numbah9
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As I described at length in this thread, I currently have two garages. One is 20x20, built approx. 1921 with a bad concrete pad (and some sill damage). The other is 14x20, built approx. 1950, with significant sill damage but a good concrete pad.
The 20x20 garage with the bad concrete:
The 14x20 garage:
Due to the sill damage, the 14x20 garage is noticeably tilted to one side, though not quite as bad as that picture indicates.
The plan is to fix the 20x20 garage over the spring/summer. I'm hoping to jack the building up, demolish the old pad, pour a new concrete pad down, then plop the building back down. Then, I'd like to do the following things:
I'd also like to put down some kind of a rough ceiling/floor so that I can store stuff above the level of the pad. Imagine there's a ceiling/floor where this sheet of plywood is currently sitting:
The roof seems fine and will stay unmolested. It will need new garage doors, though. Here's what it looks like now!
As a married man, I am educated in the art of the compromise
if I get to renovate the 20x20 garage, the wife gets to knock down the 14x20 garage (she is handy with a hammer and a Sawzall!). Her plan is to knock down the structure, tile the existing concrete pad (which is in good shape) and then put a wet bar & BBQ out there for summer fun.
Right now, the 20x20 garage is just used to store random stuff. Because the pad is crappy, we do all our carpentry/mechanical stuff in the 14x20 garage. And, because it's winter and they're not insulated or heated, we don't do a whole lot of that in there, apart from store my motorcycle (a 2000 Honda VFR800).
Right now, we don't have a budget written out. I have a rough estimate written down for the 20x20 garage, which comes to about $4k in materials. Although we own the house, we also have a tenant on the first floor. We're looking to leave Maine in about 2 years or so, hence it's just going to be a "regular" garage and not my dream garage mahal or anything. So, we're going with mostly basic stuff -- standard size doors, windows, etc.
I highly doubt we will heat the structure at all.
The plan is to do everything ourselves, except for the jacking (a buddy will help me with that) and the actual laying of the pad (I'll get the concrete trucked in, but will do forms & leveling myself.)
The 20x20 garage with the bad concrete:
The 14x20 garage:
Due to the sill damage, the 14x20 garage is noticeably tilted to one side, though not quite as bad as that picture indicates.
The plan is to fix the 20x20 garage over the spring/summer. I'm hoping to jack the building up, demolish the old pad, pour a new concrete pad down, then plop the building back down. Then, I'd like to do the following things:
- Wire for electrical & lights (existing wiring is awful)
- Plumb for a couple of compressed air lines (copper)
- Insulate walls, maybe ceiling too
- Sheetrock walls, maybe ceiling too; paint
- Re-side with vinyl siding to match house
- Epoxy coating on new pad
- Add a regular door for people
- New folding garage doors
- Garage door openers
- Replace windows with vinyl windows
I'd also like to put down some kind of a rough ceiling/floor so that I can store stuff above the level of the pad. Imagine there's a ceiling/floor where this sheet of plywood is currently sitting:
The roof seems fine and will stay unmolested. It will need new garage doors, though. Here's what it looks like now!
As a married man, I am educated in the art of the compromise
if I get to renovate the 20x20 garage, the wife gets to knock down the 14x20 garage (she is handy with a hammer and a Sawzall!). Her plan is to knock down the structure, tile the existing concrete pad (which is in good shape) and then put a wet bar & BBQ out there for summer fun.Right now, the 20x20 garage is just used to store random stuff. Because the pad is crappy, we do all our carpentry/mechanical stuff in the 14x20 garage. And, because it's winter and they're not insulated or heated, we don't do a whole lot of that in there, apart from store my motorcycle (a 2000 Honda VFR800).
Right now, we don't have a budget written out. I have a rough estimate written down for the 20x20 garage, which comes to about $4k in materials. Although we own the house, we also have a tenant on the first floor. We're looking to leave Maine in about 2 years or so, hence it's just going to be a "regular" garage and not my dream garage mahal or anything. So, we're going with mostly basic stuff -- standard size doors, windows, etc.
I highly doubt we will heat the structure at all.
The plan is to do everything ourselves, except for the jacking (a buddy will help me with that) and the actual laying of the pad (I'll get the concrete trucked in, but will do forms & leveling myself.)
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