garage refurb

[NUTTSGT]

Well, it has begun. We bought this house and garage over 10 years ago. My garage like in some previous posts started life as a service station, in 1937. One of the things I've wanted to do from the beginning is pour a new floor. The current concrete is spalled and rough. When it rains hard, I occassional get water inside because it's so low.
The planets have finally aligned in my favor. While I have everything out, I figured it was the right time to repaint the walls. I'm going to go with white to try and brighten it up.
First order of business, move everything out.
Here's the back room, which was empty. Basically a storage room and houses the air compressor.
Another shot of what all has to come out,

along with the back corner of the garage.

[NUTTSGT]

Now that little back room has four bare engine blocks plus another shortblock and a transmission plus more. I failed to remember how much junk I have.

One of the first things to come out was my tool box and step-dads box. Along with the press and one big ass wood burner. The press moved fairly easy with a two wheeled dolley. The tool boxes, weren't bad, as I had help from my loving wife (a round of applause for her please). The wood stove was a beast, 500 pounds I'd guess. I, along with the wife, got the wood stove on a couple of mover's dolleys from HF. Then they rode on the plywood express.


Here's the two sheets of 3/4" plywood. I leap frogged one sheet after another. I told the wife this is how they built the pyramids.lol

[NUTTSGT]

Almost empty.

a gaggle of crap that I had to move, you can see that the back room is slightly full. As I was moving stuff, I had to keep in mind if I was going to need it during the refurbish. parts washer, blast cabinet, welder, welding table, the list goes on

Since It's getting a new floor, raised 4" the work benches had to come all the way out. I can't believe what a pita this was. When I insulated the back walls, I sheet right down to the bench top. So the OSB and insulation had to be moved also.

[NUTTSGT]

The back half of the garage had been added on many years ago. When they did, they added the black I-beam. One end sat on a 2x6 and 2x4. I was never keen on that but it worked. I decided to spruce it up a bit and take them out replace them.
basement jack in place. You can also see the window I bricked up when we bought the place. They sided the outside with T-111, but left the window in place. I don't claim to be a mason either. ha ha ha

New double 2x6 beam in place. If you notice the gap on the right side, that was another WTF moment. Apparently they laided teh block for the addition right up to the old asbestos siding and cut a hole in the back wall. I had to recut the siding boards for the 2x6s to sit flush. A 45 minute job turned intoa 2 1/2 hour job.

[Joe From NY]

Originally Posted by NUTTSGT

The back half of the garage had been added on many years ago. When they did, they added the black I-beam. One end sat on a 2x6 and 2x4. I was never keen on that but it worked. I decided to spruce it up a bit and take them out replace them.

New double 2x6 beam in place. If you notice the gap on the right side, that was another WTF moment. Apparently they laided teh block for the addition right up to the old asbestos siding and cut a hole in the back wall. I had to recut the siding boards for the 2x6s to sit flush. A 45 minute job turned intoa 2 1/2 hour job.

i would replace the wood with brick or steel. you might put a chain hoist on that beam someday.

[NUTTSGT]

Same view as above but a slightly different angle.
Notice switch/outlet hanging out of the wall? Well they previous owner had wired the bench outlets out of that box. Since the bench was gone, the wiring needed to go too. Not to mention the 14 guage wire. I've done some rewiring in the garage and knew it was feed by a 14ga wire but was planning on replacing it. Now was the time.

I used a 2x6 (old bench top) as a nailer for the new work bench. I wanted to get this in place so I could screw the OSB back onto the walls. That's one less thing in the way. I've shortened the bench up by a foot and a half, to keep it away from the woodburner. Something I've been thinking about for a while.

Since I'm raing the floor, it's going to make the cabinets to close to the benchtop. So they will need to be shortened. No big deal but they will have to come off the wall and I wonder what surprises I will find.

I ahd to remove all the insulation in the back corner too. I'm glad I screwed the OSB on instead of nailing it on. Here's a before pic, I will have to get an after pic.


The current to do list for now,

shorten wall cabinets
remove a fan mounted up on the wall (to push warm air down in the winter, 14' ceiling)
paint
probably level out the ceiling in the back corner ( a screw up years ago)

[JC23]

You hang in there, NUTT,

It's always tougher to re-do sh!t than build new. But at some point, the work will turn from old to new. That's when your afterburner will kick in and you'll see some real progress!

Where is Sulphur in Ohio???

[NUTTSGT]

Oh believe me, I know all about redo-ing shit. I'll have to scan a pic of the house when we first bought it and one now. I'll try to do the tommorrow, along with a couple of outside pics of the garage.

Sulphur Springs is about an hour north of Columbus.

[Keith_MN]

Are those PVC air lines?

[NUTTSGT]

Originally Posted by Keith_MN

Are those PVC air lines?

yes, I have PVC airlines.

[NUTTSGT]

Sorry for the lack of updates. I've had a few unscheduled work days that threw off my schedule. I've accomplished a few things, I removed the wall mounted fan, no pictures, sorry. It was nothing more than a box fan mounted on a shelf. I took it down for repainted and future plans of lowering the ceiling.
Since I was raising the floor and work benches, it put the wall cabinets only about 8" off the workbench top. They needed raised up and the story continues.


