Recent content by mrmeaner

Well the ARC board is comprised of volunteer members of our 250 home community. Currently there are two members which one approved my design and thought it would passf, but since building it and looking more at the bylaws the other ARC member and the HOA board have an issue in which the way I...

I argued my case that the current ARC approved my plans and I think it looks great the way to is but to no sympathy. We agreed to a one year temp variance to rectify and use brick or wood covering a portion of the exposed metal. Also will have a clause that once fixed I will have a permanent...

I think I will request a temp variance with a clause to fix the issue within a one-two year time frame and a clause to only brick the majority of the side meaning only over to the porch leaving the area above the porch and under the porch canopy as is in metal. I think they would be reasonable...

The entire building is in my back yard and the whole building is surround by a 7ft privacy fence including the front with has a sliding gate to access the buidlig from the driveway. The top portion of the one the side that is metal is facing into my yard towards my pool area. the Metal portion...

Thanks Rex!! I like how it looks now as well. Attached is a picture from the street showing the house and shop Joe, the covenants and restrictions are a 60 page document, I just cut and pasted the specific line items pertaining to my issue. - I will have to look into more closely to see if...

Chris, yes unfortunately we have HOA issues - I live out of the city limits in the county, but in a neighborhood of approx 250 homes ranging from $300K - $1m.

Here is a link to my another thread with pictures of my build for reference http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=304576 I have looked in to a paint solution as well as a cement board and brick. So here is our HOA rules as stated when it was built. I only understood 80 had to...

I have a 40 x 50ft metal building in my back yard - in staying within the HOA rules 80% of the structure has to match the existing dwellings exterior(Stone, Brick or Stucco - so I matched the brick and bricked three sides and did a wainscot of brick 4Ft up on the fourth side facing the pool. I...

Hell Yeah!! Awesome - What did you put on the concrete? Came out looking very nice!!

Could you do a spiral stair case? Kill two birds with one stone - Access to second level and saves plenty of floor real estate

Few more pics - The gate being built. New gate needed to be stained so I ended up just doing the entire fence. Had all the lumber an sheetrock delivered and the framers started building out the pool house side

The track is mounted on top of the cement - basically its a flat piece of steel with a piece of angle iron welded on top - the wheels on the gate have a v-groove that matches up great

Looking great so far, keep the pics coming

I agree, awesome build!! Keep the pics coming please

Thanks Morio! Few more pictures of the progress Had to reroute a gas line from under the slab. I under up running water, gas and cable service in the same trench along side the building. Current Septic system was on the other side of the yard so we installed a new one just for the shop. I had...