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Holy cow :shocking: ! Thanks for the link. I'll definitely read thru that thread when time permits :lol:

This crack on the pad runs from one side to the other. I'll get some more pics when I clean out the garage a little better.

Some pics of the roof inside and out. Need a new header.

Just a quick update on a little progress and some asked for pics. I'm very happy with today's progress. We pulled the garage some more and the front is totally plumb. Its hard to tell because the doors are crooked.

If possible I'd rather push a button to open and close the door :lol2: The inside height doesn't bother me too much. As long as I can get my truck in there and open the hood I'm fine with it. I won't be putting in a lift or anything like that :p123

Working on it.

That is a possibility with moving the door. I'm leaning towards keeping the same look the way it is now. I'll just have to beef it up better. My thoughts are if I shrink the garage door opening down a little, it will add some strength with the extra lumber. The sill in the front needs to be...

No worries...its all good fun. My plans are to straighten it up, strengthen it to keep it from racking again, run electricity to it, insulate it, and use it work/park my truck in it. All of my tools are in the basement right now but will be moved to the garage when finished. I do plan on adding...

I removed the plywood(yes, it is plywood - I didn't want to ruffle any feathers of wood lovers like with the cement/concrete.... Just busting your chops Dan in Pasadena :lol: ). The doors are beat. I'll try to post some pics when I can.

Yes, I saw those kind of doors and really like them. It was what I'm wanting to get. I think it will look better when finished. The opening for the door right now is just a few inches over 8' wide and 8' tall. There is hardly any headroom for the tracks so either I'll drop the height a foot or...

Cleveland, Ohio Thanks, I edited my profile location.

Thanks. I like it too. I'm not too thrilled about the doors that swing open though. I'm lazy so I don't want to have to swing them open and closed every time I park in there. Especially in the winter. My brother has a good friend that can get me an insulated door for cost, so I'm leaning towards...

Thanks for the advice. We did do a small test with a couple of good floor jacks on one side with some heavy duty jack stands. We found out that once we do get it plumb, we'll be able to jack up a section and work on the studs one at a time. The inspector will not be bothering us. We entered a...

Cost of a bigger one is not in the budget and the lot space is not that big. We enjoy using the back yard a lot for cook outs and such :)

There was some kind of a cinder block in the back corner and upon inspection, it was broke. So we dug it out. Then we dug down and made a form with some boards..... .......mixed up some cement and poured it. On one of the sides I noticed another block. If its loose I'll re-pour that one...

The whole back wall is just hanging there. The sill felt like compost. It was rotted that bad. None of the studs are touching anything. My neighbor has been helping me a lot with this project. We hooked up some come a-longs. We hooked them to my truck, took a section of his fence out and...

Hello all, I've been lurking around here for the last few weeks(introduced myself in a new thread), and thought I'd start a new thread on my garage project. At one point I was going to knock my garage down and put up a shed but thanks to this site I'm going to repair my garage. Some of the...

Thanks everyone. This will be a long project.

Hello all. I found this site about a week ago(glad I did). It has been very very helpful for my upcoming project that I call "The leaning tower of piece-a-$%#&! The sills are rotted and a tree needs removed(although the tree is helping by holding up the garage ;) I plan on saving this old...