Looks fine. You're over thinking it.
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Looks fine. You're over thinking it.
Yep, I'm done painting and it's still white. It's good, it's an I beam, not an accent beam.
Well, we're getting this thing close wrapping this thing up. I rented a cement grinder to level off a very bad cement pour on the lean too side that was done several years ago.While we were at it we decided to clean up the other side and go over that side a few times as well. It's still not a perfect floor but it suits me well. Now its time to figure out where I want to put everything again. It's going to be pretty much the same except for I would like to move my steel rack and I'm going to put some water in the shed this summer so I need room for a sink. I also replaced 6 300 watt incandescent bulbs in the ceiling with some 300 watt equivalent LEDS that only only use 50 watts each so that should cut down on the electric bill. P.S. Kari was not happy about the candid photo :LOL:
>Lookin' good. Wish my shop looked that nice on the inside.
That's some fine lookin' space..........
Bigger than my house!
That looks so nice! You wouldn't even know there's an I beam there now if you didn't know. :LOL:
I think this is going to be the last post on the shed remodel, I think it's ready to be used again. I got Rita backed in to it's new stall, it's kinda nice to have the house garage back for my work car also. I have to work on the fuel tank, driveshaft and rear sway bar soon, other wise I will be putting it sideways in the winter for a bit more room . It's kinda crazy how much pickups have changed in 70 yrs.
that looks great........did I miss something....is that a pit under those boards?
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Yes it is. I've been planning this since the beginning. It will be nice to finally use the pit.
Great job well worth the time and effort!!
Rich
Pits are great solution for those who don't have the height required for lifts. The Shop mods were great and really seemed to open your space!
Rita looks great in there. Just think if you combined the 2 trucks. All that cab room in an older truck would be sweet along with all the trinkets. :LOL:
And wouldn't a slightly crusty '41 Plymouth sedan look good right there with 'em.........
Oh darn you Seth!!!!
I didn't think too much about it when I asked about the pit........but.
Yesterday when we had Cade's car in the shop I was looking around and got to thinking that though I don't have room for a lift I could do a pit and make some jobs a lot easier on myself.
Anyway just in the thinking stage right now but I was wondering how deep and wide did you make your pit?
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Nice; love the high ceilings. You have a bathroom out there?
Depending on the wind direction it's either the north or south door :)Quote:
Originally Posted by falconvan
That's funny! This is actually the second pit I've done and I measure them according to my height. I made them so I wouldn't have to crouch down or duck changing oil on a regular car, but then when I have a pickup over it, I will step on my 6 inch step stool I made. I much rather step up once in a while vs ducking anytime. I'm about 5'10 or 11 ish and the pit measures 66" deep and it seems good for me. The width is 44 inches so I can put a small car over it, but I have a 3 inch overhang over the block part so I could put a light under the ledge and have a bit more elbow room down below. The inside of the pit is 4' wide and I put some damaged hog building slats I got for free down for a floor and laid plywood over top of them. One thing I don't like about a pit is the mess on the floor with floor dry and spilled liquids so that was my fix for that. I have a six inch gap between the slats and the gravel floor below that. I would put a raised wooden floor with some drains in if I didn't have the hog slats. I'm not a mason so with both pits I've done we stacked the blocks on one another put rebar in the holes and poured the insides of the blocks full.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P