Above 1200 Sq/FT Garage Refurb®

[Kevin54]

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Nice job!! That really added to things and makes the drive look a lot better.

Where is your downspout running to? I see in one pic that you have a piece of corrugated pipe on it.

 

[NUTTSGT]

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Where is your downspout running to? I see in one pic that you have a piece of corrugated pipe on it.

Thanks Kevin.

The down spout drains into a tile that runs along the inside of the retaining wall. I have it going back into a piece of down spout and pokes out in the first course of the retaining wall blocks on the front. You can't really see it in the picture.

 

[Kevin54]

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LOL. I thought you were on the other side of the state. Hell, you're closer than I thought.


Heck, you can hit up both Columbus and Dayton CL. Even a trip up to the Lima area wouldn't be bad on 75.

I will be headed up north towards your way tomorrow. I'm buying a shear off of a guy and have to pick it up tomorrow.

 

[NUTTSGT]

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Up my way? Where about ?

 

[Kevin54]

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Up my way? Where about ?

Up to Grafton.

 

[rieferman]

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Hey Eric, Looking really nice! I have a retaining wall project that I need to tackle, and seeing your successful result may just have given me the confidence I need to give it a shot!

 

[PhantomEB]

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I love the retaining wall as well the pavers to the shed. Little things like that sure make an impression! ***** I got a skateboarder of a kid.. he will shred a retaining wall like that if I ever did something like that!

 

[NUTTSGT]

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Hey Eric, Looking really nice! I have a retaining wall project that I need to tackle, and seeing your successful result may just have given me the confidence I need to give it a shot!

Thanks, It was an fairly easy build, the tree roots causing me the most heartache. Since I chose the blocks that I did and their shape, it took a little extra work making sure the right angles were good. You shouldn't have any problems though, you have figured enough things out before with your barn.

I love the retaining wall as well the pavers to the shed. Little things like that sure make an impression! ***** I got a skateboarder of a kid.. he will shred a retaining wall like that if I ever did something like that!

I appreciate the compliments. Luckily, my kids are old enough and the granddaughter is only 18 months so no worry about skateboards here.

 

[JC23]

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Nice work, as usual!

 

[Kevin54]

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Eric.....If I knew what route you were on, I would have swung by yesterday. I wasn't too far from you place as I came back 4 instead of 71. So I was only a stones throw. I might be headed back up there in the next month or so. If I do I'll swing by. I might have me another piece of machinery to buy.

 

[NUTTSGT]

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Kevin, I live directly on St Rt 98. Bucyrus, where I work is on St Rt 4, 98, 19. 100 and US 30. You probably passed right through Bucyrus if you came back on Rt 4.

 

[hippie2cams]

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just finished, wow what a thread. You're going to have the best garage in Ohio with the quality of work you do. Keep up that work ethic it can do you no harm. I really need to get started again after a health break. I have a lot of projects that should have been done by now but that's not the way it happens sometime. I am impressed by your build and you inspire me to get busy. Thank you

 

[NUTTSGT]

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Nice work, as usual!

Thank you good sir.

just finished, wow what a thread. You're going to have the best garage in Ohio with the quality of work you do. Keep up that work ethic it can do you no harm. I really need to get started again after a health break. I have a lot of projects that should have been done by now but that's not the way it happens sometime. I am impressed by your build and you inspire me to get busy. Thank you

Thank you for the compliment. It might be a nice garage but there are many more that are much nicer than mine. I'm glad you enjoyed the thread and good luck with projects and your health.

 

[xjjeepman]

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Looks great Eric! Some more details on the brick pavers in front of the shed would be appreciated. I need to do the same thing in front of my shed but never thought of brick pavers. Good idea. What are the borders and base composed of? Any cement used? thx

 

[NUTTSGT]

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Looks great Eric! Some more details on the brick pavers in front of the shed would be appreciated. I need to do the same thing in front of my shed but never thought of brick pavers. Good idea. What are the borders and base composed of? Any cement used? thx

The bricks came from my parents, who IIRC got them from the old county home when it was tore down.

I dug down a little bit to try to create a taper from the ground level up to the concrete floor of the shed. The base underneath is screenings with dust I got from the local quarry. Once the screenings were tamped in place, I laid out the bricks from a rough drawing I had made up.

