Minnesota wooden auto garage

joe6749 · Jan 4, 2012

Hello everyone! I think it is my time to post some pictures of my half completed build. The city planners and their great wisdom would only allow 24x32 but I don’t know if I would have wanted to go much larger on this lot in the suburbs. My shop will be used for woodworking and auto restoration. So I will have some issues to deal with, dust and welding around dust. When the time comes I will have to ask for some ideas on how to deal with the dust. I currently have a wood shop in my basement but the wife and I want this moved outside so we can finish the basement with a home theater a bedroom and bath. I also have an attached heated and insulated 24x30 garage on the house so all the bikes, lawn mowers and ect will be spared from my shop. I have always liked having two hobbies going so when I get burnt out on one project I have something else different to do. i also want to some day build a woody from scratch. That why I am calling my shop Minnesota wooden auto garage.

Thanks for looking,

Joe

robarosa · Jan 5, 2012

Welcome. Gonna have a nice place for work in.

joe6749 · Jan 5, 2012

some more pictures of us working on the grarge this fall

PECVD2 · Jan 6, 2012

Joe,

Looks like a great place you have going up there.
What are your plans for insulation and interior finish?
Pictures of your basement workshop would be great and give us an idea of what you plan to move into the new digs.
BTW welcome to GJ

Jimmy_B · Jan 6, 2012

Keep the pics coming. Looks like 2x6 walls. That should keep you warm and cozy when it gets cold. I'm in the frozen (sometimes) north tundra of MN too.

joe6749 · Jan 7, 2012

Thanks for the coments guys. i am planing on finishing the inside and heating it. heat is almost required in Minnesota. I have one quote to to spray foam the walls with 2.5" of closed cell polyurathane (This foam guy says this would be better than 6" bats) and blown in for the celing for $2400. I was hoping it wouldn't be that much so i may but bats in the walls myself. I will get some more quots in the spring. My plan is to finish the inside with sheetrock but i may put a wainscoting on to improve the look and prevent damage to the sheetrock. I will take some pictures of the basement shop as soon as i get a min.

Thanks for looking,

joe

ChargedUp! · Jan 7, 2012

Looks good. Where in MN are you? How big is your lot?

joe6749 · Jan 7, 2012

chargedup!, I am in the north west metro. I took a look at your thread on your shed build it looks nice. The overhang on the roof makes it look alot better. I added put a 2' overhang on my garage because I liked the look. Where are you at?

Here are some pictures of my basement woodshop that will be moving into the new garage this summer.

Chipmunk · Jan 7, 2012

Minnesota? The only finishing touch you need is some photos of "Lutefisk" on your walls.

joe6749 · Jan 9, 2012

some more pictures of the exterior and moving in the projects for the winter. I finished up the siding and fascia in the morning and by the afternoon we had our first snow of the season. I told the wife i planed it that way.

PECVD2 · Jan 9, 2012

Joe you are making some great progress for this time of year. I guess you can thank La Nina for the fair weather.
Your wood shop looks great. How do you like your dust collection system?

ChargedUp! · Jan 9, 2012

I'm in Brooklyn Park just south of 610. What's the truck in the garage?

Stuart in MN · Jan 9, 2012

PECVD2 said:
Joe you are making some great progress for this time of year.

49 degrees today and zero snow on the ground. Considering this is normally the coldest week of the year it feels more like early April. Great weather for construction, not so good for winter sports.

ChargedUp! · Jan 9, 2012

Stuart in MN said:
49 degrees today and zero snow on the ground. Considering this is normally the coldest week of the year it feels more like early April. Great weather for construction, not so good for winter sports.

Meh. Winter sports ****.

my commute is so much easier right now without the snow, I'll gladly give up any of that activity.

joe6749 · Jan 10, 2012

The truck is a 49 chevy. I have a 500 cady motor that will be going in it. Now that i have a shop maybe i can get going on the truck.

joe

Ryze · Jan 10, 2012

Nice to see some fellow Minnesotans here. We had the shop doors open today at work its was like 52 degrees out. Its nice.. But I ice race in the winter with IIRA, and this weather is going to make a short season!

Anyways, the shop looks great!
What other plans are there for the '49?

ChargedUp! · Jan 10, 2012

joe6749 said:
The truck is a 49 chevy. I have a 500 cady motor that will be going in it. Now that i have a shop maybe i can get going on the truck.

joe

Nice. My buddy up in Nowthen has a '53 Chevy that he's working on. He also bought a spare for parts recently.
Do you ever go to the 5-8 during the season for their Tuesday night car shows?

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