Whats in your garage?
 

Hi all,

I'm buying a house with a garage:evilb: that I plan on using to store and do maint. and general up keep on the Scarab. what comes to mind to you when you want to set up a garage just for the boat? The space I'll have will be roughly 35' wide by 40' long. Here in Baltimore County the height restriction is 15' high for garages, and I believe that is to the exterior peak of the roof. Unless I go with a flat roof and I can get a few feet more of clearance from that. Any way what tools and equipment would you use to set up a nice shop? I already have the basics down to start with, power and water. All thoughts and comments will be considered.

Thanks again,

Sulfur 1

outdrive jack, a table/bench for teardown only, a table/bench for assembly only, 55 gallon drum for old oil, air and electric overhead so that if you are standing in boat you can plug in a vac or air line instead of draped over the side, some cabinets, a phone, internet with a comp, incase you need to look up and search stuff parts hunt, a roll around tool tray for moving what nots around the boat, large hot water heater and a toilet, parts washer and a lot of good light.

JPD,

A large hot water heater? Please explain.

Thanks,
Sulfur1

you need
 

Aair compressor with all the air tools for sure....and if possable a i beam a crossed the ceiling to pull motors....

dj,

Thanks for the info. not to sure if I'll be pulling motors, but I'll keep it in mind...just in case.

Thanks,
Sulfur1

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Thanks marylandmark, I'll look into that. Ok, so why does everyone hit on the air compressor item? Someone, please edumakate me.

Thanks,
Sulfur1

Holy CHIT MM , you wrote all that ???? you've been following CS around too much LMAO :cool-smiley-011:

NOW THATS GOOD !!!!! , and the large Hot water tank is for the jacuzzi tub for the neighbors daughter you want to take boating this summer LMAO:grinser010:

large hot water heater, for if you wash the boat you can use hot water to soap it with and cool to wash down with the small ones that are usually in a garge run out and you have to wait for it to heat up again. Air compressor is nice for impact guns for trailer maintnace change tires a blow nozzle to get into the crevasises(sp) in the boat to clean them out, run a bunck of different tools off of. Deffenately mount the compressor either in its own shed outside, or in a sealed up room heavilly insulated for the noise will get old when it cycles.

Ok, I got it. So, what size/brand air compressor do you guys suggest? And air tools any favorites?

Sulfur1

Ok, now I have another question for everyone. The garage that I'm expanding also has a carport off to one side. I want to extend the garage and the carport to the fence line at the bottom of the driveway and enclose the carport. Question is: The surface that I am extending over is blacktop. Do I need to remove it and repave with concrete? The garage portion is already concrete although it needs a skim coat. Or can I go over the concrete in the garage with blacktop and call it a day? Please any and all suggestions are more than welcome. OK, decided to check something and I need to clarify. The area where the structure of the garage that contacts the ground would be concrete. Best I could describe it as if you looked at a deepthroat "C" clamp, the concrete would be the "C" and the blacktop would be filling in the middle, where my truck and boat would sit. Can I do it that way? If your as confused as I am, please PM me and I'll try to describe it a little better.

Thanks again,

Sulfur1

I have a 30'x40' ft boat shed with a 40'trailer along side for all
the extras, One thing I did was build a overhead storage area
at the back end of the shed that I use for storage of "stuff"
like seats and hatches I have 3 Scarabs inside a 30',26' and
my 16ft Jet Sprint.
The overhead and the Flooring are made from Militery DRMO
C.B. stuff and work very well there should be a lot of that in
your area "CHEAP". Mike J.

Nothing in this one yet, but I have the plans finally completed. Hopefully will break ground early spring.

Put a "bonus room" on top of the garage for an office or small home gym, and build that sucker as high as you want.

You will need a minimum of 12' ceiling height to do anything on the boat. You can't even open an engine hatch very far under a 10' ceiling. You need 2' of clearance above a typical garage door, (10' high door needs 12' high ceiling). If you were to go with a 12' ceiling, and only have 3 more feet before you hit your exterior height restriction, there will no way you will be able to engineer the truss/slope/roof for snow load; in a residential type building.

More notes/info here:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...d.php?t=170427

Hi all,

I would like to thank everyone for your input. I have another question. Why can't I enclose the exsisting blacktop pavement and use it as my extended garage floor? It's in great shape and the foundation that the garage is built on is concrete (around the perimeter of the blacktop). For the winter season I've decided to go with either a wood stove or 2 wall mounted propane heaters fed by 1-2 124 lb. propane tank(s).

Thanks again,
Sulfur1

Brass pole in the corner???

nova26,

I already have one of those in the basement of the house.

Ok everyone I appreciate all the input that I have rec'vd on the forum about my latest money pit, the garage. I have one last question and I'll leave you all alone...LOL. the garage footprint has grown from approx. 28 X 28 to 30 X 45 with a max. peak height of 15 ft. Were talking an approx. sq. footage of 1350 sq. ft. more if you count in the height to the peak. Anyway, my latest headache is how to heat this thing during the cold months when I'm working on the boat. I was thinking of two 100 lb. propane bottles with two 1,000 BTU heaters at each end of the garage, and a ceiling fan in the middle to mix it all up...LOL. I do have electricity and natural gas to the house which is about 60'-70' away. But I'd like to keep the garage off of the home heating and cooling bills. So, do you all think it is worth it? Is there something else available that I'm missing? Anyone out there that heats their garage area with propane? Do you like it? Pro's con's? Thanks again for the input.

Sulfur1

Hi all,

Yup, I'm gonna hit this thing again. If you had a choice between a pole building and a steel truss building, which would you preferr? Both buildings are 30 X 45 clear span (no support poles in the middle). The steel truss building is about 4k more in price. Thanks for your comments.