I moved the center bricks around a few times trying to decide which way looked best. Once I had that finished, I bought some edging from HD, see link below for a larger box of what I bought.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Valley-V...wn-Edging-RD-60/100058957?N=bx74#.UZFrpqKG2og

Once the edging was staked in place, I mixed up some sand and portland cement. JimVonBaden mentioned a ration in his paver thread. I believe the ration I used was 1 part cement to 5 parts sand. The gaps were filled and lightly tamped down adding more until everything seemed "tight." It was then swept off and I allowed it to draw moisture naturally for a few days until it rained.

So far, everything seems fine. I back filled the edging with some dirt and tossed out some grass seed.

 

[xjjeepman]

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Thx for the details!

 

[NUTTSGT]

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Thx for the details!

No problem, glad to help.

 

[NUTTSGT]

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Not much going on but I picked up a few things for the garage.

I'm getting ready to build a set of night stands, so following the rule, every project gets a new tool, I picked up a few.

I've been wanting a woodworking vise, so that was the first thing. It's a Pony 7" that came from Menard's. I thought I might need another set of pipe clamps too. I knew it would be a shorter set so I went with some half inch instead of the 3/4" ones. Then I grabbed a doweling jig.

Another good thing about the 1/2" clamps is that I still had black pipe from my airline project left over. Close enough of a match for me.

I just need to figure out how I'm going to mount the vise to my worktable.

 

[Vernmotor]

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well I like that rule LOL

 

[timbitca]

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The retaining wall looks great! Just like everything else!

 

[NUTTSGT]

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well I like that rule LOL

I figure if you're doing it yourself, you're saving money. If you're doing it yourself, you need the proper tool to do the job.. . .so you're doing it yourself and saving money, basically makes the tool free.

The retaining wall looks great! Just like everything else!

Thanks.

 

[IONH]

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Eric, I like your retaining wall! Looks really great. Do you plan on filling it with dirt or just leaving it at ground level? Did you glue the stones together so no one can push them over if you're not planning on filling behind?

I also like your shed entry. I did the same thing with some spare pavers a few years ago with my shed. I guess I hybrid'd what you did with the cinder blocks as the gray border ones have cinder blocks below and the gray blocks are construction adhesive'd to them.

Best shot I had of the ramp completed (Fall 2011).


Finished shot with siding the following spring (Spring 2012).

 

[NUTTSGT]

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Eric, I like your retaining wall! Looks really great. Do you plan on filling it with dirt or just leaving it at ground level? Did you glue the stones together so no one can push them over if you're not planning on filling behind?

I also like your shed entry. I did the same thing with some spare pavers a few years ago with my shed. I guess I hybrid'd what you did with the cinder blocks as the gray border ones have cinder blocks below and the gray blocks are construction adhesive'd to them.

Best shot I had of the ramp completed (Fall 2011).


Finished shot with siding the following spring (Spring 2012).

Those look great and thanks. I didn't glue them as nobody should be messing with them. . . .grown kids. I also did back fill and made the dirt level with the sidewalk. It has grass planted and it's growing quite well. Soon as it goes to seed for the first time, I'll mow it.

 

[IONH]

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Those look great and thanks. I didn't glue them as nobody should be messing with them. . . .grown kids. I also did back fill and made the dirt level with the sidewalk. It has grass planted and it's growing quite well. Soon as it goes to seed for the first time, I'll mow it.

I glued them because they were at the edges and I was planning on moving large equipment into it (motorcycles, tractor, etc). As you can see in the center picture, the field (red) stones have sunk as the cinder blocks holding the gray isn't going anywhere. I need to pull them all up and add some more dirt eventually.. before my tractor bottoms out and completely destroys the sill of the DIY 6 foot doors.

 

[NUTTSGT]

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I glued them because they were at the edges and I was planning on moving large equipment into it (motorcycles, tractor, etc). As you can see in the center picture, the field (red) stones have sunk as the cinder blocks holding the gray isn't going anywhere. I need to pull them all up and add some more dirt eventually.. before my tractor bottoms out and completely destroys the sill of the DIY 6 foot doors.

The pavers I did mix some portland cement with regular sand to hold them in place. Then there's a border staked on the edges. I hope it holds as most of what goes in/out is basically foot traffic.

 

[IONH]

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The pavers I did mix some portland cement with regular sand to hold them in place. Then there's a border staked on the edges. I hope it holds as most of what goes in/out is basically foot traffic.

Cement with the sand, I've never heard or thought of doing that. Sounds interesting. Downside could be if the base weren't tamped enough, you may have a somewhat solid slab of dirt to add to.

