Space Planning- Get your layout down on paper before you break ground. City/historical zoning limited my size/space, so I spent lots of time sorting out my needs and work areas prior to working with the architect. My floor is 24x36. The right side is scissor trusses to get the needed height for the lift. The lift is positioned so a Miata can go up and down with another Miata parked behind it and the door shut. Left side is traditional trusses for attic storage. http://fe3miata.com/images/10_0922_garage02-800.jpg
Power- Like a hard disk for a computer, buy more than what you think you need. The cost increase for upping the amps was in the materials, since I already had an adequate source to pull from in the house. Lift- I can't imagine life w/o one now. I picked up a repo'd rotary 11k delivered, installed and 1 yr. warranty for $2500 from a local installer. It has paid for itself many times over in hours saved. Concrete- Be there when they deliver and lay down your foundation because it sucks when you go to anchor the lift post and find out the sub is a loser-at-life and didn't lay down the spec depth in the very spot your lift post was going. ;-) Shelves- Like power, you'll want more. Craigslist is a great place to find industrial shelves. Consumer grade shelves aren't worth buying IMO. I picked up five 10ft units with 12 shelves @ $20 each. Put four on the wall and turned another into a work bench. (That's osb on the walls) http://fe3miata.com/images/10_0807_garageshelves800.jpg Casters- They are your friend. I've got them on a welding table, fab table and on four rolling tool cabinets. www.garagejournal.com - probably the best place for garage ideas & inspiration -Rob On Oct 12, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Helsel, Walt wrote: > So, moving to a new home.. going to have either an existing or built pole > building for the car-addiction. Looking for those of you with Garage-Mahals > to chime in. Right now I am working out of a 2 stall garage 24x24x8. > Workbench in the front on a 5’ deep raised stoop, wood heated, partially > insulated. There is not enough width for working on cars with crap along > walls (crap being a parts washer, bench grinder, shelving, etc) and it’s > fairly crowded with all the big stuff (woodstove, engine hoist, engine stand, > blast cabinet, drill press, band saw, table saw, 3 welders, etc) that is all > roaming the space. So, looking for suggestions and advice from those of you > that have dedicated hobby space… _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
