BJBjornson
New member
Hi , I own an 97 year old home which used to be a small working farm. The garage I have has a cement floor ,4x4 studs and a working garage door on one end. The reason for joining is to figure out through communicating and advice from those whom have been there and done that, how to expand my existing 1.5 car garage & shop to a 4 car garage which is longer and wider to accommodate more stuff.
the layout is like a capital L with a longer stall put in off the back of the old farm garage/shop building. compartmentalized, the bottom leg of the L has no open connection to the rest of the building.there are 2 stalls which sit 90* from the end room which is the existing 1.5 car garage.The roof is asphalt shingle and is nearing the end of its useful life. exception being again on the bottom building of the L it has steel roofing material.
all in all the configuration is cumbersome and largely old school as there are 2 enormous sliding wooden doors on a track of the 2 stall middle shop area, additionally ,the floor of the end garage sits 1.5 feet higher than the floor of the perpendicular stalls of the middle area, no cement floor in the bottom of the L . Where do I start ?
the layout is like a capital L with a longer stall put in off the back of the old farm garage/shop building. compartmentalized, the bottom leg of the L has no open connection to the rest of the building.there are 2 stalls which sit 90* from the end room which is the existing 1.5 car garage.The roof is asphalt shingle and is nearing the end of its useful life. exception being again on the bottom building of the L it has steel roofing material.
all in all the configuration is cumbersome and largely old school as there are 2 enormous sliding wooden doors on a track of the 2 stall middle shop area, additionally ,the floor of the end garage sits 1.5 feet higher than the floor of the perpendicular stalls of the middle area, no cement floor in the bottom of the L . Where do I start ?