Good Bye my friend

[woolybugger141]

Well demolition has begun, you served me well, kept me somewhat dry and somewhat warm, but it is time for a new generation. Here are some pics, i have patiently waited for this day for sometime.

 

[Mikea57]

Looks like a trusty steed. Good luck in the project. Do you have any drawings of what's going to replace it?

Mike

 

[woolybugger141]

Thx Mike for the encouragement! no drawings but it is going to be the same size 22x26 8ft. garage door and should have close to 10ft ceilings. i am working on strict town code to height, so i am going with a pre fab struss 4 12 pitch. otherwise stick building the roof with attic gets me into the variance process. Plus alot more money! I will keep the pics going along, thank goodness for the warmup here near Niagara Falls N.Y that has really helped.

 

[woolybugger141]

A little problem with permit this morning. So demo began later in the day than expected. Hopefully tommorrow demo will be complete and cleaned, I'm tryin!!! keeping fingers crossed also for good weather, never know could have 7ft of snow by morning the way this year has been going.

 

[drmoonshine]

A little problem with permit this morning. So demo began later in the day than expected. Hopefully tommorrow demo will be complete and cleaned, I'm tryin!!! keeping fingers crossed also for good weather, never know could have 7ft of snow by morning the way this year has been going.

Yea snow has been crazy this year. What made you decide to start in february?

 

[woolybugger141]

Yeah starting in february is insane but a really good friend of mine is a contractor, he's doing the build. the price was too good not to do it in feb.

 

[woolybugger141]

Weathers holding up nice. Here's a couple pics, tried to get a water shot kind of hard to see. that is the niagara river about 5miles before the falls. the house across the river is grand island really nice place to live.

 

[LocoCoco]

Yeah, that garage looks like it's lived some years. Any idea when it was built?


LC.

 

[woolybugger141]

From historic pics the garage started off as a chicken coop around 1925. Then previous owners did makeshift construction to make it a garage. The funny thing is the garage( if you call that) would probably never of fell down.

 

[woolybugger141]

well old man winter showed his face again, would of liked a few more days of the mild weather we had. After a good inspection of the block after the demo, i decided it definately needs replaced. Initally i thought i could get away with some pointing work. Atleast the dog likes the snow i'm getting tired of it.

 

[woolybugger141]

snow and block work! can't get any better than this. well summer would be nice.

 

[4StarCstms]

I can see why your having to replace the block - Looking forward to following your build

 

[woolybugger141]

Thx, the weather was great, when we had the lumber delivered and then a snow storm. I guess the weatherman is projecting 6 to 12 inches of fresh snow for tonight. the block was really old, the good mix with the pebbles in it.

 

[green.bubbly]

I started my garage and home now because it is unbearably hot in Louisiana during the summer. I am hoping I can have the house enclosed and AC up and running before it gets too hot.

Keep us update with plenty of pics.

 

[dumb as a stump]

woolybugger where are you Im in niagara on the lake nice to hear of some one near by.good luck

 

[woolybugger141]

Love niagara on the lake nice area. I am in tonawanda and looking at it snow right now ughhh. Do you ever come across for the concerts at artpark

 

[woolybugger141]

After a few days of not being able to lay the block, due to cold weather. the temps finally reached 30's and i was able to get the block down. It is all complete so hopefully in 2 days the framing will start.

 

[woolybugger141]

Finally got some nice days in and good progress! Can't wait to move all my stuff inside.

 

[Falcon67]

Going to me nice - harsh weather. I'll quit complaining about ours.

 

[woolybugger141]

garage is complete minus electrical. the wiring will have to wait till the ground thaws. i got alot of great ideas from many different posts. thx fellow GJ'ers.

 

[woolybugger141]

just some pics of build, the liftmaster belt driven opener and insulated door are great. would highly recommend them. put front and rear man doors in garage.

 

[woolybugger141]

for some reason i can only upload 2 pics at a time. Put a heavy duty shelf completely around the inside at 8ft tall. still have to put a lip on the shelfs and braces for the scaffolding.

 

[woolybugger141]

undecided if i should go 100amp or 60amp. dont do that much welding so i'm thinking 60

 

[Painter123]

you can never have enough power
100 sounds like a good even number to me