8 Year Itch addition

[Tim Doumit]

hi kids,

i have been wanting to do this ever since i met this place eight years ago. this means doubling my garage size to 19' x 48' interior.

when we bought this house it was a dream come true for the wife and i. she is very proud of it but it had a kind of small two car garage. with the amount of tools i have and the work i do with jeeps, it was pretty cramped. the old place had a better garage...

anyways, i figured this is the perfect place for my garage project and rampant picture whoredom. also, i am enjoying everyone elses projects! very nicely done!!

i have no intention of turning this space into one of the showrooms (some of which i have been salivating over) but more of a working garage for my two on going jeep projects plus maintenance for the TDi and CTD.

anyways, here's some photos of the project... i'll add more as they come, keeping a record of what i do along the way.


it all started with this rig i was selling on craigslist. a very clean 89 beastie...
got a new pal and a head start on the new garage out of the deal when a construction truck pulled infront of my house to look at the burb.


here's one project with no suspension, engine, drivetrain, interior etc... usually in the rain. bummer, huh?


out with the old...


stemwall and footing poured together


4.5+" in the concrete floor


the old wall and waiting for roofing
the old section is flat torch down. hoping to someday put some angle on that part.


the bottom of the 6' x 3' window is 6'. i had my doubts of a high window but i am glad we did it that way.



a larger man door too!

more to come

[marty_p]

A nice start indeed, Tim.

Keep us posted!

[Tim Doumit]

I pulled the wires and most of the insulation before letting the kids knock the wall down. Great fun at 12 & 8!!

Of course I helped a little


Wall is down and my man space has doubled.

[UN4GTBL]

Nice!

Fortunate that you are able to double your space for sure!

[Silver6.0]

Very cool man

[Tim Doumit]

Thanks guys!

Here's a few more pix:


The back. We tried to reuse as much siding as possible


New side reusing the old cedar


Another....


A steel framed work space given to me by a good friend.



Some of the other stuff I have gathered. The cabinets are steel framed / particle military. I am hoping to find something more secure in the future.

Hoping to start wiring this weekend.
Behind the tool box (black wall) I have:
1) 220 50 amp - mig
1) 220 15 amp - compressor
2) 110 20 amp - lights/outlet, outlets

In addition there are two 100 15 amp circuits in the old half

More laters.

[schwalby]

Nice addition.

Why didn't you make the stem wall higher though? To match the bottom of the siding with the existing part.

Do you have a build thread somewhere on your TJ?

[Tim Doumit]

That would have been better it seems but there is no stem wall on the old part at all it is just sitting on a higher floor an inch over the outside concrete. So we split the difference and saved some coin. I'll see if I can find a link on the TJ

[Tim Doumit]

http://web.mac.com/dome.detour/DOME_...dventures.html
Detour is mine, dome is my fathers. Ted is my wife's. Ted runs and has been wheeled hard but I need to update Ted and Detours pages

[slow50]

nice. working outside in the rain sucks ive been there.

[64dragnwagon]

Nice addition! I like what I see of the house, I like the design, it looks like a 50's-60's contemporary ranch. Do you have any pics of the whole house exterior? I would be interested in seeing it. It looks like you did a good job of integrating the addition to the architectural style of the house.

[Tim Doumit]

the house is a 4000 sq ft w/daylight basement built in 1973. i will try to get a better pic of the front.

[Tim Doumit]

someone asked about my jeeps..


this is my 97 tj. i have been building on this since tjs were rare in the world.
six suspensions, six sets of tires, six tops later, stick to auto swap and just about anything you'd want on it


i bought "TED" a year ago for my wife for mothers day 2011 in stock form... nice body but dead dead dead...


locked, stroked, lifted, geared, etc.... she wheeled the snot out of it in moab this spring.
the 4.7 stroker makes my 4.0 feel like a four banger...

[Tim Doumit]

got some wiring done today
all 12-2 and 10-2 except for the 50 amp 220

used commercial plugs for the 110. went with the clamping back kind over the side screw or poke-n-stick

[HiHoSilver]

very cool Jeeps,


the garage remodel looks great, keep the updates coming!

[Thedoc14]

Great addition and JEEPS.......

[tinbender 66]

Nice addition!! Way better than that "tent" thing.

Awesome Jeeps too. I drove to Longview a couple weeks ago to pick up some hard to find car parts and boy it's a looong ways from Arlington! Was worth it though.

[Tim Doumit]

thanks guys!
heres some pix from this weekend.
some wiring and cleaning up the joint a bit. had a pretty good fire going all day sunday for the scrap.




lights and wiring done. re used some of the old insulation to get it out of the way. and swept it out.. what a mess...

nothing is where it is going to go yet. just trying to get stuff out of the way.


the CTD fits!


old end and entrance.



someone wanted to see the front of the house... there ya go!

[Tim Doumit]

Found a couple of steel cabinets at a garbage sale today.
$35.00 for the pair.



Woot!

[Tim Doumit]

First project: rebuild ctd's transmission with billet goodness