Lakeside Garage

[GYPSY400]

Hello all, I've been lurking around here for a few months now.. But it's getting closer to my dream garage finally becoming a reality.
My initial plan so far is 36x24, radiant floor heating, portable 2 post hoist, 80 gal. 2 stage compressor and a mig welder.

I am a Heavy Duty mechanic by trade, so it's time to have my own space for projects.

 

[GYPSY400]

The permits are in to the city of Sudbury .. Within two weeks I should know a break ground date.

 

[muddy tires]

Nice. Are you on Ramsay Lake?

 

[GYPSY400]

Simon lake in Naughton... 20 minutes west of Sudbury

 

[GYPSY400]

Well the garage build has finally started!!
The first thing on the agenda was to remove a very large Ash tree in the back yard.

Then it took two weeks to clean up all the branches and cut the wood into manageable pieces

Rented a wood chipper, but should have rented it for more than 1 day

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/...6B68FE81-209-00000091A91557B8_zpsc55dda7a.mp4

This tree is friggin huge!! I have about a chord and a half of unsplit wood, and I'm keeping 4 9ft lengths of ash and 2 9ft lengths of poplar for milling into lumber.. Such beautiful wood (100yr old tree) that I can't burn it all.

 

[GYPSY400]

Next on the agenda was to remove the deck on the side of the house

Deck gone!

 

[GYPSY400]

On September 11th, ground work started.. 2 men made short work on preparing the site.. The driveway was roughed in in less than 3 hours.

They did find an old septic tank to everyone's surprise, the the first dump truck load filled it in.. It was a wooden tank about 6ft by 10ft

 

[Outlander]

Looks like fun. My neck hurts from turning my head to the side to look at your pictures, but when I did it was worth the look

Keep posting your progress. We love pictures.

 

[GYPSY400]

Yes I apologize for the sideways pictures.. My wife's blackberry does that, and I can't figure out how to rotate them!

Large stump removed

 

[GYPSY400]

After day 1

 

[Sunbimmer]

Yes I apologize for the sideways pictures.. My wife's blackberry does that, and I can't figure out how to rotate them!

Don't worry about the pics, I just put my monitor on it's right side , simple solution yet effective

Nice spot on our globe you have, please keep the pics coming

 

[GYPSY400]

After day 2.. More gravel and site prep for the pad

 

[GYPSY400]

The crew will be back on the 18th to finish the ground work and start building the forms for the cement.. The cement will probably be poured on September 23 or 24th
And yeah, my iPhone lens in severely scratched, so i apologize for the foggy looking pictures.. time for a new phone!

 

[Jagmandave]

No, time for a real camera! Even a cheap point and shoot takes better pics than a cell phone. The right tool for the job, after all.......

If you open those pics in a photo program (I use Irfanview, it's free and very easy to use) then resave them they'll automatically be oriented correctly.

I know that cell phones have become the all in one solution, but I find that some things still are done better with a dedicated tool.

Your shop looks like it will be as big as the house - well done!

 

[m5hor]

nice can't wait to see this finished up

 

[GYPSY400]

No, time for a real camera! Even a cheap point and shoot takes better pics than a cell phone. The right tool for the job, after all.......

I know that cell phones have become the all in one solution, but I find that some things still are done better with a dedicated tool.

Your shop looks like it will be as big as the house - well done!

I agree.. I should pull out my p&s "camera".. If I can find some AA's! Lol

 

[80WTI_55_CHEV]

Looks good mate, can't wait for more pics. Looks like a beautiful part of the world mate.

 

[GYPSY400]

Some more progress has been made.. form boards are in and 2" insulation has started. Rebar and mesh are to be installed later today.

 

[Magneto]

It's going to be nice..... subscribed.

 

[GYPSY400]

Some more Pictures: 2" insulation is installed and rebar and mesh.. Drain box is installed.







