Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT Indianapolis - New 28X40 Garage/Pool house build

[whitecarrera]

Day One - Today is the start of my 28 X 40 garage and pool house combo. I've gleaned a lot of helpful info from this site, so I'll document what I can and welcome any comments.

Today, we're just tearing down the existing shed, and I'm giving a look at the location where we'll build. The garage side will be 28X28, and then the pool house side will be 12X28, with a bathroom and kitchenette/outside bar and a glass wall opening up to the end of the building. It will have hydronic radiant heated concrete, and we're planning to do most of the interior ourselves, so it'll be a fun project.

Permits were approved in 48 hours (I'm told that's a record), so here we go. Wish me luck, and I'll update as I can.

 

[strength_and_power]

Good luck on your project. Can you post an aerial view of property with the new space penciled in for reference?

 

[whitecarrera]

This is what I expect it to look like after

 

[whitecarrera]

Floor plans and drawings.

 

[Boostingaz]

Very cool! Hello neighbor, from Hamilton County.

 

[whitecarrera]

Northwest side, between Z-ville and Eagle Creek.

 

[Boostingaz]

Northwest side, between Z-ville and Eagle Creek.

I've got lots of family in Sheridan. That's about as far south as we go lol. I'm over by Morse Reservoir outside of Cicero.

 

[Junkdrawer Dog]

Northwest side, between Z-ville and Eagle Creek.

I lived in Brownsburg for 31 years. Moved away in 2018.

 

[JeepYJ]

Very cool! Hello neighbor, from Hamilton County.

Northwest side, between Z-ville and Eagle Creek.

I lived in Brownsburg for 31 years. Moved away in 2018.

Hi neighbors!

 

[Boostingaz]

Hi neighbors!

Where's you's at lol

 

[JeepYJ]

Where's you's at lol

West side just outside the suburbs

 

[whitecarrera]

Things are underway. Started digging yesterday, and poured the footings today.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/161nQ1Xg6t/

 

[whitecarrera]

The walls are getting poured tomorrow. Right now, it looks more like a pool than a garage.

 

[whitecarrera]

More progress - foundation walls are poured.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1XPG5pKGcy/

 

[whitecarrera]

Not much happening this week. Four good days of weather but a delay in the plumbing permit, and finally got it roughed in on Wednesday. About two hours work, and half of it was off by 18”. Now we’re waiting again.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AFqkCeGty/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

[whitecarrera]

Got the plumbing repositioned, and pex lines in. Looks like we’re pouring concrete tomorrow — not the best week to be working in Los Angeles

 

[whitecarrera]

Things are moving along!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/667847189380911

 

[whitecarrera]

Things are moving fast.

 

[whitecarrera]

Trusses and roof decking are up. It's been a bad week to be out of state for work, but I'm at the airport and headed home to a new building that wasn't there Monday morning.

 

[Boostingaz]

Looking good! Not a bad week to be out of town. Let's see, you missed, rain, rain, grass growing to fast, wind, and oh yea rain today lol.

 

[whitecarrera]

Roofing is on

 

[whitecarrera]

A couple big days coming up. Over the weekend, the basic electrical (just enough to satisfy inspection) and my two exhaust fans went in: one fan on the garage side for fumes, and one on the pool side for cigar smoke. Today windows and the glass door are going in. It's a 14' five panel bi-fold from WinDor, and it better be worth it!

 

[Boostingaz]

Looking good! We looked at one of those glass panels walls for our house in AZ and yeah after seeing the price we decided to build the biggest set of French doors we could afford. I couldn't justify spending that much money to let that much dust in . Heavy suckers, iron. Had the 10ft version of the same doors built for the front door so you could see all the way through the house.

 

[whitecarrera]

Yeah, we looked at a lot of options, and some companies were 2-3X the cost of what we settled on. We just hated the idea of sliding doors where 30-50% of the opening was still going to be closed off.

BTW - Love that propeller fan blade.

 

[captain14]

I see post #18 picture 6, your contractor is wearing his safety flip flops while working on the top plate. That’s why I always ask for a copy of their proof of insurance and have my agent make sure it’s active and valid.

Otherwise coming along well.

 

[whitecarrera]

haha - yeah the flip-flops were a nice touch. I guess it's hard to have anything land on your toes when you're standing on the top of the build. He had boots on the next day.

 

[whitecarrera]

Door is half done. They should finish today.

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[whitecarrera]

The door is complete. I have to give a big "Thank You" to the guys at Gilpin Glass in Indianapolis! DJ, James, and Zach, did a great job on the installation.

 

[Boostingaz]

That's an awesome door. Good choice. That will be nice by the pool.

 

[whitecarrera]

My driveway is now so completely torn up that we've decided to just take it out (more $$$). On the good side, we've started with the siding.

 

[whitecarrera]

The siding continues. Should be done tomorrow.

 

[whitecarrera]

Another work trip, and it seems like everything kicks into high gear as soon as I leave town. More new concrete tomorrow.

 

[whitecarrera]

From my contractor:

Freeman Construction Group Facebook page

 

[whitecarrera]

More concrete today. I had to pass up a day at the track AND a day at the Mecum Car Auction, but better to keep an eye on things.

 

[whitecarrera]

My contractor’s update.

 

[MacTexas]

Following

 

[bwringer]

Nice!

Thanks for naming names of contractors doing a good job. That might be useful someday for us locals.

 

[whitecarrera]

I've been really impressed with my contractor. At least around Indy it was hard to find someone that wanted to do a garage. No shortage of people to do pole barns, or remodels, or complete new homes, but he seems to focus on good detached construction, and I've been really happy. Gutters and garage door today.

 

[whitecarrera]

Garage door is in, and external lighting is now all up. Took a break for lunch in the rain this morning.

 

[whitecarrera]

I finally let the first car on my new concrete today, which of course also means that I just got the first oil spot on my concrete today.