Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
AZpilot,
Try this web site: EstateSales.net.
Best regards,
Scott
AZpilot,
Try this web site: EstateSales.net.
Best regards,
Scott
Above 1200 Sq/FT The Lone Beech Garage (60x46x16)
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Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Monday - June 27, 2016
We accepted a bid for hydro seeding last Friday and it looks like the work will not start until next week. That gave me a chance to deal with the house's well pump...
We had been having some issues with the house's water. We still generally had water but there was occasionally just a bit of air in the lines and the pressure seemed low much of the time. I spent most of the morning troubleshooting in the well house. After I had done my homework, I called our well plumbers and told them what I had found. The fellow that I was talking to indicated it was probably either the "controller" or the pump itself and indicated he would send someone out. The gentleman in the picture, half buried in the well house, showed up a couple of hours after my phone call. He worked for a while and then let me know it was the "controller" and he had one on his truck. He efficiently completed the job and handed me a bill.
The rest of the daylight hours were spent measuring the areas to be hydro seeded so that I could determine how much additional hose and sprinklers I was going to need to keep the grass seed moist enough to germinate.
This evening I went out to the Lone Beech Garage to empty another tube of SikaFlex. In this picture I'm laying out the painters tape on the last Control Joint in the Woodshop. It took a little less than half a tube to fill this Contol Joint.
The remainder of the tube was used to fill the Control Joint that went from the front of the building to the Tornado Shelter. Once again my wife was on hand for the application of the SikaFlex just in case I ran into a snag.
I'm pleased with the progress that was made on the building project today... not to mention the successful resolution of the well pump issue! Tomorrow I'll pick up hose and sprinklers from Home Depot as well as a couple more tubes of Sikaflex. I hope to get another 60 feet of Control Joint sealed up tomorrow as well.
Scott
Monday - June 27, 2016
We accepted a bid for hydro seeding last Friday and it looks like the work will not start until next week. That gave me a chance to deal with the house's well pump...
We had been having some issues with the house's water. We still generally had water but there was occasionally just a bit of air in the lines and the pressure seemed low much of the time. I spent most of the morning troubleshooting in the well house. After I had done my homework, I called our well plumbers and told them what I had found. The fellow that I was talking to indicated it was probably either the "controller" or the pump itself and indicated he would send someone out. The gentleman in the picture, half buried in the well house, showed up a couple of hours after my phone call. He worked for a while and then let me know it was the "controller" and he had one on his truck. He efficiently completed the job and handed me a bill.
The rest of the daylight hours were spent measuring the areas to be hydro seeded so that I could determine how much additional hose and sprinklers I was going to need to keep the grass seed moist enough to germinate.
This evening I went out to the Lone Beech Garage to empty another tube of SikaFlex. In this picture I'm laying out the painters tape on the last Control Joint in the Woodshop. It took a little less than half a tube to fill this Contol Joint.
The remainder of the tube was used to fill the Control Joint that went from the front of the building to the Tornado Shelter. Once again my wife was on hand for the application of the SikaFlex just in case I ran into a snag.
I'm pleased with the progress that was made on the building project today... not to mention the successful resolution of the well pump issue! Tomorrow I'll pick up hose and sprinklers from Home Depot as well as a couple more tubes of Sikaflex. I hope to get another 60 feet of Control Joint sealed up tomorrow as well.
Scott
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Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Tuesday - June 28, 2016
Today I made a run over to our local Home Depot and picked up some garden hose, 2 different kinds of sprinklers and some "Y" Hose Splitters. Tomorrow I'll try to set these purchases up and see what kind of coverage I get in preparation for the hydroseeding that is to take place next week.
We did get 2-tenths of an inch of rain this afternoon. This, along with the 6-tenths we got a couple of days ago, is a welcome bit of moisture before the seeding starts. A little more this week wouldn't hurt a thing!
