I want a garage damn it

I have a walk-out basement and a relatively large, attached two-car garage. It sucks having/needing tools in/from/to one or the other. Either I'm walking around the house or going through it up/down a narrow flight of stairs. And then, ultimately, you can't find a fucking thing!

My $.02, the proper garage to living space ratio is at least 2::1. Garage space taken up by the SO's vehicle counts against said garage space.

 

Agreed... However, no matter how many sets of tools you have, by definition, you only have one "good" version of any particular tool, so you end up in the same situation...

"Dammit, where are my 'good' pliers?"... Of course, they are in the other toolbox...

 

Got to have more than one set. The full kit in the garage in the 6 foot roller and a smaller preconfigured Kobalt set in the basement to keep trips up the stairs to a minimum.

 

Is one's man-card at stake, when they start thinking AC in their workshop/garage ain't such a bad idea?

 

I have at least two sets. Problem is wanting to use the SnapOn over the Craftsman. And, of course, there's that damn multitude of 10mm sockets and 12mm wrenches that have dematerialized...again.

 

No...just as we invented the infernal combustion engine, so we could stop pushing pedals to get somewhere, we invented A/C for a reason.

 

Nope. It’s at stake if they don’t spend enough time in their shop to NOT want it.

 

Nope! Particularly in the South.

 

Having gone without in lovely Florida for all my life (including my Dad's when I was a kid) until about 6 months ago... I'd say no I don't care. I am literally getting too old for that shit and it was limiting my time utilizing it.

 

My garage(shop, to be honest) is 60 in the winter and 68 in the summer. Sometimes the window unit struggles and it gets up to 71 in there. Central air will be sometime soon.

 

Nope...I have central heat/AC in mine. Who says you gotta wrench in misery?

 

If you need a winter hold-over, I ended up paying for a month at a community garage and will probably keep it going until I get my stuff done. There's space, tools, and heat. It's pretty dead right now. Guy said that winter is pretty dead, and then they get a rush of people in the spring. Only seen one other person in there working and a few people just hanging around first week in. Better than nothing, and the weeknight hours are good. Waiting on the guy with the Honda Gyro to show up and let me take it for a spin.

http://skidmarkgarage.com/

 

There's also a place in Valley View for sale, 2 car attached plus 3 car garage plus rv-size garage attached to that. Enough space?

 

I have a drive in basement capable of holding 5 cars or a shop and 2 cars. Also a 40X80 pole barn containing a 22X40 shop a mezanine, 3 12' high roll up doors, etc. Still not enough space! I want a place that I can keep all the vehicles, MCs, tractors, trucks, etc stored so that I can get to each one without having to do the shuffle.

 

I would like to know details on this Sean because that is exactly what I need to do...Especially in the Summer... My Furnace and condenser is literally right above my Lift...Did you just put in a duct or what?

 

I might see you in there. What bike do you have there? I talked to the owner of the space recently and will be coming up to use the vapor blaster.

The website says all of the tools you need are there and not to bring your own. Is that how it is in reality?

 

Mini-splits are awesome and efficient, even got a rebate for installing it.