Ronald Finger
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Major Garage Change! - New Front Wall
🕑 Added 2023-10-05 16:40:23 +0000 UTCWork for the next video is going well!
The entire front wall was torn down and rebuilt in order to convert the two 8' garage doors into one 16' garage door. This has honestly been the most labor intensive garage/workshop episode yet, but I'm happy to say that this is now better built than it ever was and, more importantly, better suited to my needs.
Obviously there's still more work to be done (like actually installing a garage door), but this is a huge milestone! I'm very excited for the rest of the renovation, as well as what all shenanigans I'm going to get up to in here :)
Comments
Joseph Piarulli
That's great to hear that you're good with a 200 amp sub panel already in place! I'd say for sure you'd want to aim for between 75-100 amps for the garage run once you get around to that. Nice work on the new door design choice, you'll be glad you went with the single-wide door.
Ronald Finger
We actually don’t have to re-wrire the whole house, but instead just upgrade our home’s main panel to one rated for 200 amp service, which we actually already did! There’s now more than enough power to feed the garage, but the only thing left is to run a new dedicated circuit underground. :)
Joseph Piarulli
Are you going to rewire the whole house to help cope with the higher power demands the garage will require (for the likes of an arc welder, air compressor, car lift, sandblaster cabinet, and any other high-draw power tools?)
Great Joe
Oh wow. Everything about these garage renos just looks so big and impressive. From the lights to the inside wall to the big support beam and its braces, everything you do is right there in front of you. I can't help but think that seeing all these big results is gonna help keep your momentum going on the car/bike projects as well.
Clement Smith
Thanks for the update, always a highlight to see the progress!
Eef Neleman
Looking good!
Ronald Finger
It should be out before the end of 2025
Scott Hampshire
Nice job my dude. This looks really great.
Jason F
You could consider a roll up door! Nice work
Ronald Finger
That cliffhanger was just there to be a funny segue into the tearing down of the entire wall for this upcoming video 😅 I'm just going to use longer hangers for the tracks!
Dean Hallal
Nice! Go with a roll up door and that will be even more of a game changer! No door tracks in the way when opened or closed. not a lot of room to work with but might be able to pull it off 👊
Andreas M
Is the new door going to be installed in the next video? Just asking how long I'll have to wait 😅
Ronald Finger
I was planning on talking about it in the video, but the biggest advantage is the space created by the wall between the doors. You inherently have more room between two parked cars, making opening the doors and getting in/out easier. Not a concern for me though since I won’t ever be parking two cars in here!
NeverLetOff
But he lives in Texas. And the two houses I lived in like that were also in Texas... no garage in Texas is air conditioned, so it just makes no sense.
LokiBeat
This doesn't resolve the support for the doors now the ceiling clearance has been raised, does it? Inquiring minds want to know. Well, at least I do. Not to be critical, but that was the big cliffhanger from the last episode. I can wait if it's resolved in the video. Cheers.
Nate D
Main benefit is climate control. You lose (slightly) less heat opening one small door to get out the snowblower/car than you would opening the entire side of the garage.
NeverLetOff
Nice! I never understood the two small doors... I've lived in two houses with the same garage door setup, I see no benefit..
