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No updates yet- every day I'm off it has been raining real bad or I had other obligations. Next step is digging under the rear wall location and pouring a new footer. Ideally I'd like to add a row of blocks underneath all of the walls but I'm not sure I have the now how to pull it off yet...

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Update: I built a temporary stud wall to support to roof, jacked up the stud wall to lift/level the roof, and tore down the rotted rear wall. Overall: I nailed an old 2x8 rafter (from the side of the garage I tore down) to the stud wall. I used a car jack sitting on cement blocks to lift...

Update: Between my brother-in-law graciously lending me his truck and my chiminea working a few 12 hour days here is the current state of things. Since I tore down the second stall we have been really happy with how much bigger our yard feels. Also, I am real happy with the budget...

Well I opened up the back wall of Stall#2 today and found just about every stud, top plate, sole plate, etc soft and wet. Every rafter on this side would need to be replaced also. It looks like knocking this stall down and keeping Stall #1 is going to be the option I go with. It will save me...

So I put in a call to the city building department to try and figure out what kind of repairs require permits. According to the city, I would need a permit to redo the rafters and roofing and if I were to convert to a one stall. I can do all of it on "one" permit though. This surprised me...

It seems like people think saving the garage is the better option so far. The idea rolling through my head though is how useless the 2nd stall is to us. We really only need the one stall to house everything we have or will have. Knocking down that 2nd stall would really increase the actual...

"I don't see where regrading would help, though. Perhaps some "footing drains" would help the building though and a gutter off the back edge of the roof." The re-grading is to help out with the house. Right now the yard slopes towards the back of the house and water comes in along the back...

Rot concerns I decided to rip back some of the vines, leaves, debris that accumulated on and along the outside of the building to get some pics. I also ripped out the lower part of the tongue and groove on the interior to check the damage. stall 2 back wall stall 1 back wall...

General interior pics: 1 st stall Interior Door between stalls: Stall #2:

Well first post didn't go as planned--I wanted the pictures to be on the page with the text. Here are some exterior roof pics--the whole roof was covered in debris which I swept off last fall. After looking at the rafters more closely this spring I am thankful I didn't fall through and break...

1921 Craftsman Garage http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/murphy99999/209-Copy.jpg http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/murphy99999/212.jpg http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/murphy99999/218.jpg http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/murphy99999/267.jpg We bought...