New Shop Build

[SuperGlide]

Congratulations! the shop looks great. Good luck.

[alphacharlie65]

Congrats. Hope you make lots of money there. Very nice.

[Ccrew]

Looks great. Just a FYI, be careful with tire shine product use before you coat the floor, that stuff wreaks havoc with the bond on floor coatings.

[rustytruck]

What are those buildings called. I see a lot of guys running detail shops out of that type of building but I don't think there are any around me.
When I google "auto bay for rent" I always get old service stations. What do I google to find a building like that?

[RFrommann]

haven't seen you posting updates on FB, so i'm taking that as you're super busy taking advantage of being in doors now!

been in the high 20's all week, so i had to shuffle things around and haven't dont anything work related the past few days.

[SKorch630]

Even if you have excellent insulation, the idea is to keep the heat from reaching the roof. With a fan, it forces the air back down, as well as the AC, so in reality, it's a win/win. A tad expensive, but on those really hot days, or really cold days, you'll be happy you have it.

[Bill1234]

wow, that is huge, what will you do with all the space haha

[jarred767]

Looks great. Just a FYI, be careful with tire shine product use before you coat the floor, that stuff wreaks havoc with the bond on floor coatings.

thanjs for the tip. Yeah, I was trying to be as cautious as possible before doing the coating, but did an in-depth cleaning first just to make sure. I'm just finishing the last coat today then it'll dry for the weekend and hopefully I can get some pics updated on here next week.

What are those buildings called. I see a lot of guys running detail shops out of that type of building but I don't think there are any around me.
When I google "auto bay for rent" I always get old service stations. What do I google to find a building like that?

It's just a standard industrial space, not sure if there's a Sid UDC name for them. Sorry I can't help more.

haven't seen you posting updates on FB, so i'm taking that as you're super busy taking advantage of being in doors now!

been in the high 20's all week, so i had to shuffle things around and haven't dont anything work related the past few days.

I've had some time for FB updates, but spend more time on IG these days.

Even if you have excellent insulation, the idea is to keep the heat from reaching the roof. With a fan, it forces the air back down, as well as the AC, so in reality, it's a win/win. A tad expensive, but on those really hot days, or really cold days, you'll be happy you have it.

that's good to note, I'll keep it in mind come summer time. Thanks!

wow, that is huge, what will you do with all the space haha

Detail cars!!! also planning on storing tires and/or rims for customers in part of it once everything's set up. That'll hopefully offset some of the rent!

[jarred767]

A few updates!

Pretty much finished the waiting room/lunch break/office area (might add a couple little things once I start selling product, but done for now):




Installed my sound system so I can hook up music and finished the floor for the entire shop, no pictures of the back area but it's all the same. I had to do it in two stages, and was quite a project between cleaning, drying, applying and letting cure, but it's done and I love it! NO more concrete dust, clean-up is way easier and their's added grip stuff in the final coat so it's not that slick when wet either. Pictures were taken at night, so there a little dark, sorry






Definitely still a work in progress, but it's coming along and I love it!

[Guyb]

You have it looking good. Wish you the best in this endeavor.