danroy323
Active member
Hi guys,
After lurking here for a while I think it's time for me to share a few pics of my build.
But first a little background.
We bought our first house 2 years ago. I wanted to be out in the country and have a large lot. My girlfriend wanted to be in or real close to the city. We both wanted to buy an existing house that needed work and get it to our taste rather than buying an already remodeled house and live with the choices of others. We hit a nice compromise by buying a 1959 bungalow just on the edge of Québec City. 11000 square feet lot which is quite big for a city lot and would give me place for a garage. Since getting the house (which had never been updated save for vinyl siding 25-30 years ago!) I've redone just about everything on the main floor, added a small addition , gutted the semi finished basement, etc... And we managed to have our first child during all of this!
I began to think about making the garage last year. I did several scenarios with the garage in different places, etc. There was still no fixed date as to when I would build it.
Then last december my father passed away after 2 years of fighting colon cancer. Dad was the one who made me learn about everything mechanical, electrical, woodwork etc. I'm sure most of us here on GJ can say the same thing about their dad.
The passing away of dad also meant 2 things, 1- I would inherit most of his tools and 2- I need to have a place to put them in. This is what really got me serious about building a garage.
To make a long story short I went from my idea of a detached garage to an attached garage as the city regulations allows me to make it bigger if it is attached...
So here is my attached 25X33ft garage.
Foundation work was horrible. This year's spring time was the rainiest in years and as the soil here is clay everything turned into a pigpen. Add to this the fact that the guy I hired for foundation work was a complete ***** who told me he had experience in concrete work but in fact was doing it for the first time... I ended with foundation walls that were not square or level...
After that fiasco I regained control and things were much better (and straighter). Didn't take much pics of the structure buildup. I have 9'3" 2x6 walls, scissors trusses for extra ceiling height for the 2 post Rotary lift that will be installed.
Fast forward a few months and we're in october and pouring the slab. I have installed radiant Pex tubing on 2" foam insulation specially made for this (it has slots so that the pex tubing simply snaps in place. I have three 250' loops. 30MPa concrete with wire mesh and no fiber, 5in thick and 7inches in the lift area with no tubing there. this way if I ever decide to ditch the 2 post lift and go to an in floor lift I won't ruin my radiant heating.
And here we are, The exterior is finished.
Next weekend we're starting on the wiring and then interior finish.
More to come next week!
After lurking here for a while I think it's time for me to share a few pics of my build.
But first a little background.
We bought our first house 2 years ago. I wanted to be out in the country and have a large lot. My girlfriend wanted to be in or real close to the city. We both wanted to buy an existing house that needed work and get it to our taste rather than buying an already remodeled house and live with the choices of others. We hit a nice compromise by buying a 1959 bungalow just on the edge of Québec City. 11000 square feet lot which is quite big for a city lot and would give me place for a garage. Since getting the house (which had never been updated save for vinyl siding 25-30 years ago!) I've redone just about everything on the main floor, added a small addition , gutted the semi finished basement, etc... And we managed to have our first child during all of this!
I began to think about making the garage last year. I did several scenarios with the garage in different places, etc. There was still no fixed date as to when I would build it.
Then last december my father passed away after 2 years of fighting colon cancer. Dad was the one who made me learn about everything mechanical, electrical, woodwork etc. I'm sure most of us here on GJ can say the same thing about their dad.
The passing away of dad also meant 2 things, 1- I would inherit most of his tools and 2- I need to have a place to put them in. This is what really got me serious about building a garage.
To make a long story short I went from my idea of a detached garage to an attached garage as the city regulations allows me to make it bigger if it is attached...
So here is my attached 25X33ft garage.
Foundation work was horrible. This year's spring time was the rainiest in years and as the soil here is clay everything turned into a pigpen. Add to this the fact that the guy I hired for foundation work was a complete ***** who told me he had experience in concrete work but in fact was doing it for the first time... I ended with foundation walls that were not square or level...
After that fiasco I regained control and things were much better (and straighter). Didn't take much pics of the structure buildup. I have 9'3" 2x6 walls, scissors trusses for extra ceiling height for the 2 post Rotary lift that will be installed.
Fast forward a few months and we're in october and pouring the slab. I have installed radiant Pex tubing on 2" foam insulation specially made for this (it has slots so that the pex tubing simply snaps in place. I have three 250' loops. 30MPa concrete with wire mesh and no fiber, 5in thick and 7inches in the lift area with no tubing there. this way if I ever decide to ditch the 2 post lift and go to an in floor lift I won't ruin my radiant heating.
And here we are, The exterior is finished.
Next weekend we're starting on the wiring and then interior finish.
More to come next week!
