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Hey, I just caught your thread a few days ago. That's nice find since it seems pretty much every part of Allegheny county restricts accessory structure sq ft and height severely now. The stucco and half timber look seemed pretty popular in the 80's around here. I'm not a fan of the...

Yikes. That's a ton of mortar to mix by hand (probably 4-5 tons actually). Working smart, not hard, is one of my guiding principles of this project. I'm happy to save money but also will spend it when it saves me wear and tear. I've got a long way to go to the finish line.

Block II Reading some other members builds I'm always envious of the ones where the wife is a willing and consistent participant in the building process. I practically have to beg my wife to help with projects and it was like that even before kids. Laying all this block by myself is taking...

I feel your pain. Everyone likes an old house that has "good bones" or where you say they don't make them like this anymore. That is until you want to update a room and they are serious mf'rs to take apart. I demo'd a powder room in my first house (1930's stone tudor) that had tiled half...

Block I I'd like to give a shout out to Mike Haduck and his youtube videos about laying block. I really like his approach and mentality to masonry and it made it less intimidating as a novice. One of the things he says alot is "there's no right or wrong way to do it" and a corollary "ask ten...

Stripping Forms and Block Delivery Another logistical problem of my attached garage is that I actually need to park right next to it as construction is going on. While I was waiting on 3 good days of weather forecast to pour the footer, I did take some time to calculate out all the block I...

I'm assuming your on the east part of PA so I doubt the company I dealt with would be interested. If you already have a primary garage then I'd be inclined to submit it as a workshop and install a ribbon driveway that keeps you under the ft² limit. You could always go back and add a permeable...

Thank you Mike for the example. :beer: You don't know what you don't know until you know.:headscrat I'll be parsing through my townships ordinances to see how/if they enacted similar restrictions. I feel local government is extremely poorly equipped to deal with these issues in a reasonable...

It wouldn't surprise me but I'm curious what that language would look like as an ordinance. Any examples of how that's been codified?

I like the idea of the extended roof in the front to scale the height down. Is the dormer decorative or functional with attic trusses and storage space?

My township has these available but then when I talked to them they still required the plans to be stamped by an engineer... infuriating. The OP can check out my build post about storm water management to get an idea of whats involved and the cost I was quoted from a few firms. Stuff you can...

Hey Luke, thanks for the kind words. I'll do my best to keep up the detail and pics as I go along. I won't be able to keep up the pace of the posts though once they catch up to where I am in the build, this is the glacier garage after all. I hope to have updates maybe once every week or two...

de-couple the projects? Go back after your building is complete and certificate of occupancy issued and apply separately for the driveway a while later (maybe a year? or maybe the driveway section is so small it doesn't even require a permit by itself). I have to deal with the same thing over...

Footer So 6 weeks of summer sun and fun (and rain) and this is what the footing trenches looked like at the end of July. Alot of silt had washed back into the trench and it was holding water in some low spots. Started off by shopvac'ing out the water as best as possible. Then we had to untie...

A Ride Out West - Day 8 - 9 - The End I mentioned earlier that we weren't big into planned routes and instead improvised day by day. We looked over the butler map and identified some nice roads to take and eventually end up at an area with camping called Stagecoach Park. There were plenty of...

Thanks for the comments gents. This vacation posts are almost over and then its back to pictures of the build. My brother and I planned on posting a dual-OP post on ADVrider.com about the trip, but once he lost his photos its just kinda on me and I'd been putting it off for WAY to long...

A Ride Out West - Day 7 We thought about finding another camp spot near Ouray to ride the passes to Telluride and back but the forecast looked very dodgy plus my dad wanted to get back to a lower altitude. We planned on an easy day of driving for him and headed to Blue Mesa reservoir to setup...

Ouch, read your thread and that's awful to pay more for paperwork than the building but it turned out very nice though. Things that should be easy are just so difficult with regulations these days. During the trip I really loved how much open land there is out west that's public and where...

Cool build blue. Looks like we share several things in common including always having cars parked next to the build and never removing any plant the wife may potentially want saved, no matter how small/sick/spindly it appears. Thanks for the post!

Front Facade looks very nice with the shutters and lighting. Looking forward to seeing what fills it up