Big Al's Garaj Mahal

BigAl205 said:
Took all weekend to clean out the garage. Everything is in my trailer or back porch. Big changes are coming.

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Just my opinion, garages are for cars, storage buildings/sheds are for storing other stuff. Get one of the latter, put your cars in the former.
 
Not always a choice. IE, my HOA doesn't allow any separate external structure. It would have to be approved as an extension of the house and look original. $$$$
 
jrwalte said:
Not always a choice. IE, my HOA doesn't allow any separate external structure. It would have to be approved as an extension of the house and look original. $$$$
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F**k the HOA! If they're not making the payments, they're not making the decisions! A lot of them also have rules against leaving cars parked outside the garage.
 
ckirocz28 said:
F**k the HOA! If they're not making the payments, they're not making the decisions! A lot of them also have rules against leaving cars parked outside the garage.
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I agree, eff HOAs. Which is why I won't ever submit to one, which means I won't ever live somewhere where they have one.

Now, if you're sadly in a position where those efftards have power over you, I'm truly sorry. It won't ever happen to me.
 
No HOA for me, but I do have plans to build some cabinets to better organize. That's why I went with such and oversized garage, for storage AND work space
 
Looking forward to the updates, the floors looking great.

No HOA here either 🙂 currently waiting for the county to approve my application for a detached shop in the back yard.

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Hopefully that comes through soon and I can get started building it.
 
I live in city suburbia not country. I'd much prefer HOA. City/suburb neighborhoods without HOA always look like shit as people aren't required to maintain their homes or put up whatever structure or vehicle in their yard they feel like. I'll give up being able to put a shed in my backyard for that.
 
How tall are those ceilings Alan? I wish I had the room for more vertical storage.

ckirocz28 said:
Just my opinion, garages are for cars, storage buildings/sheds are for storing other stuff. Get one of the latter, put your cars in the former.
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Interchangeable in my book. It's just semantics. Most of us have to use our "garages" as partial "storage" to some capacity.
 
12 feet total, 8’ walls on top of a 4’ block knee wall

After the excess chips were removed and clear coat applied, it looks even better

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crystalworks said:
How tall are those ceilings Alan? I wish I had the room for more vertical storage.



Interchangeable in my book. It's just semantics. Most of us have to use our "garages" as partial "storage" to some capacity.
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You used the magic word, "semantics". It is not semantics.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semantics
Try to put your car in a storage shed.
I will concede that there is storage space in the average garage, but that is NOT the purpose of a garage, housing cars is.
Besides, those comments were just good natured ribbing.
 
ckirocz28 said:
You used the magic word, "semantics". It is not semantics.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semantics
Try to put your car in a storage shed.
I will concede that there is storage space in the average garage, but that is NOT the purpose of a garage, housing cars is.
Besides, those comments were just good natured ribbing.
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A garage is for whatever you want it to be for. That's what's nice about having your own! I know of some that turn them into man caves.
 
BigAl205 said:
12 feet total, 8’ walls on top of a 4’ block knee wall

After the excess chips were removed and clear coat applied, it looks even better
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12' eh, that would be nice. I haven't measured mine but I think it's a 9' ceiling. That floor certainly came out nice. Color me envious.

ckirocz28 said:
You used the magic word, "semantics". It is not semantics.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semantics
Try to put your car in a storage shed.
I will concede that there is storage space in the average garage, but that is NOT the purpose of a garage, housing cars is.
Besides, those comments were just good natured ribbing.
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"the language used (as in advertising or political propaganda) to achieve a desired effect on an audience especially through the use of words with novel or dual meanings"

^ Still seems to fit into that definition... but I'm no English teacher. At any rate, I have put a car in my storage shed, but it was not a pleasant experience. You do what you have to do with whatever structures you have available to you. :shrug:
 
 
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