Recent content by keh1959

This does sound "nightmarish" at this point, I hate to say. I'm not under the impression the J-bolts are through the 2nd plate and therein is what will make it a REAL nightmare. Swampy -- does one person on site not have a cell phone with a camera. ONE photo would move this conversation from...

Swampy, the BEST advice I would give you right now is if they are STILL framing this garage, tell them to STOP -- NOW! Is this an entire house or just garage? Will you need framing inspection where you are? The fact that you said they were already setting beams tells me all the walls are up --...

I think there are a few ways to solve the problem but ALL of them require those walls to come off. Is there ANY of the j-bolt sticking thru the doug fir plate? Still not real sure why they went the two plate method. I would expect building codes still want ~1" of j-bolt sticking above bottom...

Now I understand -- yes, I would say that doug fir needs to be out of the picture all together. I know -- Ugh!

Are you saying the 3"x3" washer that is on the J-bolt ( and set in the foundation ) is KEEPING the PT 2"x6" from sitting flush on the concrete? If so, now I understand what you did not want to hear -- obviously that PT will need to be notched somehow in order to sit flush. Pics would definitely...

I think the collective wisdom has solved this problem already. The new truck will just stay outside - for now. I cannot build-out just for the hood because it is load-bearing, exterior wall and that would put it about six feet off the ground in the rear of the garage. Yikes!

At this point, I have pretty much resigned myself to leaving the truck outside and just build the garage into a 333 sq. ft. workshop. Since this isn't my ideal set-up and prefer a much larger garage, I will try to design most things to hang on a French-cleat system. So when I move on, the shop...

Unfortunately, I cannot build off the back either. If I cut a hole in the back of the garage there would be about a 6' drop off, which then slopes down to a creek.

Uh... NO! They are the local gestapo that prevent pretty much anything. I think I will just have to take the "WTF, it's a truck" attitude until I get something a little larger. EDIT: Change that to a LOT larger!

I should have known better than to wait nearly a week before getting back to this thread! I am thinking the truck will just sit outside for now. That definitely opens up many more options in the garage. I have seen the woodworking garage "on-wheels" and it is an outstanding paradigm -- rolling...

All, I think I have one of the smallest "2-car" garages around -- 333 sq. ft. It measures 18' deep by 18'-6" wide. I just bought a brand new Nissan Frontier Crew Cab which measures 17'-2" L x 6'-1" W! I will have about 5" to spare on front and back. Now it is new and I do not plan on doing any...