110' x 26' Forclosure

[horizontallyopposed]

A fascinating project!

 

[power wagon]

A fascinating project!

i agree, if i wasnt so comfortable here at my place i would find a place like that in a small town ,we were up in berlin nh the other day i saw a few of buildings that are on the auction block that had great potental, i hope to see more pics on this thread

 

[CreteCoater]

Not much to report other than the trusses have been ordered and should be here this week. I did start PB blasting the old Wilton vice and it seems to be loosening up. Hopefully I'll have pictures of the trusses set by the end of the week.

 

[NUTTSGT]

What are you topping the trusses with? shingles, rubber or metal ?

 

[CreteCoater]

I decided on metal w/snow catchers. One epoxy company I use makes a pretty good roof coating that I plan on using on the existing rubber roof above the offices. I may even coat the metal with it.

 

[CreteCoater]

Its starting to take shape. I may soon have 52 feet under roof. Once this section is done I can work on windows, walls, benches etc in this area while the guys tear off and rebuild the other half.

 

[kbkna]

Wow! The transformation is really coming along. How long do you figure before fully enclosed?

 

[Shawn S]

That looks like great progress!! What a cool old building.

 

[CreteCoater]

I'm hoping by the end of October, which probably means November, as long as the funds keep coming. I don't really have a choice on the last section of roof. If I don't take it down the first snowstorm will.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Wow, that look great.

 

[don long]

I'll bet you are chomping at the bit to get working IN the garage what a great start looks like a lot of work has been done (first pic. to current)

I'll be following along thanks for taking the time to share
Don

 

[bashr52]

I guess I am a little confused. Is the first floor level with the street, and the garage access from the rear? The pictures with your new roof trusses show a scissor lift, so I'm wondering how that got to the second floor .

 

[03protege]

I guess I am a little confused. Is the first floor level with the street, and the garage access from the rear? The pictures with your new roof trusses show a scissor lift, so I'm wondering how that got to the second floor .

2nd floor is level with the front street.

1st floor/basement is level with the rear street.

At least that is what I got out of it.

 

[power wagon]

this garage has great potentional, so far my faverrite here

 

[timbitca]

Wow, what a great buy and that's going to make an awesome shop!

 

[CNGsaves]

Awesome potential in old building you're saving.

Wish you well in restoring and hope you'll eventually have viable business in that great space.

If you're a mechanic type, there might be big push for CNG (compressed natural gas) vehicles in PA with the massive NG (natural gas) supply from shale there in PA. Maybe you could have a conversion shop to retrofit cars to become bi-fuel running on both normal gasoline and CNG. Need to plan shop with ventilation, sprinkler system, compressed air system, heating with low cost NG, etc. . . and lots of training for cng technicians/mechanics.

See immediate cost savings by running vehicles on CNG as Pittsburgh, PA has public cng pump at $1.77/gge (gallon of gas equivalent) at 2926 Smallman St in Pittsburgh (EQT CNG Fueling Station). See details at www.cngprices.com

Trash trucks, city buses, and over-the-road trucks are currently converting to cng fleets as majority of all sales. Pickup trucks in OK, TX, UT, etc. also are either dedicated cng or bi-fuel cng/gasoline.

Good luck at turning your building into a gold mine!

 

[razor524]

Glad to see this going again, it is one of my favorites!! Keep up the good work.

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

I'm staying glued....

 

[Shocker]

Should have used storage trusses. Hehe.

Love it, I just love it. I wish I could find something like that here in the NW.

 

[Graham]

putting this one on watch... keep up the great work and good luck!

 

[Zwiser]

cool, My Dad lives in Philipsburg, pa

 

[CreteCoater]

cool, My Dad lives in Philipsburg, pa

Small world. Perhaps I know him?

 

[CreteCoater]

One half complete, one to go!

A view from the back. We were going to hip the roof above the back garage door but decided to overhang the trusses to make a small roof over the door.

 

[Slimls]

I love it when old buildings are saved. Thanks for posting!

 

[that-guy]

wow, i would love this kind of project. hopefully you get the majority of it done soon since that big storm is making its way up the coast. this coming weekend and all of next week isn't looking like its going to be too much fun

 

[fergus]

Looking good. You guys better get moving before that weather sneaks up on you!

 

[M-technik-3]

Wow, good to see this didn't get the typical old building treatment of Arson. We have had too many old mills here in the north east get that treatment for no reason.

 

[Mickey O]

Unbelievable, I would kill for that deal (if you see me knocking on your door don't answer).

Did you get a 30 year mortgage? $8.49 a month at 5% and it would be all your in 2042.

How's the neighborhood?

 

[Omphaloskeptic]

Great save! Hope you beat the snow.

 

[CreteCoater]

Unbelievable, I would kill for that deal (if you see me knocking on your door don't answer).

Did you get a 30 year mortgage? $8.49 a month at 5% and it would be all your in 2042.

How's the neighborhood?

Cash is king!

The neighborhood is great. Small town with a pizza shop and a hardware store. What more could you want? Haha

As far as the weather I'm going to have to ride out the storm as I'm ******* with work.

 

[NUTTSGT]

The roof over hang gives it some character and something a slight be unusual.

I see that you walls are stepped. Will each section of roof sit higher than the next with a vertical wall between them or are you going to keep it one level roof line? The latter, I would think be hard as I see there's a 2nd story stairway and doorway.

 

[CreteCoater]

The second half of the roof will be stepped above the first. We will find a line that works and chisel the brick to that line. We removed about 3 steps from the first section we did.

I was a bit worried how it would look overhanging the trusses but now I'm glad we did. I think once the soffit/ceiling is up it will tie everything together.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I thought I remembered you taking some of the brick work out and I'm sure it'll look good when you are done. I bet within a day or two, you'll have birds trying to roost under that overhang. lol.

 

[Firefyter-Emt]

That overhang needs some sort of old school lamp hanging from it to light the area around the garage door. Maybe some other type of eve treatment, but it needs something to make it really stand out and flow with the building and area.

It's really looking great though!

 

[Slackerzinc]

Any more progress/pictures?

 

[Rockerbox1]

Any more progress/pictures?

^^^ what he said

 

[Aaron P.]

looking very good so far....the light would be cool over the door if ya can find the right one ....keep the updates coming

 

[hmbemis]

Sub'd... Looking forward to updates!

 

[onething]

Any more progress/pictures?

^^^ what he said

looking very good so far....the light would be cool over the door if ya can find the right one ....keep the updates coming

Sub'd... Looking forward to updates!

I think it has been 30 days without an update

No pressure just a bunch of guys with nothing to do but hang out on GJ.

 

[maddawg308]

Looks like you're going to need new windows too...