Decided the time was right

[T>D>C]

I see you live in the country. What restrictions were you referring to? "the front facing wall by restrictions will have to be 100% bricks that must match my house, with the remaining walls I'm required to have bricks only 36" high. Will use Hardi-plank siding above the brick."

Nice build and love the Vette.

 

[bry@n]

Sorry Nate, I didn't notice your post until just now.

My doors are 8' high, the high lift rail kit allows the door when raised to be only 1' down from my 12' ceiling. That is necessary because I have plans to install a 2 post car lift.

When I ordered the doors I specified I wanted the high lift kit and of course it is more expensive.

Congrats on the carage. It looks awesome and matches the house well.

Do you know how much more it cost for the high lift door kit? I would assume it's the cost of the rails, but wanted to ask. I have 8 foot doors and have 13ft ceilings in my garage and would love to have the high lift door option in my attched garage.

 

[e-tek]

Congrats on yours.

You are right. The time is now. I was talkin with one of my cousins a few years ago. We are both just over 40 and he enlightened me to the fact that time is limited. We each have about 20 or so productive years left to accomplish what we want. At one big project a year that is only 20 projects. I gotta get going on mine.

Damn right!! When you turn 40, you can "see" 60! Puts lots in perspective doesn't it?!

Though you'd be LUCKY to do one project every year!!! The Challenger I just finished took me 3.5 years of weekends, holidays, long wknds....Guess it depends on your idea of "Major Projects"...

]To build my garage/shop.

I retired two years ago when I turned 60. Since I did retire early, I was worried about having enough saving to make it. Of course that was when the economy started it's decline (along with my savings). So I waited until I felt more secure, but a couple events made me change my mind.

Recently my nephew passed away much too young, and thinking about all the projects he had put off until better times, made me realize NOW is a better time.

Many more people should realize that. But it's a balance between that view and borrowing to much to get it all NOW. Sounds like you got it right!

Oh, and lucky neice - need a "nephew"??

 

[autoist]

Well, wait until you tirn 60! back when I turned 50, I had an epifany: I suddenly started thinking about myself not from the year of my birth but from how much time I had left....now, at 63, I'm beginning to "clean out" some of my old stuff.

Damn right!! When you turn 40, you can "see" 60! Puts lots in perspective doesn't it?!

Though you'd be LUCKY to do one project every year!!! The Challenger I just finished took me 3.5 years of weekends, holidays, long wknds....Guess it depends on your idea of "Major Projects"...


Many more people should realize that. But it's a balance between that view and borrowing to much to get it all NOW. Sounds like you got it right!

Oh, and lucky neice - need a "nephew"??

 

[thammel]

Hey Autoist, I turn 60 in December. I didn't mind 30, 40 or 50, but 60 really gets me thinking. These young whippersnapper 40 year olds think they only have 20 years left, huh, well I think we have 20-30 years left to do projects. You gotta think positively. Heck, I'm finishing the interior of the new addition, doing all the wiring, insulating, etc. I watched Tom Watson almost win the Open and Lance Armstrong just came in 3rd in the Tour de France. And I did my 20 and 17 mile bike rides this weekend. Activity keeps us young.

Tom

 

[b737mechanic]

Congrats on the carage. It looks awesome and matches the house well.

Do you know how much more it cost for the high lift door kit? I would assume it's the cost of the rails, but wanted to ask. I have 8 foot doors and have 13ft ceilings in my garage and would love to have the high lift door option in my attched garage.

Thanks.

The door installer I used gave me an estimate over the phone and I was unable to find where I wrote the individual price for each door. I think it was $200 each. The total bill for my 2 doors and openers was $2630.

 

[b737mechanic]

Damn right!! When you turn 40, you can "see" 60! Puts lots in perspective doesn't it?!

Though you'd be LUCKY to do one project every year!!! The Challenger I just finished took me 3.5 years of weekends, holidays, long wknds....Guess it depends on your idea of "Major Projects"...


Many more people should realize that. But it's a balance between that view and borrowing to much to get it all NOW. Sounds like you got it right!

Oh, and lucky neice - need a "nephew"??

Thanks, it definitely is a balance. I worry about spending my saving up too fast because I realize there is a possibility I will live to be 88 like my mother did. But I try to not let the worry make me become a miser. I have a budget set up that allows some projects and so far I've been able to live with it.

Don't know about another nephew, but if you ever come to the Dallas TX area, drop by and we can take the Vette out. You would find that it is a blast to drive.

 

[b737mechanic]

I see you live in the country. What restrictions were you referring to? "the front facing wall by restrictions will have to be 100% bricks that must match my house, with the remaining walls I'm required to have bricks only 36" high. Will use Hardi-plank siding above the brick."

Nice build and love the Vette.

Thanks.
I was restricted by deed restrictions. I live in a subdivision of houses where each has at least an acre lot. Right now there isn't a HOA because not enough people live in the subdivision. The subdivision developer is the HOA until then, so I had my garage plans approved by him. Probably not entirely necessary, but to prevent problems when the HOA is active I made sure to get written approval of my plans.

 

[b737mechanic]

Update on my slow progress. I just finished sheetrocking the ceiling. I had a lot of trouble trying to get the seams smoothed out, never could get a hang of the technique required.

Also a picture of our house and the garage today after a record snowfall in the Dallas area.

 

[markviii]

Your snow in TX looks like mine in IL. I think Atlanta and even the FL panhandle got hit.

Anyway, your garage looks great. Sheetrock seams are a bummer, especially on the ceiling - reaching up is the problem. I think we finished the inside of all our buildings with FRP board. It washes easily. My husband built a brick garage a few years ago - much better from a fire safety standpoint. He just put in a two-post lift in our new garage (not the brick one - we've got several garages, but that's another story!). He'll write about this new garage on his current thread at:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=51567

We needed ithe two-post lift since we can't work on our newer cars on the 1940s hydraulic lift that we have. You can see that 1930s shop restoration on the above garage journal thread.

For those of you who think you're getting to the "old" zone, take a look at the garage the 70 year old couple (I think in Kentucky) is building (it's somewhere on this Garage Gallery headlined with "70 year old" in the headline). They're doing it all themselves. It's awesome. And 11 years ago, my father-in-law at age 80 took a canoe trip with our then 13 year old son and my husband to Quatico Park in the Canadian Boundary Waters. He was the experienced one of the three; my husband and son couldn't have done the trip easily without him since he knew the way to where they were going and he could still paddle for up to 6 hours and lift his weight for the many portages. He set the bar high for everyone. He was 90 when he passed, but he will always be with us.

Again, your new garage is beautiful. As the subdivision develops, it won't look "added on". Landscaping will take care of alot of that, too.

Chris (markviii)

 

[MadMechMaster]

I think that it bears mentioning; post #44 by Autoist just spooked me. Rest In Peace

No one knows what we have left. Carpe Diem

 

[Abodyracer]

I think that it bears mentioning; post #44 by Autoist just spooked me. Rest In Peace

No one knows what we have left. Carpe Diem

Good point. I'm reminded this same thing everytime I see one of his posts.

I'm also reminded about a line by Tim Robbins in Shawshank Redemption. "Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dieing"