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What Did You Do In Ur Garage?
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Cdnfireman
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Good choice!
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Guys are headed to Pierce in a week for final on our new truck.
I need a Pierce emblem for the door. I sure they can spare one on a 1 million dollar truck.
Has anyone added a sump for a drain in their garage that had nothing originally? I'm tired of the melt off making my floor wet, I have a fan running but it still takes forever and leaves a mess. My thought was in the center of each bay cut out say 16"x16" area and put some kind of basin and grate. Easy to pump out if it gets full, but i'd guess it would take months. Just not sure the best way to do it.
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I have seen gear oil barrels used. Cut concrete square. Then dig down deep enough for barrel to fit. Probably not legal.
Lucky we had our garage sump and drain installed during build.
Yea I wanted to but county doesn't allow garage drains to go into sewer so there was no legal option to put in drains. Wondering if concrete would be the easiest, dig it out pour some sides and a bottom. Biggest concern is having good support for the grate if a vehicle is on it or something.
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Have heavy grate larger than hole. Cut concrete just enough to lower great. I don’t know. Just ideas
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You’d think so.
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@cyle
Just use a garage containment mat. They work great and no mess.
This is one type but there are lots. I put an extra layer of 1/8” rubber on top of mine to stop rock punctures. Fix with duct tape, 3 years on the same one.
https://www.canadamats.ca/floor-defender-garage-containment-mats.html
Just use a garage containment mat. They work great and no mess.
This is one type but there are lots. I put an extra layer of 1/8” rubber on top of mine to stop rock punctures. Fix with duct tape, 3 years on the same one.
https://www.canadamats.ca/floor-defender-garage-containment-mats.html
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i used a similar one for years , works awesome, i used a floor squeegee to get rid of water, it did cause ice outside garage sometimes though
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I will let you know.
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The wife and I have a on going project of the garage. Did a bunch of work over the New Years holidays. Still have a few more things to do but we are happy with the outcome. Next thing to do is adding more power to the caddy!
I didn't see that lightweight hood when I was there....for sale?
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What kind of heater is that in the first pic? work good?
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I got an emblem plate from Smeal when I was down in Nebraska helping out with the pre-paint on an aerial. Super nice people to deal with. Then went down to Ocala Florida to E1 to tour the plant and do the purchase details on a Bronto RLP. What a bunch of pricks. Miserable to deal with....no wonder they went belly up.... Pierce bought them out, hopefully they're better to deal with.....tell your guys to lean on the dealer, he should be able to make it happen.
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It’s just a headlight delete from skinz on a stock hood with the brp led light below. I had a tree issue with that one.... so its not really good to anybody. Also just a FYI I didn’t find the skinz to fit that great so didn’t want to sell it off for that reason as well.
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It’s just a reznor furnace. Works great. I think it’s a 45000 btu. I keep the garage at 53 f when I’m not in there and when I’m working I put it up to 65 f and it heats it up in 10 to 15 minutes.
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how high is your ceiling? How big is the shop? Is the furnace working all the time to keep it that warm?
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We have one for the wife's car and it works great, but I feel Cycle's pain. The mat is no good for sleds, the tractor or anything with studs/chains/skis etc.
I have a corner of my garage that sunk so I need to have the "enviro-lift" or similar type service come out in the summer and jack & pin the slab. I was going to talk to them about options when they come out.
- thought about top coating the slab with drainage installed but was told that I'd have issues with cracking and adhesion.
- thought about cutting a trench around the 4 sides and just using a squeegee & shop vac to deep dry.
- thought about cutting out a pit in the middle to put a 5 gal pail into - sloping of the floor makes this not a great option - water tends to run outward to the walls in my garage.
- thought about having 4' x 12' custom poly drip trays made to park the sleds in when they come in from outside with 30lbs of ice and snow on them.
- thought about burning it down and starting over with a bigger footprint and additional height
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