New question: Concrete floor finishing
The floor will be garage finished concrete. I'm looking for suggestions from people with experience in clear, slick sealers/finishes like some of the big box stores use. I don't want to paint the floor with epoxy or other paint products; just looking for something to keep the concrete from making its own dust and to make it easier to clean. My last shop is New Mexico had some insulated, air conditioned finished rooms within it but 2/3 of the space was just a metal building that let the dirt and dust in every time the wind blew hard. We had about 10 calm days a year. The floor was always gritty and everything in the shop that wasn't in the rooms had a layer of dirt and dust on it when we moved out. I'm done with that and just want a reasonably clean shop environment.
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Construction started today
The location of the shop behind the existing garage
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Removing the brick veneer where the shop will attach
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Big pile of concrete from the old concrete slab that had to come out
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What makes people think this is okay?
We had a big surprise when we looked outside this morning. The contractor hadn't been called, the framer hadn't been called and we didn't hear the doorbell or any noise. What kind of stupid would make someone thing this is OK? Two cars inside. SWMBO has trouble getting into the pickup.
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Getting Close to Finishing
It's been busy around here. Lots of progress has been made. Hurricane Delta is passing to the east today. Prayers for the poor people that are getting hit for the second time this year. Work is slow today because even though it only got to 74° today the humidity was 90%. That is not good working conditions. It should be ready for the floor finish sometime next week. The birch plywood walls are in. No issue with the building code since they are over 1/4" thick. Final electrical is scheduled for tomorrow. Two rows of lights are in and two more in the middle will be installed. I bought a 10 pack of 8' Barrina LED lights from Amazon. The output is tremendous. Electrical consumption is 72 watts each. I'm sure the windows will glow at night like a garage in a science fiction movie. The reloading room is upstairs and I ended up with about 4" more headroom than expected. Someone 6' tall can walk around easily. The walls are finished in water based polyurethane. With 2x6 studs the structure is really solid feeling. I hope the R-19 insulation and plywood will help contain the sounds of saws and routers. The torsion box door is for access to the attic in the garage to which the shop is attached. That will eliminate having to use the marginal pull-down attic ladder as I get older. It got insulation in the cavities before I closed it up. It's an incredibly stiff and strong structure for a door. It's made of the same plywood as the walls so while it's not invisible, it does blend in well. It's pretty exciting to see the end of the build nearing.
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