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A Ride Out West - Days 5-6 So the plan for the next two days was to head to Ouray and ride some of the passes that go over the Rocky mountains. We called around and could only get a camp spot for two nights but it wasn't a big haul from where we were so there was plenty of riding to be done...

A Ride Out West - Days 3-4 My dad is retired, my brother kinda marches to his own drum, and I'm on my first vacation in 2 years so lets say we weren't all on the same page about how much stuff we were going to do and what time we would depart each day. I'd be up and itching to hit the road or...

A Ride Out West - Days 1-2 Alright, its freaking freezing here so some warm weather pics to distract anyone in a similar situation. My brother moved out to Wyoming several years back and we'd always talked about riding the Rockies at some point. He drove back home for a surprise Christmas...

Thanks, I've been keeping an eye on your thread, looks like it will be sweet when finished. I like your Audis a lot. I have a '00 S4 in imola yellow. I was able to keep in on the road for 15 years but eventually north east winters caught up, it needed to much work to pass inspection and my...

Thanks for the feedback, always nice to hear from people who are enjoying it. I wonder why the forum software doesn't have an option to see how many subscribers there are. Anyways, I think I will take a few posts off from the garage and post up some pics from the ride out west. This low...

Excavation Finish With the basement cutout all finished it was time to wrap this up and get the footer inspection done and it needed to happen fast because the weather was looking bad in a few days. First order of business was removing all the dirt from inside the garage And then finish off...

Basement Cutout *Disclaimer* This is not a how-to for cutting into your foundation, I'm just highlighting what I did for my particular situation. There are companies that specialize in this and I'd recommend using one. If your planning a similar project you need to use your judgement to...

Enjoying the thread.:drink: Second floor looks drafty though

I haven't bought ply from Baird Brothers but everything else I've gotten there has been top notch. When I picked up my hardwood flooring I overheard and saw a guy loading up cherry veneer ply for cabinets and it looked primo.

Excavation Start Weather was looking good so its time for dirt to start coming out of the ground. Again, I'm only able to work weekends and one of those days was my kids first b-day party so we're talking about 5 actual days work over 3 weekends to excavate the foundation, cut an opening into...

I think the second one looks better but the roof design would seem to necessitate a supporting wall or beam running across the middle of the garage. That plus the bump out and stone work might move the cost needle too far.

Re: 32 'x 36' Garage, 10' Walls, All Scissor Truss Lotsa outlets seems like a good idea but floro layout confuses me a bit. I know you said you wanted alot of workbench area so it would seem better to zone the two sides AABB rather than alternate ABAB. Then you could light one half a full...

Site Prep Building permit in hand and you know the deal. As soon as your ready to start something outside the forecast turns crappy, for weeks on end. Things perked up at the end of April and it was time to break ground. I'm typically only able to work on the weekend because of my 9-5 and...

You only have to manage new impervious surfaces, existing structures and driveways are grandfathered. My house gutters likely drain to the street and will continue to but I cant connect new construction to them. The original driveway was just to low for the final slab height so I built it up...

I second (or third or fourth?) liking the car collection. I've got a 2000 Imola Yellow S4 that I just can't part with and am basically saving for a future restore to its heyday. I feel like motorcycles are one of those things that are 'grandfathered' into a relationship. When my wife and I...

Pretty slick build you have going here Matt. I didn't find this thread early enough to learn from your foundation mistakes so I repeated most of them (the rain, mud and cleaning parts). Only thing I luckily did was dig a trench so the foundation area emptied somewhat instead of holding all the...

Thanks for the reply, sometimes I feel like I'm rambling on to myself and its good to hear some people are reading it and (hopefully) enjoying the content. Construction photos are great but I really want to highlight the details that get glossed over in many threads because professionals are...

Wow, that's a bummer. I would have figured the concrete goes in the holes before the trusses go up, is that common to wait to fill later? Hopefully nothing hurt your house at the attached part

Permits & SWM Plan With the majority of fill/grading completed at the end of 2016, it was time to get all the paperwork ready for the permit application. There are four things my borough requires for a building permit. 1) The permit application - pretty straight forward to fill it out...

Re: 32 'x 36' Garage, 10' Walls, All Scissor Truss Looks good so far! I was also curious about the blocks but since you already answered that question here is another. Was there a particular reason you only went with 1 garage door that is 12' wide?