3 car garage

[booth]

Here's the deal,
I normaly work on my trucks out at our shop. But due to business growth I don't think I will be working on many personal projects there any time soon so I'm moving my operation to my home... I have mixed feelings about this. I will have a much smalller area to work with 22x30, 3 car attached garage, but I will be able to work on my stuff when ever I feel like it!

How do you guys and gals have your home garages setup? I know this has been done before and I have waded through the searches, I also bought a few books. I would just like a fresh perspective, and as always pics would be nice. A 22x30 fills up quite quickly, and organization is key. I have much respect for the guys out there doing resto jobs under a canopy or out in the backyard.

Many Thanks,
Paul

[Palf70Step]

MY work shop is 24x30. It would be nice to be bigger, but it works out OK since I only have the one project.

[Tynee]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

...I only have the one project.

It seems like this would be the key. Focus on the project that is most important, or is closest to being done, and don't try to squeeze 3 projects and your wife DD into a 3 car garage.

[fishingjred73]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

MY work shop is 24x30. It would be nice to be bigger, but it works out OK since I only have the one project.

Back from the depths!

Bill how is the spray foam insulation holding up?

[Palf70Step]

Doing great. I have no complaints about it. The person I got the idea from has had his shop 5 years or so longer than mine, so 15+ years and holding up great.

[fishingjred73]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Doing great. I have no complaints about it. The person I got the idea from has had his shop 5 years or so longer than mine, so 15+ years and holding up great.

That's good to hear! My bubble wrap insulation is disintegrating and I'm thinking I'm going to have it sprayed. Luckily the company I bought the building kit from is standing behind their product, otherwise I couldn't afford to have it done.

ROOF



What I'm constantly sweeping up!

[taclem]

For what it is worth, plan on spending at least 13k thru 16k for a decent 30X36 Shop. I used a steel building by Nucor Building Systems because of the price. The material list for wood building was 12.5 - 13k here in my part of Idaho. The same building in Denver would have been about 9k. Go figure. The Nucor building was about $9600 and was designed like I wanted, studs every 2' on centers, a much more useable building in my book. The cement work was very expensive, but was done very smooth. One reason for the higher cost of cement work was a city ordinance for full 39" footings, that added a lot. Still working on insulation but total cost for everything should be about $13,000. All work except cement was done by myself and friends.
taclem

[shopking72]

Mine is a 40x70x14, I love it, I wanted plenty of room so I went big enough for a few cars



This was last summer, right after I got the floor done, hence why there is nothing inside

[DJB]

very nice, i wish i were that organized

[panhandler62]

I drag all my crap out to the curb and work on it there.. the biggest crag is when people walk by and trip over your extension cords.

[shifty]

hey shopking, what were the construction costs on that thing? It's enormous! Curious what the cost breakdown was for your slab, trusses and siding.

I love the 94-96 Impalas, nice collection of cars in your sig.

[Igotachevyor2]

i am trying to get the cash for mine right now mother nature is my shop but the one im trying to build is a 40x60x16 looks to be about 10,000 if i do all the work

[68gmcdually]

I get to start planning mine out tomorrow, thats when we get possession of the house. (this is my garage and mine only, I made sure that there was an attached single car garage for the wife)

[MadManAndrew]

Originally Posted by Igotachevyor2

i am trying to get the cash for mine right now mother nature is my shop but the one im trying to build is a 40x60x16 looks to be about 10,000 if i do all the work

We just built a 16x24x9 fully insulated wood frame shop. Only labor we paid was for a slab and vinyl siding and our total cost was 13k. We're sans electricity right now because we can't find somebody willing to connect it for less than $1500. That's just connecting our breaker panel in the house to the panel already installed in the shop. Ridiculous. We never planned for it to come out to that much so just leave plenty of extra room in your budget.

We have LOTS of shelving in our two-car garage because when you're trying to work on something there's not much room on the ground. We have a workbench with cabinets against one wall, shelves top to bottom on the other, and two toolboxes to move around. Stuff still ends up on the floor.

[67ChevyRedneck]

This is my garage and I have to drive 2 hours to get to it Oh well, at least it doesn't snow here. My dad's garage is 24x30. It seems big until you fill it full of parts and a project.

[68gmcdually]

You need to sweep the floor in your garage.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by 68gmcdually

You need to sweep the floor in your garage.

That's cold man

(You're forgiven though 'cause you dually rocks!)

[68gmcdually]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

That's cold man

(You're forgiven though 'cause you dually rocks!)

You can come up anytime and work in my garage if you want, as my apology to you. BTW: thanks for the compliment on the truck, I am so excited to finally have a garage to fit it in. Our house right now has a regular attached single car garage that is too narrow and too short.

[LUV2XCLR8]

Bad pic day, the cowl hood was in the way

[boundstaffpress]

I have a bench at the front of my one car garage. It has a vice on the left and a grinder on the right with hanging tool storage on the wall. To the left is my most organized and most used tool chest. on the wall beside that tool chest is a narrower less organized tool chest. It is tight, but that keeps me from wasting time walking around looking for stuff. If I can't see it, it isn't there.

I don't envy those of you who haul your tools to your car. I did that during college, and for 3 years at my first job. Even a small garage is better than spreading out in a parking lot or front yard.

[72gord]

Hey Igot...where you getting your materials? I'm in the planning stages of a 40x56x16 with 14x20 and 9x8 overhead doors, materials for poleshed constrution is around $18,000 if I construct it myself. Then you add floor tubing and lines to my wood boiler, cement slab, electrical(which I will do myself), insulation and interior steel, a couple door openers, and some excavating to level the site and dig in water line...this project is getting up near 40g's....and the wife's not liking the idea!!!

[DJB]

i've got a cousin and a friend also that own their own truss plants, plus they build steel or metal truss buildings way cheaper than that i think anyway, got their own transport trucks to ship a whole package to you, if interested i can get a price for you or get you their phone #'s

[chickenwing]

Hey could I get in on that deal? I'm lookin at a 30x40x15 a guy is tryin to sell me outta Co. for $5600 delivered.
Rich

BTW wanna come to a cook-out?

Originally Posted by DJB

i've got a cousin and a friend also that own their own truss plants, plus they build steel or metal truss buildings way cheaper than that i think anyway, got their own transport trucks to ship a whole package to you, if interested i can get a price for you or get you their phone #'s

[72freak]

I built my small shop in the only area I had space....only problem is if we get 4 or more inches of rain VERY FAST it sits in an area that will flood a bit......I designed it so at some point I could raise the floor. One of my hauling buddies had some material left over from a demo job so he brought it over and we spent the later part of this week placing it in the shop. It ended up being about 360 tons of broken concrete. By the end of next week I should have all the walls complete and the floor ready for concrete......

[haulna]

You can get some good ideas from this site.

http://www.garagejunkies.net/