The home theatre sound is going upstairs in the garage....they turn the amp on, and then turn it down and use the TV speaker...'cause they don't like the surround. ?^&$#$# WTF?

This has the makings of a FGF Garage raising... simmilar to an Amish barn raising.

Don't foget the full size 'bird logos (in color) on each garage door.

This is the pic that gave me the front port cochere idea



Well if ya don't help me raise it ya better help me cycle the beer out of the fridge once n awhile....it goes bad y'know...

Get a gas pump that pumps keg beer!

I was thinkin' more of a full time bar maid myself!

Craig... what would you do with a barmaid..? you dont drink!

I'm sure I could get into trouble in any other number of ways...!

and probably last longer

...for a real barmaid may have to go to Thailand and bring back a bevy of those counter hangers....

....OK OK give me a break, I just poured two fingers of single malt scotch...been a rough day....take well samples, drop em off, drop daughter at university, arrange septic inspection, arrange well tests, flow etc, deal with the bank....whew...I need a vacation....

making me thirsty..time to go home!

Darn right it is Bjorn! What are you doing staying late now!

I can help with that.

Without reading through entire thread:
Bigger is better
10ft ceilings(up and down)
10 ft wide doors
if possible, a door in reare for a "drive through" option.
at least a 3/4 bath
100 amp service
2 rows of outlets along walls(high and low)
run at LEAST 4 dedicated outlets for high amp tools
leave room for 220 power for A/C or...?
Benches on wheels are awesome!
LOTS of lighting.
LARGE water heater.
Panel walls(downstairs) with T-111 or similar. you can mount/attach anything anywhere on the wall.
Try to partition off your air compressor(its noisy)
Put a few outlets in the ceiling.

Good list BB very sim to what I will be doing. Will be posting the more detailed plans when I come up for a breath of air lol

And bob may take you up on mid size cutout.

It doesn't just have to be out of aluminum, either. I can make it out of virtually any material except tempered glass and some porcelain. If you wanted to get fancy and make the outline in aluminum and the cut outs the proper colors in tile, we can go that route. Just food for thought.

Cool. Best get the structure up first tho. then we can dress er up

Dave....just back in , I had left when you asked what i was doing late...lol

probably home sipping on something...

anyway...a suggestion...a 6 car garage with bath and kitchen.....and a sleeping alcove...that should do it! plus big fridge!

A man after my own heart!

Bjorn! You have been sipping on something Dreaming again...LOL

....as I always said...it ain't sh!t without the structure!

one can always dream , can one not? LOL

Oh yeah, I have been doing that for a week LOL. Someone wake me up...

I would suggest always double the size you think it should be. (2-car, make it a 4-car - 3-car make it a 6-car) with enough room for parking the cars next to each other with the doors fully open and still being able to walk between them etc. Plan room for storage and extra storage. Plan out the work areas where everything will have a work zone and will have easy access (if you plan on doing any major projects in the future that is)

And plan it out so you can have the finished toys near the lounge area for viewing, but out of harms reach. Plan the flow for how you imagine all the various uses. Like a drive through rear door area with covered storage in the back for the snow rigs or other toys etc.

Personally, something I would do is have 2-3 work zones. Build/tear down/body area with provisions for a lift (Work and storage potential) A clean zone for detailed work, engine building etc) and another, enclosed area for body and painting.
Then an over all common area for entertaining with a built in grill (if you will have a gas heater, why not plumb for the grill) and yes, a fully stocked bar area... bathroom with shower all the usual amenities...

Some time when you come down, I'll have to bring you to Griot's Garage: http://www.griotsgarage.com/ Richard Griot himself has a dream Garage, but the company he and Mark Greene built is even more impressive. Every item they sell is top of the line and or part of the product line they developed and produce themselves. But they have the most innovative things to help deck out your Garage once you get to that point! From flooring to wall storage to tools...

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

B!

Couple of quick sketchups, second one placed roughly where I may put it....





Color of siding is wrong, should be more taupe, but this is just a preliminary massing sketchup

Thanks for the info Brett. I'll check the website tomorrow as well but my [censored] is grass after 4 hours on sketchup. And first time.

May be down that way this month so will give u a heads up

Wow Dave 7 pages, what are you doing selling a 400 hood.
Just joking looks nice.

funny, thats a flip version of a garage I made for a friend...but his "covered porch" was enclosed garage space...12 ft ceiling and parts /storage space over half of the building (where your upper windows are!)
but his wasnt for Firebirds, h`es got Javelins in there (AMC)

Just some thoughts...

Make it cottage style roof at the front and extend the roof out 1 meter from the outside wall. Gives you a nice overhang you can stand under and enjoy the rain.

Dormers are expensive, why not just get skylights.

it's 12 feet Bjorn. Great minds draw alike

Brian the front overhang is about 5 feet (notice the slope drops lower).

The dormers house a loft area with shower, more lounge space and access to storage above the lower rafters, if I just put in skylights I would be self inflicting a lot of head injuries.

I will be hand sketching the floor plans, sections and elevations now, unless I can find my autocad LT discs as they are not on my newer puter.

I always liked the look of a good hand drafted set of plans anyhow.

I still only draw by hand...being a fossil, you know! only my big jobs (new homes from scratch) gets drawn by CAD, by my helper(s)...if you know what you`re drawing...drawing by hand is still faster, at least if your nickname is "RocketArm"...lol! Erasing though, is LOTS faster by CAD...LOL

Well I don't have a drafting arm or parallel rule set up on my board anymore so I'll likely use graph paper to work out the details and hand it to the young guys to burn out their eyes to commit it to CAD for the permit set. Delegate!

my set up.... you can even see my bird on fridge magnets on my lamps! lol

Ah yes, parallel rule, still have one in a box with the spaghetti of wire....turned my drafting table into a detailed garage table for now...lol... cool... brings back memories RocketArm!

This must of been the 1st burn.

What a friggin day...well tests showed it as a very low producer and minor amount <1 MAC of coliform. That can be taken care of by UV treatment but I am going to go back to the owner and see if I can get the price lowered to cover a new deeper well....before subjects are removed....

nothing is easy....

nothing is easy, but then if it is it may not be worth it...if its worth it....not easy is OK!
go for it!

Am so....
Learning lots about water systems is the upside.

I was thinking larger width doors but not having recently owned single width doors not sure what would work. I currently have an 18' door I believe. the standard doors are 7 or 8', I was thinking more 9 or so... What have you guys with single doors got? Tight or OK?

I would go big doors, open up the joint.

Water systems?!?!?!?!?!?! I thought that's what the beer fridge was for. Drink the new, wash car with the old

I have 9 ft doors. They are fine, unless you have a truck with those super wide mirrors...

Garage ideas...

12 car parking with 4 shop stalls(two with lifts. Lots of storage area for parts. Room for a pool table and a small kitchen area and room for a comfortable full length couch. A decent stereo system(maybe some sort of sirius radio so you can blast the blues 24/7 with out having to change the channel. Huge compressor out back with endless air supply, a laser cutter, a nice tig setup and enough dough to buy all the other stuff I forgot about.

When you get it all setup let me know and I'll move in next door. Cool garages come with annoying neighbors.