New Garage Build... Suggestions?

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Originally Posted by Ken Mathews

Good time for an underground tornado shelter!

I'm a bit stretched on the budget, and that would throw me over the top.

Hot water for washing in the winter.

Already planned. :)

Pegboard the crap out of one the walls now and put shelves all the way to the top of another.

Looking at Slat Board... but same purpose is intended. Also plan on going all the way to the ceiling with shelving/storage.

Good quality epoxy on the clean concrete. If you say you will do it later, you are lying to yourself.

Was actually considering stained and sealed concrete. I've hears lots of horror stories over "epoxy" floor. Thoughts?

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As far as epoxy goes, I did my own epoxy job on my garage floor when I bought my house over the summer. I like it. It's a little thin since the kit was for 400 sqft and my garage is about 430. I erred on the side of caution and finished with probably 10% still left over. Oh well. If I'm doing something obviously damaging like dragging my drill press, it'll scratch. Otherwise it's been great. Easy to sweep and easy to mop.

I'd say the main advantage of epoxy is getting it to be a uniform color. If you drop something small, it's pretty easy to see. In my old concrete garage, finding old gray-brown bolts on my splotchy gray-brown garage floor was an exercise in futility.

Here's the updated design concept:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1604/2...4c3aeb8784.jpg

I did this in "paint" and sent it to the architect to make it official.

• Multiple Dimmable LEDs all throughout
• LOTS of outlets, counter height.
• Recessed area for Lift Table
• Removal of 4" Car Stop... full flat floor

Handy still makes lifts, someone picked up the line I believe.

Looks like it will be great. What about speaker system? recessed speakers?