This is the sweep for the electrical and where the hydronic heating will exit the cement

 

[GYPSY400]

Hydronic piping laid out. The orange squares are where my Max Jax pads are going to go, therefore NO pex piping in this area.

We had to do a little rework for the piping. The plumber brought up the piping in the wrong location thinking the existing manifold was for the hoist electrical.







this is going to be the sweep for water inlet... I'm going to pump water from the lake.

 

[GYPSY400]

One last pic before the expensive insulation and rebar dissappears forever!

 

[GYPSY400]

October 1 2013: The Italians have arrived!!!!!







A slight taper was added near the doors

this is my general Contractor Eldon gainer of Barbeau and Gainer Buliders

 

[GYPSY400]

13 Cubic meters and some Italian workmanship later:






Drain box

The pad is 5" thick in the center.. a little over code that is 4" minimum.

 

[JBourquin]

Lookin' good.

 

[GYPSY400]

Friday October 4th the form boards are removed and 2" insulation is installed around the perimeter.





The doors will be 10ft x 10ft and the Man door is 36"

 

[1/2 Cup]

Looking great! I just love the lake side views.

 

[GYPSY400]

Its raining today (hense why Im uploading pictures!) The pad looks good as i dont see any low spots or big puddles.. the pad has a taper of 2" from wall edge to center.

 

[b4z]

Is this going to block your view if the lake from inside the house?

 

[GYPSY400]

Is this going to block your view if the lake from inside the house?

Only from 1 bedroom, we have future plans to make the middle bedroom a walk out to a deck along the back of the house.. I did initially want to put it on the existing driveway next to the house, but I wouldn't be able to go 24' wide. This is the best comprimise for the size I wanted.

 

[sunsation288]

Wow nice job !! , just one question , do you have enought place in the tube to bring power and water to the garage ? (it's look on small on the picture post 24 )
and please keep the picture coming !

 

[GYPSY400]

Wow nice job !! , just one question , do you have enought place in the tube to bring power and water to the garage ? (it's look on small on the picture post 24 )
and please keep the picture coming !

There are two sweeps.. one near the house for hydro and cable TV... And one near the lake for water.. I'm going to use a jet pump and **** it out of the lake with a heat trace. (See post #21)
The hydronic heating will be a closed system with glycol.

The natural gas feed enters the building above the floor, so that gets added later.

 

[upndown]

Looking great! I just love the lake side views.

^^What he said!^^ Unfortunately for me, having the attention span of a Gnat, there's only one thing I would be thinking of all year long!

Just curious, how is that portable structure in your last picture holding up to your Canadian winters?

 

[GYPSY400]

^^What he said!^^ Unfortunately for me, having the attention span of a Gnat, there's only one thing I would be thinking of all year long!

Just curious, how is that portable structure in your last picture holding up to your Canadian winters?

Its not all that bad.. But you have to keep the snow off it. I was lazy last year and didn't shovel snow away from the side walls as it slid off the roof, then I come home one day and the tarp it split right down the center front to back! That is why if you look closely I have a silver tarp on the top. Its 4 years old this year.
It is a decent storage solution, but its no fun to work inside... the wind howls through and its loud as hell, but it was better than working in the pouring rain. I can't wait to drop a nut or screw and have some hope of finding it in the new space.. working over a gravel floor *****!

 

[sunsation288]

Another one who get caught by photobucket LOL

 

[b4z]

At least I got to see most of the pics before he was shut down.haha.

 

[Bronson]

At least I got to see most of the pics before he was shut down.haha.

What happened, He exceeded His PB bandwidth? I want to see pictures!

 

[GYPSY400]

Wow! ! Yeah I got a message from Photobucket the other day saying I went over 10 gb... ill work on getting those picture s back up.

 

[GYPSY400]

Should be fixed now!!

 

[GYPSY400]

Finally an update!! The garage has been progressing nicely, although winter is here in full force now.

While I was hunting on October 18.. my builder came in and did more work on the driveway:

October 26 we (my builder hired me to reduce my cost) started framing

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