cccoltsicehockey
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They are really making progress now. Looking good.
Above 1200 Sq/FT New Mountain Garage
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
I have been thinking about this. At first I was thinking linoleum then trashed that idea. It would get damaged to easily when rolling workbenches and machines around. I ran through different ideas but finally decided that I would just paint it. The subfloor is 1 1/8" OSB so it's pretty beefy. I think it will just be an oil base floor paint.
yeah, the team is two guys. They just kick ***. It's fun to watch them work because they are so organized. They are thinking way ahead when they are doing anything. Of course they have been doing it for awhile too. Today they sheeted the whole roof, installed the Ice and Water underlayment for the roof, sheeted the side walls of the top floor and started to frame the end walls for the top floor. They are almost ready to start on the metal roofing and siding, depending on weather.
royalton10
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Can't wait to see more pictures, great looking project!
Tynee
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That makes sense. Seems like a sensible, cost-effective solution. I thought you might go with something like a rustic grade hardwood, or reclaimed barn wood if it's available in your area.
cccoltsicehockey
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What about painting it and then some of those heavy duty gym rubber mats over it? Or Stahl mats? Not sure what the point load weight handling of those are though.
I have most of my stuff on rollers. That might change since I have more room in the new shop than in the old shop however. Rubber mat would be great for the back but not so good for rolling a table saw or work bench on.
I do have a supplier that makes rough cut lumber that I could make flooring out of. I was planning on using some of the same lumber for the storage doors and trim. I made trim for our picture window, the rail around the stair case and our mantle from that same lumber. Their prices are pretty reasonable. I might do that as another project later on after the build is done. Good idea. Thanks.
rzims
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very cool project...following along
Update time. The guys are were going to wrap the garage in Tyvek today but the winds are gusting above 60MPH to that's not going to get done today and probably not tomorrow. They took the day off. The metal siding and roofing is going to get ordered tomorrow. They will probably start on it next week.
Bottom floor stairs
Top floor (wood shop) looking towards the front of the building.
Top floor (wood shop) side storage. Those openings are storage on the sides of the shop. It's about 5'X34' on each side.
This is a look out the back doors on the second floor.
Bottom floor stairs
Top floor (wood shop) looking towards the front of the building.
Top floor (wood shop) side storage. Those openings are storage on the sides of the shop. It's about 5'X34' on each side.
This is a look out the back doors on the second floor.
Tynee
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This is going to be such a great shop.
Still bleeding money.
Major work on the new driveway in the back of the garage, grading and backfill being done. They are going to dig trenches for power and propane line today also.
They started to Tyvek the outside.
We decided to change the siding from metal to Hardie Sierra cement siding. It matches the siding on the house better, it's still fireproof and it's a lot cheaper. The color will match the house now. We can also change the color later if we want.
Existing punch list:
Dirt work
Roofing
Siding/paint
Electrical
Propane tank and heaters
Insulation
Concrete apron
Sheetrock
Tear down old garage
Major work on the new driveway in the back of the garage, grading and backfill being done. They are going to dig trenches for power and propane line today also.
They started to Tyvek the outside.
We decided to change the siding from metal to Hardie Sierra cement siding. It matches the siding on the house better, it's still fireproof and it's a lot cheaper. The color will match the house now. We can also change the color later if we want.
Existing punch list:
Dirt work
Roofing
Siding/paint
Electrical
Propane tank and heaters
Insulation
Concrete apron
Sheetrock
Tear down old garage
rzims
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Coming along nicely! I can imagine cutting the hill away was a huge undertaking, but having access to the second floor from the backside is a really nice feature.
Love the barn look, but then again I'm biased as that's a larger version of what we did with our metal building.
Love the barn look, but then again I'm biased as that's a larger version of what we did with our metal building.
My original plan was just a two story. The wife is to blame for the"monitor" style barn look on this garage. She absolutely put her foot down on that the new garage would not look like a two story box. By changing the style it cut off about 300 sq. ft. of working space but I still am able to sue that area on the sides of the second floor as storage.
The back area turned out to be a lot more than we originally thought but so has everything else.
Good luck on all this, you are certainly taking all this is stride much better than I could have. When I see all the hoops some of you guys in the northern and western part of the country have to jump thru just to build something it makes me appreciate living where I do (Georgia). I just completed my 40 by 60 stickbuilt without much of a hassle from the county.
Yeah, dealing with the county has been a challenge. The county next door (Weld County) is a lot easier to deal with. The difficulty and fees seem to increase with depending on which zoning ideologies one has to deal with. The more agricultural areas seem to be less draconian and nit picky in Colorado than the counties with larger population dense bases that seem to think people need more oversight (babysitting). I guess some folks think that since they don't have any common sense then nobody else does either. We seem to play to the lowest common denominator rather than let life weed out the stupidity.
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rzims
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Ha! we had the same discussion. I wanted the most square footage at the lowest cost, but got the exact same message...."I don't want a giant square box to look at every day"
Not a lot of progress lately. There was a delay in coordination between contractors.
The excavators did some backfill and some profiling on the road to the back of the garage. They also dug trenches for electrical and the propane tank.
There has been some wiring done. They will be back after the holidays to finish the rough wiring. When they get done we will be ready for a framing inspection.
The roof is on.
