New garage!

[Warpdrv]

That is my favorite tool of destruction I own...... People watch me run it and think I'm insane....

So many tools to switch out for that machine..... LOVE IT...

Looks like the property is not large enough to go for an extra large garage, I'm sure your going as big as the city will allow....

I'm lucky enough if I wanted to build an extra out building for more storage, I have plenty of property to do so.

If I did, I would have a Car and Bike hoist in it.... Not really needed for me, since I have a full service station at my disposal, so it would be basically end up being more of a storage scenario.

 

[Shane]

That is my favorite tool of destruction I own...... People watch me run it and think I'm insane....
So many tools to switch out for that machine..... LOVE IT...

Looks like the property is not large enough to go for an extra large garage, I'm sure your going as big as the city will allow....

I'm lucky enough if I wanted to build an extra out building for more storage, I have plenty of property to do so.

If I did, I would have a Car and Bike hoist in it.... Not really needed for me, since I have a full service station at my disposal, so it would be basically end up being more of a storage scenario.

It's going to be 26' x 32', with higher ceiling (like 8 1/2', I think?), so it's not huge or anything, but it's about as big as the property lines will allow, and what my wife will agree to with her flower gardens remaining undisturbed.

Shane

 

[wnyfjr]

It's going to be 26' x 32', with higher ceiling (like 8 1/2', I think?), so it's not huge or anything, but it's about as big as the property lines will allow, and what my wife will agree to with her flower gardens remaining undisturbed.
Shane

That's the best course of action right there, keeping wife happy, so she allows you to be happy too!

 

[LKLD]

You can never have enough garage space. Oddly, most wives do not understand why the garage/shop should be larger than the home.
I need one big enough to accomodate a 26 foot Pro-Line with twin 250 HP 4 Stroke Yamahas on a triple axle trailer. I don't actually have a boat like that but if I did... Well I would need someplace to park it.

That's some funny sh*% right there, I don't care who you are!
Well said RFH....well said indeed!

 

[Shane]

It's going to be 26' x 32', with higher ceiling (like 8 1/2', I think?), so it's not huge or anything, but it's about as big as the property lines will allow, and what my wife will agree to with her flower gardens remaining undisturbed.
Shane

That's the best course of action right there, keeping wife happy, so she allows you to be happy too!

Yeah, she's great! Very supportive of the project, and of making improvements generally to our abode.

She even moved a bunch of heavy concrete pavers out of the walkway, to be re-used when the garage is done.

She's the best!

Shane

 

[Shane]

Friday, garage destroyed in 3.5 hours.

Saturday, slab demolished and removed in about 4 hours.

Sunday, looked at the weather forecast for Monday, since we were second on the pour list for this week.

Monday, rain forecasted all day today and Tuesday, wondering what the status of the other job is....

7 pm Monday evening and the concrete fellows showed up (after pouring the other job all day), compacting the crushed asphalt that filled the old slab spot, cutting the lines for the remaining driveway approach cutouts, and parking the trailer that is filled with the forms for tomorrow's frame-up.

These guys absolutely rock!

Shane

 

[Redfish Hunter]

I am glad you are posting this as a play by play. I have no experience with paying someone and just watching the work happen. I have always either done it myself or been heavily involved when I had to pay someone who knew more than me. This is kind of neat.

I have been contemplating the construction of a metal building in my back yard. Something around 40x50 with drop sheds on each side and a front porch. It is so hard to take that plunge when what you really want to do is buy more toys. Of course, some of my toys really would benefit from a shed like that.

 

[Shane]

I am glad you are posting this as a play by play. I have no experience with paying someone and just watching the work happen. I have always either done it myself or been heavily involved when I had to pay someone who knew more than me. This is kind of neat.
I have been contemplating the construction of a metal building in my back yard. Something around 40x50 with drop sheds on each side and a front porch. It is so hard to take that plunge when what you really want to do is buy more toys. Of course, some of my toys really would benefit from a shed like that.

Thanks for the feedback!

Yeah, I'm used to doing most of my own work, so letting go takes some effort for me. These guys are so good though, that it's a relief to know it's in their hands.

Looks to be a great day for framing today--about 65 degrees this morning and breezy!

Yesterday, the remainder of the driveway pad for the approach got removed, but the frame-up was delayed due to a property line question. The printed description and the aerial photo didn't exactly agree, so this morning's work is a lot of figuring, measuring, and phone-calling. Once they are confident about the numbers, some framing pictures should be coming.

Measuring...

Shane

 

[08FJR4ME]

If its that tight shouldn't have been surveyed prior? We can't do anything up here without doing an as built survey. It all has to be posted and laid out prior to construction and approved by the inspector.