Here's where it starts, you can see the nailer for the future work bench in place. I figured I could remove the bottom shelf and that would work. So I took off the doors.


More junk that I had to move. This is where I realized the bottom shelf was taller than the rest, which I needed for books and spray bottles/ aerosal cans. I added a nailer to the wall and some 1 1/2" styroam insulation (there wasn't any behind the cabinets).


Once I started looking at one of the cabinets, I noticed the sides were in poor shape and needed a little work. Apart thatcabinet came and I built some new sides of 3/4" plywood and dadoed them out to for the shelves to slide into.


I'll be making the doors tomorrow out of 1/2" plywood and trimming them with strips made from 2x4 (1/4" thick)

[NUTTSGT]

Some guys have asked about pics of my garage when I've mentioned it being an old sevice station, so I'll add a few of when we bought the house and garage. Afew of the old are scanned pics I uploaded and not sure how the size will be.

The garage when we bought it. Notice a few windows that have been removed.


What it looks like now.

After the new floor is poured, I have doors that match the house garage to put up.

A view from the back.

From the other side.

I'd like to close in this corner and bring the roof (to match the other roof)out over the current roof and basically make it a outdoor accessible shed and get a few things out of the house garage, garden trailer, push mower, shovels/rakes. That'll hopefully be next spring.

[Rockey]

Is that a 4 eye I spy? You must be fairly close to Norwalk.

I like the garage. It has a bit of the old service station nostalgia to it.

[NUTTSGT]

Originally Posted by Rockey

Is that a 4 eye I spy? You must be fairly close to Norwalk.

I like the garage. It has a bit of the old service station nostalgia to it.

Yep, 86 GT and about 40 minutes to Norwalk.

A few winters ago in the garage. I got bored.

[NUTTSGT]

And to show what I had to start with on the house too. I told the wife to look at the potential of the property and think of what it could look like.



Same angle as above, just newer. I tore down the old garage, added a 24x32 onto the house, fancied the outside up with some siding, windows and new roof.


In the beginning.

I ripped off the old porch and gave the wife the wrap around porch she wanted.


We bought the front door about 2 years before we put it in, she picked it out. Then she tried to explain what she wanted the steps to look like. I couldn't understand what she was talking about . . . "curved, you know go around" I was like "huh?" I told her to draw a picture. This is what she wanted, and I gave her a nice big sidewalk to match it.

[NUTTSGT]

Well things haven't been working out to good lately and progress has been horrible. Things just went to shit today and I was stressed and about 10 shades of pissed.

I was going to rent a cut off saw to cut the concrete but figured I'd use a circular saw with a masonary blade. It worked before but it's hard onthe saw. So now I have Skil saw that I can use for "junk" work and keep my Dewalt circular saw nice.'

I used two box fans to push the dust out of the garage as I cut.


Here's a little progress.



My step dad came over with a water level today, we marked the perimeter for the concrete. I had it figured to pour 3.5" at the very back of the garage, which is higher. I knew there would be some low spots as the floor sloped. I didn't realize just how much til today.

Keep in mind the back will be 3 1/2" thick. (that pic disappeared FOUND ) This is at the northeast corner.



yep, that's 6 1/2 inches, I think I'm going to need more than the 13 yards I originally figured. . . . and that's how my day started. I'm planning on pouring Saturday, hopefully I can get some stuff done tomorrow.

[colt zantop]

wow..nice work! I love the old station! I do have one problem though......DONT GET RID OF THOSE DOORS ON THE OLD STATION!!! they look period correct...just paint them to match!!!

[klogan121]

Regarding heating your shop, what style of woodburner you using- 2 55 gallon drums, a potbelly stove, or a unit with a built-in fan? I'm leaning to wood burning as a source of heat for my pole barn and was just curious.

Nice resto on the house!

Kevin

[NUTTSGT]

Originally Posted by klogan121

Regarding heating your shop, what style of woodburner you using- 2 55 gallon drums, a potbelly stove, or a unit with a built-in fan? I'm leaning to wood burning as a source of heat for my pole barn and was just curious.

Nice resto on the house!

Kevin

It's a big monster. You can see it in this picture. According to my neighbor, it's an old boiler type wood burner. It puts out the heat. I can try to get a better picture tomorrow.


I love burning wood, it's good exercise to cut it, cheap, and puts out the heat. Between gas for my truck, gas/oil for the saw, maybe a chain and some lunch, I might spend a hundred bucks to heat my garage in the winter.

EDITED. Here is a better pic of it.

[NUTTSGT]

Originally Posted by colt zantop

wow..nice work! I love the old station! I do have one problem though......DONT GET RID OF THOSE DOORS ON THE OLD STATION!!! they look period correct...just paint them to match!!!

Sorry, those doors are junk, rotting at the bottom and one has a broken spring causing it to have to be held open with a post. I already have doors to put on, they match the doors on the house garage except no windows.