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Had an impromptu Garage night last night at my old boss' place...Fun night with plenty of car chat, summer drive plans and single malts (head still hurts )

His place is great, cars and lots of cool old bikes...missing is his Albert Blue '72 911 and his wife's Lotus Elan race car







Original Speedster, with a 2.7 6 cylinder !


912 / 6 race car, 2 litre, its quick !



Chris

Garage/Workshop/Storage etc..........

Hi,

Like this types of threads so much and I have spend many hours of enjoy on DDK.
So, I think it´s time for me to share my story about my garage. I started the ground work in February 2011 and everything was finished during 2015. When you not are a carpenter, mason, or electrician and mostly use evenings and weekends for progress, it take some time to finish a project like this
Looks like many of you like pictures so I hope I can contribute with some pic during this story.

This is what we start with, not compatible with cars....... only tools for the garden. Took help from a friend and dug out the foundation, a lot of blasting was also needed. Floor heating hose installed over cellular plastic, drainage is also prepared.

Two layer reinforcement mesh to avoid cracking and the ground for the scissors lift prepared. This moment is a little bit critical so I hired in people to handle this moment, think I still have been working with this if I had used my own cement mixer Anyhow the weather was perfect.

Big milestone reached, and it´s much easier to ride on a flat area! S and A had problem to handle this area with only reinforcement mesh! Lot of stone...... ....but not so many left

Sealing and protecting a lot of moments to handle. Lot of frames, electric wiring and steel rebar, just a few stones left Another mileston, the roof will soon be sealed. A lot of water need to be dried out from the concrete.

Two more sections and I can have a some nice temp inside!!!
I had to think more than one time, will not miss any important wiring before I start to fine tuning inside of wall.

Lots of refills and the access is not the best....... Now it´s a bit warmer outside and it will be possible to tune the wall outside, needed much practices before it looks acceptable (I started to practice on the wall that will be covered by landfill, grass and other things)

Finally the fine tuning, sprayed with white plaster splashes. Time to complete the roof and outer panel. Outside almost finished, just need to take care of parking area. More from inside will come later, thanks for watching all pic of my "man cave" Rgds,
Andreas

Wow. You worked hard for that wonderful garage Andreas! Excellent. Is that your Saab too? I run Saabs and Porsche - Good combination. Have fun kitting out your workspace.

Great looking man cave and very well thought out.
I have underfloor heating in where I live but I'd love it in my workshop!

That looks superb - my wife would never let me get away with that!

I imagine Anke has slightly colder winters than us

Five bikes, a lawnmower, spare wheels, ladders, tools, associated sh*t and of course Honey

Not enough room to swing a 8mm spanner!

Looks like there is a bit of weight on that top shelf Brendan! It’s bowing like my garage loft was!