Dave

 

[Shane]

If its that tight shouldn't have been surveyed prior? We can't do anything up here without doing an as built survey. It all has to be posted and laid out prior to construction and approved by the inspector.
Dave

Good question!

I just talked with the (very pleasant) city inspector as he was leaving, so apparently, there is no issue.

It seems that the problem was not in fact, a problem. The goofy photo looked like it was from Google Maps (or Earth?), and the property lines that were superimposed onto that map were of the low-res type. It showed the top corner of the old garage as being exactly on the line, which it could not have been by any measurement when you actually go to the line pins and run a string--not by at least 5 feet.

So, I can only conclude that the effort to go high-tech with determining property lines by using Google just isn't as good as a tape measure in competent hands. Still the effort to confirm proper locations is totally worth it to keep everything on track and legal-like.

Here's a few snaps from today's work--they are still bringing up the grade to level, and we are anticipating a pour first thing tomorrow morning!

Shane

 

[Big Sky]

Shane, you are aware that our propensity to collect STUFF expands roughly proportionate to our ability to store it. That new garage will fill up more quickly than you can imagine. We added a third stall to our two-car garage last year - just tied it into the old roof line - and now it holds two motorcycles, all motorcycle luggage (hard and soft) and accessories (four helmets, tires, windshields and more), a push power mower, a lawn tractor, garden implements and supplies, all our camping and outdoors gear including a kayak, rubber raft, paddles and oars and boat gear box .... and just on and on. There goes my man cave dream of insulation, heater, flat-screen, refrigerator and recliner! And the original two stalls are still as crowded as ever, though without the bikes in there I can pull my truck closer to the wall and my wife has quit banging my door with hers. We live on a cul de sac in a decent neighborhood and almost all residents are empty-nester couples. Yet they have three or four vehicles...which are parked in the weather in their driveways or in the street, their garages packed plum full of...crap? I suppose of a lot of the crap belongs to departed kids. Enjoy your new garage and your dreams.

 

[Shane]

Shane, you are aware that our propensity to collect STUFF expands roughly proportionate to our ability to store it. That new garage will fill up more quickly than you can imagine. We added a third stall to our two-car garage last year - just tied it into the old roof line - and now it holds two motorcycles, all motorcycle luggage (hard and soft) and accessories (four helmets, tires, windshields and more), a push power mower, a lawn tractor, garden implements and supplies, all our camping and outdoors gear including a kayak, rubber raft, paddles and oars and boat gear box .... and just on and on. There goes my man cave dream of insulation, heater, flat-screen, refrigerator and recliner! And the original two stalls are still as crowded as ever, though without the bikes in there I can pull my truck closer to the wall and my wife has quit banging my door with hers. We live on a cul de sac in a decent neighborhood and almost all residents are empty-nester couples. Yet they have three or four vehicles...which are parked in the weather in their driveways or in the street, their garages packed plum full of...crap? I suppose of a lot of the crap belongs to departed kids. Enjoy your new garage and your dreams.

How right you are!

We have a couple of things going for us though, that should keep it nice and spacious.

First, no kids.

Second, we are both big believers in regular purging of un-used STUFF. We have some friends and relatives that have "the hoarding", and if it doesn't get used--it's out!

Third, I am tenacious about floor space being used only for things with wheels. There will be (and has been) wall shelving such that nothing is on the floor that doesn't get rolled in, except for the workbench. In fact, I am planning on one 5-foot-wide rolling shelf unit for all of the garage supplies that cannot be stored up on wall shelves.

Believe it or not, before teardown, we had 2 cars, 5 motorcycles, workbench, grill, built in shelves, and the snowblower all resting comfortably in there. Any bike could be ridden out at any time, without moving anything else.

We also have a yard shed for all of the gardening stuff, including lawnmower.

I don't ever want to catch "the hoarding".... ;-)

All the best,

Shane

 

[Big Sky]

I sense your OCD/anal retentiveness but also feel your excitement. Enjoy!

 

[dcarver]

Shane, I could learn a lesson to two from you..

Tx for posting, keep it up!

 

[gixxerjasen]

It's not too late for a second level on that garage you know.

 

[dcarver]

Great idea, GJ!

or even a third floor!

..with elevator ?

 

[juniorfjr]

Go taller if you can, 9 ft is a good start, 10 is better. Makes it feel bigger and more room to maneuver.

 

[FJR-RemingtonRider]

Cool home work!

 

[mcatrophy]

.....with elevator ?

Double it up as a bike lift

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[gixxerjasen]

Great idea, GJ!
or even a third floor!

..with elevator ?

I excel at spending other people's money.