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Likely not as usable as a new Snap-On or MAC box, but prices are comparable and these are way cooler. Hope them the best in making a go of it! I recently found an original one and bought it for my Texaco station project. Overall pretty straight, but of course will need resto which I can do...

Been gone this week for work and was hoping for a little more progress outside due to decent weather. Contractor did get some interior walls framed up. This shot is looking from the hot tub room towards the closets. You can probably guess which closet is mine vs. the wife's. lol And...

Not much progress this week past week, but it was single digit weather for most of it. Ended up reducing the overhang. I was on the fence, and the wife preferred less of a overhang. They did get the roof decking on. We will be going with metal roof material. Some detail shots of the...

Yeah, it was a good time for the guys to take some time off. It's still too damn cold, but later into next week there's supposed to be a warming trend. Thanks for the link. Those doors are pretty cool. I'm going to have to keep working on a solution. The panel, multi-slide doors I was...

Pretty good progress today, though have some decisions to make very shortly on the garage door for the hot tub room. Got sheeting on two sides, so the guys can work better when the wind blows here which is often. Have all the ceiling rafters up for the hot tub room and master room closets...

More progress on framing today. Here's the garage door opening for the hot tub room. Going with an 8' wide, and wanted 8' tall but don't think we're going to get that. May end up with a 7' tall door due to the ceiling height. Really got limited on the height on this side due to needing to...

We had record cold temperatures over New Years, -27F. It's now getting back to a more manageable 6 above with no wind. Good enough for the contractor to start doing some framing! The area where the gutter was at has been cleaned up and an LVL beam put in place. It will be bolted to the...

Great advice to keep in mind when I order parts! Thanks!

Thanks Bert! Yes, all the ceiling panels in the bay area and what will be the kitchen are all going to be cleaned and retained.

Thanks HOTFR8! I'm toying with the idea of importing some 6 cylinder technology from down under in the form of a supercharger kit from Aussiespeed so I can slap a small Weiand huffer on it. Need to get a bit further along in the house project before I can spend the coin. lol

Thanks Stas! It was both a gas station and they worked on cars too. It was moved to the current location after the original lot was sold to build a Burger King. My dad moved it about 2 miles in 3 sections - the auto service bay area, the office section, and then the canopy. Going to try to...

Hope you don't mind a minor diversion from the project due to the rotten weather. I have been spending some time on this '52 Chevy project. Have had it for a couple years - bought it in a package deal with a bunch of other cars/parts. Most of the other stuff I sold, but haven't been able to...

With the bitter cold, not much work getting done. That's ok....low productivity and just plain dangerous, especially when it can wait until it warms up a little. The eaves where the addition will be attached had to be removed. Nothing structural, but underneath the decorative covers are...

Thanks Marty! I have seen pictures of the recent snow in LA. Crazy! You have gotten more snow than we have up in the frozen tundra where I'm at. That likely will change this weekend. Snow, and predicting -25 for low temperature on New Years Eve. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The correct floor joists showed up yesterday, and they are now in place. And while we got a little snow it wasn't too bad. The decking is now completely installed. I hadn't seen OSB with tongue and groove before. Apparently it also has a 100-day full warranty against the elements during...

Wow! What a project! Love seeing GJ members tackling project like this - makes me feel like I maybe didn't get in over my head on my own projects. :) Can't wait to see the progress on this one!

Alright, been gone for two weeks on a business trip and came home to some progress! Continue to be able to take care of mild December weather, though I think that's going to come to a screeching halt later this week. The area where the floor decking has been installed is primarily going to be...

Great project! Sorry to see the wind set you back.

Thanks Dwight. We had a really had a mild fall which helped with the concrete. Winter has arrived with some snow and lots of wind this week.

Thanks! There have been times I thought it would have been best to raze it and just build everything new - quicker, less expensive, and definitely less hassle. Likely will cross my mind more times before this is done! But the station has history and I couldn't bring myself to not give it a shot.