I spent a good part of the time I had available to spend on the Lone Beech Garage cleaning up dust from last month's concrete grinding that had found its way on top of various horizontal surfaces. The biggest challenge was in the bathroom where dust from that operation had found its way into the bathroom vent fan. Another priority was the tops of the interior mini-split "heads".
Late afternoon - early evening I was able to prep another 60 feet of control joint and get another tube of SikaFlex into the joint.
I've got about another 150 feet of Control Joint to go so I'm about 2/3 done with this project.
Scott
Tuesday - June 28, 2016
Today I made a run over to our local Home Depot and picked up some garden hose, 2 different kinds of sprinklers and some "Y" Hose Splitters. Tomorrow I'll try to set these purchases up and see what kind of coverage I get in preparation for the hydroseeding that is to take place next week.
We did get 2-tenths of an inch of rain this afternoon. This, along with the 6-tenths we got a couple of days ago, is a welcome bit of moisture before the seeding starts. A little more this week wouldn't hurt a thing!
I spent a good part of the time I had available to spend on the Lone Beech Garage cleaning up dust from last month's concrete grinding that had found its way on top of various horizontal surfaces. The biggest challenge was in the bathroom where dust from that operation had found its way into the bathroom vent fan. Another priority was the tops of the interior mini-split "heads".
Late afternoon - early evening I was able to prep another 60 feet of control joint and get another tube of SikaFlex into the joint.
I've got about another 150 feet of Control Joint to go so I'm about 2/3 done with this project.
Scott
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drivesitfar
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Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
SB: I hope the hydro-seeding works well for you. i had one lawn done that way years ago and it ended up ok. the last few with sod seemed to end up a little thicker though, but i know your area is much larger than my little city yards are.
i bet your summers are a bit warm down there compared to Seattle (Pacific NW) when you used to live up here. they are not quite as cool the last few years as in years past and last summer we had maybe 2 whole months in July in August of temps in the 90's where it used to be rare to get a few days that hot.
it was about 85 here today which was plenty hot for me.
in case your wrists are getting overly sore from all the caulking you might try using a gyro for about 30 minutes or more a day and PM me for the link to the only US made ones i used to sell. i fixed 2 sprained wrists by using one and now have one of the best grips around and always use mine if any soreness shows up. i should use it everyday because it would really help this OLD AGE stuff that is happening to me.
good luck with the new grass.
SB: I hope the hydro-seeding works well for you. i had one lawn done that way years ago and it ended up ok. the last few with sod seemed to end up a little thicker though, but i know your area is much larger than my little city yards are.
i bet your summers are a bit warm down there compared to Seattle (Pacific NW) when you used to live up here. they are not quite as cool the last few years as in years past and last summer we had maybe 2 whole months in July in August of temps in the 90's where it used to be rare to get a few days that hot.
it was about 85 here today which was plenty hot for me.
in case your wrists are getting overly sore from all the caulking you might try using a gyro for about 30 minutes or more a day and PM me for the link to the only US made ones i used to sell. i fixed 2 sprained wrists by using one and now have one of the best grips around and always use mine if any soreness shows up. i should use it everyday because it would really help this OLD AGE stuff that is happening to me.
good luck with the new grass.
shortykorte
Well-known member
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Looks like the grass will be greener on the other side...of this weekend.
Keep on caulkin'
Looks like the grass will be greener on the other side...of this weekend.
Keep on caulkin'
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Thanks guys!
I'm not happy about trying to start grass this time of the year but that's the hand I've been dealt.
The ground will be green at least for a while. I think there's some green dye in the hydroseed mixture to help them see where they have applied the mix on the ground.
Caulking... so far no noticeable wrist issues resulting from the process. Hopefully that will continue. I'm getting into the home stretch on that project.
Best regards,
Scott
Thanks guys!
I'm not happy about trying to start grass this time of the year but that's the hand I've been dealt.
