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john lucas

Well the guys are done with my garage. Now I've got to put a coat on the floor and build some shelves. They built a shed on the back of the old garage that I will use for my Air Compressor and Dust collector. So things are moving along. I plan to power wash the the old shop either today or tomorrow and clean those 2 used cabinets. Then I'll paint that room and the cabinets. I need to add a couple of outlets and change one outlet in that room but it won't take long.

After that I will purchase and install some windows in the shop and then start the wiring. Might be a while because I have some personal stuff coming up.

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jim breeden

John, I would enlarge the step for the door. At our age, we don't need to be taking a misstep off those bricks. :b

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Chuck Engstrom

Hi John -- Glad to see your progress. When I moved in here six years ago, a friend urged me to put a layer of OSB over the concrete floor. I did it, with some reluctance at the time, but have been grateful for his advice ever since each time I drop something.

Lay it down in generous amount of Liquid Nails and weigh it down as best you can with whatever is handy. I'm not sure mine adhered completely all around but hey, that's what we have gravity for, and it may be a bit springier that way.

Do be sure to leave 1/8" gap between all the edges of the sheets to allow for expansion from moisture. I rolled on a couple of coats of Kilz and then several coats of light gray floor paint. Every once in a while a chip of the OSB will come off but appearance was not the objective, after all.

Well worth the cost and effort, I think.

Best wishes for the whole project -- Chuck

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john lucas

Jim It's not as big a step as it looks however the guy put an aluminum door bottom with no support under the outer edge so as soon as my table saw is up and running I'll take care of that.

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#5

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john lucas

A wooden floor might be interesting but I'm on a pretty tight budget now and will probably use all the floor matts that I have now and maybe add a few more.

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rd_macgregor

The little lean-to shed addition seems to have an odd spacing of the siding battens...or am I misinterpreting the photo?