Lets see your garage

[davischevy]

My shop has been ignored this winter, but my work truck is clean.

We have a guy that details these for $125 bucks.

[3757chevy]

I wish I could show you My garage but...not even a carport .

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by 3757chevy

I wish I could show you My garage but...not even a carport .

I guess you could say I have a garage since Feb 2020 . It's more of a storage container. I keep my '35 pickup in it.

[dagnabbitt]

More, still room!

[yote1234]

my garage 24x60x16 tall

[FleetsidePaul]

I have a 2 car garage and a 3 car garage and I'm lucky if I can get one car into either of them. I'd be embarrassed to post pictures. I have a pool table in the 3 car. I haven't even seen it in 2 years.

[Andy4639]

I cleaned up my garage yesterday. I filled my daughters S 10 bed up full of junk and trash to haul off today. I have room to walk all the way around both vehicles again.
Now I can start over collecting more crap.

I did find some things I had been searching for though for my daughter's 68 step side we are building.

If I had a shop the size of some here I would just be in heaven!

[special-K]

Yeah, there are garages and there are shops. I have had neither for a while now. Used to Rent a barn for a shop for many years, but the place got sold. I have no good place to locate anything decent here, so been waiting till the next place. But I couldn't take it any more. I had metal roofing, some posts, and all the rafter material to at least put up a carport for one truck, with very little material to buy. I threw up a 12' structure to put a truck under. I finished out the front to take a 7'H x 9'W door and closed in the side facing my back yard (and facing the NW wind). I might just leave the rest open. It's kind of nice having the sun come in. The lower winter afternoon sun beams right in there. It will be far nicer than out in the open as is.

New laptop, no pictures yet.

[chrismoore701]

I noticed this thread popped back up. I also noticed I had the following wish list

Two down, whats next?

1) a new house with a polebarn
2) 68-72 Nova
3) 67 Malibu
4) Win Lottery
5) 41 Willeys, largest tires, largest motor, largest blower

Well Number 2 happened. Check these out

[67C10Step]

Nice shops and rides everyone. Here is mine. 30x40 built back in 2015 and sad to say, still not totally done. It gets to a certain point and working IN the shop takes precedent over working ON the shop.
Little blue car is for sale so I will open up some floor space when it is gone.

[my56chevytruck]

Here's my home away from home.

[a1vintage69]

Originally Posted by my56chevytruck

Here's my home away from home.

my56chevytruck, can't beat those 69-70 Mach 1's

[Chevyland]

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[my56chevytruck]

Originally Posted by a1vintage69

my56chevytruck, can't beat those 69-70 mach 1's

nice rides

[WunTon]

Here's my tiny 17x20 I think I win so far for smallest space besides those without a space at all! It ain't much but its heated and I can work in a comfy 70 degree garage when its 0 outside so I will take it. Many of my hand tools are laid out on the bench currently awaiting a new toolbox after selling my other one due to being out of space.



I have a miter station with a bunch of built in storage below to the left in the first picture as well. I had set up the space for woodworking until I got the 63 now its just a cluttered mess until I find some time to get it organized again.

[67ChevyRedneck]

I can finally play... well almost. 28x52 with 10x48-ish upstairs storage.

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

I can finally play... well almost. 28x52 with 10x48-ish upstairs storage.

It's good to see it happening. I like the masonry stem wall. That lets you wash out the floor if you want.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Yep, spills and in SC we have red clay. If it rains hard enough, even with a good stand of grass, the bottom of your siding can get stained red/orange.

I actually wish I had gone up one more row.

My house/attached garage have a brick crawl space/stem wall.

[special-K]

Nice to have that rear door. That'll be handy. I hate that dirt splash on new construction. A weird peeve of mine. I spread straw. You just need to get something growing there. and nice shop!

Hey Wun Ton, you're not far from me. Might be small but beats a blank. Gotta do what you can. I'm jealous of these huge shops, but honestly, I don't want so much open air. I'll have a high spot for a lift, but the rest of the ceiling with be only as high as it needs to be. I also hope my next place will have room for a parking garage and a work shop. I also want a machine shed for the junk and a storage building. I have a plan for the next place!

I just built something smaller and am very excited to have it. Only 12'w x 20' deep. Just enough to tuck my K2500 under there. I wanted bigger but decided on this to at least have something, I won't be here long enough to build a shop, and the small building will add value to the buyer. Sometimes the huge shop/small house is a negative. Not for me, but the general market. You can overbuild a property. I built this thing to compliment the vibe of the old house the same as Jesse built his to go with his house, and suits the neighborhood better.

This is the only picture I have until I can figure out how to get pictures onto my new computer. It was going to be "at least a carport". But so far I have finished the front out for a 9' wide door and finished out a wall with windows facing my yard (and the wind). I completed this side, trimmed, and painted it. That's all till next year. The open side gets the afternoon sun.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by special-K

Nice to have that rear door. That'll be handy. I hate that dirt splash on new construction. A weird peeve of mine. I spread straw. You just need to get something growing there. and nice shop!

I just built something smaller and am very excited to have it. Only 12'w x 20' deep. Just enough to tuck my K2500 under there. I wanted bigger but decided on this to at least have something, I won't be here long enough to build a shop, and the small building will add value to the buyer. Sometimes the huge shop/small house is a negative. Not for me, but the general market. You can overbuild a property. I built this thing to compliment the vibe of the old house the same as Jesse built his to go with his house, and suits the neighborhood better.

