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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    Well I was able to finally spend a week up north this year and decided to do more organizing/cleaning of the property vs solely working on the garage update. This included a lot of power washing, building shelves, scraping, tree trimming, leaf blowing and getting the trailer to a more livable...
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    Another successful week at the property with some friends help. New siding, (Have to finish soffit, fashia and drip rails still but everything is ready for the winter), most of the mini split is installed, garage door (now 9'x7' vs the previous 8'x7'), exterior door, new sheeting on the outside...
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    That's the goal! Right now I live 6 hours from here so we try to go on long weekends but it doesn't happen to often. I do work remote so that helps when I get a chance to go up without blowing all of my PTO
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    The well is in! new lights in the back half and getting ready for the next week long excursion up there with friends. The next trip will include finishing the outside ie siding, soffits, facia etc. insulating and closing in the walls and attempting to run water to the old trailer that sits on...
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    Another trip up north getting prepped for a new well, finished some electrical, heater installed, new door way and shingled the back half. Slowly but surely it’s getting there. Plans for this year. Well, finish outside, windows, doors and get it insulated
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    The miller is mostly used for fab projects on dune buggies, roll cages, random art and exhaust. We've been in the process of moving so it's been a lot less fabrication projects and more home projects as of lately
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    Well that's good to hear! I ended up putting a better cover on the panel so it's not as exposed to the elements
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    Next year will include siding, door, windows and insulation (possibly drywall). The back area will be sectioned off and made into storage, air compressor, and general tools/workspace. We also like to play hammerschlagen late into the night and this area is becoming more and more popular so we're...
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    Building walls for the rear section and enjoying our hardwork! Also all supplies and hauling people around was done with my 2012 jetta sportwagen TDI. Multiple trips and trailer loads full of OSB, 2x4's, scrap, shingles etc etc. Also I don't think I stated it earlier but all of this work was...
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    With the new electrical I wanted to bury the line. I do not like this current main panel sitting outside so I left access to the meter and next year this will get fixed. With pouring a new slab for the back 8'x16' of the garage we figured why not have some more where nice to work in the front...
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    This summer all of the cleaning and rebuilding started Garage full to the brim Fenced in area for wood originally but it became a storage facility for junk Dumpster arrived and cleanout began Some animals had made residency in the back half of the garage where a tree fell through The...
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Great grandpa's garage rebuild

    Long time lurker first time poster A few years ago I bought my family property in Mears, MI (Silver Lake Sand Dunes). The property was originally my great grandparents than my grandparents and now ours. The property was fairly vacant from the late 90's until recently with only one or two...
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