Just bought a house over the summer and been looking forward to having a garage for long time now, and also being able to wash a car out of the elements, so for the question, wife thinks im nuts, so
Does anyone else do this?
Would u if u could?
Or for those in the warmer climates, would u if u had to?


See it’s not the bad in the garage, kind of nice.

 

jim

 

I just washed my L in the garage. My garage is detached, though.

 

I just moved to 'Bama, and my new place don't have a garage...<sob> My L hates me!!!

 

I would die for that garage, AWESOME

 

Looks a lot like my garage, but washing the L outside is a good excuse to work on my tan, so nope, never washed it inside.

If I lived up in the arctic tundra I sure as heck would though...

 

I tell my wife "It's not a Garage, it's a Shop!"



A shop can do more than just house cars:


I've washed a few cars inside

 

My Lightning got vacummed, cleaned, shammied, washed, and stored in the gradge nightly and on rainy and clowdy days.

 

 

Cant say I would ever wash my truck in the garage but I do live in GA and it gets cold but not like it does up north. Last year I had water freezing on the driveway when I was washing my car (no L last year) but it wasnt that bad.

 

First of all, nice garage! I's so clean, where do you store all your 'stuff'?

Let me give you my $0.02 worth of advice;

If you wash the truck in there when it's REALLY cold outside, the water can freeze under the overhead door. When you go to open it, it could tear the gasket. I've been there!

I noticed that in your photo, you sprayed the inside of the door. If you door has hardboard on the inside, which it looks like it does, you're asking for trouble. Because those inside panels are rarely painted, they could rot, swell or buckle! (I worked for Masonite for years.) Keep them painted and make sure that there are 'weep holes' in the metal channels so that water can drain out. This will prolong their life, and keep your nice garage looking nice longer.

Oh yea...I wash my truck in the garage when ever I can.

 

I have so much crap in my garage (stock L parts, tools, 4-wheeler, yard equipment etc.) that I couldn't fit a Yugo in there. Time to invest in a backyard shed. LOL!!

 

Once it hits f'in cold i wash mine at work. Its a large 2 car deep, 4 wide (3 garage door) place. NICE big heater, water house just inside the door. Been doing it for the last 8 years, and works great. Once i build my new house it will have infloor drains, and bottom half of wall will be something water resistant soo i can move my fun home.

Looks like a nice setup!
Brandon

 

nice compressor. i have the same one. never wash it in the garage. i also live in the desert though so i never have had to worry about snow out here...chris

 

I have not washed the L in the garage yet, but I probably will this winter. My garage is big enough and also has drains in the concrete.