Game room build underway.

1200 sq ft of game room in +-5 years?

What will help keep me from going too overboard (at least in the short term) is that the back half will be finished with heat and AC and the front will not.

#5 9 years ago

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dmacy

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Like anything, you'll be surprised how fast space will fill up on both sides. But you're smart in planning ahead for HVAC. I was just kidding but there is some truth to the space changing. I have a small 24x32 garage with 2 car lifts in there. I've been looking into making a deck on the one side for short term pins. Not to mention how fast room filled up in there with all sorts of tables, presses, tools, storage, etc...

#6 9 years ago

KJM

KevInBuffalo

Today's progress:

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#7 9 years ago

PAT

PinPatch

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Melbourne

10y 59,300 1,055

Love seeing the different ways of building between the USA and Australia.

Ps nice looking garage, games room.

#8 9 years ago

PAB

MustangPaul

Very nice. I wish I had room for a 30x40 garage. Looks like your garage footage is bigger then the main floor of your house. I'll be following your progress. Oh...how tall is the ceiling going to be? Looks to be 8-9ft. Hope you went with an 8ft tall garage door.

#9 9 years ago

PAB

MustangPaul

Quoted from PinPatch:
Love seeing the different ways of building between the USA and Australia.

How would it be built in Australia?

#10 9 years ago

KJM

KevInBuffalo

House is ~1,500 sq ft, garage is 1,200. 8' walls.

#11 9 years ago

DEL

SealClubber

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14y 127K 11,060 246

Very nice. I highly recommend at least insulating the front/garage half.

#12 9 years ago

PAB

MustangPaul

OP
Quoted from KevInBuffalo:
House is ~1,500 sq ft, garage is 1,200. 8' walls.

That's some nice footage. My house main floor is 744 and my garage is 864 with 10' walls in the main garage and a 8' garage door. But I like your garage better.

#13 9 years ago

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PinPatch

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Melbourne

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Quoted from MustangPaul:
How would it be built in Australia?

Well we have to have horizontal timbers throughout all the walls , noggins, generally with a timber frame building we build walls on the concrete slab on a edge beam. We dont ply the entire building especially the roof we use sheet roofing or tiles not shingles.

#14 9 years ago

Chrisbee

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Quoted from MustangPaul:
How would it be built in Australia?

In Square Metres, LOL.

#15 9 years ago

ESP

policano

East Side Pinball

10y 72,900 1,777 19 23

Gonna be awesome! I bet you can't wait

#16 9 years ago

DAN

pindan3

Inactive member

Sarasota, FL

10y 49,900 272 19 106

Man I'm jealous!!! I have no more walls to knock out!!!!

#17 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

Quoted from PinPatch:
Well we have to have horizontal timbers throughout all the walls , noggins, generally with a timber frame building we build walls on the concrete slab on a edge beam. We dont ply the entire building especially the roof we use sheet roofing or tiles not shingles.

That's interesting thanks.

#18 9 years ago

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Magic_Mike

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Atlanta, GA

11y 56,550 2,985 20

Will the gameroom garage be insulated and have a separate AC unit?

#19 9 years ago

KJM

KevInBuffalo

Yeah. Doing a separate wall unit instead of tying into the furnace/central air.

#20 9 years ago

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Magic_Mike

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Atlanta, GA

11y 56,550 2,985 20

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Quoted from KevInBuffalo:
Yeah. Doing a separate wall unit instead of tying into the furnace/central air.

You live in an area where it snows every year. Expensive, but well worth it in the long run.

#21 9 years ago

PAB

MustangPaul

With part of the garage floor heated and the other part not I wonder if the concrete floor will do weird things. Have you asked the builder yet? How deep is your frost line where you live?

#22 9 years ago

JBB

Kawydud

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Where are the pictures of the asshat moving the machines out of the garage?

#23 9 years ago

KJM

KevInBuffalo

Hard to take a selfie when you're hauling vids and pins.

#24 9 years ago

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ddebuss

Gameroom Mods

Cumming, GA

11y 67,550 626 11

Get insulated doors for sure. I'd consider putting in the wires and pipes for heating the whole thing in the future and of course seal and insulate the whole thing good. Get some great stuff pro and hit all the nooks and crannies before they get buried. And yes the pro is well worth it over the regular stuff.

#25 9 years ago

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Kawydud

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Quoted from KevInBuffalo:
Hard to take a selfie when you're hauling vids and pins.

I have seen selfies of worse deeds.

#26 9 years ago

KJM

KevInBuffalo

Getting there...

Guest appearance by the dog.

#27 9 years ago

PAB

MustangPaul

That is impressive looking.

#28 9 years ago

JON

Schwaggs

Gameroom Mods

10y 105K 4,760 10

Looking GREAT!

