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This is in a standard 20x20 with a small addition off the back. I redid all the trusses one at a time to make them scissor trusses and I can get full lift. I keep the Porsche stacked on top of the vette and can even open the garage door all the way.

wow, I really appreciate all the positive feedback. Thanks everyone. I had a lot of ideas of things to re purpose the piping for. I just couldnt see myself holding onto it for the amount of time I would need to get around to it. Tried selling it, ended up taking it to the scrap yard. I dont...

At the same time the kitchen was going in, I was putting a lot of energy towards the heating system in the basement. Because we refinished all the floors on the first level, the radiators had to all come out. We also wanted to convert the first floor to under floor radiant heat to eliminate the...

Kitchen is now in and fully usable with the exception of the microwave. Havnt had a microwave for over 2 years so it doesnt even feel like we are missing anything. Went with all hardwood inset cabinets with dovetailed corners. When they say you get what you pay for this is one instance I can...

Major moves since last time I posted here. I left off with the flooring. After I finished the sub floor the flooring contractor I hired to lay down the 1.5" red oak got this far and then walked off the job. This took him 3 days to do, needless to say he wasn't competent. My plan was to get...

Also a couple other cool little finds while demoing the first floor. The original electrical permit. $3.25 and this super creepy little guy I cant forget this lovely little site that was in the ceiling in the back of the kitchens eat in area.

Once we ripped up the floor in the kitchen we found the original flooring that someone had sanded and left unfinished. The unfortunate part is some of it was pretty damaged and it was spotty so we were unable to use it. Another issue is from the lack of support under the walls there has been...

Thanks. The lamp is a very unique hard to come by item. Its produced by a very small European company and can only be found at their remote outlet boutiques. You may or may not have heard of them before, Ikea. :lol2:

I'm also rewiring the first floor. At this point the entire house is rewired all new, except the basement. while running the wiring in the basement I found some coal by the old coal shoot. This is at least 80 years. Maybe if I keep it another 100 years I will have a couple diamonds.

Thank you. The vanity and mirrors are from homedecorators.com They have some really nice well priced stuff. My lift is the Atlas 9000lb unit. not the most heavy duty but good enough for what I need and was cheap. I didnt really use any real specs for installing it. The slab itself is pretty...

Started by laying out the basement floor cut lines for the footers. You can see here the reinforcement, and also in the back footer you can see the pipe running right through it. Inspector said I could just wrap the pipe and pour right over it. Crazy thought but I wasnt mad about not having...

Back to the house, where all the focus has been. We finished the upstairs photos of which I am lacking, and started in on the main floor and kitchen. Here are the plans I drew up for permits from the city including what was the current and the plan. Also included a cross section for the major...

I also picked up a yamaha roadstar last year at the end of the season after selling one of my choppers. I've wanted one for a long time now and found this one and swooped it up for 2k. Couldnt pass it up. Was able to do my thing on it and I love it. Dont have any real good photos of it right...

And here's just a cool shot I think looks sweet.

Its been a long time since I updated this thread. A lot has happened. I finished the install of the lift. poured the footers in the garage (mixing by hand in a wheel barrow.... terrible idea) and it was pretty cold out so I was really worried they were going to freeze before they cured. I...

lol.. That sounds terrible. Good news is we are on a sewer system and I know there isnt anything like that down there. I did plan on drilling all the way through when I go to bolt it in, so I will do the checks then. good call!! Thanks

where were you last week? Too late for that, I poured friday. I guess we will see how it does now. LoL

Thanks for the positive comments. This is funny because I said when we got the house I wasnt going to spend money on the garage. I'm starting to realize it is going to be quite a while before a new garage goes up so this one will have to work for a few years. I might as well make it decent...

here's how it was looking as I was getting through it. And until I pour it, I dont exactly want to fall in, or have my car or bike fall in either.... I also started building a new desk for the den. Decided to give it a nice thick boarder and lay herringbone pattern in the middle. It...

here are a couple pictures of the back addition on the garage. still in the works of cleaning it up and organizing it, but its come a long way from a dirt hole. The roof structure of this little back room is quite shotty at best, 2x4 and not even close to 16 on center. It was all sagged...