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Toy Shed Fun House Build 24x24 Detached Garage
I had an old garage, no pictures handy but it was small, old and dismal.
I got a permit from the city and was allowed to build a 24x24x16 garage!
Only sad thing is I lost almost all of the backyard for this, I guess the upside is almost no lawn mowing now.
I started in the middle of May and am ALMOST done. Stupid winter has come along and cut the days short or made the weather crappy. I just need to finish the upper part of siding and the soffits.
I've never built anything and only had people come assist with the concrete pouring and assistance with lifting the walls and trusses up into position.
Was fun, learned a few things if I had to do this ever again.
Biggest lesson learned: Pay the pros to do the concrete. Especially the floor.
Here are a few pics of the shenanigans along the way.
The concrete surface came out kinda crappy. It's not smooth by all means. It has little dips all over but is mostly level. The rough surface was ground down for the epoxy so it's not as bad.
I messed up and forgot about the headers completely and did not build the frame accounting for that and had to fix it after the walls were put up.
But I'm almost done! Then to work on the inside.
Friends came up with a theory that we can also make one of the interior wall panels detachable and to put it on the 2 post lift and pick it up like a table and play ping pong on it.
http://imgur.com/a/xyYYw < build pics
the toys
I had an old garage, no pictures handy but it was small, old and dismal.
I got a permit from the city and was allowed to build a 24x24x16 garage!
Only sad thing is I lost almost all of the backyard for this, I guess the upside is almost no lawn mowing now.
I started in the middle of May and am ALMOST done. Stupid winter has come along and cut the days short or made the weather crappy. I just need to finish the upper part of siding and the soffits.
I've never built anything and only had people come assist with the concrete pouring and assistance with lifting the walls and trusses up into position.
Was fun, learned a few things if I had to do this ever again.
Biggest lesson learned: Pay the pros to do the concrete. Especially the floor.
Here are a few pics of the shenanigans along the way.
The concrete surface came out kinda crappy. It's not smooth by all means. It has little dips all over but is mostly level. The rough surface was ground down for the epoxy so it's not as bad.
I messed up and forgot about the headers completely and did not build the frame accounting for that and had to fix it after the walls were put up.
But I'm almost done! Then to work on the inside.
Friends came up with a theory that we can also make one of the interior wall panels detachable and to put it on the 2 post lift and pick it up like a table and play ping pong on it.
http://imgur.com/a/xyYYw < build pics
the toys
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