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bones_bir

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That is Eugene, Oregon, for those who are unaware.

Anyway. I am converting a carport into a garage and remembered that this forum was available. I am also on the Jockey Journal under the same name.

Looking for design ideas to incorporate into my workspace.

Me, I am a retired Service Member and current Architecture student at the University of Oregon. Mostly I just annoy my hippy neighbors.

Here are some pics of my garage build

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Existing Carport

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drawings

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floor

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framing walls
 
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Welcome, cool looking setup. If I lived there I would do the same thing about annoying the neighbors...dam hippies
 
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Bones: did you have to get a permit to enclose your carport? i like the cement floor you've done already and i know the walls would have been a challenge with the brick pillars unless you were to take the bricks off. looks like you are already moving forward so i'll just sit and watch and learn.

good luck

Guys: don't pile up a group all in same pot just because of a few idiots.
 
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Permitting is being handled through the contractor and it is a right pain in the ***. The city wants their cut, so they have been piling on requirements on a structure that has been here since 1969, and originally was on county land until 1978.

Since I will sell this property one day, I am being nice about it. That said, I have not spoken to one person in the permitting office that isn't a mouth-breather.
 
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classic designed, what are you try to protect .
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I live near a Dari-Mart, which means I have to lock up everything I own to protect it from the local tweakers. I am from a more rural area of the state, where like in Texas, most folks know that there is a very high likelihood of getting shot dead for stealing things off peoples property. Apparently here in the big city, we have to be more tolerant of bad behaviors.
 
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bones_bir said:
I live near a Dari-Mart, which means I have to lock up everything I own to protect it from the local tweakers. I am from a more rural area of the state, where like in Texas, most folks know that there is a very high likelihood of getting shot dead for stealing things off peoples property. Apparently here in the big city, we have to be more tolerant of bad behaviors.
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Yes Yes the tweekers dirtbags and all around deralicts must be tolerated. I hate liberals!!!!
 
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Ancient Iron said:
Yes Yes the tweekers dirtbags and all around deralicts must be tolerated. I hate liberals!!!!
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You hate liberals? that's awful strong. I don't hate liberals, as I find them to be quite entertaining. I actually enjoy proper discourse, even though that no longer exists. The protests lately are hilarious. But I digress.

I have had two wheelbarrows stolen from behind my house since I have been here. They had to pass a bin full of bottles and cans, worth 10 cent a piece to get to the wheelbarrow. They always leave the cans, but take the wheelbarrow. I can only assume that it is too much work to steal the cans, but what do I know. I do know that since I plastered TRUMP stickers all over my third wheelbarrow, it has not been touched.
 
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So according to the geniuses at the permitting office, the back wall must be moved in 3 feet. Never mind that the place was built before this subdivision was incorporated into the city. No move wall, no move forward with project.

So today was spent framing in the new back wall in preparation for the electrical sub panel going in this week.

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that carport looks so cool, so retro modern, it's almost a shame to enclose it... I understand why you would. I hope you maintain that look, somehow.

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Guys... these modern day leftists are not liberals and do not deserve that label. They are neo-marxists who simplify their world by pigeonholing individual humans into Karl Marx's victim or oppressor boxes. Since the class-based analysis let them down so badly, they've moved on to race, ethnicity, gender, ****** preference, etc. and they spend their time talking the most privileged minorities in the history of the planet into seeing themselves as miserable, marginalized, helpless victims. In this upside-down, Orwellian world we live in, classical liberals like me are now considered "extremely conservative" and if we don't incessantly bash Trump, "fascist", too. But if we cede the language, we play into their actually fascist little hands. They are anything but "liberal" except with stealing and handing out other people's money. Don't grant them that moniker.
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wjamyers said:
that carport looks so cool, so retro modern, it's almost a shame to enclose it... I understand why you would. I hope you maintain that look, somehow.
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The intent is to maintain the exterior brick columns and lines, and ensure that the exterior walls match up to house materials. The house is clad in 4" clear cedar tongue-in-groove, with sections of horizontal clapboard. This is not a cheap project, rather one that has to be done right.
 
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bones_bir said:
So according to the geniuses at the permitting office, the back wall must be moved in 3 feet.
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I am curious, what was the reason given? I think I would be a little pissed if I just lost 3' of space. Cool project by the way
 
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I am curious, what was the reason given? I think I would be a little pissed if I just lost 3' of space. Cool project by the way
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The building has to comply with a 5 foot setback, which was the city easement at the time of construction in 1969.
 
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How did I know, when reading the title of this thread, that you'd be in Eugene?

I work in Eugene, near the 5th St public market, and we get to see all manner of interesting foot traffic. We chose not to live in Eugene for a variety of reasons. Looks like you are encountering a few of them in your dealings with the local bureaucracy. It's easier to commute from the blue-collar side of the river than to deal with Eugene 24/7/365.

Architecture student, huh? You may know Otto Poticia. I used to do a little work on his Porsche at a previous job. Interesting guy.
 
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DarkMonohue said:
How did I know, when reading the title of this thread, that you'd be in Eugene?

I work in Eugene, near the 5th St public market, and we get to see all manner of interesting foot traffic. We chose not to live in Eugene for a variety of reasons. Looks like you are encountering a few of them in your dealings with the local bureaucracy. It's easier to commute from the blue-collar side of the river than to deal with Eugene 24/7/365.

Architecture student, huh? You may know Otto Poticia. I used to do a little work on his Porsche at a previous job. Interesting guy.
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I have only had one run in with Otto. Interesting is not how I would have described that encounter.
 
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