The very first thing we needed to do in the garage was to get some concrete in to cover the dirt floor that it had. Here's a few photos of the work inside the space... my shop ends up being about 900sf and the P/U truck can still be pulled in at night. There will be a wall between the first bay and the other two spaces (WW Shop)... the first bay will be for GrandMa Kay's car.

11/7/05

We continue to use the temporary setup in the garage as my woodworking shop, most of the work that goes on there is the work we do on the lumber that will be used for the siding project.

Here are a few current pix.

The table saw is setup to cut a dado (notch) on one edge of the 1"x6" boards so that when
they are installed as siding they only reveal ½ of their thickness... that way the 'look' of the
new boards matches the existing, original siding on rest of the house.
 (???Should I have bought wood that was ½" thick instead of 1" ???)
 When you think about this it may seem to be a waste of the wood, but this wood came directly from a local
sawmill and the cost for the 1" thick boards was much cheaper that ½" thick because of the process of cutting...
so a little extra work for me, but less cost.

We have added a few more tools:

4/3/2005
Temporary Setup

This 'temporary setup' will be the workshop while we complete the siding on the garage and part of the house, plus a few other projects that must come after the siding.
The floor has a sealer on it now, but we must wait until it has cured for 3 months before the Epoxy Floor Paint can be applied...
so it will get the paint when we do the electrical, insulation, air & sheetrock. 
 

3/21/2005
8:00AM
The Contractor

He arrives with his helper to prep garage floor in the soon to be WoodWorking Shop.
The trench they are working on will be used to run utilities below the floor when needed, my table saw will sit out in the middle of the space so having the electrical connections and dust collection  piping under the floor will make it much easier to move around within the shop. Using a trench will make it much easier to change the layout if desired... if the utilities were just concreted over no location changes would be possible unless new utilities were installed.

 

3/22/2005
8:30AM
The Concrete Truck

Shows up to pour the new floor.
It took two loads... it's a big room!

3/22/2005
2:30PM

It's In!

The pour was completed about 2 hours before this photo, it's starting to take shape, but still needs some finish work. It will receive a 'broom' style finish and will be painted a light grey using garage floor paint after it cures enough to take paint.

You can view more photos on the work HERE. Opens a new page.