OK, So I bought my house back in July of 2006. One of the many reasons I fell in love with the house was the fact that it had potential. The house was a huge mess but I knew I would be able to tackle the house one room at a time. All of us married guys here with kids know there is not many rooms that a man can claim his own. One room is the Garage. With that said, I tried my best to take this nasty, oil infested nightmare and turn it into a man cave/garage.

I had some major prep-work to do on the floor as the previous owner had a car that leaked like a bastard. I took a cement grinder and ground down the floor to make sure the epoxy would stick. The garage is 680 square feet total (2.5 car) and it has plenty of room for the cars and a little room area to hang out in and work or just chill out. I hope you enjoy the pics from before and after.

Here is the walls and work space area before... Notice the nasty floor............





The floor after.......................


The work bench was made out of old elevator doors..........


Gotta have a TV with cable hooked up to a surround sound system...........




The work bench and I also used the extra epoxy to paint the pegboard and shelves.........



Need a computer that is hooked up to the internet...........



15 inch sub speakers hanging in the ceiling and the front speakers on the wall.............



Crown molding to give it a nice touch....................



A view from the workbench..............


The final view. I love the old houses where they made enough room between the cars so you can open your door all the way without hitting the walls...

 

Very nice! I also have a spare scion tc tire in my garage..

 

You *know* I like you're garage. I've done all my mods there.

I even recognoze the Orange Box under the work bench.

 

Very nice upgrade. The crown molding may have been overkill, but why not, right!

 

Thanks guys, I figured it's been almost two years since I have lived here and never got a chance to do a little write up...

Yes Bearcat good eye on the box....When are we installing it??

Agreed the crown molding definitely is a little much but that was a perk from a good built house. It's been there since 1987. The old owner came back to drop off some paperwork and dropped his jaw to the floor when he saw the garage.

 

oh la la. hotness. good job.

 

very nice. I thought I had a big 2 car garage, that one is very big. Looks like it is time for me to make mine look nice too. Great Job!!!!

 

very nice job. I love the old elevator doors.

 

Damn all that cool stuff in there and still room for the cars. Very nice.
I have the same battery powered screwdriver. Very nice for the price.

 

Thanks guys, the garage was a lot of work but with a little money and a lot of long hours at night (with a beer or two) it's finally done. I hope some of you out there get a chance to epoxy the floors and update the lighting. It is so worth the effort. It makes it more of a room you park your cars in, then a garage you throw your shit in.

 

Yes I know......Here is your car after the drop. I wish I could have two WDP in there at all times....

 

Looks awesome.

 

 

Very creative use of materials.

 

cant wait to see it in person

 

sweetness...... I still have a long way to go on mine...

 

I forgot to ask... does it have heat and A/C too? ... it gets so hot here in the summer... major ownage in garage even at nite sometimes... prob much better up ur way!

 

well done!

 

No AC or heat. NC is a hot state but not for too long. I am going to build above the garage so when that time comes, I am going to add ac in it then. It really will make a difference in the end. In TX it's a must as I know how hot it can get there.

 

Very nice!!!!

Love the floors

 

Cool. Looks good.

I would love to do that once I get a real house of my own. I did get a chance to clean my garage a couple weeks ago and it looks 10x better. And when I get my new receiver, I would be hooking speakers up in the garage.

 

looks better in person than in pics! what i think is particularly cool is that many items in the garage have their own story

 

Vinny, whenever you get your car back and want to do some mods, feel free to come over and do them here.

 

^ actually (you don't know this yet) but i'm going to bribe you to install my p2r throttle body spacer and gasket when they arrive! i have the full diy printed out and it should be no more than a 45 min job. sorry j, but ima have to abuse your skills while i play up the gimp card lol

 

No problem, we can have bearcat come over and help out since he has done it before.

 

Photobucket FTL (at work!).

 

Well done

 

Nice. Looks like you used Rustoleum's Epoxy floor paint.

 

mmade22, i know it's sometime this weekend so HAPPY B DAY

 

nice man

 

looks good man

i just did mine last weekend, but I used the Quikrete Garage Epoxy...i love it!!!

 

Thanks guys for the comments as always. Vinny, yes it is my B-day today. The big 33. I think Bearcat is coming over for a beer tonight so you, Jack, Eric are more than welcome. It is starting after 5:00. I hope the weather holds out.

 

looks nice!
i just finished my parents' garage floor.
powerwashed it, then cleaner/degreaser and more powerwashing, then etching chemical and more powerwashing, then primer, then put on the epoxy and scattered some decorative flakes.
took a few days but it turned out great.
also just stained their deck and wow what a difference.

 

^^Now that's a son that every parent would love to have did my parents garage floor as well and they love it!!

 

I went back today to sweep up the flakes that didn't stick (it said to do this), and I'm surprised at how many swept up!
I scattered them within a few minutes of painting, so I don't think it dried too fast.
The flakes were embedded just fine in some places, and they came right up in others.
I noticed the black flakes stuck a lot better than the white and blue.
Overall, the coverage is fine, but some areas up to even 2x2 feet are completely empty of flake.
I really don't want to paint again just to fill in some spots, but I'm not sure what else to do.