I Waited 18 Years For This!!

[nanood62]

Great job so far, great photos.

I'll bet you cannot wait for it to be finished!

 

[HAMAR]

This is one beautiful garage, congratulations, looks like it's worth the 18 years wait

 

[bowlofturtle]

how much is something like this roughly costing? looks really nice.

 

[4rch4ngel]

the garage ive got now is 30 x 32, but no loft, just an attic latter up to what i can fit above the insulation and between the rafters, after seeing this build, i might have to look into what it would cost to tear the roof off and replace the trusses with ones like you put in.......hmm, maybe time to refinance the house....

 

[rinker1]

The loft area is my wife's area, I really wasn't to sure about it but now that its built I like it. Never underestimate the wife's ideas, sometimes they just know things.

 

[UN4GTBL]

Looks good!

I like how every picture that your truck is in its nice and clean!

 

[michakaveli]

Definitely looks like it was worth waiting 18 years. Very nice build!

 

[rinker1]

I passed the rough electrical inspection. Eventually it will have a 220 ckt for a welder and another for a bigger air compressor.


Just finished building the stair railings to code, the building inspector didn't like the original one.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

And with that foundation, I can pretty well guess where you are located. It seems like all of the foundations in that area are done with the brick texture. My buddies basement is done that way, but the have the brick look both outside and inside the basement. It really beats the look of smooth concrete or block walls.

This project is looking great, but I'd like to disagree with Kevin54 on the concrete form issue. I prefer the smooth concrete forms, and I especially dislike the faux brick work when you're inside a basement where you are close enough to see the detail. In my opinion smooth forms give a modern look without pretending to be something they're not.

I have to agree, I don't care for the faux brick design. Problem is, down here in Georgia, virtually every poured wall contractor uses this. They don't even have any smooth metal forms, both sides get done in the brick pattern, which looks stupid on the inside of a basement or poured wall building. Local hardware store was recently built of poured walls and wood roof trusses. The brick pattern was ok on the outside but just doesn't look right on the inside, but that is all the wall contractor had to use.

Charles

 

[Ford52PU]

Great looking garage, man are you making me jealous. I like everything about it, except I'd want the upstairs too!

 

[bigorangecntry07]

awesome garage

 

[rinker1]

Great looking garage, man are you making me jealous. I like everything about it, except I'd want the upstairs too!

Ford52pu,
After 18 yrs of waiting I figured beggers cant be choosy, the upstairs can be hers and I'm more than happy!

 

[jhn9840]

Great garage. The Amish built a house for a friend of mine. Outstanding workmanship.

Sure it was worth the wait. Hope you can keep the pics coming. Can't wait to see the finished job.

jhn9840
John

 

[Shocker]

Sort of off topic. Are these Amish folks building this? I lived in OH for quite a while and in Amish country, but I have never seen them wield a nail gun etc.

Things might have changed over the years, but I would be shocked to see them using such a tool. The Amish folks my dad knew were straight arrows when it came to following the doctrines.

Now, maybe we are talking about Mennonite? That would make more sense to me.

Just curious. Great looking place!

 

[rinker1]

Sort of off topic. Are these Amish folks building this? I lived in OH for quite a while and in Amish country, but I have never seen them wield a nail gun etc.

Things might have changed over the years, but I would be shocked to see them using such a tool. The Amish folks my dad knew were straight arrows when it came to following the doctrines.

Now, maybe we are talking about Mennonite? That would make more sense to me.

Just curious. Great looking place!

Shocker,
This crew is Amish, they don't drive, they live about 40 miles from me, The guy that owns the business hires one non Amish to drive his truck and crew to the job site. Seemed a little strange to me but they got the job about done, make me happy!

 

[Foul]

Sort of off topic. Are these Amish folks building this? I lived in OH for quite a while and in Amish country, but I have never seen them wield a nail gun etc.

Things might have changed over the years, but I would be shocked to see them using such a tool. The Amish folks my dad knew were straight arrows when it came to following the doctrines.

Now, maybe we are talking about Mennonite? That would make more sense to me.

Just curious. Great looking place!

there was a great article not too long ago (http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2009/02/amish_hackers_a.php) about how and why Amish adopt technology. Essentially, they are not fundamentally opposed to technology - instead, they're opposed to technology that tears apart the family and the community. As for the particulars of which technology they adopt and which they shun, it differs from community to community. Some communities actually approve of cell phones, but with restrictions on their use. Some only approve of a phone installed in a small shack outside of the house.

