your modding environment
OOOoooo! I want!
Tabasco, many people overlook this one very simple but important tool.
Dec 11, 2009, 10:44 AM
#20
1800sq ft attached garage here, heated floor (radiant tubes in the concrete) epoxy coated and enough tools to tear into quite a bit of trouble! Do your basic auto maintaining, fabrication, detailing, and actually use it to host family parties as well, since it is heated.
Off topic: In ohio a couple groups talked about doing the 'rent-a-shop' idea, but no insurance company would touch it last I knew, and I would imagine with where there bottom lines are now.. they do not want to venture out to anything more risky.
Off topic: In ohio a couple groups talked about doing the 'rent-a-shop' idea, but no insurance company would touch it last I knew, and I would imagine with where there bottom lines are now.. they do not want to venture out to anything more risky.
Dec 11, 2009, 11:06 AM
#23
Some pictures of the shop... sorry I don't have any really in its current state.. will before too long.. this winter I hope to get it in good shape for some pictures.My "Modding" environment:
Idea of what floor looks like:
Walls:
And all house/garage pictures can be found here: http://crxmotorsports.com/housebuild/
Didn't take pictures since the countertop/sink/cabinets on the floor and walls have been in as well...
Idea of what floor looks like:
Walls:
And all house/garage pictures can be found here: http://crxmotorsports.com/housebuild/
Didn't take pictures since the countertop/sink/cabinets on the floor and walls have been in as well...
Dec 11, 2009, 11:53 AM
#25
Thanks... spent 1.5-2 years in desiging phase.. then built it in about 6-8 months.. just finished it last October (2008).. a heated floor is just amazing... to walk out in your socks.. when it is 10 degrees outside.. and not even the floor is cold... perfect!! 
I like my modding (or at this moment de-modding) environment!
I like my modding (or at this moment de-modding) environment!
Dec 11, 2009, 12:02 PM
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Thanks... spent 1.5-2 years in desiging phase.. then built it in about 6-8 months.. just finished it last October (2008).. a heated floor is just amazing... to walk out in your socks.. when it is 10 degrees outside.. and not even the floor is cold... perfect!! I like my modding (or at this moment de-modding) environment!
I like my modding (or at this moment de-modding) environment!
Question...why the heated floor are you planning on doing that killer shop and not have a lift? Or is the floor for when you are on your back or sitting? Just wondering....very nice indeed.
Dec 11, 2009, 12:35 PM
#27
Radiant heat is one of the most efficient heat sources (short of geothermal)... This allows for a dead quiet heat source (namely quite a few TONS of concrete) heated to 70+ degrees, to then radiate through the entire garage, remember heat rises, so if the FLOOR is heated, and heat rises, this is a very even heat.. not 'forced air' heat that heats air and not objects, nor a ceiling mounted unit... I have maybe $3500 in the entire setup, and the mechanics are all in the basement, just the thermostat to control it is in the garage.
I had been through plenty of electric heat options.. gas heat options, and torpedo heaters as well.. this setup made the most efficient sense for what we were trying to accomplish. I may do a surface lift in there someday, but not a bolted in style, not at the risk of punturing a pex water line in the concrete. Thanks.
I had been through plenty of electric heat options.. gas heat options, and torpedo heaters as well.. this setup made the most efficient sense for what we were trying to accomplish. I may do a surface lift in there someday, but not a bolted in style, not at the risk of punturing a pex water line in the concrete.
Thanks.