The ground will be green at least for a while. I think there's some green dye in the hydroseed mixture to help them see where they have applied the mix on the ground.
Caulking... so far no noticeable wrist issues resulting from the process. Hopefully that will continue. I'm getting into the home stretch on that project.
Best regards,
Scott
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Wednesday - July 29, 2016
Spent a considerable percentage of the time I had available to work on or in the Lone Beech Garage piddling with the sprinkler set-up in anticipation of hydroseeding next week.
There are two big problems:
1. The area I have to irrigate is shaped weird.
2. I really only have the hydrant to supply water for the irrigation process.
Granted there is another hose bib inside the building but I don't think it would help the situation that much to use it.
More purchases to be made tomorrow to finalize the irrigation plan.
My wife hasn't been driving her Honda del Sol since it has a heat shield making an extremely obnoxious rattling. I brought it in over the Tornado Shelter this evening to see about removing the heat shield completely. I had previously examined this problem back in Post 736 & 740.
Here's what it looks like from below. I'm afraid the exhaust pipe support is attached to the heat shield but I'll know more tomorrow when I start working on it. You can see the hose clamp I used to try to quiet down the rattle. This did help some but not enough.
Scott
Wednesday - July 29, 2016
Spent a considerable percentage of the time I had available to work on or in the Lone Beech Garage piddling with the sprinkler set-up in anticipation of hydroseeding next week.
There are two big problems:
1. The area I have to irrigate is shaped weird.
2. I really only have the hydrant to supply water for the irrigation process.
Granted there is another hose bib inside the building but I don't think it would help the situation that much to use it.
More purchases to be made tomorrow to finalize the irrigation plan.
My wife hasn't been driving her Honda del Sol since it has a heat shield making an extremely obnoxious rattling. I brought it in over the Tornado Shelter this evening to see about removing the heat shield completely. I had previously examined this problem back in Post 736 & 740.
Here's what it looks like from below. I'm afraid the exhaust pipe support is attached to the heat shield but I'll know more tomorrow when I start working on it. You can see the hose clamp I used to try to quiet down the rattle. This did help some but not enough.
Scott
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Jo Diesel
Well-known member
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
I used to do a lot of exhaust work. We removed a lot of heat shields. Welded a few back on that we thought to be a bad idea to remove them.
I used to do a lot of exhaust work. We removed a lot of heat shields. Welded a few back on that we thought to be a bad idea to remove them.
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
A little late but this could have helped
http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/v...ing-creeper-w-2-casters-chest-support-01raccs
A little late but this could have helped
http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/v...ing-creeper-w-2-casters-chest-support-01raccs
drivesitfar
Well-known member
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
HPW: wouldn't that have been nice to own for SB's job. and at that price i bet he could have leased it to a few members for $50 a month and paid for it.
SB: good luck with the hydro-seeding and glad to hear your arms and wrists are not too tired or sore from all the caulking.
HPW: wouldn't that have been nice to own for SB's job. and at that price i bet he could have leased it to a few members for $50 a month and paid for it.
SB: good luck with the hydro-seeding and glad to hear your arms and wrists are not too tired or sore from all the caulking.
rotus8guy
New member
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Scott! I'd heard through the wive's grapevine that you had a big garage project going, but wow!
I've been lurking here for years and have just recently started digging for more details to use in my own build.
I stumbled across your thread a few days ago and just finished binge reading it.
Lone Beech is amazing. I'm glad the missteps have worked themselves out, you have a garage to truly be proud of.
I hope to start a thread on my much more modest build soon.
Cheers,
John
Scott! I'd heard through the wive's grapevine that you had a big garage project going, but wow!
I've been lurking here for years and have just recently started digging for more details to use in my own build.
I stumbled across your thread a few days ago and just finished binge reading it.
Lone Beech is amazing. I'm glad the missteps have worked themselves out, you have a garage to truly be proud of.
I hope to start a thread on my much more modest build soon.
