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12/3/2020 Today I have put the lifts in there resting place for the final time. there is still a lot left todo to have them up and operational but they are in. Small win!

Thank you!

12/2/2020 I have received 20 more tons of dirt to fill over my culvert finally. It was looking pretty pitiful before. Now we can finally drive over it. It got dark quick on me and my brother-in-law needed the tractor back the next day so I had to finish it. So now I have 14" of dirt over pipe. I...

12/1/2020 While I am waiting on more dirt and the ground to dry I figured I would finish grinding my concrete pits for the lift. All I needed todo is smooth everything out and cut some grooves for a little extra draining paths.

annnd it rained, luckily the dirt held up ok. Also if any one is interested The info on the mini excavator is a 3 ton machine Komatsu PC27MR very cool machine and very capable.

11/30/2020 Just before the rain I was able to clear the top soil In front of my garage and spread some "road dirt". This should supply a good base for my rock.

Fun Fact, My property here in West Point, VA is a very historical place. It use to have a shipbuilding yard created to supply ships during WWI sadly there was only two ships made and they were finished to late but the railway put in for supplies and access ran down the north side of my property...

11/29/2020 I picked up a new culvert pipe ( 20' by 12" double wall $199 Lowes) and started to did my trench. This went abnormally smooth. I buried the pipe with the dirt I had left but ran short. luckily I thought ahead and parked two vehicles on the other side of driveway so we could still get...

Now time for some earth moving! 11/28/2020 I needed to turn the parking area in front of my garage into something other than a mud pit. I looked at renting a tractor and man those things are expensive (rightfully so I guess). I was talking to some family about the prices and asking for ideas and...

11/28/2020 I finished the drywall on the ceiling. This is where I will stop until later on as I will be switching gears to work on a few other things (see next post), This was my first time hanging drywall and I know its far from perfect but I was happy with the outcome. It was a great feeling...

Friday after work 11/27/2020 I got straight to work on hanging more drywall. I managed to get all but two rows done working well into the night (about 5 hrs). These were all middle rows and I tried to utilize the scaffolding but with only one person it became cumbersome, I was wasting a lot of...

Drywall day(s) 11/26/2020 Early morning this thanksgiving day I decided to start hanging drywall. I planned to start tomorrow after work and finish Saturday morning. So whatever I get done today will just put me ahead. I worked for about 2 hours and 7 sheets up. I used the new drywall lift and...

That's a good Idea renting it out, I was thinking of selling or storing in attic. We will see. But I have now completed the ceiling and wow was this thing a life saver. I will update with progress today.

Very cool build and great location! Congrats on the new garage.

11/24/2020 A few random pictures of the rough in electrical.

I bought a drywall lift to assist in hanging the drywall on my 12'2" ceilings. as I will likely be doing this by myself. I ordered off of amazon and put it together and tested it with a sheet (4x8 1/2) so far so good. It says it is good up to 16' so hopefully at 12' it is under capacity and...

11/22/2020 While we waited on inspection I decided to use this time to trim my PVC in the lift pits and test fit the lift. Good news, it fit! That was a good feeling. I have the lift pulled apart about 3'-4' so I can rig lift to drop in pit. There is still a lot of cleaning to do in the pits but...

11/21/2020 we have been gathering materials to start the drywall on the ceiling. The next couple post will be on what I have so far. looking to start the drywall as soon as inspector takes a look at the rough in electrical. Here are a few of the room upstairs. I put together some mobile...

Thank you, I certainly hope so. Drywall is next, I am not looking forward to that.

11/17/2020 Finally some rough in work from the electrician. Not much but its progress. Also a snap of the lights I bought to illuminate the shop. Its a 8ft LED and I plan to do 3 rows with two in each row.