shady's shop
02-12-2009, 07:59 AM
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shady's shop
so this year the big project around the house is the tear down of my 1950's 1 car garage and put up a 20x24 shop, 2 bay with hoist. its only in the project datto section because it holds my dattos i work on! so heres some starting pix, i will update as progress moves along, it should be under 2 months providing inpections go well and the city is happy (i already have the permit, with engineered drawings.)
02-12-2009, 08:56 AM
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nah im prolly going to do electric heat. natural gas costs huge money up here and can add big $$$ to my bill. im prolly going to go with some radiant heaters. mount them high along the walls. its going to be well insulated so it wont take much to make it toasty warm. or i can fire up the torches and heat it really fast. i did that once in someone elses shop, no fire, but we were bending metal and it heated that shop up to t-shirt weather when we needed thick jackets outside!
02-12-2009, 09:14 AM
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ahhhh... canadian engineering at its finest right there 
and yeah my garage actually has several hundred feet of tubing ran a couple inches under the cement in it thats hooked up to the heater tanks, so the floor heats the garage to about 50 degrees when needed, and the floor is warm when you lay on it!!!! ahhh the luxury.
and yeah my garage actually has several hundred feet of tubing ran a couple inches under the cement in it thats hooked up to the heater tanks, so the floor heats the garage to about 50 degrees when needed, and the floor is warm when you lay on it!!!! ahhh the luxury.
02-12-2009, 09:29 AM
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ahhhh... canadian engineering at its finest right there
and yeah my garage actually has several hundred feet of tubing ran a couple inches under the cement in it thats hooked up to the heater tanks, so the floor heats the garage to about 50 degrees when needed, and the floor is warm when you lay on it!!!! ahhh the luxury.
and yeah my garage actually has several hundred feet of tubing ran a couple inches under the cement in it thats hooked up to the heater tanks, so the floor heats the garage to about 50 degrees when needed, and the floor is warm when you lay on it!!!! ahhh the luxury.
EDIT: Glad to see it's started. I hope you're going to move the truck?
02-12-2009, 09:32 AM
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+1 My garage is freezing! Its the main reason I've got very little done this Winter. Freakin Illinois.....
Anyway, good luck on the shop Shady.
02-12-2009, 09:38 AM
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lol, yup, radiant heating is right, its also in the floors on the main level and the basement in my house, sometimes its warmer to go lay on a floor than be in my room 
haha
also, no worries mikey! bike weather is but a month away.
hahaalso, no worries mikey! bike weather is but a month away.
02-12-2009, 09:55 AM
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nah im prolly going to do electric heat. natural gas costs huge money up here and can add big $$$ to my bill. im prolly going to go with some radiant heaters. mount them high along the walls. its going to be well insulated so it wont take much to make it toasty warm. or i can fire up the torches and heat it really fast. i did that once in someone elses shop, no fire, but we were bending metal and it heated that shop up to t-shirt weather when we needed thick jackets outside!
shady--awesome-----have fun-----goood dryrot on those lower supports---eeewwww----looks almost as much fun as my big boat......wow....
02-15-2009, 07:45 PM
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well today my brother came over and we tore the rest of the old garage down, took 3 more hours. the first load to the dump was 2200 lbs!! and the second 750 lbs. good thing he has a dodge 3500 dually turbo diesel. the dang truck didnt even squat. heres some pix
04-14-2009, 09:19 PM
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well here we are after much headaches and some actual progress is seen. i hate my inspector, ive basically built this thing twice over. if it wasnt for him it woulda been done sooner. im hopefully gonna sue the city for constantly flip-floping on their decisions.
04-14-2009, 11:11 PM
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damn mounties! bitchin about your fancy new car hole, or should i get french on you since your canadian and call it a garge! 
haha, soooo much fun! lookin good though. i wouldnt mind doing that in my backyard and making an apartment above it for myself while im at it.
haha, soooo much fun! lookin good though. i wouldnt mind doing that in my backyard and making an apartment above it for myself while im at it.
04-15-2009, 07:48 AM
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NICE!!! Im loving the high ceiling, you plan on adding a gurney or some sort of chain winch to yank motors and the likes? Lift? Pit? What the plan? You could be bad *** like lww and have AC/Heat too, aye?
04-15-2009, 03:26 PM
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yes the ceiling is high for a lift, but my original one wont fit. im thinking a roll aroung 4 post now. they plug in the wall and can be moved. there are also really neat ramp kits avail. too. bleach is exactly correct, prolly cause hes been to my place. there is an alley out back to access the garage. the door is 14x8 size, so i can fit many things inside. there is also a 20x10 storage floor on the side without the door. its got a low ceiling, but shall hold all the nifty parts. socal the truck is really nice actually, lots of pix of it at ratsun.net if youd like to look, search shady's 620. it even doesnt have datto rust!! 35,000 orig miles too.
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