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post Oct 3 2015, 10:05 AM
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Most excellent! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) Congrats!
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post Oct 3 2015, 10:21 AM
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Congrats, looks great. I guess if I was younger and was doing a restro on my place, I would do the same.
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post Feb 19 2016, 05:13 PM
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I've been slowly using the garage as an actual garage to get things done, and continue to organize the garage and set things up.

Somehow I had several leftover 4' lights from our old house, so I decided to hang them as well. I guess you can't have too much light.

I ended up with 58 4' bulbs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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post Feb 19 2016, 05:14 PM
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post Feb 19 2016, 05:15 PM
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Here is the planned layout.

Next up is the build the benches/extend the tool chest "island".

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post Feb 19 2016, 07:16 PM
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Now you need to convert to the new LED lamps. With 58 40w fluorescent lamps, you're drawing 2320 watts (almost 20 amps) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yikes.gif)

Love your garage though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
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post Feb 21 2016, 01:32 AM
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holy crap that was awesome...
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post Apr 2 2016, 08:32 AM
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i copied this "sucken scissor lift" design and i can report it works very well.

here isthe 3/4" panel i made a couple weeks ago for when not in use.


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post Apr 2 2016, 09:39 AM
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QUOTE(siverson @ Apr 2 2016, 07:32 AM) *

i copied this "sucken scissor lift" design and i can report it works very well.

here isthe 3/4" panel i made a couple weeks ago for when not in use.


Looks like your garage floor is on life support. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)



Seriously, you've done a great job of tailoring the space for a 914 collection. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
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post Apr 2 2016, 12:32 PM
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You have to drive over the hydraulic hose to get a car on the lift though. If/when I decide where my mid-rise will reside, I think I'll bury an ABS conduit from the pit to where the pump will be located.
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post May 16 2016, 07:16 AM
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Envious - well done. I sent you an email...take a look please. All the best!

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post May 16 2016, 02:58 PM
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Man, that looks awesome. I love the layout and the room (as it is measured by 914's). I miss San Diego. Are you out in east county? My parents still live in SD right above Charger Stadium. Gotta come visit. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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post May 16 2016, 08:58 PM
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> Now you need to convert to the new LED lamps. With 58 40w fluorescent lamps, you're drawing 2320 watts (almost 20 amps) yikes.gif

Yeah, it ends up being 16 amps with all on (32w bulbs) but I've found I'm just turning on the lights in the applicable bay/work area.


> You have to drive over the hydraulic hose to get a car on the lift though. If/when I decide where my mid-rise will reside, I think I'll bury an ABS conduit from the pit to where the pump will be located.

Yes, I started to do this but I would have had to tear up a lot of good concrete to get the pump where I wanted it. My plan is to build some hard lines with 90 degree turns so I can mount it on a post in the middle of the garage and then I won't have to run over it anywhere. But it really hasn't been a big deal as-is.


> I sent you an email...take a look please.

Got and will do!

> Are you out in east county?

I'm in Encinitas. Just got lucky with a big yard and garage(s).

-Steve
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post May 16 2016, 09:08 PM
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From this weekend (and on my other thread). It's so nice to have room to work in.

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post May 16 2016, 09:12 PM
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post May 16 2016, 09:21 PM
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Here is the garage attached to my apartment from 1999-2005 or so that I did the conversion of my orange car. Couldn't fully open either door and that single light builb was the entire lighting in the garage.

Funny [to me] story: This was at a super run down apartment in Pacific Beach (like most in PB). I didn't realize it at the time, but the drywall on the right side of that photo there was literally the interior wall of another apartment unit. I had no idea. There was no insulation or anything. I did a ton of welding and even more grinding in that garage over the course of many months. When I would grind in there, it was just as loud in the apartment as in my garage.

After many months of this, I ended up meeting the girl in that apartment and we dated for about year. But she turned out to be crazy (like most in PB).

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post May 16 2016, 10:02 PM
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... Funny [to me] story: This was at a super run down apartment in Pacific Beach (like most in PB). I didn't realize it at the time, but the drywall on the right side of that photo there was literally the interior wall of another apartment unit. I had no idea. There was no insulation or anything ...
Used to be that garages were required to have a minimum 1-hour fire rating if attached to a residential unit - typically gyp board on both sides of all adjoining walls and ceiling.

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Not exactly sure WHEN it became code, but my garage/rear house (built in 1949) only had a coating of plaster on the garage ceiling (house is on 2nd story). I installed gyp board under the exterior stairs (when we turned it into an enclosed storage area) and also in the water heater closet in the corner of the garage. IF I ever have enough 'spare' time, I'll insulate and install gyp board on the garage walls too.

I remember two garages in my past, (originally built for model 'T's), that didn't even have concrete floors (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) ... just dirt!
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post May 16 2016, 10:18 PM
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Looks like it was just easier to leave the doors off during the build. You new place turned out swell. I love that green car. How do you like the lift master? Quiet and the no motor track makes for lots of headroom.
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post Jul 5 2016, 09:23 AM
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The yard is still a mess, and I got tired of climbing up and down this dirt slope to get to the 914 garage from the backyard. So I saw stairs like on Youtube and thought that looked easy. Technically easy, but way more manual labor than I was expecting.

Anyways, I finished now and added some 914 parts to finish it off (from my conversion).

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post Jul 5 2016, 09:23 AM
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