So In all my past projects, I have never had a garage. At one point I had one of those car tents, but building a couple cars outside, especially when it's below freezing out, then having anything you leave on the ground get wet when it rains starts to get old. I moved to a new place last year, with a car port, and have finally gotten turning it into a garage so I can get going on building this Lola.
I still don't know what to do about the old windows that used to look out to the carport... though I kind of like the idea of just leaving them so I can stare at the cars from inside the house... Any ideas from you guys?
It's still underway, needs insulation and such. The mini split is an Ac/heat pump with inverter (If you want to use one of these where it gets below freezing, and have it putting out hot air, you need to get one with an inverter). I don't know how it's going to work yet, but hell, it was only $1,400 shipped for a much over-sized (for this space) 24,000btu unit, and pretty easy to install yourself.
Oh, and the other thing I wanted to mention, if you're looking for lighting, these are T-5 fluorescent fixtures, the output is beyond what I expected, they are insanely bright, and I haven't even epoxy/ painted the floor white, I'm not sure I need to now. They do cost more than the older T-8, or T-12, but it's easily worth it (plus they're efficient or whatever I guess)
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I still don't know what to do about the old windows that used to look out to the carport... though I kind of like the idea of just leaving them so I can stare at the cars from inside the house... Any ideas from you guys?
It's still underway, needs insulation and such. The mini split is an Ac/heat pump with inverter (If you want to use one of these where it gets below freezing, and have it putting out hot air, you need to get one with an inverter). I don't know how it's going to work yet, but hell, it was only $1,400 shipped for a much over-sized (for this space) 24,000btu unit, and pretty easy to install yourself.
Oh, and the other thing I wanted to mention, if you're looking for lighting, these are T-5 fluorescent fixtures, the output is beyond what I expected, they are insanely bright, and I haven't even epoxy/ painted the floor white, I'm not sure I need to now. They do cost more than the older T-8, or T-12, but it's easily worth it (plus they're efficient or whatever I guess)
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