Almost feels like a garage with that there tarp roof
little dude helping out, as always
it was a little bit of a challenge routing the wires such that the ones staying didn't have to get disconnected and moved, and the ones moving didn't get in the way.
3 beams, 1 is the garage door header, the other 2 span the short length on the garage and support the 2nd floor, it's walls, and ceiling
round 2 on lumber delivery
and round 2 of OSB
the original homes had the oil burner in the kitchen :lol_hitti I decided to move it to the garage so I could harness it's heat a lot easier, have more room to work on it, and it was still close enough that I wouldn't have wait times for hot water to reach the far parts of the house. since I...
prepping for the new foundation
cut where the new front of the garage will be
found some cracks in the arm so I drilled and welded them up.
holes for footings. 3' deep.
before starting, I had to put a new wall in the upstairs master bedroom, as it was to become the 2nd kid bedroom and needed to be a little smaller. Also, a small portion of that room was to become a part of the future master suite.
I started this addition on the 4th of July in 2013. I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking, but in short, I added approximately 1700 sq ft to my existing house, which was approximately 2000 sq ft to start. The garage is about 21’ wide x 32’ feet deep with a 10’x14’ loft above it. The...
thread coming shortly, check back in the garage gallery once I figure out how to get these pictures to preview larger.
don't have a creative name, so it will be called robs garage/addition, or something similar
this.
siding is relatively cheap. just re-do the entire side, otherwise, you'll hate it every time you come around the corner and look at it. leave the existing corner and J's.