#29 9 years ago

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swinks

Swinks Pinball

12y 136K 10,561

looking good, what a awesome space

#30 9 years ago

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dmacy

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Coming along quick. I hope you didn't take my comment about the space negatively. It's a great space you have! I spent a lot of time researching garage builds doing mine and after it's up, it's always a battle keeping the space for what your intent is.

#31 9 years ago

KJM

KevInBuffalo

Not at all, I totally understand. Even as big as it is I keep thinking it's not going to be big enough but you have to draw the line somewhere.

#32 9 years ago

DAV

funtimewithdave

Inactive member

Syracuse, NY

10y 46,650 285 3 13

Great job Kev, I am very glad I joined a pinball league where you will be the host after construction

#33 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

OP
Quoted from KevInBuffalo:
Not at all, I totally understand. Even as big as it is I keep thinking it's not going to be big enough but you have to draw the line somewhere.

Hey that's why they make big sheds.

#34 9 years ago

KJM

KevInBuffalo

Quoted from funtimewithdave:
Great job Kev, I am very glad I joined a pinball league where you will be the host after construction

I'm just doing it all for you guys!

#35 9 years ago

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Kawydud

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Quoted from KevInBuffalo:
but you have to draw the line somewhere.

I wish someone would have shown me where that line was.

#36 9 years ago

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funtimewithdave

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Syracuse, NY

10y 46,650 285 3 13

You build a large game room / garage, and I will bring the Salsa, Tortilla chips, and beer. Seems fair

#37 9 years ago

KJM

KevInBuffalo

Well there's a floor now.

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#38 9 years ago

DAD

Pinmeister

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You forgot the windows.

#39 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

DAMN. It HUGE! Is that pole the start of the gr? If you used all the gr for games you could put 30 in there. Now ya gotta get the gr partition wall up with a nice BIG steel door with a window in it.

#40 9 years ago

KJM

KevInBuffalo

Quoted from Pinmeister:
You forgot the windows.

No windows, no fade!

Actually we are thinking about adding one on the garage side.

Quoted from MustangPaul:
DAMN. It HUGE! Is that pole the start of the gr? If you used all the gr for games you could put 30 in there. Now ya gotta get the gr partition wall up with a nice BIG steel door with a window in it.

The wall will be behind the pole a few feet. There's going to be a standard 36" man door between the garage and game room, easier in and out when just passing through to the kitchen with groceries, etc. Plus less wall space to worry about leaving open for the door.

#41 9 years ago

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Meph

Meph's Mods

Marcellus, NY

12y 63,900 795 2

Nice job Kevin, you will have a nice game room there. So you originally had your games in the original garage? Was it heated?

#42 9 years ago

KJM

KevInBuffalo

No it wasn't, which meant I didn't play them all winter. Glad to be changing that!

#43 9 years ago

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HighSpeed1

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Rock Hill, SC

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Quoted from KevInBuffalo:
Well there's a floor now.

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Interesting how they build the foundation out of block first, frame the structure, then pour the floor last in the north, as opposed to further south, they trench the footer, fill with liquid concrete, then pour the slab and frame off that.

#44 9 years ago

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SilverUnicorn

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Quakertown, PA

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Looking great!!! I like hot it is tied to the house so it will give the appearance that it was there all along, rather than an afterthought.

Nice work! Cant wait to see the rest!

Chris

#45 9 years ago

RON

NYP

New York Pinball

Smithtown, NY

12y 72,800 1,382 6

Quoted from HighSpeed1:
Interesting how they build the foundation out of block first, frame the structure, then pour the floor last in the north, as opposed to further south, they trench the footer, fill with liquid concrete, then pour the slab and frame off that.

i had my basement floor compacted and they used a vapor barrier and wire and a higher psi concrete and it still cracked. I think they are using cheaper cement nowadays or not thick enough. Only suggestion I might have made would be to put a few floor outlets in to avoid extension cords. Keep posting pics!

#46 9 years ago

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Meph

Meph's Mods

Marcellus, NY

12y 63,900 795 2

OP
Quoted from KevInBuffalo:
No it wasn't, which meant I didn't play them all winter. Glad to be changing that!

Did you run into any problems with them leaving them in the unheated garage, other than not wanting to go play them? Winters get cold up here.

#47 9 years ago

ZAM

Zampinator

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Cheboygan, MI

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The stripper pole in the middle of the garage just doesn't look right in primer gray, I would have spent a little more & gotten the polished chrome one for sure.

#48 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

Quoted from HighSpeed1:
they trench the footer, fill with liquid concrete, then pour the slab and frame off that.

That's the way mine was done about 8 years ago and I live in MN.

#49 9 years ago

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modfather

ModFather Pinball Mods

Sunrise, FL

9y 92,900 1,886 8 83

what did cost to build that ??

#50 9 years ago

KJM

KevInBuffalo