What Did You Do In Ur Garage?

Bigjerry · Jan 30, 2020

Bogger said:
We have one for the wife's car and it works great, but I feel Cycle's pain. The mat is no good for sleds, the tractor or anything with studs/chains/skis etc.

I have a corner of my garage that sunk so I need to have the "enviro-lift" or similar type service come out in the summer and jack & pin the slab. I was going to talk to them about options when they come out.

- thought about top coating the slab with drainage installed but was told that I'd have issues with cracking and adhesion.
- thought about cutting a trench around the 4 sides and just using a squeegee & shop vac to deep dry.
- thought about cutting out a pit in the middle to put a 5 gal pail into - sloping of the floor makes this not a great option - water tends to run outward to the walls in my garage.
- thought about having 4' x 12' custom poly drip trays made to park the sleds in when they come in from outside with 30lbs of ice and snow on them.

- thought about burning it down and starting over with a bigger footprint and additional height

check out watts channel drains as well as their catch basins.
You can hook up a small sump pump or buy a drop in style and attach a garden hose to it, run it out your door or you can fill up a bucket when it gets full.
15 years of plumbing and I finally put the watts dead level system in our new house, tied into a running trap and then into the city sewer. Legal in calgary.

Tchetek · Jan 30, 2020

cnelson6 said:
The wife and I have a on going project of the garage. Did a bunch of work over the New Years holidays. Still have a few more things to do but we are happy with the outcome. Next thing to do is adding more power to the caddy! //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200130/00df86e4bdb588debe4fbf431352b88b.jpg //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200130/945eb0680127e62912045f99c730b2d6.jpg //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200130/4ecc32febba1befbdb6d0b6aac7edfb7.jpg //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200130/413c869e0a21526e10380a575785fecb.jpg

What is the info on the sled lift?

Cyle · Jan 30, 2020

Bogger said:
We have one for the wife's car and it works great, but I feel Cycle's pain. The mat is no good for sleds, the tractor or anything with studs/chains/skis etc.

I have a corner of my garage that sunk so I need to have the "enviro-lift" or similar type service come out in the summer and jack & pin the slab. I was going to talk to them about options when they come out.

- thought about top coating the slab with drainage installed but was told that I'd have issues with cracking and adhesion.
- thought about cutting a trench around the 4 sides and just using a squeegee & shop vac to deep dry.
- thought about cutting out a pit in the middle to put a 5 gal pail into - sloping of the floor makes this not a great option - water tends to run outward to the walls in my garage.
- thought about having 4' x 12' custom poly drip trays made to park the sleds in when they come in from outside with 30lbs of ice and snow on them.

- thought about burning it down and starting over with a bigger footprint and additional height

Yea I don't think a mat would work for me. I park my CTL in the garage in the winter a fair bit, I doubt it would stand up to it at 9,500lbs. On top of that I do welding repairing my buckets, etc occasionally so I'd be constantly taking up one of the mats in order to work on stuff. Also need to take up the mat to do any work on the vehicle with a creeper, etc. My floor is level, I don't get more then maybe 1/4" puddles so it would be easy to squeegee into some kind of basin.

My ideal plan would be a 43' trench drain right through the middle of the floor core a hole into the basement and tie it into the sewer, but i'd be cutting the slab in half and i'd have to put in a few piles to stop it from settling and that's a lot of work and i'm likely going to be selling within the year.

I would be hesitant to start cutting up the slab beyond 3/4" control joints to help water run if one side sunk already, you could have more settling issues.

Think i'm going to cut a hole drop a 10" basin in, then cut out a 1/2" drop groove to sit a grate on all the way around so it has support. Won't take a lot of work and I think 10"x10"x15" will hold enough water to last quite awhile.

cnelson6 · Jan 30, 2020

Tchetek said:
What is the info on the sled lift?

It’s a loft it sled lift. I don’t think they are around anymore. I think they were pretty pricey but I found this one used.

cnelson6 · Jan 30, 2020

Cdnfireman said:
how high is your ceiling? How big is the shop? Is the furnace working all the time to keep it that warm?

It’s 12’ high for 2/3 of the garage and 10’ for the last 1/3. The furnace is mounted on the 10’ portion. It doesn’t run that often. Hardly at all when I have the t stat down low. And in the -30 weather we had when I was out there it would kick on every 15 or so to keep it at 65. My garage generally keeps it above freezing in the winter without the furnace unless it’s really cold.

cnelson6 · Jan 30, 2020

cnelson6 said:
It’s 12’ high for 2/3 of the garage and 10’ for the last 1/3. The furnace is mounted on the 10’ portion. It doesn’t run that often. Hardly at all when I have the t stat down low. And in the -30 weather we had when I was out there it would kick on every 15 or so to keep it at 65. My garage generally keeps it above freezing in the winter without the furnace unless it’s really cold.

I should add that it’s a oversized double so about a 2.5 car garage.

catalac · Jan 30, 2020

Added a new set tool boxes, gotta love Canadian tire sales... $920 on sale for $400.

Cdnfireman · Jan 31, 2020

cnelson6 said:
I should add that it’s a oversized double so about a 2.5 car garage.

cool. Thanks.

DaveB · Feb 14, 2020

Installed aftermarket cold air intake on car. Installed ODBII bypass harness in trunk with “Burnbox” plugged in. Installed 3 buttons in steering wheel where there was a plug. Learned buttons to Burnbox. Car has a line lock using anti-lock solenoids now. Other button turns on intercooler pump and engine fan for cool-off in pits.

DaveB · Feb 14, 2020

Now beer and wait for spring.

doorfx · Feb 14, 2020

Sweet ! Better stock up on tires with a line lock!

DaveB · Feb 14, 2020

doorfx said:
Sweet ! Better stock up on tires with a line lock!

I have some wider replica wheels coming with Nitto drag radials.

OVERKILL 19 · Feb 15, 2020

Hung tv and rigged up Apple TV. Finally got streaming to work.

Also took this down, anyone want it? They don’t make them with the girls anymore!

catmando · Feb 15, 2020

Installed risers and CFR bars, ready too go !

doorfx · Feb 15, 2020

OVERKILL 19 said:
Hung tv and rigged up Apple TV. Finally got streaming to work.
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Also took this down, anyone want it? They don’t make them with the girls anymore!//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200216/21d24cf535ad32e7442307cb12f224e0.jpg

I’ll take that off your hands

OVERKILL 19 · Feb 15, 2020

doorfx said:
I’ll take that off your hands

It’s urs! Thx

doorfx · Feb 15, 2020

Thanks

niner · Mar 2, 2020

My dad just built this for target shooting. He has .338 lapua.

doorfx · Mar 9, 2020

A big thank you to overkill 19. I now have a snap on poster to hang in the garage!! ThanksBuddy !!

overkill19 · Mar 9, 2020

doorfx said:
A big thank you to overkill 19. I now have a snap on poster to hang in the garage!! ThanksBuddy !!

Next time we will have a beer too!
Sorry I missed ya! Knee surgery has been a pia!

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