The framing contractor and I put the garage doors up and the other framing guy framed some of the inside stuff like the office on the bottom floor. The insulation contractor was supposed to stop by and give us a bid. He never showed up.
The excavators did some backfill and some profiling on the road to the back of the garage. They also dug trenches for electrical and the propane tank.
There has been some wiring done. They will be back after the holidays to finish the rough wiring. When they get done we will be ready for a framing inspection.
The roof is on.
The framing contractor and I put the garage doors up and the other framing guy framed some of the inside stuff like the office on the bottom floor. The insulation contractor was supposed to stop by and give us a bid. He never showed up.
cccoltsicehockey
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They got the garage doors in before the windows even. Wow
The build is progressing nicely.
The build is progressing nicely.
The wife insisted the garage doors get done before Christmas and we are still waiting on the windows to come in. We put them up to avoid the intense whining noise if we don't. It will probably save her life. I am cleaning floors for a late family Christmas and she keeps getting in the way. I love her dearly but she isn't my favorite person in the world right now.
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cccoltsicehockey
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Can't live with them can't live without them....
Dividing Creek
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Understand you dont want to take your former architect to court due to expense but bringing the matter up to your states Department of Professional & Occupational Regulation may bring you some satisfaction. My brother served as appointee on that board here under two different governors. They are there for just such ethical issues.
Funny I got the same message from my wife so I had to dress up the front of my shop to make it match the house.
rzims
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seems to be a theme here......
I am still thinking about it. Right now the wife has some health issues and the garage project has taken a lot longer and become a l more complicated than we thought it would, thanks to the former architect. I want to get the project done and see how her health issues go before I take on that fight however. I also know that life and God have a way of equaling things out in the end. He will eventually get his no matter what I do.
Things seem to be going slow but that is because the things that are getting done are the details and not big parts. The sheeting is about 60% done. The wiring is ready for the "rough electrical" inspection. The only thing that is keeping us from putting in for the framing inspection is the upstairs windows. They got two end windows installed but the roof has snow on it and the weather isn't cooperating. They need to get outside on the roof to install the four second floor side windows. We got the back roll up door installed and the garage door openers put up.
Things are moving forward. The garage is now insulated. The sheet rock starts going up on Monday. I have the heaters and pipe. The bottom floor can be installed anytime. The one upstairs can be installed once the drywall and paint are done. The folks that are supplying the windows screwed up the dimensions and those have to be done again. We get them on Friday except we are supposed to be getting a good amount of snow on Thursday. They can't install the windows if they can't get on the roof. I ordered all of the lights today.
The pics are a little blurred. Sorry about that. I am not the steadiest. I have tremors sometimes. It varies.
The pics are a little blurred. Sorry about that. I am not the steadiest. I have tremors sometimes. It varies.
Well, time for an update. The drywall is installed, taped and textured. The paint is done on the 2nd floor (except for the floor) and the 1st floor is almost done. The bottom floor heater is installed. We still need to install the top floor heater. We will seal the concrete floor next spring. The electricians are supposed to be here next week to install the lights, outlets, etc... The sheeting on the outside isn't quite finished yet but that will only take a couple of days. I will be moving in the week after next week hopefully. There are some finish tasks that need to be completed but we will get them done in the next couple of weeks. We are close to getting the final inspection done. I will post some pics this weekend.
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rzims
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It's going to be an an amazing space!
Finally got some pics. The electricians are supposed to be here this week sometime. All of the contractors working on this have been super to work with.
I already moved in the top floor sound system. This is temporary. I will figure out the placement of all the sound stuff later.
Top floor (Wood shop):
Bottom floor reloading room, stairs, storage, heater (the ceiling is not getting drywall):
Stairs, heater, under stairs storage and door for unheated 5'X10' storage space on right side:
Outside:
I already moved in the top floor sound system. This is temporary. I will figure out the placement of all the sound stuff later.
Top floor (Wood shop):
Bottom floor reloading room, stairs, storage, heater (the ceiling is not getting drywall):
Stairs, heater, under stairs storage and door for unheated 5'X10' storage space on right side:
Outside:
It's really coming together nicely and looks amazing.Finally got some pics. The electricians are supposed to be here this week sometime. All of the contractors working on this have been super to work with.
I already moved in the top floor sound system. This is temporary. I will figure out the placement of all the sound stuff later.
Top floor (Wood shop):
Bottom floor reloading room, stairs, storage, heater (the ceiling is not getting drywall):
Stairs, heater, under stairs storage and door for unheated 5'X10' storage space on right side:
Outside:
Is the bottom floor ceiling getting any covering? Around here the code wouldn't allow exposed electrical without conduit.
Thanks.
They won't either here. They used this shielded conduit wire in the whole project, even behind the drywall. It's also critter proof.
red
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Wow! What a sweet garage. Gotta be proud, super nice job!
Showed the better half . . . "No it's bigger than the house" and what's wrong with that?
Showed the better half . . . "No it's bigger than the house" and what's wrong with that?
Jayman17
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Very nice, jealous of that much space for a woodshop!Nolift911
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Great build - sorry about the hassles but it looks like its finally moving along....
mrbill55
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Fantastic job, glad that you are on the downward side of the build. Now the real fun can begin.
Bill S.
Bill S.
cccoltsicehockey
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Fantastic to see it all complete. You must be super excited to get things moved in and the shop space up and running now.