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Old 07-27-2017, 09:10 PM   #4
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Re: seen your trucks Lets see your garage/shops

OK. I'll bite.

Shop after it was completed (latest remodel) about 18 months ago, 27'x22'

The mop sink and bathroom. Lighting has been changed to LED cans and track lights for spot illumination. Note shelves for reading library above toilet.

I can't have another garage door, so I have three french doors that are ganged together to open as wide as a single garage.

The third door isn't open, but if bi-folds to let a car into the shop.

What the neighbors sometimes see at night

Or more recently, this


Shop features-

100% solids epoxy floors with urethane top coat - solid off-white color to facilitate finding small dropped objects on floor.
All expansion joints filled before epoxy coating - seamless floor
Epoxy rolled-up on stem wall (with a fillet of epoxy to facilitate cleaning)
Drywall starts 6" off slab - for wet projects
10' Ceilings (wish it was higher, but constrained by the roofline of the house)
No windows. Access from garage or external french doors - both with double dead bolts.
Warm white can LEDs and halogen spot/task lighting over work areas
Ceiling painted flat white to help balance illumination
Two 50A 220 circuits (for Lincoln TIG and 5HP compressor)
Waist height 120V receptacles every three feet on two opposing walls
Dedicated 3T heat pump - split unit on programmable thermostat
Toilet (elongated and wife doesn't monitor misses on this one)
Plumbed for refrigerator ice-maker (took fridge out a couple of remodels ago)
40" Stainless mop sink with hot and cold running water
Restaurant grade sink fixture and metal waste trap
Hose bib in mop sink - for filling mop bucket or washing/detailing cars
Ceiling fan on wall switch
Internet (little weak and need to upgrade for better signal strength)
55" LED TV with ChromeCast
Sony/Harmon Kardon/Polk Audio (sub) with remote and GoogleAudio (for Spotify on phone)
Workbench with motorized top - can be used standing or sitting
3T split heat pump with programmable thermostat
Insulated - R20 walls and R40 ceiling (I think -upgraded ceiling with AC install)
Opaque plastic panels on single light french doors - can't see in the shop and reduces risk of breaking door glass
Alarmed and connected to the house security system.
Attic access (with folding ladder) for longer term storage
No intercom (believe me, this is a feature)

No lift. I've gone so long without one, I'll probably wait till the next house for an opportunity. No Snapon banner (or tools, for that matter).

I assume all the "OveRHassed" logos are some sort of branding strategy you've developed. I'd be interested in hearing what you intend on doing with it. Is there some sort of strategy to monetize this space and branding? I've worked for years to make my shop my 'inner sanctum' - did I get it all wrong?
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