Recent content by hiboy32

Thanks.. I am layed up, just had knee surgery. As soon as I get on my feet, I have big plans

And now this brings us up to where we are as of now. My wife can park her car in the garage and as she says, " now it doesnt look like we are having a party every time we are home". Progress is on hold as money and life gets in the way of progress. The only reason I have finally posted my garage...

with the exterior buttoned up, we moved to the inside of our addition. First knocked down the block wall at the back of the existing garage. Then a ton of crushed concrete base followed by insulation, reinforcing wire and pex tubing. Yes, still trying to maintain a little of the dream part of...

And now the part the neighbors have been looking forward to from the begining.... We are getting the roof and siding finished... then comes paint. I have had a couple people out on a walk ask it this is a living room addition, and that is what we were hoping for. So, next, we are looking at...

As the progress gets to the point of closing this all in, we are getting a second wind. We spent most of our available time getting the exterior together and painted. We wanted to get the outside done first before making it a functional garage. Getting there...

As usual, the supervisor is checking out the progress. We were able use an engineered girder truss at the union of the new and old. This is a wonderul bit of engineering, I end up with no support poles or beams. Just a flat ceiling. This will really make the inside seamless, no real definition...

now we a making progress.. the framing. Now this is where it really feels like progress is made. Once this thing starts making a shadow, that is when the money seems to be paying off. The first pic shows the start of joining the two roofs together. This actually was one of the more challenging...

Yes, dreams can come true. Dreams are what keep us pushing and trying to make those great things in life happen.... but even dreams end up having compromise. Stay tuned while I get caught up on this thread. Jeff

here is a little fun shot. We left the existing garage intact while we were building the addition...

now we are progressing with digging and pouring the footings and then we started with cinderblocks. The block wall got us over the grade height. Stay tuned for the framing, and other fun

I will save some of the long winded stories of the battle for a permit. In the long run financially, the smaller version did work out better for us. thanks, stay tuned to see how this turns out

ok, now we are getting some where... patio is gone and getting the hole dug. Of course I couldn't be getting this all done without my supervisor...

after plans were approved......now that was a long winded story( the city can be a real pain to deal with)... I lost 10 feet in length on dream garage after the city was done with me. Our first step of actual work was get rid of the patio. I called in a few favors and I conned an old friend...

trying to get some pictures loaded so I can show my progress.. please bear with me..

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