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Ok guys, Here's my Bike/mancave. My wife complains we have the only garage in town with no room for even 1 car....only bikes and a Toro Hydroject 3000. Even Tim the toolman Taylor hasn't got one of those buggers in his garage!! These pics were taken late one night and it was in need of a major...

:beer:The engineer checked with the galvanized steel tray supplier who said no problem from their side assuming the pex is adequately covered to the installer's minimum coverage ie 1/2 inch. We should have at least 1" of coverage so we're good to go. The pex will be tie rapped to steel mesh that...

I suppose it is considered an engineered floor. The contractor is a civil / stuctural engineer. My buddy who does the radiant floors locally says he sees no reason why it can't be done as in many cases they install pex in less than 2" of cement. I figured it would radiate both sides but we'll...

Here's hoping one of my fellow Garage Journal junkies can tell me whether it's possible to install pex for radiant heat in a galvanized steel tray that will be suspended above the basement below. The tray will be 14 x 28 and the cement will be 32MPA and 4" thick. The tray and floor will be...

Eborcim et al - Here's a pic of the 4x4 beam supports being leveled and later welded together.

Kevin, It's been great fun so far as the building movers hydralically lifted the house and rolled it onto the front lawn which allowed us to excavate for the new foundation. It took 7 days of solid hoe ramming to clear the 80 loads of limestone. I was not real popular with one of my...

Hopefully my multiresponse answers your question. The basement and shop will be 2456 sq/ft. The garage above will be 28 x 14 x 10ft high. The basement was a 9' 6" pour but we'll lose some height for cement/radiant heat insulation etc.

So far it's come out really well. The beams will make the whole structure like the rock of Gibraltor. Speaking of rock...here's a pic of a few that we elected to save for placement later. I asked the contractor to design the support structure for 8K loads on the garage floor but want 1.5 x the...

Hey guys, The truth is we are on a lake and we can't increase out footprint so when we decided to put in a full basement to replace the crawl space we first excavated 80 tandem loads of rock and dirt. We also excavated under the garage and have since placed 4 x 8" ibeams across the garage (14 '...

Well, Check out my 28 x 14 x 10 garage.....Once complete it will be suspended 10' off the lower foundation floor. The garage will be repainted crisp white and the cement will be poured into a galvanized steel tray supported by four 8" ibeams that span the 14 foot width. The cement will be 32mpa...

Here's the latest re your request to keep you posted on Re: Shop under garage and 28 x 28 :beer: Best regards, Virago9577

Ok folks - Here's the first update on the 28 x 28 garage + shop under garage (28 x 14) house reno. We have moved the house off the block foundation, hoerammed for 7 days, excavated 80 tandem dumps of stone, built 9'.6" poured foundation, removed forms and returned the house back onto the new...

Ok folks I am about two weeks away from an update of all activity to date complete with a full chronology of events to completion....stay tuned!! All goes well and I'm sure you won't be disappointed!! Here's a quick primer!! Virago9577:thumbup:

Yep...a lake lot indeed. entire lot is .5 acre. Hence the decision to invest in another 2 acre (approx) lot across the road that runs within +/- 150 feet from the front brown garage. Will close the deal next week and the building movers come July 6...can't wait to get started. The details re...

Yer absolutely right re a possible lawsuit....but only if they had been unlocked. However even if unlocked it wouldn't be as likely in Canada where society isn't quite as litigous as here in the US. Virago 9577

The date is now set....the building movers arrive July 6 and the fun begins. They will place steel beams under the entire house/garage/deck and roll it out onto the lawn. From there the excavator will dig/drill out the basement/shop. Once complete a new poured foundation and floor will be...

My neighbor rents out the place next door. Last Sept 4 weekend the "newest" arrivals held a big labor day party Sat PM and a few of their party guests decided to borrow our stuff without asking. We keep our 2 "fun tools" - seadoos on a couple of lifts by the shore. We were gone for the...

Hey Guys, TRtool Supply, Torque1st, TFI Racing et al - From an earlier post I looked into several precast panel options such as one prestressed panel supplier who suggested 10" thick (w/built in steel cables to provide the stress) each panel was 4 ft x 28ft and we would have used four to...

Well all, The story continues.....the township approved my minor variance for a 28 x 28. In the meantime I put out feelers for additional land to accommodate a larger garage as originally desired to enable more storage/shop + additional outside parking for boats, trailers, and for a large...

Phil - Re the spillway question, The house is about 20 feet above the high lake level on a 4% grade down to the lake. Essentially we're way beyond having to worry about lake levels rising too high - especailly since we're on a controlled lake with locks. The resources people lower the level each...