Added a man door-

[purpony]

I bought a house a couple years ago and it always bugged me not having a man door from the garage to outside... so i took care of that. Just wanted to share. The concrete saw works great!

back side of the garage before:

Rented a concrete chainsaw. Dad behind the throttle:

concrete cut out:

Finished:

 

[Rando]

Nice job, Those or some clean cuts did you grind it smooth or use just the saw

 

[harvero]

Did you use the concrete saw to make the bottom of the cuts too? The back wall of my garage needs to have the same improvement made to it and my garage is pretty much constructed the same.

 

[sirsloop]

nice... easier to take a leak out the back door! WIN!

 

[purpony]

Yes, the saw was used to make the bottom cut as well, no grounding. The saw worked great and the blade was JUST long enough to make it through.

Exactly, no more running in the house!

 

[kizer]

Just make sure you put some kind of permanent landing so the code guys don't give you grief. I just through down some 12"x12" concrete squares in a 2'x2' pattern and they are happy with it.

 

[purpony]

Just make sure you put some kind of permanent landing so the code guys don't give you grief. I just through down some 12"x12" concrete squares in a 2'x2' pattern and they are happy with it.

I did the exact same thing. I had a couple laying around. I plan at some point on putting a walkway and patio back there to meet up with my deck.

 

[JamieK]

Awesome. I need to do this also. How did you handle the framing?

 

[TAMPAGT07]

I thought when I saw the title, "Added a man door," that it was going to be a small pet door, that was installed a few feet up the wall, for your Johnson to peek out of. This would be alot cheaper then installing a bathroom in the garage, or wasting time by walking through the house.