pogobill's garage

[pogobill]

Had a blast building my garage and it's one of the first buildings I think I ever built. Since this is the Garage Journal I thought I might just start this thread and as a journal of my antics here on the farm building my outbuildings.
I've thown up a horse shelter as a warm up a while back, then as we cleared the land and fenced for horses we made provisions for building a barn and a garage. I'd like to chronicle the garage build with the idea to share my experiences with anyone that's interested, and perhaps pick up a few pointers for my next build. If I don't get the boot for boring the membership of the GJ maybe I'll take a run at showing you all the barn build. I have one more project in the future, and that would be a run in shed / garage for my tractors and such so I'll sure look forward to some thoughts and ideas on that.
So, to get started, my wife and I retired to a little 80 acre parcel in the French River area of Ontario. The place had a house and a shed out back, but that was about it.

A great place to park my tractors and work on my collection! Hadn't mentioned this to the little woman yet, by the way.
The first order of business to get the garage underway, was to get the clearing and clean up done in preparation for laying out the garage and the barn as well.

The backhoe was invaluable at getting the work done. We dug down til we found a firm base then back filled and compacted in quite a few loads of 6 inch material then carried on up with the gravel. Weeping tiles were also layed in for drainage and the pad was brought up slightly above grade to keep the run off out of the garage.

Next order of business was to layout the garage, build the forms and pour the 36 x 36 slab on grade. Once the concrete set we built the cement block knee wall to allow me a 10 ceiling height with 8' lumber. More importantly the block knee wall is a great barrier to keep the water and snow well away from the lumber and siding.

Well, the construction is well underway, and I've maxed out my allotment for pictures. I'll stop by again and continue with my saga.
Cheers
Bill

 

[xtremek]

Those are some sweet tractors, Bill.

 

[ADSR]

great start!

 

[Bib Overalls]

T Shirt weather in Ontario? I'm still wearing sweatshirts and I am a thousand miles south of you. Or maybe you are just tough.

 

[Jon In Tucson]

Bill,
Good start and I also like the tractors. Tell us about the Ford with the track system. where was it used? God bless.
Jon In Tucson

 

[pogobill]

Back again with another installment. But first I should clear up the fact that the garage is done, I just thought I walk through the process of my build.
Hello Jon In Tucson The tractor with the tracks was initially used by a school teacher to groom trails around the area that he lived, so that kids could cross country ski, snow shoe and the like. I bought the tractor to help me clear some of this property I bought a few years back. It's worked pretty good for skidding logs out of the bush. The only thing is it doesn't like to go backwards very much. The small bogie wheels at the front of the tracks keep the tractor riding up on the snow.
As far as the garage goes, I pretty much only utilized my Case tractor with the FEL. Once the blocks were layed I did the rest of the build myself. The Case was invaluable in allowing me to do that. The walls were built on the floor and lifted into place with the Case

Once the back and two sides were up, I started installing the roof trusses. The tractor with the crane on the boom hauled the trusses to the garage, lifted and held them in place, which allowed me to get up top and fasten them in place!

The back twelve feet of the garage has a 10' ceiling and will be a paint shop / warehouse area some day.

The front 24 feet has a vaulted ceiling that will hopefully one day accommodate a car lift of some sort.

The last picture here shows the trusses complete and the front wall framed up.

I hope you guys are enjoying the thread so far, and that I'm not being a bore. I really enjoy reading the other threads in the Gallery forum. Lots of great work!
Cheers until next time

 

[kmoon]

Very Nice

 

[pogobill]

Last installment. Figured I better wrap this up.
I did the roof, board and batten and the stain to match the house. A part from the framing, all the lumber was picked up at the saw mill down the road from my place.



Once the building was weather proof, I got started on the man cave project. I tried to imitate a old time gas station I remember as a kid. The "garage" section on the left of the mancave is the tool crib, and the right section is my office and a place to sit and had a brew at the end of the day! I built the bench and the drafting table in the tool crib on casters so that I can move them around the shop if needed. I am thinking of putting some matching laminate flooring on top of the bench to make it a lot easier to wipe clean.



Toolcrib.................................... Lounge...........................Office


And as a finally, I rounded up all the rocks we had dug up excavating for buildings and clearing for pastures and used a lot of them up backfilling and landscaping around the shop. Lots of rocks around here! I did the same thing around the barn I built and I still have tons of them left!



Well that's pretty much it. Maybe a few pictures in the future as I make changes and add equipment. Maybe I'll throw up a couple of pictures of the barn I built. Great for the critters and a good spot to park the tractors!
Cheers.

 

[Jazz1]

Great shop in a very beautiful area. The pine is a nice touch.

 

[pogobill]

Thanks Jazz1. It is a great area here, we do enjoy it. The pine is from a local saw mill and 5 miles down the road. I use it for everything I do around here. Built the barn out of it, and I ran a bunch of 1 x 12's through my planer and used it for the lower walls of the man cave, and built the interior window frames out of it, as well as the window and door trim. My latest project was a filing cabinet for my office made out of the rough 1 x 12's. It turned out ok..... as long as you are not looking to build fancy furniture.
We have a lot of big pines around here so consequently, we refer to our place as the "Big Pine Ranch"!
Here's a picture of the front yard



The garage in the winter


And one of my favorites, one of our horses, Mystie, out in the back pasture in January.

 

[NES]

Cool garage. What a cool looking place that you have. I really dig those tractors that you have.

 

[pogobill]

Cool garage. What a cool looking place that you have. I really dig those tractors that you have.

Thanks NES, I have fun with my tractors.

The only one missing from the photo is a recent purchase of a 1949 Minneapolis Moline RTU.

 

[madoc1]

i sure will following this, if for nothing else for the tractors..used to have a 1939 a farmall and then an 1949 ford 9n. miss them.

jim

 

[Sunbimmer]

This is fantastic.......

I'm doing something similar in my garage.

Thanks for sharing

 

[pogobill]

Thanks Sunbimmer! Sure would be nice to see what yo are up to.