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The workbay is still stacked at the back wall with garage storage/moving boxes. When I packed the previous garage, I labeled each box with "where it came from" along with a description, so there are boxes with drawer and door/shelf numbers. In the previous garage, I stored most stuff in upper shelf cabinets in clear plastic storage bins, labeled with contents. So a bin might have "fiberglass supplies" or "hot melt stuff" on the label. Boxes of bins have the same descriptions on the outside, so for the most part I've been able to find things as I need them. Less than ideal in the big picture though.
New cabinets are coming from a local-to-me garage/shop/lab/etc. cabinet builder, looky at www.baldheadcabinets.com to get an idea. Rob Edwards went with Saber cabinets in his garage expansion and I like those, but they are now built in China and there's absolutely no flexibility on design or from the very short list of their standard colors.
Meanwhile, Baldhead is adding 18"-deep upper cabinets to the 150 cabinet line, so all my 17"-deep plastic storage bins will fit. That's service that just isn't available from most places. Plus they will deliver and install them. They offer that installation country-wide, by the way; cabinets are shipped, and the installation team shows up, picks up the cabs from the nearest freight terminal, brings them to your place and installs them. I've found nothing but great reports from satisfied customers.
I'll start a separate thread with pics to document the install process. Everything will be wall-mounted, even the base cabinets, so easy to clean underneath with no easy places for winter rodentia to hole up. This is likely my last workshop garage, so it needs to be right.
That just looks like a shipload of snow to move in the winter. That's a lot of driveway!
I made ours big enough to turn around in, to the amazement and then consternation of the neigbors (who approved the design drawings prior to construction). There's enough room to park the tour bus, of course, but it cramps access to the garages. Fortunately (so far), snow load has been light enough that I can clear it all easily with a shovel. I see a snowblower in the future if I have to clear a bunch. Or there's a local who will clear it for $30, very hard to beat. That's a dozen clearings before I could break even on a snowblower, plus no storage or maintenance on one.
The workbay is still stacked at the back wall with garage storage/moving boxes. When I packed the previous garage, I labeled each box with "where it came from" along with a description, so there are boxes with drawer and door/shelf numbers. In the previous garage, I stored most stuff in upper shelf cabinets in clear plastic storage bins, labeled with contents. So a bin might have "fiberglass supplies" or "hot melt stuff" on the label. Boxes of bins have the same descriptions on the outside, so for the most part I've been able to find things as I need them. Less than ideal in the big picture though.
New cabinets are coming from a local-to-me garage/shop/lab/etc. cabinet builder, looky at www.baldheadcabinets.com to get an idea. Rob Edwards went with Saber cabinets in his garage expansion and I like those, but they are now built in China and there's absolutely no flexibility on design or from the very short list of their standard colors.
Meanwhile, Baldhead is adding 18"-deep upper cabinets to the 150 cabinet line, so all my 17"-deep plastic storage bins will fit. That's service that just isn't available from most places. Plus they will deliver and install them. They offer that installation country-wide, by the way; cabinets are shipped, and the installation team shows up, picks up the cabs from the nearest freight terminal, brings them to your place and installs them. I've found nothing but great reports from satisfied customers.
I'll start a separate thread with pics to document the install process. Everything will be wall-mounted, even the base cabinets, so easy to clean underneath with no easy places for winter rodentia to hole up. This is likely my last workshop garage, so it needs to be right.
A one car garage with lift, not near as fancy but we worked with what was available. I live in a historic district in Sacramento, house is 110 yo. We tore out the existing stuff (a hippy redwood hot tub shack) and built a one car garage. About 6 ft from house! It works, scissor trusses at 16 ft peak and a mechanical roll up door give me all the room I need to lift a regular car up all the way. Re-used the redwood from hippy shack over the workbench. Still need to epoxy the floor, but it has served me well, and a space like this in downtown is highly coveted.
I have seen these cabinets, and while they are mid-level priced, they feel really upscale. The doors of the upper cabinets swing up and out of the way. Since the doors have a foam core, closing them sounds more like closing a Mercedes door. The colored faces can be replaced easily.
That just looks like a shipload of snow to move in the winter. That's a lot of driveway!
My plow guy uses a big front end loader; a regular plow truck can be overwhelmed occasionally. $65 per plow-out, cheaper than any other feasible solution, including the proverbial unregistered "rusty plow truck". As few as five events one winter, as many as fourteen. The 4WD F-150 was jacked up by its PO, so we can humvee out, if we have to.
That is blasphemy, using a Ferrari tarp to cover a Porsche !
Nice garage and cars of course.
I had an extra cover from my old 360. If I sell I get $300. If I buy Porsche cover it's $300. Neither will fit perfectly. The Ferrari cover is nice and smooth. Feel much better with that on my 928. The 928 deserves a nice cover
I had an extra cover from my old 360. If I sell I get $300. If I buy Porsche cover it's $300. Neither will fit perfectly. The Ferrari cover is nice and smooth. Feel much better with that on my 928. The 928 deserves a nice cover
Yes I agree, the Porsche deserves a very nice cover !
Not a 928 garage yet, but it's in the works...should be about 8 months or so
Double bay is a bit deeper for more storage, ceilings in the last two bays will be 12 feet tall (garage door tracks will be run right up against the ceiling) to allow for a 4 post lift in the last bay. The interior will be finished and painted (epoxy coated floor), hot/cold tap in there, 240 power for future compressor, and cat 6 cable so I can hook up an old TV and computer ....
No cabinets planned yet but that will come soon after we move in
08-19-2015, 04:20 PM
Fortunately (so far), snow load has been light enough that I can clear it all easily with a shovel. I see a snowblower in the future if I have to clear a bunch. Or there's a local who will clear it for $30, very hard to beat. That's a dozen clearings before I could break even on a snowblower, plus no storage or maintenance on one.
