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Inspired by Ptychodus04's cool new building in the back yard, here is mine I built soon after Mrs jpc and I bought a new house. One of my requirements for a new house was lab and fossil storage space. I claimed the whole garage. The dealwe made is that since there is no room for her car in there, I have to scrape ice and snow off of her car on those mornings for her. And I get the garage. Thanks Hun. Here,Pickles plays ferocious guardian of the garage. I have since gotten rid of the Suburban (left side of photo). Its earlyyears were spent with the AMNH in NYC as their specialized fossil machine. It now lives on a local ranch. Let's have a looksee inside... as bought: The walls look like they are falling outward, but that is a trick of the camera. Alas, not totally, the walls are indeed leaning out, so the first step was to shore up the walls to each other. A bit before this all started, Office Max in town went out of business. I bought 25 linear feet of their shelving. That's it leaning on the wall behind the colorful ladder. Below are the ceiling joists almost completed. Is 'joists' the right word? The ladder came with the house. Score! I did all thiswork around a lot of my stuff lying around. First and second steps. First install OSB on walls. They will later be sprayed with insulation. The walls don't go all the way to the floor; rest on the cement risers which approximate the level of the ground around the garage. Then install a floor. That's my partner in crime, Jason checking for level. Install the fourth wall. Install internal window as an afterthought, and make a door. My compressor now sits outside the lab, in the corner behind the open door, seen here behind the Office Max shelving on the right side. The door was positioned to fit the compressor behind it. More OSB walls. Might as well put some on the ceiling as well. I am not a professional, I just make it work. Notice a bit of moisture on the cement wall to the right of the table saw (also bought with the house... Score!) That has been remediated by putting gutters on the outside of the garage. Install flooring,heating and a pegboard. And now we skip ahead to after the room is done and shelves are moved into the front half of the garage. Office max shelves off to the left. Somewhere I have a photo of the lab before I sullied it up by actually using it. Somewhere.
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