Me jealous!
 

lowercasesteve wrote:

Get that pristine concrete sealed (and painted?) before you spill petroleum products on it by mistake.

 
Good point!!
How long does the concrete have to  "sit" before it can be sealed and painted/stained. Doesn't it hafta 'out-gas' or something?!
Just wonder'in......
6sal6

 
I like the Pex piping, shouldn't have to worry about it freezing. The blocking for upper cabinets is sure better than trying to find studs later on too.
 
There will be at least three more things you want to add once the drywall goes up!! Do you have both of your AC units in that panel?
 

MS wrote:

I finally finished wiring the shop and game room. Can’t count how many times I went back to the store for more single gang boxes. Kept thinking of stuff to add.








……second driveway out the north side…….

 
That’s not a driveway, it’s a burnout box and launch pad!!!!!

Last edited by Bolted to Floor (6/18/2020 10:35 PM)

Coming along nicely! 

In terms of the floors, I have done a couple of garage floors, including my current one with, with epoxy.  The first two I did, I used U-Coat It. That stuff was great. Very affordable, easy to apply and held up very well to regular shop abuse/misuse and automotive chemicals and never showed signs of wear after several years. Sold those houses at least 10 years ago, so can't say what they look like now, but I am sure the floors still look good.


In my new garage, I let the guy who poured my floor talk me into using Sherwin Williams' industrial epoxy floor coating.  It is no where near as good as U-Coat It. It scratches easily, shows tire prints and has chipped by dropping something as light a 5/8" box wrench.

If I were to do it again, I think I would just go with a high quality concrete sealer with a little color tint of your choice.  It will look good and hold up better than epoxy, especially if you plan on doing any welding on it. Splatter is not kind to an epoxy floor coating.

Didn’t Steve say he used to do hanger floors, I’m sure he’ll know what to do.
Remember his avatar signature burn out, that on the new concrete and clear coated would be the cat’s meow.

It's going to be a really nice watering hole; not to mention Outstanding shop!

Sheetrocking today

LOL, nice picture!

This afternoon that same guy put two five gallon paint buckets one atop the other, stood on top of it, and scooted down the entire length of a wall putting screws in the drywall.  Sorry, but I would just never have even thought of doing something like that.

MS wrote:

Chaplin, thanks for the flooring input. Yes, I used to design and install concrete and floor coatings in airplane factories. But, my budget does not allow for the “good stuff” Stonhard brand epoxy stuff we used there.

I kind of like that idea about the stained and sealed floor coating. Any more info on brands, installation and cost? All I really need is something to keep concrete dust from forming on everything for the next 100 years. Heck, one friend used to put Mop-n-Glo on his floors every few months. They looked great until it started wearing off.

In the last year before I retired, we had the floor done in our large hangar in Seattle. There was three bays, and the crew that came in sanded all the old covering off down to bare concrete, then they sealed all the joints flush, then painted two coats of an epoxy coating. We waited the specified amount of  time for it to cure, then moved an aircraft on to it. When we rolled the aircraft out the next morning, some of the coating stuck to the tires and pulled up. They had to come back and patch the spots and we waited even longer. Finally got it right, after 6 months to do all three bays.
 

"long-time-a-go....when-I-wuz-a-welder. I stood on a many 5 gallon bucket to weld pipe/electrical hangers and such.  EZ to move and usually was just the right height.
Since it was a federal job I could have requested safety staging complete with hand rails and toe boards properly installed and 'inspected' before ever stepping on it. By the time it was completed I would prolly be on another job...the insulators would have come AND the painters...then it would be nearly impossible to get to the hangers!!
Just do it and move on.......... Federal guv-mint.....gotta love the efficiency.
6sal6
PS......ANYBODY gonna answer my question about HOW LONG to wait before painting/staining  'sea-mint' floorz?!!

Not sure Sal, I've been waiting 3 decades.