building Man Cave One in Scottsdale AZ

Well, open garage .. will invite all who wants to travel. Working on finishing. Might have to do the TECH day in 2013. Running out of time this year.

Walkingbear...

I'm sure you're my long lost Father. Can I come home now?

I promise I'll keep the Garage clean this time so you don't have to send me to Canada. I promise I'll be good....

You must be the holy ghost .. sent to me from my father ..
You can stay for 3 days.. just like everyone else.

A tech day I might actually be able to attend! Been lurking ... great thread, gorgeous man cave.


Wait, that didn't sound right.

Well played! It was worth a try. Living the build and can't wait to see the end result!

Clean floors.. muddiers are coming today to mud and tape.

Painter is not far behind.

Met with the floor guy today. He has done most of the costco, home depot.

$1.50 square foot for the Home Depot polishing on the floor

Loving watching the progress.

Yeah, but it's been 5 days without an update!

We left town for a few days. Things are just backed logged. Waiting for windows to arrive

I have being debating on the size of the driveway in front. 26 x30 feet or go longer .. say 26 x50. Now much difference in price since we are paving down to the concrete pad. We can park a lot of bikes on that size pad.

Here is what I need to concrete:
8x8 pad for the hvac compressor
10x12 pad under the deck to part the atv
5 steps from the concrete pad to the back gate
26x30 pad in front. est. cost $3500

to make it 26x50 would cost another $300

Floors are being prep and they will start Monday.

That is all for now.. from Huntington Beach CA ....

Go big. That will be some of the best $300.00 you'll ever spend. Consider the cost of doing it later.

Came home and found that .. all the dry wall has been done.

is there going to be a ceiling to the u/s of the trusses in the garage?.The foil doent look "finished"

The foil serve two purposes:

1) it reflects an amazing amount of light

2) keeps the industrial look and access

Why pay the extra cost of dry walling?

only you can answer that question.Good answers though

In some locations I believe it would be required for flame resistance. You might be able to use metal for the same reasons too; I've seen that done with with roofing material; it looks sharp and cleans up with a pressure washer.

If you every go to Chopite their ceilings are cover with cloth. It was an option I choose to go with the foil for light refraction since it's in the garage.

Clearing out the garage for the floor guys. There was a pallet on the floor.
Went to pick it up .. got a flash of something gray moving. Man..if it was a rattler.. I would have been bit.

Just a nice bull snake. Took it for a tour of the property. Knock on the my sons window and he laughed. My sitter is really scare and I was going to walk in to show my wife (would have killed me) and son and decide it was best to leave it outdoors.

If you live in states with snakes and you leave the door open.. watch what you pick up.

The floor is like glass and coating is going on Tuesday morning.
Special coating has hardeners and sprinkle in alum oxide for grit

HVAC and Window and door installers.

Lots of action today .. and all the windows and doors
will be up this afternoon.

HVAC will have there runs made and will finish next TUES .. early holiday exit.

Look how nicely the floor look after polishing.









upstairs double windows


Getting the ladders in position to hang the sprial vent


vent in position


next 10 ft section will go one next


upstairs door is installed.


Vent coming out of the utility room (in bathroom)


Hanging the interior windows


The guys are now working by moon light. They wanted to finish tonight.