That was planned from the start, I don't want to play musical cars if I don't have to and my existing garage is orientated the same way and gets an awesome pull through breeze if the front and rear doors are open. The other side of the back wall will be the staircase to the storage area.

Funny you should mention resale... my neighbor across the street has their house up for sale. They only bought it 3 years ago and I think they paid top dollar for it. Will be interesting to see how quickly it sells with my huge mess right across the street. Homes in my immediate area are selling in days/weeks still (top school district helps).

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

That was planned from the start, I don't want to play musical cars if I don't have to and my existing garage is orientated the same way and gets an awesome pull through breeze if the front and rear doors are open. The other side of the back wall will be the staircase to the storage area.

Funny you should mention resale... my neighbor across the street has their house up for sale. They only bought it 3 years ago and I think they paid top dollar for it. Will be interesting to see how quickly it sells with my huge mess right across the street. Homes in my immediate area are selling in days/weeks still (top school district helps).

I wouldn't call that a mess Jesse. If I saw that going up across from a place I was looking at. It would be a selling point. Just think of all the tools that I could borrow.

I know what you mean about musical cars. I'm down to 8 vehicles at the moment. And it's a pain when you want to get the last in line out (which is my motorhome) We took it out last weekend and I had to move all of the others out to the street. My wife said it looked like we were having a party.

Then I had to put them all back. It took me about an hour, but that includes having a beer and shooting the breeze with my neighbor.

[67ChevyRedneck]

The wife and I have been very diligent over the past 10 years paying the house off, we're down to about 4.5 years left. After appraisal we had something like 210K in equity because the value has gone up 85K since we bought it. I took out a 25K HELOC with 15K advance. I paid the first 30K of the build in cash. Been saving for quite a while. I hope to get out of it around 60K, fully finished with the lift. If I go a little over, no biggie. I just ordered the shingles, siding, and remaining sheeting from the place I used when I redid the house. Into it for 35K-ish so far. I have quotes for the doors ($$ because they're 10x10) and electric, after that all I have left to buy is sheetrock, insulation, and the lift... and get it all installed. Fun...

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I wouldn't call that a mess Jesse. If I saw that going up across from a place I was looking at. It would be a selling point. Just think of all the tools that I could borrow.

I know what you mean about musical cars. I'm down to 8 vehicles at the moment. And it's a pain when you want to get the last in line out (which is my motorhome) We took it out last weekend and I had to move all of the others out to the street. My wife said it looked like we were having a party.

Then I had to put them all back. It took me about an hour, but that includes having a beer and shooting the breeze with my neighbor.

I have the C10, 65 Mustang, 68 Firebird, 15 Z71, and my wifes 11 Mustang and a 1954 ford Golden Jubilee.

The plan is for the two mustangs to take refuge in the 22x24 attached garage, with all the crap out of there they should both easily fit. The Bird, C10 tractor and silverado will all fit in the new garage with room to blow one of them completely apart. The bird will be first up.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

The wife and I have been very diligent over the past 10 years paying the house off, we're down to about 4.5 years left. After appraisal we had something like 210K in equity because the value has gone up 85K since we bought it. I took out a 25K HELOC with 15K advance. I paid the first 30K of the build in cash. Been saving for quite a while. I hope to get out of it around 60K, fully finished with the lift. If I go a little over, no biggie. I just ordered the shingles, siding, and remaining sheeting from the place I used when I redid the house. Into it for 35K-ish so far. I have quotes for the doors ($$ because they're 10x10) and electric, after that all I have left to buy is sheetrock, insulation, and the lift... and get it all installed. Fun...

Well, my smallest garage on this thread may not be much, but I built it with roofing & purlins left over from work I did on a Morton bldg., 2 x 6 Douglas Fir 2 x 6 rafters from a 3 car garage I helped take down, and the back posts and beam were already there. The siding I bought 7 pcs 10' and the rest is salvaged from a job. The windows are salvage, too, and the frames I made with the Douglas Fir 2 x 6. I had to buy Sakrete, posts, beams, corrugated metal, some of the 1 x 8 fascia material, gutter/downs/leaf relief, and hangers/fasteners. The whole thing is screwed and bolted. The paint I had from doing my house this summer. I still don't have a slab, wired, the other two walls or the 9' door. But so far I've spent $600. I have a conduit from the house for power I put in years ago. I figure about $1,500 complete. I already have lighting from my old shop

[special-K]

I helped a friend build a big steel clad pole bldg. shop by his house that is in a small town. It's not exactly a hot real estate market where he is located, modest cost homes. He was upset when he went for an equity loan to pay off the bldg. expenses with they valued the place the same as a few years before. He had also built a new front porch and added solar panels on a new roof since. He should have looked into the loan first. I guess he used credit cards. He has a nice shop, but it's bigger than the house. Makes the house look small.

[YBNORML]

Bought my house specifically for the garage. It’s hard to get a decent sized shop in the city limits, and I’m not willing to move to an acreage just yet. Maybe when the kids are older.

It’s 38’ x 26’ with a 9’ x 34’ car port on the back.

The only real crappy part about it is that I have to keep the heat at about 7degrees all winter as it has a a bathroom and thus running water. For some reason when they built the garage, they put the water meter in there. So i cant even drain the system in the winter. Just means I have work in there with regularity or else I’m just throwing money away.