Indiana Dream Garage Build

[rgood10921]

Thanks to my hard working and loving wife, I am in the process of having a dream garage built 52'x'52'x24' tall. Bendpak lift is already here, just waiting for the garage to get completed. Thanks to all on the GJ forum for the inspiration to build this garage!

Garage is being built on our Basketball court, that is why we had to cut it to put in the footers for the load bearing wall. Will be pouring another concrete pad in front of it to put back the goals on -- my two girls are still playing ball for another few years

 

[rgood10921]

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[junk4dummies]

Living in the country in Indian is nice.
I have a fram 45 miles north of Indy goint up I 65.
You are very luck to have a nice shop.
I live in California and my daughter lives in my farm house.
I miss living there. I get back twice a year. My wife is form Australia and she lived in the cold once and will not do it again.

Hope you post photo's of the finished shop.

 

[rgood10921]

and more pics

 

[ejm1961Tbird]

52x52! How awesome is that?! Congratulations!

 

[85YotaMan]

Here we go! Excited to see this beast come together

 

[930dreamer]

Nice build.

 

[NXGTS]

That is one mamoth garage. Congrats from a fellow Hoosier!

 

[Red Leader]

That is a nice plot of land sir. Nice building taking shape too!

Good luck

 

[Nighttrain]

Great use of a basketball court. Not sure how you got the girls approval though, must have bribed them with "if I build this garage on your court I'll re-build some cool cars for you"

 

[rgood10921]

The girls think that they will now be able to play INDOORS all year long in the garage since the ceilings are 14' high + we are adding a 25'x52' concrete pad in front of the garage also..but the big sell..as you mentioned..was telling them that the garage was needed to do maintenance on their cars. All they heard was 'we are going to have a car!!' not a word of dissent from them since. My oldest will be getting her permit next year...no way she is getting a car new enough to be under warranty...so I know that I will be fixing cars for a while! Man I just can't wait for the garage to get under roof.

 

[cowboy73]

Dang! That's a big garage. Hello to another Hoosier! Looking good on the build. Keep us updated with the pics.

Tom

 

[93L#3008]

Whats the inside layout going to be and what do you plan to do with the upstairs? I'm looking to do 44x48 with 16' sidewalls and scissor trusses to make room for 10' basketball goal. Please keep us updated I will be following closely.

 

[mws444]

I love it! Great build!

 

[Zelatore]

As a former Hoosier (now living in California) I have to say it seems like the best use of a basketball court I've seen yet!

(now you can see why I'm a 'former' Hoosier!)

 

[rgood10921]

A little issue today on the build, the LVL headers were found to be undersized, they all have to be replaced with larger ones, but the framing crew will take care of that tomorrow and they were able to get most of the 2nd floor joists up. Roof attic trusses were delivered, driver got stuck in the yard, plenty of ruts to repair when this is all done, just wish the rain would hold off for a few more weeks, but rain in the forecast for the next 3 days.

 

[jimmie jam]

WOW, country living at its best. Beautiful build!

 

[rgood10921]

Re: Indiana Dream Garage Build is NO MORE!!

Mother Nature kicked our Southern Indiana arses this week. Storms and tornados everywhere, 4 local schools hit by tornados, towns all around destroyed..Pekin, Henryville and Marysville all gone...many homes destroyed and my DREAM GARAGE IS NO MORE...leveled to the ground...Mother Nature sure knows how to make a grown man cry...Thank God no one was hurt at our house, unfortunately many family and friends have lost homes today and some deaths have occurred...I pray I don't know any of them. Pray for the people in Southern Indiana today!

 

[Nighttrain]

Very sorry to hear of the damage and the loss of others up there. I have been watching the news today and have wondered if any felow Gj's have had damage. I hope that some of your lumber will be reuseable and back up in it's place.

