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What's you guys' idea for the ultimate home garage design?
The one I plan to build when I build my house, will be a three car garage, with the third stall partition walled off. The walls will be covered with those acrylic panels like they use in bathrooms so that you can wash them off, and have sealed lens, flood lights recessed in them. There will be a grated floor drain that runs around the entire perimeter of the room, and the the concrete will have radiant heat. All the workbench and tool storage space will be recessed and a large roll type door will be pulled down to isolate them from the rest of the garage when painting or washing a car. It will have it's own furnace, and A/C with a thermal exchanger, so the air is constantly being changed out, and no air is recirculated. There will be both a cold and hot water spigot. There will be a full bath so that I can take a shower if I get really dirty, and an eye wash station. I'm not sure if I'll have a lift or a pit. The pit would be cheaper and safer, and I could install an electric retracting roll type cover that'll handle the weight of a car should someone accidentally drive on it. The pit would have it's own regulated pneumatic air supply, recessed lighting in the walls and floor, and electrical outlets. There would be a beam and electric winch/pulley for pulling motors and trannies out. There would be a tandem garage door setup, or a modified single garage door that would be several inches thick and insulated. That's all I can think of for now.
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Last edited by Toolapcfan : 03-01-2005 at 12:20 PM.
Thats sounds like a sweet mortgage...I mean garage. Quite a plan, hope it happens for you. You might as well add a bed since it doesnt sound like you will ever want to leave the place.
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Well, I do construction, so I'd be doing it all myself, so it really won't cost that much more than a regular garage would. The HVAC would be the most expensive part, a few thousand in that and the radiant heat would be part of the radiant heat system that heats the rest of the house.
I need to get a picture of my friends garage. Its not that it has anything really great in it, but its freaking huge. IIRC, it has 5 doors, its two storys high, and you could probably fit close to 10 cars in it.
How do/would you keep the pit clean? Do you have to worry about things like fuel dripping in the pit and all that or would it be connected to that drain system? Any plans for a floor coating?
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sweetest garage ever.. will u be posting pics of *** like that guy did? i like the idea of a pit.. only problem is that you would have to have stools/step ladders for when u cant reach something and cant lower the vehicle.. and i have the same question as above.. how would u keep that pit clean?
that garage was cool, but it wasnt really meant for actually working on your car for anything other than oil changes, etc. the drive on lifts are good for exhaust work and oil changes, but little else because the wheels are still on the ground. the checkerboard won't withstand impact well from dropping sh*t.
pits are alright, but i wouldnt call them safer. i would much rather drive my car on something, align the lifts, and pick the car up than drive it over a 5' deep hole. some work with pits isnt any easier than with some jackstands.
Sounds like a plan, just remeber with a lift you need taller ceilings. Other than that, give yourself plenty of room on either side of the car to work in your design. My *shop* area has a 10x10 garage door, that opens into a 25' wide x50' long work space with 12' ceilings. I have enough room to cram 4 cars in there if need be, but really only keep the race car in there and room to work on my daily drivers.
Hers a shot of a 20' section of wall where most of my tools hang. My specality tools are held in three roll chests.
Heres the race car on jack stands with various motors in stages of rebuild.
Things ive learned having this much space....
1) You can never have too many outlets...
2) Have compressed air in multiple locations, celing drop downs are best...
3) You can never have too many lights...
4) Hot water is for pussies...
5) You would be suprised how often I wish I had a dedicated parts cleaner....
6) You can never have enough shelving...
7) PAINT the floor, that checker board stuff looks nice but traps dirt...
8) A shop vac will come in handy more times than you will imagine...
9) Dont forget the stereo...
10) Lastly, dont let your friends know you have the phat setup...or youll be working on cars other than your own...
You should be very careful with the drains and such as well! If you get fluids in there that shouldn't be (nearly everything that comes out of a car) you can get some serious EPA fines. Most new shops don't even have drains anymore. Any spills should be cleaned up immediately in the proper manner, though that can be a pain sometimes. The same rules apply to businesses and residents.
Just an FYI before you go to the trouble.
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1994 G20 - SR20VE, JWT pop, SSAC 2.5", 2.5" VRS catback
10.5' ceilings.
20'x20' for the cars, 11'x30' for the workshop.
most likely a 2 post low lift (will lift high enough to stack cars in there).
i will weld together a bunch of worktables for the workshop, 1/8" steel tops, square tube structure.
coated floors in some sort of urethane 2 part.
4 220v outlets strategically placed around the garage.
3-4 110v outlets per wall.
6 different drop down compressed air ports.
4 speaker stereo wiring.
one of those high powered woodworking vacuums (dust sucks my ass).
and finally a place for all my tools to be out at once (sucks rolling the table saw, drill press, welder, etc into one pile in a corner).
there is another garage for just 2 cars as well.
in addition, the house is a split level house built on a hill, and it has a lot of "basement" space that is currently just dirt. one area, ~15-20'x8' will be converted to the "engine room" and will be used for storage, etc. there will be a removeable hydraulic hoist i will build to transfer heavy items between elevations.
unfortunately, this will be my parent's new house, but i will be able to use it whenever i want, and the SE-R and racecar will be stored there.
I was thinking that in addition to air outlets that I could put a retractable reel on a swing arm overhead that allows you to move the reel in an arc, so that you can keep the hose off of the car. Sort of like what they have at car washes. This would be nice when doing painting.
I was thinking that in addition to air outlets that I could put a retractable reel on a swing arm overhead that allows you to move the reel in an arc, so that you can keep the hose off of the car. Sort of like what they have at car washes. This would be nice when doing painting.
Sounds like a plan, just remeber with a lift you need taller ceilings. Other than that, give yourself plenty of room on either side of the car to work in your design. My *shop* area has a 10x10 garage door, that opens into a 25' wide x50' long work space with 12' ceilings. I have enough room to cram 4 cars in there if need be, but really only keep the race car in there and room to work on my daily drivers.
I think I need to hang out in your garage! I have a ton of space, but no heat or insulation on the walls and lighting sucks MAJOR! So, that leaves me to work on warm weekends or spring/summer. I really like the garages posted here. One day I hope to have one similar.
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