Gus's Garage

[gussteve]

Well here we go, finally figured out that i had to upload pics to imigur to shrinkem to get em on here.So heres how it looked after breaking out the chain saw,and partner saw to the measly building that was here when i bought the place.

paid concrete guys to grade and gravel then called of couple of my buddies over for pizza and beers,and radiant of coarse

thats me laying it out ,got four zones within a couple feet of difference in length,and equal outside wall coverage after a few pieces of graph paper.

i recommend every build have a guy holding a beer and the mascot trusty dog to watch and make sure everythings goin smooth ,lost that dog miss her.

go guys go

it has a nice 1/4 pitch per 10' for the melted snow to roll right out the door and works great,only reason i had pro s do it .The pad is 30'x 30''I'll do my driveway but the foundation was to important for me to take on.

 

[gussteve]

Got her framed and mostly sheeted on the weekend.no time for pics i was busy.


trusses up the next weekend,and sheeted.rock n roll goin broke.In my town the biggest you can go is 720 sq. ft and 18' to the peak,if you measure it i got em by a quarter inch on the cap shingles.3 12 pitchreal flat up top. 5/8 ply and ice+watershielded the whole roof.i had to make a porch out front for 6' so the inside of the garage is 720 sq. inside.I love the porch though i lined it later with cedar t+g(Lot of o.t. that summer),looks awesome and keeps the grill and patio gear out of the elements. I'll take some more photo s as i go,now its time to go pull some wire out there.

inside lookin out from my cousin pats 30th birthday party at my place.

 

[ConCretin]

Looks like you guys are havin a good time. If you're gonna work hard you might as well enjoy it. Keep us posted.

 

[ADSR]

love the "big hose" shot! lol

 

[gussteve]

so here's what she looks like as of right now

in this one you can see the two 1 1/4 outdoor electric coming in the wall
i actually have my underground gas fitting in the one on the left with a 90 aimed into the garage,it was tight but i like the look.

and here's a shot of the cedar front porch still needs to be trimmed out

wow these pics came out huge off my phone.
well i'm going to go back out there and get back to pulling wire

 

[gussteve]

Looks like you guys are havin a good time. If you're gonna work hard you might as well enjoy it. Keep us posted.

we sure do ,only way to be

 

[Stuart in MN]

Your name makes me think of the old Gus Wilson Model Garage stories they used to print in Popular Science.

http://www.gus-stories.org/