 

[NUTTSGT]

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Cement with the sand, I've never heard or thought of doing that. Sounds interesting.

I took that from Jimvonbaden's paver driveway thread. It's what his BIL uses for commerical applications.

 

[IONH]

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I took that from Jimvonbaden's paver driveway thread. It's what his BIL uses for commerical applications.

What did you use for a mix ratio? How many inches of sand?

 

[NUTTSGT]

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What did you use for a mix ratio? How many inches of sand?

Underneath I used some tamped screenings and followed that with some sand that was leveled off. Once the bricks were in place, I mixed 4 parts sand with 1 part portland cement. That is what between the bricks, I didn't use it underneath.

 

[rharman]

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Slip a couple of PVC connectors (or short pipe lengths) over those pipes - so they'll float along the length. It'll help prevent marring of your material when you use them.

 

[IONH]

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Underneath I used some tamped screenings and followed that with some sand that was leveled off. Once the bricks were in place, I mixed 4 parts sand with 1 part portland cement. That is what between the bricks, I didn't use it underneath.

OH, I used polymeric sand for between my pavers which probably works similarly to your mix.

 

[NUTTSGT]

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I finally got one thing finished today. I mounted the woodworking vise on/in my worktable.

Since I painted it black, it was about impossible to see pencil marks. I solved that by using masking tape and laying it out.

Then I drilled a few holes and broke out the saw. I wish I would have realized that the vise was not square and would have cut the hole to match the vise.

Vise mounted and ready for use.

 

[Kevin54]

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I finally got one thing finished today. I mounted the woodworking vise on/in my worktable.

Vise mounted and ready for use.

I used to have a woodworking vise like that and for the life of me I can find it I'll have to pick another one up somewhere. I still don't have my large Desmond Stephens vise mounted yet. I almost pulled the trigger and started drilling some holes, but then I started thinking about making a stand, and mount it over by my mill and lathe. Then use a receiver hitch so I could either have my vise mounted, or to mount my grinder on.

 

[NUTTSGT]

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I used to have a woodworking vise like that and for the life of me I can find it I'll have to pick another one up somewhere. I still don't have my large Desmond Stephens vise mounted yet. I almost pulled the trigger and started drilling some holes, but then I started thinking about making a stand, and mount it over by my mill and lathe. Then use a receiver hitch so I could either have my vise mounted, or to mount my grinder on.

The one I bought is nothing high dollar, it's a Pony that came from Menard's.

http://www.menards.com/main/tools-h...tools/7-woodworkers-vise/p-1442507-c-9135.htm

 

[G20-Budo]

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Eric,

I'm fairly new here at GJ, and I only found your thread today. I read through the entire thread from beginning to end.. WOW. I must say you did a great job, really. I like the improvements you made to the house (the porch and the stairs for your wife) and all of the work you've done to the garage.

I have a retractable hose that has been sitting off to the side for a good 5 years that I want to install now. For along time I had heard others tell me to just install a "soft" hose line. So basically just route some air line hose to the site I want to attach the retractable hose, but after seeing what you did, I really do want to run a hard line. The stands off's, and painting the pipe and the stand off's looks so professional.

Thank you for sharing with us all. I really enjoyed the journey.

 

[firecracker]

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Do you guys put timber on the face of your vice to soften the grip on the work piece.

 

[Kevin54]

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The one I bought is nothing high dollar, it's a Pony that came from Menard's.

http://www.menards.com/main/tools-h...tools/7-woodworkers-vise/p-1442507-c-9135.htm

Nice!!! Is the black piece that slides up and down a threaded piece so that when you pull it up, you can slide the vise jaw in and out without turning the handle? Quick release is what I want to say I guess

 

[duggie]

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Do you guys put timber on the face of your vice to soften the grip on the work piece.

That's normally what people do. It's more to stop getting any vise marks on the wood.

 

[efoster01]

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Nice!!! Is the black piece that slides up and down a threaded piece so that when you pull it up, you can slide the vise jaw in and out without turning the handle? Quick release is what I want to say I guess

I believe the black handle you speak of raises a tab so that you can clamp a sheet on the surface if you have another vise on the opposite side of the table.

 

[NUTTSGT]

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Do you guys put timber on the face of your vice to soften the grip on the work piece.

I haven't made a set yet but I probably will make some blocks for it. We had them in many years ago in high school.