5 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Wow I'll throw in an old coolrides banner......:slap::rofl:

Ohhhhh........ahhhhhhh!!!! 

Would Marcel approve? BTW - he has a new job, Director of Digital Marketing at Cosmedent, Inc.

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4 hours ago, Fitzy said:

You know Frosty, once you install the beer fridge, you'll be "just popping down to the shed, dear" 85 times a week on the pretence of fiddling with some repair. Once you crack a beer and put some tunes on, you'll end up moving in there, so be careful!

You make it sound like this could be a bad thing Fitzy. That sounds like a GREAT thing! Should I turn off the cell phone too? 

Cracking a beer is the second greatest sound in the world.

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6 minutes ago, JUSTA6 said:

Round up the kid and make him swear the cell phone doesn't work there right from the start!!!!

Change the lock so he can't get in the first place and it becomes a moot point.

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6 minutes ago, Frosty said:

Change the lock so he can't get in the first place and it becomes a moot point.

Justa stay on the same page the phones do NOT work there.:badGT:   Did you see Asprin in my dream cruise photo's??  I've always smiled about that, but even Mike brought it up.  Awesome vid of Indy  thankz.  You gonna be around for Labor day?   Golling and Sellers are the last 3 shows. for me.

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I am screwed for Golling and Sellers this year with the wife and I going back to Hilton Head Island on Sept 17th and returning on the 26th. My last show will be Charleston WV unless the Widetrackers have their Fall Color Tour after that.

I will be around Labor Day. Not sure 100% what is going on that weekend. I have UM football plus my brother's birthday on Saturday. Sunday and Monday are currently open. I'd like to spend some time wrenching on Lucy, weather permitting or garage available.

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8 hours ago, Frosty said:

I am screwed for Golling and Sellers this year with the wife and I going back to Hilton Head Island on Sept 17th and returning on the 26th. My last show will be Charleston WV unless the Widetrackers have their Fall Color Tour after that.

I will be around Labor Day. Not sure 100% what is going on that weekend. I have UM football plus my brother's birthday on Saturday. Sunday and Monday are currently open. I'd like to spend some time wrenching on Lucy, weather permitting or garage available.

We Have been itching for a road trip...Was kinda maybe thinking about jumping in one of the Firebirds and rolling up toward Charleston West Virginia...In October Ourselves..We haven't been up that way in couple years...Plus it's fairly close only about 4 hours... More or less  away...Depending on which route we take...

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