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Dream Garage and Boat Storage > Episode 12: Setting Up the Workshop and Garage

Talking Indy Race Cars With Lyn St. James

Project: Dream Garage and Boat Storage, Episode 12, Part 3

With the barn nearly complete, Bob gets busy staining the interior, adding a Speed-Rail to the staircase, and creating a state-of-the-art workshop. With a truckload of new tools and some help from the world's fastest race car driver at the time, Lyn St. James, Bob begins setting up the automotive garage.

Part 1: Staining the Interior
Part 2: Stair Rail Construction
Part 3: Talking Indy Race Cars With Lyn St. James: 1992 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Lyn St. James visits Bob at the garage project to share her automotive expertise. With temperatures falling outside, Bob parks his 1974 Jaguar E-type B-12 roadster in the barn for the winter.

This innovative and functional post-and-beam barn structure is designed to provide space to store, and perform work on, boats and cars. Bob Vila takes us through the story,which centers around creating a state-of-the-art, ergonomically efficient, well-lit, and safe environment.

Also from Dream Garage and Boat Storage

Episode 1 - Project Introduction
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Bob introduces the new garage and boat storage project, and looks over the plans for the post-and-beam structure with contractor Bob Ryley and architect Paul Pacella (from Maine Post and Beam).<br> <br> In addition, Bob travels to nearby Oyster Harbors, Massachusetts for a tour of a local marina with America's Cup champion Bill Koch.<br> <br> Back on site, excavation for the foundation starts and building formwork for the footings begins.
Episode 2 - Working on the Foundation
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Work on the garage foundation continues. Also, Bob takes a tour of an antique car museum, housed in an old Shaker-style round barn at Heritage Plantation in Sandwich, MA. Back on site, concrete is poured into the completed formwork.
Episode 3 - More Foundation Work
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The garage project gets a real high-tech foundation, as layers of termite proofing, crushed stone, vapor barrier, rigid insulation, and wire mesh go down before the concrete can be poured. Mechanical contractor Frank Iadarola is on-site to explain how the Heatway hydronic heating system is installed in the slab to create a constant source of gentle heat for optimum car storage. Last, Bob tours an antique post-and-beam windmill at Heritage Plantation in Sandwich, MA.
Episode 4 - Framing the Garage
Episode 5 - Framing and Decking
Episode 6 - Insulating the Garage
Episode 7 - Exterior Trim and Siding
Episode 8 - Skylights and Metal Roofing
Episode 9 - Installing Protective Features
Episode 10 - Installing a Staircase and Paneling
Episode 11 - Heating and Lighting
Episode 13 - Barn Tour

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