Building my garage / workshop (56k death)

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

well if I do the trail bed they'll be gone... but otherwise they'll stay... they'll have a million more dents though... nice thing about rust... you don't care about body damage anymore

so did you already wire you garage for sound? I remember you saying you were gonna do that... but didn't see where you were gonna mount the speakers and shit

I really want one of those trucks... I'd try to nab the hilux turbo'd version, with stickshift. Awesome.

Yeah, I prewired some boxes with speaker hookups. The back wall, opposite the big doors, is going to have the sound system. The speaker outlets are in the upper corners, I'm going to put shelves there for the speakers, sort of nestling them up in the corners of the room. Then, on the left side there will be an extra shelf under the speaker shelf to hold tuner, cd player, equalizer, etc. I have a power outlet there too. In the middle of the wall, I may have some sort of pimp decoration planned

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

I really want one of those trucks... I'd try to nab the hilux turbo'd version, with stickshift. Awesome.

Yeah, I prewired some boxes with speaker hookups. The back wall, opposite the big doors, is going to have the sound system. The speaker outlets are in the upper corners, I'm going to put shelves there for the speakers, sort of nestling them up in the corners of the room. Then, on the left side there will be an extra shelf under the speaker shelf to hold tuner, cd player, equalizer, etc. I have a power outlet there too. In the middle of the wall, I may have some sort of pimp decoration planned

cool... be sure to write down all the problems you run into... so when you come and help build mine... it'll go much smoother

[Katherine]

CEO, you're a friggin work horse. GREAT JOB.

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

cool... be sure to write down all the problems you run into... so when you come and help build mine... it'll go much smoother

Douche. You're not even pretending like you would lift a finger

Originally Posted by Katherine

CEO, you're a friggin work horse. GREAT JOB.

Thanks sweetheart

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

Douche. You're not even pretending like you would lift a finger

I would... I'd be take'n pictures!

actually I'm imagining I'll be re-doing or newly constructing a garage in CO... my budget there isn't the biggest so most of the houses I'm looking at have tiny garages... either way I'll want to insulate it and dry wall it. I'll be using your pics as reference... I've drywalled an attic... but that was back when I was 15 or so... the part I fuck'n hated was the mud/tape'n...

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

I would... I'd be take'n pictures!

actually I'm imagining I'll be re-doing or newly constructing a garage in CO... my budget there isn't the biggest so most of the houses I'm looking at have tiny garages... either way I'll want to insulate it and dry wall it. I'll be using your pics as reference... I've drywalled an attic... but that was back when I was 15 or so... the part I fuck'n hated was the mud/tape'n...

I'm not the best, but I can do a decent job on most general construction, drywall, electrical, etc etc. I can help you out if you need it. Once you make a space your own you'll love spending time in it. Once you get a place and want to figure out a plan for it I can talk to you on the phone and stuff.

The thing I'm the worst at is probably drywalling, and the mudding and taping and sanding of it. Partially just because I don't really like doing it. The other stuff I truly enjoy, it's fun to me. But yeah, I'm not looking forward to that. Should be starting it tomorrow. Today I had to hang some more end beads, metal corner strips, some more small pieces of drywall, etc... and I was working on the big doors and small door... painting trim, etc.

edit: and as far as the budget, it's really not too bad. Materials aren't necessarily cheap, but they're reasonable. The hard part is the time and effort. At the end, if you look at what you spent on materials, compared to what some would have charged you to do it for you, you'll have saved a fortune. I've got like under 2 grand into this place, not counting the concrete.... some contractor would probably charge like 20k to do this shit up all nice.

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

I'm not the best, but I can do a decent job on most general construction, drywall, electrical, etc etc. I can help you out if you need it. Once you make a space your own you'll love spending time in it. Once you get a place and want to figure out a plan for it I can talk to you on the phone and stuff.

The thing I'm the worst at is probably drywalling, and the mudding and taping and sanding of it. Partially just because I don't really like doing it. The other stuff I truly enjoy, it's fun to me. But yeah, I'm not looking forward to that. Should be starting it tomorrow. Today I had to hang some more end beads, metal corner strips, some more small pieces of drywall, etc... and I was working on the big doors and small door... painting trim, etc.

I'm actually looking forward to the project... I just know it's going to be interesting considering it's been so long since I've done any wood working or drywalling.

shit if you came out to CO I'm sure we'd be out explore'n the back roads too much to get anything done on my garage...

besides I've got my little brother who I can have come live with me for the summer... give him a place to stay for a little weekend help with my garage... plus... I'll make him get a weekday job at Home Depot... so I can get a discount