Justintiime's Garage/Loft build thread!

[justintiime]

ran into a bunch of snags on the homefront. Due to existing covenants in my subdivision, I cannot put up my 21x24 building I wanted.

Thats OK though! I ended up picking up another 65 Oldsmobile Starfire


And the 21x24 won't fit it inside, because it would have been full already.

So! I bought a prefab steel building from www.worldwidesteelbuildings.com and will put it at my shop! Its going to be much larger, at 30x40! I am going to have 4 8' overhead doors, a full concrete slab, and electricity at some point.

The building is being delivered on October 16th. I'm going to have to put up very soon after its delivered.

Pics to follow!

 

[justintiime]

My building has been delivered! They did mix up the colors. I wanted grey walls and white roof, but they mixed that up Still waiting to see what they will do.

Excavation has begun at my shop to help level the parking lot to fix some drainage issues. A lot of the dirt has been put at the back of the shop for the pad for the garage and carport.

Here is the parking lot


I will have more pictures tomorrow.

 

[R'Addiction]

Keep us posted. We may have to swing by in May when we go to the Poker Run at SML!

 

[justintiime]

Well I showed up to my shop today, and the contractor was here unloading some equipment



Here is my steel building, hiding in my carport


We broke ground today!


They hope to have everything formed by Wednesday, and the concrete poured Thursday. I'm excited!

 

[justintiime]

Footers dug, vapor barrier installed. Rebar is being put in the footers today





Going to be bigger than I imagined

 

[justintiime]

And we have footers!

 

[j p smith]

Very nice project, love the Olds. I hope to visit Smith Mountain Lake next year. Have a friend that has a B & B at the airport.

 

[justintiime]

enjoy the lake if you come!

 

[justintiime]

Rebar installed, ready for the slab. Was supposed to be today but it was too wet....will resume in a couple days

 

[justintiime]

Finally got a break in the weather, and was able to pour the slab yesterday

 

[sean Buick 76]

Hi Justin,

I do not know how I missed this thread, but I enjoyed reading through all of it!

I too have had my stressful times with waiting for a pro fabricator to build a turbo kit, intake manifold, roll cage etc....

It cost a ton of money, but less $ than me buying $**,000 in tools and equipment and learning to use it all....

Very cool projects, keep us posted!

 

[justintiime]

Thanks for the kind words. Kind of hard to believe its almost been a year since I picked my car up from having all that work done!

Here is some more progress: the steel is going up as I type. The lumber place will be bringing materials today or tomorrow. The rest of the project should happen very quickly.

 

[justintiime]

End of day progress


Tomorrow the framing and roof should be done

 

[Slingshot Engage]

Was this car in a magazine before?

http://backissues.com/issue/Hot-Rod-August-2002

 

[justintiime]

No, but that magazine came out the week I got my car, and I read that issue a million times dreaming about what I want to do with my car

It was in a magazine recently, kinda. It was going to be in GM High Tech, but they got shut down. The staff started their own website, and they featured my story there:

http://www.gm-efi.com/features/car-feature-perfect-formula/

 

[justintiime]

 

[vonhef]

Sweet! I know your excited with the progress.

 

[justintiime]

Full day of work Tuesday, half day Wednesday, and half day Friday. This should be enough to get all the walls up and insulation installed. Last week of the month should be trimming out doors and possibly putting in some windows. Hope to have it all done by the end of the month. I want to move out of my storage building!

 

[Slingshot Engage]

No, but that magazine came out the week I got my car, and I read that issue a million times dreaming about what I want to do with my car

It was in a magazine recently, kinda. It was going to be in GM High Tech, but they got shut down. The staff started their own website, and they featured my story there:

http://www.gm-efi.com/features/car-feature-perfect-formula/

I also must have read it 100 times. It was probably one of the best hot rods ever

 

[justintiime]

exterior walls were going up yesterday. It's looking like a building! Most if not all the walls should be done today.

 

[justintiime]

this wall is done


Front wall is left, then some interior bracing, then its done!

 

[uniballer]

Very nice!

 

[justintiime]

Garage construction is complete! I had 4 loads of gravel added to the front and side of the building so now I have MUCH more drive space. Garage doors are ordered. Just doing a standard 8x8 insulated overhead sectional. I should be able to move in by the end of the month!

 

[justintiime]

Doors are on. Not bad for $500 per door, installed! Power company comes tomorrow for an estimate to run power

 

[J-man67]

Re: Justintiime's 24X32 Garage/ 12X32 Loft build thread!

Beautiful

 

[justintiime]

thanks. I'm glad its DONE! Its all full of cars now lol

 

[Z06Joe]

Great build! Between the garage the car. Any updates?

 

[DP121]

Just got my Smoke Signals magazine and saw the OP's Formula in there. Congrats to you justintime!!

 

[justintiime]

hah, thanks! I was SUPER happy to get it featured I'm having a company in Florida called In The News prfessionally mount it on 2 huge pieces of wood, to hang in my main garage at my home