Hi all, long time lurker here, but I finally have something to post about.
A couple years ago the wife and I finished a full, down-to-the-studs remodel on an older home in North San Diego County. We love everything about our home,…the view, the layout, the rear patio, its proximity to my office, the kids school, etc.etc. The one gripe I have always had and would always have is the garage is just built for two cars. Well,…we are finally going to address that issue.
We are adding a 10’ x 20’ single bay to our existing two car space. What is now just an outdoor parking space next to the garage will become a single garage for my 993. The existing space is your basic two-car, attached garage except it is extra deep (19’ x 26’) to accommodate a golf cart being parked perpendicular to the cars up in the front of the garage. Instead of a single man door on the side of the garage near the front, we have two 3’ doors that swing outward as an opening for pulling the golf cart in and out via the side of the garage.
The existing space is going to be completely finished, right now it is an embarrassing **** hole of disorganization. We are going to add drywall to the walls and ceiling, pull down ladder for attic storage, lots of lighting, electrical outlets, a closet to house the furnace, water heater and softener, as well as, an air compressor. Lots of wall cabinets for storage. The floor will get your standard epoxy with flecks finish, we’ll add a new roll up door with side mount opener, ceiling fans, bar height table with a couple stools, flat panel TV, etc..
The addition will have a vaulted ceiling for maximum head room/4-post lift room and be finished in a matching fashion with matching rollup door, etc..
Construction started a couple weeks ago with the reducing of the eaves all the way around the house. It sounds goofy, but the eaves have always bothered us. They seemed too big and “heavy” for the house, they were huge. We took approximately 50% of the eaves off and the house seems taller, more modern and a lot brighter inside,…..we should have done it from the get go on the house remodel. We are also adding rain gutters, should have done those long ago, as well. A cool thing about the “eave reduction” is I now do not need to buy any roof tiles for the addition. We took two rows of roof tiles off all the way around the house so those can go on the new garage. No fear of matching new and old tiles now. I know the eaves thing sounds weird, but in person there is a very noticeable difference. Also got rid of a tiny bit of wood rot on the facia boards in the process.
I didn’t take any “before” photos, but the shot below I took when I put new rims on the wifes wagon a year ago or so. It shows the parking space next to the garage that is soon to become a single garage and you can see the size of the eaves.
Here are a couple pics of the existing mess, that divider wall up front is coming out and a shot of the construction started. Similar angle to the shot above with the car on the drive so you can see the new, normal size eaves.
I'll post more pics as progress is made. I'm just really excited that we are finally starting on my portion of the house.
A couple years ago the wife and I finished a full, down-to-the-studs remodel on an older home in North San Diego County. We love everything about our home,…the view, the layout, the rear patio, its proximity to my office, the kids school, etc.etc. The one gripe I have always had and would always have is the garage is just built for two cars. Well,…we are finally going to address that issue.
We are adding a 10’ x 20’ single bay to our existing two car space. What is now just an outdoor parking space next to the garage will become a single garage for my 993. The existing space is your basic two-car, attached garage except it is extra deep (19’ x 26’) to accommodate a golf cart being parked perpendicular to the cars up in the front of the garage. Instead of a single man door on the side of the garage near the front, we have two 3’ doors that swing outward as an opening for pulling the golf cart in and out via the side of the garage.
The existing space is going to be completely finished, right now it is an embarrassing **** hole of disorganization. We are going to add drywall to the walls and ceiling, pull down ladder for attic storage, lots of lighting, electrical outlets, a closet to house the furnace, water heater and softener, as well as, an air compressor. Lots of wall cabinets for storage. The floor will get your standard epoxy with flecks finish, we’ll add a new roll up door with side mount opener, ceiling fans, bar height table with a couple stools, flat panel TV, etc..
The addition will have a vaulted ceiling for maximum head room/4-post lift room and be finished in a matching fashion with matching rollup door, etc..
Construction started a couple weeks ago with the reducing of the eaves all the way around the house. It sounds goofy, but the eaves have always bothered us. They seemed too big and “heavy” for the house, they were huge. We took approximately 50% of the eaves off and the house seems taller, more modern and a lot brighter inside,…..we should have done it from the get go on the house remodel. We are also adding rain gutters, should have done those long ago, as well. A cool thing about the “eave reduction” is I now do not need to buy any roof tiles for the addition. We took two rows of roof tiles off all the way around the house so those can go on the new garage. No fear of matching new and old tiles now. I know the eaves thing sounds weird, but in person there is a very noticeable difference. Also got rid of a tiny bit of wood rot on the facia boards in the process.
I didn’t take any “before” photos, but the shot below I took when I put new rims on the wifes wagon a year ago or so. It shows the parking space next to the garage that is soon to become a single garage and you can see the size of the eaves.
Here are a couple pics of the existing mess, that divider wall up front is coming out and a shot of the construction started. Similar angle to the shot above with the car on the drive so you can see the new, normal size eaves.
I'll post more pics as progress is made. I'm just really excited that we are finally starting on my portion of the house.
