Hi Amy,
Great to have you in Las Vegas. One of my sons lives there so I go through
every so often. Need carpeting? He's the guy!
Ask Keith Turk to send you a photo of his shop or post one somewhere so all
can see it. That's a good example of a GREAT shop and shop housekeeping.
How about it, Keith? Ed? want to post it?
Later, Paul A
----- Original Message -----
From "Amy Turner" <justamy at bellsouth.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 11:53 AM
Subject: Garage advice request
> Hey, guys!
>
> It's been forever. I'm sorry. Life is wild sometimes, and I've been busy
with life in general. Wait 'til I tell you what's been going on!
>
> Last October Paul took a job in Las Vegas. That left me in Tennessee
caring for animals and house and my job, which was 60 miles away from home,
while Healium was warehoused 45 miles in the other direction. Ugh. I didn't
get out driving too often. Oh, and another thing that kept me off the road
was that Healium was getting an engine rebuild for a year or so before that.
>
> Back in January Paul and I bought a house in Las Vegas. Paul has been
living in the house since then, while I stayed in Tennessee looking for a
job in Las Vegas. It took me a while. I started a new job here three weeks
ago. Yippee! Now I'm living in the same house with my husband and driving 4
miles to work each morning. Life is good. It will be even better soon, when
Healium gets here from Tennessee.
>
> The Vegas house has a few nice features, but the most important, of
course, is the three-car garage. I won't have to warehouse my Sprite 45
miles away! And here's the big garage news: Paul and I are going to be on a
home repair TV show that will help us set up the garage for our little
British cars. (Yes, I've learned the joy of getting free stuff from TV
shows.) The show is DIY to the Rescue on the DIY network, the lesser known
sister network to HGTV. It's channel 230 on DirecTV. Anyway, they're going
to come rescue our garage. We've been talking about four projects:
> 1. Removing a dog run the previous owner built in the garage. We need the
real estate for cars. We talked briefly about adding a lift so we could put
four cars in the three-car garage, but that idea was nixed.
> 2. Adding garage cabinets. We have these to choose from:
http://www.hotrodbysauder.com/product/productthumb.asp What would you guys
recommend?
> 3. Treating the floor to withstand the oil that leaks from little British
cars. Because of the drying time required for an epoxy floor, they won't be
able to do that. They've already installed interlocking tiles in another
garage. Are you aware of some other type of flooring that might be good for
this application?
> 4. Possibly adding a garage door opener to the single door side of the
garage. We have an opener on the double door side, but we're planning to
keep one of the Healeys on the single-door side. The producer of the show
thinks that a garage door opener isn't a do-it-yourself kind of job. Do you
guys know of a door opener that would be relatively simple to install?
>
> One condition of any products they use is that they have to be donated by
the manufacturer. That's why we're getting those particular cabinets, for
example. They don't want me to approach the manufacturers, but they're open
to recommendations. Can you share your experience with me?
>
> They'll be taping the show at the end of October, but it won't air for
several months after that. I'll let you guys know when that is.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> Amy
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