Finished out my Viper/Corvette Z06 Garage Project!

pattymelt3605

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My girlfriend and I have lived in our house for a little over a year and one of the things I hated the most about the house was the unfinished garage. The rest of the house is very nice about 2200 sq. feet, not bad for our fist house me at 23 and her at 20. Well after a few weeks of working on the garage with my father we just about have the garage finished out. When we started it was not much to look at, unfinished drywall, no insulation, one electrical outlet and one light. My girlfriend was just about to buy her Z06 and I hated parking the Viper in such a nasty place. And after of finding this picture on the internet it inspirited me to get going on my garage.

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Enjoy the pics of our project!

This is pretty much what the garage looked like before we started:

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Here it is after ripping out 2 walls of drywall, adding insulation and a total of 7 electrical outlets then putting up new drywall.

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Just to let you know taping and mudding in the drywall *****! :laugh:

Then I decided to paint and add insulation to the garage doors, here is a before shot:

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After:

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After painting texture new lighting and hanging Gladiator cabinets:

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After looking at all my choices of flooring ie epoxy, racedeck and whatnot, and to stay within budget I decided on black/white checkerboard 2x2 Armstrong VCT.

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Cleaning and leveling the concrete:

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Starting to lay tile:

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Finished laying all the tile! Not bad for two accountants as someone told us.

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After waiting a week for the adhesive to dry and after the first coat of polyurethane:

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Eight coats and 8 hours later:

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Finished! Well close, I hung up some banners, a Viper neon clock and so on. Just need a few posters and such to hang up and finish some small painting. It was nice to get all the cabinets, toolbox, air compressor and such out of the kitchen lol. :rolling:

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I had this made for my girlfriend, if anyone wants one let me know and I will send you the guys email. He can put anything on there you want. Cost like $30 and it was a nice gift for her. :p

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We are parking on these heavy duty vinyl sheets to keep the tires from staining the white tile:

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I liked the first garage better. Just kidding, looks great. I know you have to work with what you got. My garage is about the same size as yours, 24 X 24. Unfortunately mine os full of junk and looks like crap compared to yours. I would be happy just to get it cleared out and a Viper in it.
 

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VERY NICE!

oh, and keep your chin up. i'm sure things will turn around for you financially, and you should be back on your feet in no time!

LOL
 

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Nice JOB....But the pictures you show, seems the garage is much smaller than the very first picture. Can you get a HUMMER in that 2 car garage with the Viper & Vette???
 

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Nice JOB....But the pictures you show, seems the garage is much smaller than the very first picture. Can you get a HUMMER in that 2 car garage with the Viper & Vette???

re-read. the first pic was his inspiration. not his garage.
 

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Dude,
It looks GREAT!!!!!!!
I love how you have seperate sides and each side has it's own theme, one side vette, the other viper, and the banners hung. VERY VERY COOL!

My Gf and I were just talking about buying a house after i move back home and get out of the Marines. So i started talking about the garage and what i was going to do to it, very similar to what you just did. BUT she dosen't drive a corvette lol. Might have to change that one day.

I also like how you improvised and used black and white tiles to make your own, race deck flooring, i bet it was much cheaper huh?

Can you send me your e-mail address so when the time comes i can ask you some questions?

Thanks man, again the garage looks great!
 

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Garage looks great!! :2tu: I did something similar to my garage about 15 months ago only I used the Race Deck flooring.I noticed the plates on the Vette are Illinois are you from here and moved to Texas. At least there is no snow in Texas like here in Illinois. :D
 

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nice garage...my garage looks almost like that but with a c6 in yellow and a gen 3 in red lol
 

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Great job!
If your from IL (license plates show that) then you forgot one MAJOR thing in the garage. A heater :)

If your in TX now then i guess you dont have to worry about that :)
 

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now THAT is my dream garage, VERY NICE.

I can picture at LEAST a 4 car garage, great guy and lots of cars!!!!
 
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Great job!
If your from IL (license plates show that) then you forgot one MAJOR thing in the garage. A heater :)

If your in TX now then i guess you dont have to worry about that :)

I am in Texas but the garage will soon be heated and cooled. :2tu:
 

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Wow!
All I have to say is holy crap, that looks awesome. You really put in the time to make that look great! :2tu:
Congrats!
I am about to graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering and there is no way I would be able to afford a house, viper, vette z06 and insurance!
Accounting? Man I picked the wrong degree.

How did you secure the insulation to the garage door? Looks like duct tape almost from far away.
 
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