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My work shop

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Iv been working on this for a while now, pretty much done. And put A LOT more money into it then I first figured. The garage consists of 3 bays. The work shop, 8'x20' I am showing below. A middle bay, which has a garage door. Its slightly wider. And without explaining in detail my uncle has the last bay, its the widest. Also a door is being put up to seperate his side from my side. I currently have a piece of carpet up as a "door" to keep the heat in my workshop temporarly, gonna put a door up also. Family...

Anyways, This garage was something that was ready to be torn down. My grandmother bought the property (I rent it) put a new roof on the garage, and had a jackleg also frame up the inside. Most of the framing isnt secured and can be pushed out from the wall. Nice.

First thing was rewiring it. Only thing I ever wired before, aside from electronic stuff, not household stuff, was a ceiling fan. Dad gave me a run down, I found some diagrams then went at it. Ended up running about 1,100 feet of 12/2 in all 3 bays. More outlets then will ever be needed, and plenty of light.

The power comes from the breaker in the house, the 12/2 coming in wasnt grounded. And buried in no conduit. I dug a ditch and ran new 10/2 from the house to garage in pvc conduit. Also ran coxial cable for a tv.

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Old fuse box.

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Work shop with a couple boxes installed.

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3 2x4 t8 lights in the bay.
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My uncle spraying foam insulation, that was part of him having the last bay.

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I got a real computer desk and moved my old "computer desk" (cabinet and counter top) in for a work bench till I get some built. But im still keeping that for my "archery bench".

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You can see the new breaker box on the wall.

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Scratch n' dent 9 cubic foot freezer on its own breaker.

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R30 insulation on the ceiling, 10" thick stuff.

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First of the pegboard. My uncle got this for free from a pawn shop that was throwing it out. And its heavy duty stuff, no that cheap stuff Lowes sells.

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OSB board put up, and 2 coats of oil based primer. The primer alone makes a huge differance in brightness!

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2 coats of oil primers followed by 2 coats of latex paint sprayed on with a 18 dollar harbor freight spray gun. Worked pretty well! Plus OSB board ceiling. Did ALL THAT myself. That was a b****.

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Layed down some cheap $18 "outdoor rug" from Lowes.

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Was gonna put it all the way to the outside wall, but water leaks throug hthe concreate at the door, plus ill use that area to cut/drill stuff so I dont get shavings on the carpet.

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Thats about it. Was gonna get a propane forced air heater today but decided to get a 1500 watt tower ceramic heater... I jsut dont liek the idea of a propane heater in the garage. but im sure it would do a better job, but cost a lot. Need a window AC unit for summer. Also picked up a miter saw and circular saw today. Im proud of it. Someday Ill get a nicer one through :)
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Looks like a very nice space. The white just about doubled the size of the room.

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Really nice. I am getting closer to having a garage of my own too!! :thumb:
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You'll thank yourself many times over that you have this space. I have a full basement with a garage in it, but can't hardly move in any of it for the stored stuff.
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Yea, I been wanting to build a shed for years so I can finish the basement walls into a nice game room, takes time, money, planning. May not get it done till I retire!
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