70datsun
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Hi everyone,
After years of dreaming and scheming, I'm finally building an addition that will include a garage.
A little perspective: I'm a dedicated family guy first, busy professional second, and passionate car guy third. Our modest home has a one car garage which we converted to usable space for our kids, so I've been without garage space for many years. Now, my oldest is in college and youngest has two years of high school left. So after grappling for a long time about whether to sell our house and buy another, we finally decided to go for the addition.
My property has very limited areas that could be built on, but it does have backyard access through a ten foot double gate. An enclosed porch on the back of the house has served as my music studio (professional musician and teacher) since we’ve owned it. After much thought, it seemed like this would be the only area where we could build and meet setback requirements.
Here was a view of the backyard and the corner of my music room:
[/url]20170504_163703 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
So I came up with a rectangle of 20x30 that would replace the music room, add a couple of closets, and create a pantry off the kitchen. The remaining 20x20 would be a two-car garage. Not great size, but I’d take it over no garage in a heartbeat. Site preparation included removing the large mulberry tree, moving the electrical service off the enclosed porch, and tearing down the porch.
The 20 ft. width along the backside of the house is dictated by our kitchen window and back door off the laundry room. The 30 ft. length into the backyard is dictated by our setback requirements. In a desperate move to create as much garage space as possible, I decided to extend the garage by two feet on either side past the music room/pantry portion, giving me 20Wx24L garage. A little better!
So let the fun (and work) begin!
Tree removed. Sad day, many fond memories for our family of that tree.
[/url]20170702_161406 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
Enclosed porch/music room mostly torn down:
[/url]20170721_132441 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
And gone:
[/url]20170724_172046 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
Ready for concrete:
[/url]20170809_070937 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
New slab. You can see the slope of the garage floor:
[/url]20170814_162452 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
Framing begins:
[/url]20170820_181027 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/url]20170821_164611 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/url]20170823_163451 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/url]20170831_204724 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
While the existing house eaves were cut off for the addition framing, we had a four legged intruder in the attic. You can see his paw print, probably a racoon:
[/url]20170912_184024 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
Fire barrier in attic between garage and new addition:
[/url]20170911_183539 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
Rough electric, insulation and drywall:
[/url]20171013_153033 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/url]20171022_141831 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
Ready for lathe inspection:
[/url]20171019_160046 by Jeremy Mayne, on Flickr[/IMG]
More to come. Cheers!
After years of dreaming and scheming, I'm finally building an addition that will include a garage.
A little perspective: I'm a dedicated family guy first, busy professional second, and passionate car guy third. Our modest home has a one car garage which we converted to usable space for our kids, so I've been without garage space for many years. Now, my oldest is in college and youngest has two years of high school left. So after grappling for a long time about whether to sell our house and buy another, we finally decided to go for the addition.
My property has very limited areas that could be built on, but it does have backyard access through a ten foot double gate. An enclosed porch on the back of the house has served as my music studio (professional musician and teacher) since we’ve owned it. After much thought, it seemed like this would be the only area where we could build and meet setback requirements.
Here was a view of the backyard and the corner of my music room:
So I came up with a rectangle of 20x30 that would replace the music room, add a couple of closets, and create a pantry off the kitchen. The remaining 20x20 would be a two-car garage. Not great size, but I’d take it over no garage in a heartbeat. Site preparation included removing the large mulberry tree, moving the electrical service off the enclosed porch, and tearing down the porch.
The 20 ft. width along the backside of the house is dictated by our kitchen window and back door off the laundry room. The 30 ft. length into the backyard is dictated by our setback requirements. In a desperate move to create as much garage space as possible, I decided to extend the garage by two feet on either side past the music room/pantry portion, giving me 20Wx24L garage. A little better!
So let the fun (and work) begin!
Tree removed. Sad day, many fond memories for our family of that tree.
Enclosed porch/music room mostly torn down:
And gone:
Ready for concrete:
New slab. You can see the slope of the garage floor:
Framing begins:
While the existing house eaves were cut off for the addition framing, we had a four legged intruder in the attic. You can see his paw print, probably a racoon:
Fire barrier in attic between garage and new addition:
Rough electric, insulation and drywall:
Ready for lathe inspection:
More to come. Cheers!
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