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Thanks everyone!My garage is tiny compared to most, but I live in NYC and having a single private garage is a bit of a luxury in it's own right.
We renovated a 100 year old house a few years back. Everything had been neglected for years, but the garage even more than the rest. The existing driveway was too narrow to even fit a car in... the garage door narrower still!
The garage renovation required major structural work to widen the garage and driveway including new structural steel, temporary supports for the building façade, etc.. We also chopped and re-poured the entire basement slab, replaced all drainage piping and epoxy coated in the garage.
The space can be a little tight for some activities, but I've been able to R&R all wheels and have the entire car up on jack stands in there. It isn't obvious from the photos, but in addition to regular lighting, the garage has about 25k lumens of 5000K LED lighting that I can turn on for detailing or other work on the car, which is awesome.
I designed and fabricated the piping rig for the wall-mounted pressure washer and hose reel setup myself and even had paint color matched to the cabinets mixed for painting the piping.
It is now a really personalized space that I can work in that is clean, comfortable and really functional.
It's a little off topic for here, but here are a few photos of the process and finished product:
It's a little off topic for here, but here are a few photos of the process and finished product:
Further off topic. We did a major renovation on our house 13 years ago. I took quite a few photos at various stages throughout the process (though sometimes I wish I had taken more). Several times now I've gone back and referenced the photos for information. Where studs or plumbing are, etc. Last week we discussed taking out a bedroom in our basement that is rarely used in order to get a lot more use out of the enlarged room. Photos told me how any electric ran, but more importantly that the wall is not load bearing.
Further off topic. We did a major renovation on our house 13 years ago. I took quite a few photos at various stages throughout the process (though sometimes I wish I had taken more). Several times now I've gone back and referenced the photos for information. Where studs or plumbing are, etc. Last week we discussed taking out a bedroom in our basement that is rarely used in order to get a lot more use out of the enlarged room. Photos told me how any electric ran, but more importantly that the wall is not load bearing.
You can never have enough photos! Good planning to thoroughly document everything.
We renovated a 100 year old house a few years back. Everything had been neglected for years, but the garage even more than the rest. The existing driveway was too narrow to even fit a car in... the garage door narrower still!
Cayenne is in the carport adjacent to the detached garage. I thought I had a picture with the carport but I guess I don’t. It’s off to the left of the picture below.
Lotus is TBD - will probably rent an off site parking spot and rotate a car out every week. The good thing about having sports cars is they are all low and fit on my vertically limited lift.
Thanks everyone!My garage is tiny compared to most, but I live in NYC and having a single private garage is a bit of a luxury in it's own right.
We renovated a 100 year old house a few years back. Everything had been neglected for years, but the garage even more than the rest. The existing driveway was too narrow to even fit a car in... the garage door narrower still!
The garage renovation required major structural work to widen the garage and driveway including new structural steel, temporary supports for the building façade, etc.. We also chopped and re-poured the entire basement slab, replaced all drainage piping and epoxy coated in the garage.
The space can be a little tight for some activities, but I've been able to R&R all wheels and have the entire car up on jack stands in there. It isn't obvious from the photos, but in addition to regular lighting, the garage has about 25k lumens of 5000K LED lighting that I can turn on for detailing or other work on the car, which is awesome.
I designed and fabricated the piping rig for the wall-mounted pressure washer and hose reel setup myself and even had paint color matched to the cabinets mixed for painting the piping.
It is now a really personalized space that I can work in that is clean, comfortable and really functional.
It's a little off topic for here, but here are a few photos of the process and finished product:
@brianja thats rad. VERY well done with a tight space
Thanks, everyone! It took a few years after construction to get the space settled in to this point where it has the right balance of clean/uncluttered, but still has character.
@slc4s You think it is tight now? Take a look at the interior photos... when we started construction that entire window was in the basement... not the garage. Then there was a 12" thick concrete block wall, THEN the car space! Stealing about 5 feet from the basement made such a huge difference.
I grew up in NY…. 5 feet is a world of difference and to have a garage like that is like hitting the lotto. Beautiful work and you’ve got such a great eye for detail!
I grew up in NY…. 5 feet is a world of difference and to have a garage like that is like hitting the lotto. Beautiful work and you’ve got such a great eye for detail!
Thank you. As an engineer those little details are what I love obsessing over!
I was worried that we didn't go wide enough for the space and the first time that I pulled in with the cabinets in place I was holding my breath. It's juuuuust right.
09-28-2022, 01:57 PM
