Our garage was built in the early 1900's. The cement was made on site and includes everything from sticks to different sizes of rocks. There is no border foundation. The entire floor is only 3" to 4" thick. Over the years, the building has settled and the floor has cracked in several places. The center has cracked 1/2" wide and the center is higher then the corners. Any contractor would have recovered the floor with another 4" of cement and sand, but that would be way too expensive for us. Every recommended floor repair was $600.00+ and none of them were recommended for a floor this damaged. I decided to keep the project under $300.00. I used various crack fillers and I sanded the floor with a 4" belt sander. The floor was given six coats of bonding sealer, epoxy paint and a clear flaked top coat.
WALLS and CEILING: The entire garage is made of bare rough cut redwood, which I love, but it made the room very dark. I painted the walls and ceiling bright green. This was a three month project. There were 23 broken windows that needed to be replaced. When I removed the glass, some frames fell apart because of wood rot. The frames were rebuilt and sealed with epoxy. All that is left is to call an Electriction to rewire the room.
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