Cheers,
John
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Gentlemen,
Performing stoop labor without flinching is probably like achieving Olympic-Level Athletic ability.
You can have a genetic advantage or you can be trained from birth.
This Kodachrome slide taken on the Lone Beech Melon Farm in April 1968 might indicate that I have a little of both. That's 12 year old me farthest to the left in the picture. We are transplanting tomato plants from a "Hot Bed" to the field. My 67 year old grandmother is farthest away in the picture so there's the genetic component.
Ha!
My mom is to the far right and my 11 year old brother is the remaining individual in the picture.
Best regards,
Scott
A little late but this could have helped
http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/v...ing-creeper-w-2-casters-chest-support-01raccs
Gentlemen,
Performing stoop labor without flinching is probably like achieving Olympic-Level Athletic ability.
You can have a genetic advantage or you can be trained from birth.
This Kodachrome slide taken on the Lone Beech Melon Farm in April 1968 might indicate that I have a little of both. That's 12 year old me farthest to the left in the picture. We are transplanting tomato plants from a "Hot Bed" to the field. My 67 year old grandmother is farthest away in the picture so there's the genetic component.
Ha!
My mom is to the far right and my 11 year old brother is the remaining individual in the picture.
Best regards,
Scott
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Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
John,
Thanks for the kind words and for coming along for the ride. While I doubt if it will ever be "finished", I'm looking forward to getting the final inspection, moving stationary tools in and using the place for what it was designed to do.
I look forward to hearing about your project!
Best regards,
Scott
John,
Thanks for the kind words and for coming along for the ride. While I doubt if it will ever be "finished", I'm looking forward to getting the final inspection, moving stationary tools in and using the place for what it was designed to do.
I look forward to hearing about your project!
Best regards,
Scott
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Thursday - June 30, 2016
Today I spent a little time inside the Lone Beech Garage; using it instead of working on it. I left my wife's Honda del Sol sitting on top of the Tornado Shelter last night. This morning I thought I had a solution to the Heat Shield Rattle.
I drove to AutoZone and got a 2-1/8" ID to 2-1/8" OD Exhaust Pipe Adapter. I had measured the pipe inside the heat shield with a caliper and it was 2-1/8" OD.
I cut about 3/8" off the 2-1/8" ID section of the Adapter.
I cut the 3/8" section into two pieces. These will become the shims between the exhaust pipe and the heat shield.
I worked these shims in between the heat shield and the exhaust pipe. {White Arrow}
I used a 2-1/2 inch Muffler Clamp to tighten down the heat shield to the shims.
This seems to have worked - the obnoxious rattle is gone!
Bonus! I accomplished this in a comfortable temperature environment without having to contort myself as I flopped around on a garage floor.
Scott
Thursday - June 30, 2016
Today I spent a little time inside the Lone Beech Garage; using it instead of working on it. I left my wife's Honda del Sol sitting on top of the Tornado Shelter last night. This morning I thought I had a solution to the Heat Shield Rattle.
I drove to AutoZone and got a 2-1/8" ID to 2-1/8" OD Exhaust Pipe Adapter. I had measured the pipe inside the heat shield with a caliper and it was 2-1/8" OD.
I cut about 3/8" off the 2-1/8" ID section of the Adapter.
I cut the 3/8" section into two pieces. These will become the shims between the exhaust pipe and the heat shield.
I worked these shims in between the heat shield and the exhaust pipe. {White Arrow}
I used a 2-1/2 inch Muffler Clamp to tighten down the heat shield to the shims.
This seems to have worked - the obnoxious rattle is gone!
Bonus! I accomplished this in a comfortable temperature environment without having to contort myself as I flopped around on a garage floor.
