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Here are some more pictures with the walls up...the roof trusses really helped things move along...

more pictures of the walls....

When the walls went up and were poured and stripped, the job was really starting to take shape and I was pretty happy with how things were going... I had to hire a pump truck twice. these run about 900.00 each rental here in Mass, I didnt carry this upfront and wasnt expecting this cost....

Like I said, this project is on a budget, you can see the footing and the amount of steps we had. One side had 6 steps. We excavated 5' and hit ledge at the lowest corner....in reality, it couldnt have ben better digging, I was really pleased...

After the wood was cleared and we layed out the foundation, we started digging for the footings....

Throughout college I worked a a tree farm. I got pretty good at cutting trees and splitting wood. I went to school in the Berkshires. This is mans work. I always found it very satisfying working in the woods with trees. This is me after the first day of cutting wood. I am literally soaked....

I included the current picture of the three cars in the garage currently. I realize Im real lucky to have this garage space to start with, but Like I said, I want a seperate building. Also, my intent is to park our drivers in this garage. First thing I had to do was find a spot for the garage...

New "Man-cave" build in MA 30x40 garage with office Its been a while since I last posted on this board, however, I do check the board once a week and the hamb daily....however, alot has happened since my last post. I got married, moved, and find myself building a new garage...I was looking at...

That floor is just awesome ---- PERIOD!

The real star of the show however is the little heater I put up. It runs on 220, and is VERY economical. My garage has been a comfortable 55-60 all winter. Basically, running the garage at this tempature all season long without turning it off or on or adjusting the tempature (except for maybe...

Here is a few more... The sounds come from a vintage Marantz tube reciever. This goes through four bose speakers (two 501's and two indoor/ outdoor I bought second hand for 40.00) These also double for outside music when guests are over for a cookout or what not... A side note is, ontop of...

It dawned on me yesterday that I never finished the thread...so, I figuired I'd take some pics from the outside - in (while we had some rare 50 degree weather) and show you my complete working garage. I had some custom aluminum boxes made up by a contact in CT, I hung up a cork board for some...

Looking for steel box to hold Milwaukee hand held drill. Cant be plastic. Either the red, or even the fancy black box. Thanks, Pete

"Looks great. Really like the RPU also. But I have a question. Why did you go through all that hell of hanging sheetrock up in the ceiling and not to the joists?" I was going to do that originally, but thought that the garage would seem too "tight". It makes sense from a labor point of view as...

Oh...........One last thing....if you take a look at the first picture on this thread of my truck, you'll notice my boat is sitting on the lawn with a block of wood under the post on the left side of the main garage. In between all of this, I managed to sand down and paint the exterior of the...

Here are some last pics of the cars sitting in the garage all painted.... I'll get into the heat and the interior pics tomorrow.....

OK...back to business...After all the walls were painted and caulked, and all the wiring was working, I wanted to do "something" about those truss beams.....I sanded them down and stained them first, but, they had to many imperfections....they looked terrible...I ended up painting them a rust...

VespaJay!!!....good one man...I was gonna send you this link in the near future....you'll have to come down and see it for yourself !!!

I also installed about 32 new AC boxes and switches all hooked up with some nicely disquised ramex. I didnt take pictures of that, but figured I'd tell you guys. All of the ramex was affixed to the walls with insulated "staples". Much of it neatly placed and hidden under molding and trim. I...

After I sanded the sheet rock and primed the rock (and the bead board) I trimmed out all the windows, the edges, corners, areas where the sheet rock met the bead-board in the main garage, the garage doors and anything else. This is where my "low budget fix" cost me some money. I figured by this...