Little by little getting the shop in shape. Iam going to go with plastic sheeting for half of the shop where I will be working and painting, and insulation the daylights out of it after I power wash every thing down. I just can’t believe how dirty the walls and doors are . I took some pictures of what i have got done and finally got the work bench together. You all have a good weekend. Bruce.
Your shop is looking good Bruce. You have shamed me into a long overdue garage cleanup! I am finding stuff I forgot I had, tossing other stuff that I have not touched in years and organizing the hell out of my workbench and toolboxes. Thanks for the jumpstart I need for a long time!
I think of buying another house, it would force me to get rid of 75% of the crap that I'm never going to use again.
Caution on the plastic sheeting - it will help keep humidity up - especially if you have windows where sunlight coming in. Acts like a hot house. More importantly, paint will permeate plastic so the fumes will be active and even when you take off your respirator - you are still inhaling the fumes in your lungs that can really affect you in breathing and the brain. If you are going to paint - get that air as dry as you can. Even though you have A/C , definitely get a dehumidifier - you will still be running it a lot and emptying the water bucket so to speak. Good Luck.
Hello, Buying a new house is always a challenge. If it is larger, overall, then you have plenty of space... plenty of space to store your old junk. My wife's adage is, "If we haven't used it in the last year (I changed it to the last "two" years) then out it goes." She did not care if it goes to the dump or to someone else that wants to clutter up their garage cabinets and drawers. Our last house was big and there were a lot of areas to cram in "stuff." But, as we moved to a smaller more manageable house, we have gone through several big reconstruction phases and yes, a whole house "stuff" clean out program. (even her old stuff got the once over.) So, for now, the house has different storage areas that because of being inside a lot, due to the pandemic, more stuff get reevaluated and is headed for the trash bins or donations. Space in the garage was great in a three car garage, but now, it is a small two car garage. So, in order to make it better, we did several rounds of a clean out before we got some excellent thick walled, thick shelves and rolling drawers to keep the stuff organized. But, we went all over and found the thin wall roll up garage door not doing much other than shutting the outside world from seeing inside. So, we got an insulated garage door and went around checking for any non standard air leaks. The insulated door also made the rock music barely perceptible from the sidewalk at the end of the driveway. Insulation done right makes a difference in sound and cool feeling garage, even in the Summers. Jnaki If you like where you are living, you need to look into slimming down all of your "stored" stuff, first. Or, at least before looking at a different house where you will probably just store the unnecessary/unused stuff away, again... A new/old house, new/old garage that gives you more space may have you just find areas to store the old stuff that you haven't used in ages. That is not good. As sad as boxes of old stuff feels, getting rid of stuff you haven't used is a good way to look at the situation. YRMV NOTE: As sad as it sounds, a neighborhood garage sale provided us with some clarity. A neighbor saw our granddaughter selling her own versions of Tootsie Pops with added tags using quotes and good luck sayings. They sold like wildfire to everyone walking by and checking out our stuff. She was happy to make some money for her ideas. But an older neighbor came by and asked if we had any old toys for his young grandson, who was coming to his house the following weekend. We had several "kid" toys, but they were geared for young girls used by our granddaughter. Now, they were being "cleaned out" due to her, out growing the activity. So, we knew the big storage area that held our son's metal Tonka Toys from his sandbox playing days. We thought our granddaughter would enjoy them in her playing days. She did at first, but as kids go, she had other favorites and the large Tonka Toy trucks stood unused for the last four years. So, my wife saw the situation and offered to let the neighbor buy those steel Tonka Trucks at a discount, with the proceeds going into our granddaughter's piggy bank. The memories of the large Tonka Toys in our giant sandbox with our son playing to his hearts content was in its next "play it forward" phase. He knew his daughter was going to have limited interest in those Tonka Toys, too. Our neighbor came over the following week and thanked us and our granddaughter for allowing the array of large, steel Tonka Toy Trucks to see the next generation of kids enjoying some sort of play.
Hey Bruce, its looking great. And I 2nd what corncobcoupe said, and add that grinding sparks will tear up that plastic in no time. Question, why not insulate before you start hanging stuff on the walls?
Nice shop Bruce. Don't make the mistake I made and sheetrock the walls. Use plywood or OSB. Then you can hang cabinets, tools, hoses, anywhere you want without looking for studs.
Chevy57 dude we moved to a nice quite town in N C 2 blocks from the river which empties in to the sound so I can go salt water fishing and crabbing and paint cars in my new 6 car garage. Thanks Bruce.
Hey, you were talking one time about maybe moving to East Tennessee. Now's the perfect time, Bruce just moved out and left a hole that needs filling. C'mon Bob, you can do this.
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