Search results

Thanks for all the comments!!! To answer the question on what the garage will be used for. Once the house is done I hope to make it back to working on my car projects. I have a M725 army ambulance that I have started collecting parts to do a ls 6.0 swap. More updates Last week we got the...

Updates!!!!!! We have been working on the house most the year but now we are back to the garage. New landscaping to dress the front of the house up The insulation went in last week. The drywall start tomorrow so hopefully for pictures soon. Thanks for all the somments Bob

push-lok tool We use this at work and it makes installing the fittings very easy.

Sorry for the delay in updates on the garage. We have mostly been working on the house so we could move in this winter. Here are a few pictures of the garage. These are the floors in the breezeway connecting the garage one end is slate and the other is reclaimed barn wood. This is the...

Sorry for not updating this lately. I will get some pictures of the progress soon. The apron Was stamped and painted to look like brick. Thanks for all the great comments. Thanks Bob

Just a quick update on the garage project. We have been mostly working on wrapping up the outside for winter. The driveway went in last month and the finally grading was done last weekend. We went with asphalt mostly because of the cost of doing a project of this size. The soil here is mostly...

I would wait on the flooring but if not done now it will have to wait till next spring. The product we are using is a very heavy duty industrial flooring system. Not giving up just want to start using it. As for what I will be doing in it not really sure what for all of it. But I do a lot of...

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. We have been working on a lot of small projects on the shop. The crazy lady has been all quit this summer and I hope it stays that way for good. But I have a few new pictures to share. next year the hip roof on the other end of the house will be fixed...

Thanks for the comments, Its been hot but we are slowly making progress. The reason for the off set door is that side is the work shop the other side is storage. There will also be a window to the right of that door. The siding is going up and should take a few weeks. Here is a few pictures from...

Here are some new pictures of the building. Here it is with the old building gone. should start to look better when we add the windows. Framing in the last part of the breeze way. That's all for now hope the siding guy is going to start yet this week. The crazy lady next door...

The latest news is the breeze way is framed and sheeted. The windows have arrived and the siding will be here in 2 days. Its been very busy but we did get pictures and I will get them up in the next few days. Thanks Bob

Thanks for all the great comments guys. The building will have windows they have been framed in the plywood was left over the openings for the winter. We gave the old building to a person down the road and they worked on taking it down this weekend. Here are some pictures from this weekends...

We have been working for the last few days. The windows have arrived for the building and the siding is on order. The next few weeks will be busy. I have pictures and will get them posted in the next few days. Thanks Bob

Hello, Sorry for the delay on updating. I injured my shoulder about 1-1/2 ago and was putting off surgery till the building got done. Well I pushed it a bit to far and by the time the weather was getting bad this winter I couldn't use my left arm for much more then writing. So about 6 weeks ago...

Thanks for the comments I am back down in Texas on a work trip. I will post better pics of the breeze way when I get home. The clear span on the truss in post 108 is 28ft the truss on the other side of the building are 48ft. The roof is now done and I hope to order the doors this week. Thanks Bob

I don't have a lot of pictures of that area but this one should show it ok. This looking from the back door of the house into what will be the room between the house and the garage. It has a 3ft crawl space under it and runs 1ft into the garage. This will allow us to run all the utilities...

Well we got some nice weather the last week. The roof dried out and we where able to put up the fascia and we started roofing toady. The fascia is 1x8 cedar setting up to finger joint the fascia Finished finger joint Roofing is started That's all for now the roof should be done next...

Thanks for all the comments and sorry for not getting back sooner. We got the roofing materials delivered today. The roof should start going on this week after the eves and overhangs are finished. front of the building the overhangs are done. We added this for hosting things up to the 2nd...

Update We have most all the plywood on the building and today we set the trusses. boom truck getting setup The next step is bracing the trusses then roofing Thanks Bob

Sorry I overlooked your question, the distance is 15" from the house to the new building. Thanks Bob