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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 08:27 AM
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Awesome garage! With air-conditioning to boot! Although the tail lights on the SS caused me to throw up a little bit in my mouth...
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 03:23 PM
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Thanks Y2K and some people like the tail lights some dont but there staying for now.

We finally got the floors painted again two more coats on and they feel great. My dad also got the baseboards on and the door frames and the framing on the floor is for a the big white cabinet you see in some of the pictures.


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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 03:51 PM
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I don't think my house looks that nice, short of my garage! I would not want to get that place dirty!
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 05:27 PM
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where did you get the structure and what did it cost?
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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we got the structure local to us in Central Florida they are two 20x20x10 carports put together. there is extra braces and we replaced the sheets with a thicker gauge on the top. the storage area we extended the roof line with red iron beams and the close it in with the extra sheets we had. we paid about $1500 for each carport but there about 750 more now that price is installed too we modified ours to much for them to install but that is an option.

here is a example of what it looked like befoer we changed it.
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 06:39 PM
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This weekend we got the cabinet in and alot of painting baseboards, door frames, door, and cabinet. Next weekend were planning on painting the houase and maybe the outside of the building.

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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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no updates on the shop there probably wont be much going on with it for the next month or so since were moving my Aunt again next week. Then I will be moving back in with my parents next month so alot of moving stuff.
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 10:11 AM
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I always thought that getting some of those carports and a little work could be a good idea to fab up an enclosed garage. Good job.
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 04:07 PM
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thanks i got some more shot from today when i was over there my dad did some more painting and got some shelves up too.



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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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Looks great, an outlet behind the TV shelf would clean area that up a lot.

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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 05:02 PM
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I'm super jealous man. loks awesome
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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Ryan there is an outlet behind the TV my dad is not to good with wiring and cables I will be cleaning that up tomorrow when im over there and getting the surround sound working.
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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All cleaned up for you Ryan we added a power strip and have all the cables behind the boxes and TV still want to get some zip ties to clean it up some more.

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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 01:07 AM
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Very nice! It's just missing a fridge!
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Old May 20, 2009 | 01:19 PM
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Got the storage area cleaned up some and added a 16' shelf. Im moving back to my parents house so some of my stuff will go under the shelf the stack of wood will become doors and cabinets and once that is done the SS will be in there also.

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Old May 21, 2009 | 03:27 PM
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thats awesome
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 06:28 PM
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i second that, this garage needs a well-stocked beer fridge! really like this garage.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 08:08 PM
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Very Nice, I live in MS and they have a place down the road that sells structures like that. Been wanting to get one and yours pushes more in that direction. I also looked into the full blown metal buildings with the bigger metal girders but they are just so expensive, you can get into $20k for a nice size garage. The frame work of your is like 3"x3" or bigger? How high is the roof?

Great Job!
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Old Jun 27, 2009 | 02:09 PM
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The main pieces of the frame is 2x4 and at the sides it is 10 feet high not sure about the peak. there is also extra bacing all over and we upgraded the roof sheets also and added red iron for the back wall and door side.
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here is an update on the shop its pretty much finished inside just organizing things and we still need to make some cabinets. also there is some photos of what we have been working on redesigning two of those cheap pole carports. the frame is finished just have to get the ground finished and through the tarp on. this area will cover the Camper, Pontoon Boat and my SS until the storage area is cleaned out enough to put the SS in there. also threw a picture of my LS6 Intake that im getting ready to put on and I finished my block off plate for the ashtray and it will have an Ipod Dock and my cutout switch. thanks for all the compliments and here are the pictures.








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