I thought the use of a power tool by one of the workers in the pictures was odd as well, but he's probably already justified its use to his community.

dan

 

[Ezzie]

My shop was built by the members of the "mennonite" community in and around the Elmira/St. Jocobs area of S.W. Ontario. There are several different groups in this area all the way from "Old order" who are much more like the Amish through to "Modern Mennonites" who are virtually indistiguishable from the rest of the population with their use of technology, etc.

 

[Weedwaka]

This is sweet !!

 

[Tman]

My shop was built by the members of the "mennonite" community in and around the Elmira/St. Jocobs area of S.W. Ontario. There are several different groups in this area all the way from "Old order" who are much more like the Amish through to "Modern Mennonites" who are virtually indistiguishable from the rest of the population with their use of technology, etc.

One of our fellow Vagabond brothers is Mennonite, drives a a 29 Pontiac Coupe with a blown Hemi and is building a 1960 era FED....................we claim him to be the worlds fastest Mennonite!

 

[kbs2244]

I just found this thread.
A very nice place.
The only thing I would say is that with that slope I might have though about a basement or at the least a pit.
It would have cut down on the fill and there would not have much of a dirt moving job.
From the things I see on the back porch, the wife should like her "craft" area.
Congratulations

 

[Omphaloskeptic]

Congratulations! After 18 years of working out in the open, you deserve this great space to work in. That cupola is the 'crowning touch' (pun intended); hope you added a healthy ground strap to the lightning rod. I couldn't tell from the picture, but are you going to be able to install an exhaust fan inside the cupola housing? That would make it both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
It would have been nice (but probably expensive) to make the back side into what is called a 'Bank Barn'. Various cultures built barns into the hillside to allow the lower level to house the animals, and the upper level for a threshing floor/machine storage. I mean, after all, the wife gets the loft, you should be able to lay claim to the 'basement'!LOL
Enjoy the warm and dry; you've earned it!

 

[Tman]

I just found this thread.
A very nice place.
The only thing I would say is that with that slope I might have though about a basement or at the least a pit.
It would have cut down on the fill and there would not have much of a dirt moving job.
From the things I see on the back porch, the wife should like her "craft" area.
Congratulations

My thoughts as well. I would have made the garage deeper with a concrete "curb" for the cars to park on. The curb would keep the cars on the slab. Then where the curb is you would step up one step to a framed floor where all the tools are. This way the expense of doing a structural concrete floor would be spared. Then the lower walk out would only be under the "light" are of the shop.

I planned something like this for my last house and may add-on in the same manner to the side of my new shop.

Just thoughts, killer shop anyway.

 

[rinker1]

I think I'm starting to see light at the end of the tunnel!

 

[rinker1]

You wont believe this, I'm one piece of siding short on the side wall and the store I got it from is out. So they will have to order it and will take a couple of weeks.

The overhead door wont be white when done, It'll either be the same as the windows or barn red also.

 

[autoist]

HOLY COW!!! That thing is gorgeous!

 

[theroyz71]

Yep. I like the white door.

 

[GSSFC]

Yep. I like the white door.

x2.

You paint it red it will be too much. White looks great in contract to the rest of the building which loos awesome.

Tim

 

[GSSFC]

Yep. I like the white door.

x2.

You paint it red it will be too much. White looks great in contract to the rest of the building which loos awesome.

Tim

 

[Possum]

Wow. Very nice. What kinda of siding is that?

I like the white door too.

 

[PurdueSD]

That is a beautiful building, I like the white too!

Red would be too blah...

 

[rinker1]

Wow. Very nice. What kinda of siding is that?

I like the white door too.

Thanks Possum! The siding is vertical vinyl made by Crane siding in Ohio. The garage is a little farther along now, just haven't updated new photos yet. I'll try to post them soon.

 

[rinker1]

Actually, if you look close the windows are a off white and now the overhead door and man door are painted to match. I'll post photo's soon.

 

[hidollartoys]

That is not a shop but a house in some parts of the country. HA HA

 

[Mr. Welsh]

Looks fantastic. Do you have a plan for transitioning from the blacktop drive to the concrete?

 

[TejasBimmer]

DAMN!!!
Can't wait to you filled out the inside!

 

[BetterDays]

I think that is bigger (and definitely nicer) than my house.

Nice work!

 

[purpony]

absolutely beautiful! Love the red. I was wondering, what size garage door is that? How large is the upstairs loft?

 

[Elroy]

No more wrenching in the drive way for you.

Enjoy

 

[porschedude996TT]

Looks GREAT! So when is the move in date? We need interior pictures...

 

[independentrider]

those Amish guys? We have some around here. love talking to them and working with them. If you think your a pretty smart guy talk to one of them awhile.