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Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Over the summer we had a new garage built for the 924, with some extra space for other projects. The old single car garage was 20x12, the new one is 28x22.

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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

Lizard · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject:

the attic opening is in a bad location imo. Other than that looking REAL sharp.
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Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Don't worry, thought went into the attic opening. In the winter, the 924 will be rolled on wheel dolly's and stored sideways along the back wall of the garage. The ladder will come down between the 924 stored at the back, and the car parked in the right hand stall of the garage. The placement ensures I can get year round access, plus when you go up the ladder you are standing in the peak of the roof which is nice for tall guys like me.

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Tigger937 · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:

Now that's more like it.................a garage with an attached (sort of) house.

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dash16 · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 255 Location: Cali Cali

you hire contractors do to the work?

who designed/engineered the garage?
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Neil924 · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 4225 Location: Canada

Nice garage, very fancy, lucky 924 got a new home.

Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Thanks guys. I hired a guy to build it, he only builds garages so he has gotten pretty good at it. The joists are pre-built at a factory, everything else he built up from scratch. We both sort of "planned" it over a few discussions, since it is so basic it was really just figuring out dimensions, where the doors go and such. Me and an electrician friend are doing the wiring this week, then I'll have radiant gas heat installed, then my father-in-law and me will insulate and dry wall.
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Paul · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:07 am Post subject:

I'd stay away from open flame heaters in a garage. I've shared my "on fire" experience before.
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Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
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Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Smoothie · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:30 am Post subject:

Very nice. Will be sealing or epoxying the floor?

Did the old garage have a concrete floor?
-And just one more - What is that rectangular thing with hoses attached in the third pic?
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Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Yes, I will be having the floor coated with the same material used on the decks of oil rigs (both land based and sea). At $6.50 per square foot, it isn't really cheap, so I may wait until the spring to swallow that expense. The prep cost is the same for a new or old slab, so there is no harm leaving it for a few months.

The old garage did have a concrete floor.

The strage item in the third pic is the jackhammer attachment for the Bobcat.
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

Paul · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:50 am Post subject:

Anything that burns fuel (gas, propane, oil) and is vented into the garage (no chimney) among other things introduces a lot of water vapor into the space. This causes high humidity and rusts everything in sight.

Anything that has an open flame can ignite many of the chemicals we like to use in our shops.

How about electric baseboard or an overhead electric radiant heater?

If you really want to use gas, how about a cheap used gas furnance mounted in an enclosure outside of the garage? Or better yet, a used sealed combustion chamber gas furnace installed in your attic. (Uses PVC pipes for intake and exhaust).

Or install radiant heat in your conctrete slab. (Does the house next door have a boiler?)
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White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.

Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Looks great, man. If you weren't so far away, I'd certainly be coming over for wrenching parties (so. . .count your blessings?).
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Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Paul, this is the unit I'm looking at:

http://www.calcana.com/garage_gallery.html

No open flame, fresh air intake through one wall, exhaust chimney out through the other wall.

Rasta, you're welcome for a wrenching party anytime, you'll fit right in with my mechanic skills!
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

Paul · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

That type of unit is used over the bleachers in many of our local ice hockey rinks, they work great!

The ones I've seen do not have sealed combustion chambers, but the one you are considering looks as if it may be sealed.
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White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.