 

[rgood10921]

More pics of the damage to my garage....I am hoping that the weather holds off for a while and I can get it tore apart and stacked. Not sure what the insurance is going to do for me yet. I am still hearing that more and more friends and my kids class mates have lost their homes...it is just total destruction here in Southern Indiana. Got to watch the tornados go by today, just got missed by the massive one that destroyed Henryville and Borden...feel lucky in a way

 

[red]

Sorry to hear what happen, just started reading your thread and was hoping nothing happen. Best part is that you and your family is OK. Garages can be replaced. Good Luck and best wishes!

 

[usafmora]

Im glad you guys are OK after the ones today, that was some scary sheit. If there is any thing I can do send me a PM.

 

[colt zantop]

awe man what a bummer! glad everyone is ok though...thats the most important thing...hopfully insurance will take care of this...

 

[64dragnwagon]

Sorry to hear that. I am sitting here in northeast TN and we have tornadoes all around us RIGHT NOW. Warning for another 2 hrs. I have a new pole building that was just erected a couple weeks ago. I hope it doesn't get damaged. It is insured but it would still ****. I would recommend to you to not go out there and start cleaning it up UNTIL THE INSURANCE INSPECTOR LOOKS AT IT. If you have to, call your ins. co. and ask if it is ok. I had tornado damage to a building last summer and my ins. told me not to do anything to the debris UNTIL I TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES.

 

[cowboy73]

Damn, man! That stinks about the garage getting hit. Glad that you and your family are all O.k. The destruction down there looks terrible. The tornados basically wiped some of those towns off of the map. It's gonna be a long time rebuilding. Thoughts and prayers for my fellow Hoosiers.

Tom

 

[NXGTS]

Sorry to hear about this. I've been watching it on the news all morning. Very sad to see and makes you realize how you are. Good luck and hopefully insurance will take care of you.

 

[3bay]

Sorry too see your damage Bud. I had a barn a few years ago that got blew down twice before we finally got it put up. So I've been there...done that! I know exactly what your feeling right now! You just got to pull up them boot straps and go to work, thats all one can do! Don't let it get you down cause you are right about being lucky, it could have been much worse. My moto is if we make it out alive everything is fine!

The tornadoes yesterday went just to the south of my property here. I said prayers for those in Henryville, Marysville and Chelsea that lost everything...very sad to watch footage of the total destruction of those little towns. God bless those that lost loved ones in the area.

 

[Bronson]

Really sorry about Your Garage, glad Your family is ok, that is the main thing. Good luck to all those affected by these storms.

 

[40standard]

in my neighborhood in Indianapolis, I was only allowed to build a 20x20 garage. something to due to a flood plain?

 

[c/o say]

Glad to hear that you are safe and sound don't worry about the garage it can be replaced lifes can't. My thoughts go out to those in southern IN.

 

[rburke65]

What more can we say......you guys are OK, and looks like, hopefully, most of the material can be salvaged. Good luck from Ohio.

 

[Niltusk]

Man, that really *****, hopefully everyones ok and insurance can help. I live near Lafayette and I've been sick, heard the winds, but until I turned on the TV earlier I had no idea what you guys were going through the last couple days. Good luck

 

[n2ocamaro]

Sorry to hear about your garage. Hopefully you can get it rebuilt. I used to live in Corydon, now Clarksville. Have been through Floyds Knobs many times.

 

[Drunken Yak inc]

I'm glad to hear you and your family are safe. I hope your insurance company doesn't try to screw around with you and that this is just a minor set back.

 

[Hotrod1959]

I hope you can recover and continue to build. May you have nothing but good days ahead......

 

[ckadams00]

rgood the good news is that you and your family are safe, and your garage wasn't really destroyed . . . just pushed over! I am sure you will be up and building again in not time.

 

[odie]

Sorry to hear about the garage. Glad to hear you and the family are safe.

 

[lonestarky]

Best of luck from central KY. Let me know if you need anything, we're relatively local.

 

[shopnut]

Glad to hear you and yours are okay.

Please don't let Mother Nature take away this dream of yours. Keep going! Years from now it will just look like a minor setback in the whole build process.

 

[FITO]

I'm reminded of your thread when the weather gets ugly, and I hope you are getting back on track.
I'm sure I'm not the only member waiting for your new and improved build.
Best of luck!