If only it would fit in my yard and my budget.

I like the lay out.

What do you guys think??

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88 thunderbird TC 2.3L
Gillis at 18 psi, walbro 255 lph fuel pump, Kirban at 39 psi, 3.73 8.8" rear, rebuilt head, brand new IHI, working on a T3 and FMIC

66 mustang V8 swap baby

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Originally posted by trashline:
tell you what that guy has everything, oven for powder coating, sand blaster, car lift. must be nice. Im not a big fan of the white walls though and where are the cars?

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i would love to have that much square footage available for a garage - mostly for the workspace we need with our gazillion projects at the kv&kk compound!!! yes my eyes are green.... with envy!! heh heh

Buy it and petition off the one end for an apartment..

Nice Place..

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Have any of you checked out garagejunkies.net?
Fun too look at all the other garages. Some extreme garages to the average two car space. Lots of cool car collections too.

J.

First thing: I agree with kk, the vinyl sheeting-over-fiberglass batting on the walls NEEDS to be covered; if for no other reason than just for the fire protection issue - that stuff would go up in flames QUICK if there was to ever be a cutting torch operated inside there or a few sparks from the grinder were to get over to the base of the walls... ...the fire would go right thru the vinyl & up the insulation before you knew what was happening - yes, it would go right up behind the stuff sitting along the walls.... not a good situation!

If the budget allowed, (in a dream garage there is ALWAYS enough budget, right!?) I'd install 5/8" plywood along the walls (8' high) to attach shelving, hangers etc. and then paint the plywood light gray (the gray wouldn't show the dust/dirt like white would). Then the 4' above that (12' ceilings, right?) & the ceiling I'd cover with white sheet metal. The metal sheeting wouldn't be affected by high humid summer days & car-washing moisture, would clean off easily (air wand, broom, or even water hose), it would reflect lots of light, etc. The painted plywood and the metal sheeting would be MUCH less apt to burn from sparks/fire!

I would rather of installed insulated overhead garage doors. Those doors appear to be single skin & will likely draw condensation (sweat) in the wintertime when the heat is operating inside. I also like garage doors with small (4" tall) windows in the middle panel.

Eventhough they'd need to be cleaned twice/year (due to the nearby trees), I'd also install some eves trough along the front roof line to keep the door openings free of "eve splash" from water off the roof edge.

Another thing I always thought would be a nice feature to have in my "DREAM GARAGE" would be a gambrel-type roof that would allow for a walkup attic storage space. There never seems to be enough storage space and small/light (easily carried up the stairs) stuff could be stored up there on shelving. The desk with the parts reference books, various catalogs and small frig could also go up there with a nice window at the end of the building for continuous natural light.

Rather than the hanging warm-air heater, I would rather have a radient heat system installed in the concrete floor and two feet outside the overhead doors (to keep the eve line outside the doors ice-free and dry). If you've ever been in a building with radient heat, you know what I'm talking about. If the floor is kept warm, EVERYTHING stays warm and dry. It's much quieter and no dust. Yes, that would require a small boiler to operate the radient heat (hot water system),,,which I'd want in a small "mechanical shed" adjacent, but separate, building ( for fire protection & insurance reasons). I'd also have the air compressor located in that mechanical shed too.

Of course, it would be air-conditioned, but if for some reason the 'dream garage budget' didn't allow for that expense, I'd have a 2' fan mounted at each end wall at the roof peak, one pushing and one pulling air into/out of the space. They would move the heat out during the dog days of summer, or any stink that may occur from parts cleaning, painting or such. Of course, the fans would need to be fitted with loovers to keep the rain out & screens to keep the bugs out and wired to allow variable rpm speeds.

Yeah.... That's my dream garage... Sigh...

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Originally posted by 63Kcode:
Here is some shots of his current project [url] ]http://photos.mustangsbymike.com/Mach-1-Candy-Apple-Red?page=1[/URL]

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DANG! HE'S SURE DOING A NICE JOB ON THAT '69!!

(I see from the pics that he now has insulated the overhead doors... )

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Originally posted by Ryan Wilke:

First thing: I agree with kk, the vinyl sheeting-over-fiberglass batting on the walls NEEDS to be covered; if for no other reason than just for the fire protection issue - that stuff would go up in flames QUICK if there was to ever be a cutting torch operated inside there or a few sparks from the grinder were to get over to the base of the walls... ...the fire would go right thru the vinyl & up the insulation before you knew what was happening - yes, it would go right up behind the stuff sitting along the walls.... not a good situation!

Ryan

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Ryan..

Vinyl Covered Insulation a pretty much a norm for Large Metal Building.. It isn't a fire hazard at all.. The vinyl does work as a vapor barrier keeping the insulation from getting damp from inside and it also is airbarrier keep air leakage from the outside..

Beside the fiberglass insulation isn't going to burn up.. It was the old foam walls that use to go up in smoke..

BUt,, it would be nice to (and expensive) to cover the walls.. You could always just cover the area you want to hang tools..

How about the PVC plumbing for the air compressor. I've done that myself, but would definitely go black iron or copper in the "dream garage". Too many horror stories of PVC exploding...

I'm a light freak. Always got to have lots of light when I'm working on anything. My dream garage has florescent lighting in the floor on one of the bays with heavy glass or plastic covers. Ideally inside the width of the wheels so as not to be load bearing but not down the center either.

Restroom:
Yep, in a dream garage, a stool & urnial would be nice as well. But practically speaking, I walk to the house if I had to take a dump or behind a tree to whizz...

Piping:
Darn good catch on the PVC air lines!! Yep, that pipe WILL explode like genades in due time.... I'd have 1" black iron feed lines reduced down to 1/2" for drops, with another 60-gallon resevoir tank at the other end of the shop for additional air volume.

Lift Lites:
Back in the day, before car lifts were as available as they are now, I had an uncle that had a garage "pit" to be able to work on cars. He had a shielded 8'flouresent light mounted in the pit that would light the underside of a vehicle like it was daylight!
He also had a 110V plug & air line tap in the pit as well. It had a vertical ladder built in at one end, it was 6ft deep with a wooden box in the bottom to stand on & move around as needed. Funny, the bottom of the pit seemed to 'attract' bolts, nuts, tools and such, and if it wasn't shovel/cleaned out every month it would get NASTY in the bottom with gunk, weld slag, gasket scrappings, etc..