I am moving to a place in a month, it has a 2.5 stall garage.. anyone have any tips... It is not finished at all, i want to finish it, insulate it, put a ceiling and everything... I want to have the perfect garage... Now i need some pics, or ideas.... I dont want a car lift!!!

 

lucky you! TLC, HGTV, and some of the othe home improvment networks have a bunch of great ideas for stuff like that. i think its TLC that actually has a garage design show that you can get ideas from. ive seen some of the shows like horsepowerTV and shows like that, that show some garage goodies now and then. check this link...

http://www.powerblocktv.com/sites/xtreme/shop/

 

Make as versatile as possible, and roomy, easy to add ramps, etc... Room for a tool box. Whatever else you need. I would also set up for painting so you can fix up those imperfections if needed!

 

paint a humongous ram head on one of the walls

 

LOL

 

I have an oversize 2 car garage, and I originally insulated andused water proof drywall on the walls and ceiling. I put in an exhaust fan we had left over from a roofing job, and vented it out the eave with flex pipe. We live in a harsh winter enviroment, and I like to wash cars in the winter. I noticed it taking it's toll on the drywall on just the walls. We were looking for a new entrance door for the house at a local discount builders supply place called Maple Mountain. They had white dutch lapvinyl siding in a big pile with a sign that said $30 a box, while that quantity lasted. Now a box covers 200 sq. feet. I knew there were 8 sheets of drywall on each of the three walls on the sides and back. 32 sq. feet each, 768 sq. feet. I bought 5 boxes which gave me 1000 sq ft, so I'd have enough to trim the door. Even had a lot left over.$150 to do the walls in vinyl. I bought two sheets of5/8" plywood, and ripped 4" strips. Iglued them behindthe siding on the last 5 rows at the top. Now I could screw into the siding to mount cabints, etc. without crushing the siding. I had the stud locations marked on the floor. We have a local Habitat for humanity that sells used kitchen cabinets, so I bought enough cabinets to dothe rear wall all the the way accross. I sanded and painted them red.I put in a corner work bench, but only built it out the depth of my roll away tool box. Now I can wash cars year round. I have an insulated garage door, and my 60,000 btu torpedo heater will get it 60 - 70 degrees in half an hour, evenin winter. Now I only need that big screen TV, fridge, microwave, and fold down bed.

 

Got any pictures? That sounds real nice. And don't forget to add that "humongous ram head on one of the walls" to your list of things to get!! lol.

 

Don't forget lighting. I have a 24x32 pole bran with one end being a workshop/storage area. I went to lowes/home depot and bought about 10 of the 2 bulb florescent workshop lights and hung them all over my garage. I hung a couple of extra ones near the workshop area of mine along with a track light that is trained on my workbench. You can't have enough lights in a garage. You might want to think about painting it with light colors inside too to help maximize the lighting effect. Adding lights on the walls helps when you are washing/waxing or even doing brake jobs/anything low on the vehicle. Makes it much easier to see the low areas of the vehicle when removing wax so you don't end up missing spots.

A central shop vac system would be a nice addition to any garage too. It beats rolling around a shop vac all the time. A plumbing system for the air compressor would be nice as well. Then you have "ports" all around the garage to hook up your air tools plus then you won't need to run long air hoses.

I have been considering making an insulated "dog house" on the back of my garage to house the air compressor so I don't have to listen to it so much while I'm working.

 

i want to see some pictures of these places

 

I would post pics but I don't have many recent ones right now. Mine isn't much to look at really. Like you I have no insulation, wallboard etc...yet. I don't have it plumbed for air or vaccuum yet either but it's on my wish list.