Dream 928 garage?
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Air, compressor, large capacity, not (air) conditioning.
These garages with the spanking clean floors don't do their own work do they?
Sort of like the difference betw a working farm and a show farm. Crawford vs. a real ranch.
These garages with the spanking clean floors don't do their own work do they?
Sort of like the difference betw a working farm and a show farm. Crawford vs. a real ranch.
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Originally Posted by fst951
You need about 12' for really good light and service.
Good luck.
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Thanks. Does anyone else have any thoughts re 2- or 4- post lifts?
Originally Posted by AJK
I would suggest a twin post lift. Still lets you store a car under neath but makes wheel changing a snap.
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Is that something that can be retrofitted?
Originally Posted by docmirror
I know it's a little thing, but I had the small sealer strips on my old garage door side frame. The current setup doesn't have them, and I can't seal the door at all. I get a lot of dust, bugs, and wind noise from missing those seal strips. Minor addition when the door is put on, but well worth the cost, even more important if you AC the room.
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Nice, Gretch. I hadn't given much thought to power or an overhead beam for a chainfall. I'll talk with the builder about whether we can sneak a drain in.
Originally Posted by Gretch
make sure you design in plenty of power for things like an Arc welder, 2 stage compressor, 220 volt motor for the lift, LOTS of lighting, drains in the floor for car washing and what ever else, maybe an overhead beam to hang a chainfall on and shelf space, you can never have enough of that. In addition to these things my shop has a bathroom and sink with a hot water heater, a utility room a beer fridge, microwave, coffee maker, phone connection, work bench with vice and grinder and a set of torches. I second the motion on a two post lift. You seem to do a lot of work on your shark, the two post is much more accomodating for working on almost anything, than the 4 post, especially brake, suspension and wheel work. I couldn't live without the Modine heater cause of my location, but if I were in your location I would have a dehumidifier in the shop. Oh yeah and get a couch....I use mine all the time.
Some of this may be overkill for you, I use my shop for repair work on all the farm equipment, working on my fleet of vehicles all year long, as hunting central in the fall, as sled central in the winter and as a place to be by myself whenever.
Some of this may be overkill for you, I use my shop for repair work on all the farm equipment, working on my fleet of vehicles all year long, as hunting central in the fall, as sled central in the winter and as a place to be by myself whenever.
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I do all of my own work...I did an engine swap in the 928 a year ago and the year before that I changed the car from an automatic to a 5 speed with limited slip.
The floor is due for a repainting and I think I'm going to try painting it with an epoxy this time instead of the concrete "stain" I am going to try and do it in a black and white checkerboard pattern.
It'll be a lot of taping....but I plan to use a laser to set up nice straight lines.
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The floor is due for a repainting and I think I'm going to try painting it with an epoxy this time instead of the concrete "stain" I am going to try and do it in a black and white checkerboard pattern.
It'll be a lot of taping....but I plan to use a laser to set up nice straight lines.
Regards,
Ken
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Why not air conditioning? It's 99 degrees and 100% humidity here much of the year -- kind of like the womb.
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Air, compressor, large capacity, not (air) conditioning.
These garages with the spanking clean floors don't do their own work do they?
Sort of like the difference betw a working farm and a show farm. Crawford vs. a real ranch.
These garages with the spanking clean floors don't do their own work do they?
Sort of like the difference betw a working farm and a show farm. Crawford vs. a real ranch.
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Originally Posted by SteveG
These garages with the spanking clean floors don't do their own work do they?
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Originally Posted by MBMB
Nice, Gretch. I hadn't given much thought to power or an overhead beam for a chainfall. I'll talk with the builder about whether we can sneak a drain in.
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I don't know if any of you know James Morrison, but he just built a new house and it has an attatched six car garage. Fully climate controlled, and houses his two GTS', his S4, his '81, and his GT2 Race Car built off Mark Andersons old car. He also has a 32" Tv with Satellite/DVD/VCR and full Bose Surround sound. It's nice to be able to clean cars in about 74 degree weather when it's about 90+ outside! Has the hookups for two lifts later on as well, I forget what power source it is...220v? Very cool.
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