We sold our suburban Colorado home (job loss) and purchased an old farmhouse in Indiana, with about 1/2 the square footage. I also gave up my deluxe 2-car garage. Needless to say, space is a real issue and keeping tack of tools etc., is a challenge.<br /><br />Since I gave the detached 1-car garage to my wife to store her stuff (piano, etc), I have the old 25 x 40 barn, to to with whataver I can, but since money is pretty tight, major restoration is on hold.<br /><br />The barn has a "concrete" floor, which in it's day was 1-2" poured over rocks. Much of it is busted up and down to the dirt in the usuable areas of the barn. It will cost about $400 for concrete to fix the really bad areas.<br /><br />We also have had to be very careful, since Indiana humidity and dirt floors cause a lot of rust and mold issues.<br /><br />Just for the heck of it, I started scraping away some of the dirt piles in a smaller area and started finding a smooth surface underneath. For some reason, this dirt was piled on top of "GOOD CONCRETE"!!.<br /><br />I now have a 14' 6" x 25' area with a smooth concrete floor and sliding door at both ends.<br /><br />Can you say "Marty's Garage"?<br /><br />Life IS good!
