Recent content by specialed

Yes, roof was paid by the homeowners insurance. That was a strange deal. Based on the time involved and what was paid out I think the GC made a lot more on the roof than the garage. Seeing how often roofs get changed around here something is going on with that. Yes it was a 10 X 30...

I wanted to go into the planning and contractor selection process while I am still thinking about it. The most difficult thing was just getting started. This is not something I have done before. Do you talk to contractors first, or get plans first? Who do you get plans from? My first...

The final challenge. Matching the brick. Picture shows how it looked prior to the staining. It turns out they couldn't, or didn't want to, reclaim the brick from the existing front wall. They said the mortar was too sticky. In any event there wouldn't have been enough anyway. Their first...

OK here is where things got a bit sticky. The problematic existing, now inside, wall. As I mentioned the contractor wanted it flush across the ceiling. I didn't really care. Not sure what his motivation was. The first try at this was two 6 in L steel beams bolted together. They were...

After brick demo and drive poured. Framing. Attaching to existing brick. Note they just go over the existing roof. This is the easy part.

I have been meaning to post this for a while but it took a bit to collect all the photos and just sit down and do it. Having to convert iPhone Heic photos to png did not help matters. Project Summary I have a three car attached garage but it is very shallow, only 18 feet deep. Even with my...