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Foundation, fill, final grade, vapor barrier, insulation, then tubes: Ditch left for new upgraded gas line (had 3/4", needed 1.25" if we ever wanted to put in a gas range in addition to the planned boiler). Also completed underground plumbing for two vented floor drains, "sink" drain for...

No, the masons are taking care of the foundation and slab work. We got to do the insulation & vapor barrier. More pics to come - slab was poured today! -Jocelyn

Demo of old garage: Demo Day! HUGE 9' deep trench for water line and new sewer line (sewer only 4' deep or so, surprisingly) Digging out the electrical a little more to give more room: Footing forms: Filled footing: Delivery of CMU blocks:

Some progress. Items I never thought I'd need to stress about: 1. organizing dumpster delivery, emptying, AND returning for demo of old garage 2. pushing/modifying schedule between groundwork and plumbers - and adding in a surveyor to stake the corners (everything of which making it take days...

Thank you everyone - I'm grabbing good ideas from here as well!

WOW. Great thread. Love all the info. Congrats on the awesome lift and getting all the elements completed on your fantastic property.

Ooooh I like it! Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

The inside will be wide open and the rear "shop" area can totally be accessed from the front. Technically we could go with a shorter door, but the extra width is to help make the turn into the shop from the side since it's so close to our fence. The idea of barn doors or something like that is...

The right one is above the kitchen so there will be a countertop and faucet in front of it. The left one is a bedroom. I’ll look into how a bigger kitchen window looks/fits - thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

Totally understand and it kinda hurts to do it, but we want a larger storage area on one side for bicycles and a little bike workshop. Centered the windows to the wall, it’s just the garage doors that will be off. Working to have the rear elev windows to be symmetrical so at least there’s that...

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Had a great discussion with a builder (framing/carpentry) last night and he had some great suggestions. Going to ask the designer if the muni would be amenable to a monolithic concrete floor with 2' "turned down" footers instead of a 42" wall-type footer. Talked about using 1/2" plywood for...

curious what you ended up using!

Thanks Jim! Currently getting rough pricing on materials to see a general idea of how much this is going to cost... Planning to be my own GC fully knowing I don't know everything. Did an extensive remodel on my house 10 years ago (real fixer upper: rebuilt destroyed roof, all new...