Scott
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shedfullatools
Well-known member
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Its been a while since I posted, been lurking the whole time though
The building really came out quite nicely, love all the concrete 
Cant wait to see how the grass ties everything together, there is no better feeling than finally going from work on the shop to work in the shop. Even if the shop never will be finished, been five years in mine and Im just getting started 
Its been a while since I posted, been lurking the whole time though
The building really came out quite nicely, love all the concrete Cant wait to see how the grass ties everything together, there is no better feeling than finally going from work on the shop to work in the shop. Even if the shop never will be finished, been five years in mine and Im just getting started Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
shedfullatools,
Thanks the encouragement and for coming along for the ride.
The grass project may not go well... if I can sit here and tend to it all day until it gets established we may have a chance but that's probably not going to happen.
We shall see!
Best regards,
Scott
Its been a while since I posted, been lurking the whole time though
shedfullatools,
Thanks the encouragement and for coming along for the ride.
The grass project may not go well... if I can sit here and tend to it all day until it gets established we may have a chance but that's probably not going to happen.
We shall see!
Best regards,
Scott
1/2 Cup
Member Emeritus
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Scott, yet another milestone, looking great.
Regards
Scott, yet another milestone, looking great.
Regards
drivesitfar
Well-known member
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
SB: great picture of planting the field. great memory too. i bet that kind of parenting and learning got you to where you are today. thanks for sharing.
BTW what state were you planting or was it on the property you are now living and building the garage. I can't say i've ever seen tomatoes planted in an open field so did you water and harvest them too?
SB: great picture of planting the field. great memory too. i bet that kind of parenting and learning got you to where you are today. thanks for sharing.
BTW what state were you planting or was it on the property you are now living and building the garage. I can't say i've ever seen tomatoes planted in an open field so did you water and harvest them too?
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
DrivesItFar,
Well I don't know if my early upbringing got me where I am today or not but it certainly colored my world-view. I recall a Navy squadron-mate - in a well-meaning attempt to compliment me - saying something to the effect that I "had overcome my background". Ha! His remark probably came after I mentioned that I was the entire 8th grade in my 2-room parochial grade school.
The tomatoes were being planted on my folk's farm located about 5 miles south of Vincennes, IN. We usually planted about an acre of tomatoes. Tomatoes are pretty tough and they were usually the first of the plants to be transplanted in the field.
Back then, nobody irrigated in our part of the world so there was no watering. We did pick them by hand. As I recall, once they started ripening we would pick half the field one day and the other half the next. Picking the Tomatoes was the culmination of constant fussing with those plants from the time they went into the field till they started producing. When we weren't fussing with the Tomato plants we were fussing with Cantaloupes and Watermelon plants.
The Cantaloupes & Watermelons would follow the Tomatoes and be planted in a similar fashion. There were just a LOT more of them. I'm trying to remember but I'm thinking it would have been close to 40 acres of melons.
Pictures taken from the barn loft looking basically to the east. In the second picture the white arrow points to the tomato patch. Most of the plants in the pictures are Cantaloupe plants.
Best regards,
Scott
DrivesItFar,
Well I don't know if my early upbringing got me where I am today or not but it certainly colored my world-view. I recall a Navy squadron-mate - in a well-meaning attempt to compliment me - saying something to the effect that I "had overcome my background". Ha! His remark probably came after I mentioned that I was the entire 8th grade in my 2-room parochial grade school.
The tomatoes were being planted on my folk's farm located about 5 miles south of Vincennes, IN. We usually planted about an acre of tomatoes. Tomatoes are pretty tough and they were usually the first of the plants to be transplanted in the field.
Back then, nobody irrigated in our part of the world so there was no watering. We did pick them by hand. As I recall, once they started ripening we would pick half the field one day and the other half the next. Picking the Tomatoes was the culmination of constant fussing with those plants from the time they went into the field till they started producing. When we weren't fussing with the Tomato plants we were fussing with Cantaloupes and Watermelon plants.
The Cantaloupes & Watermelons would follow the Tomatoes and be planted in a similar fashion. There were just a LOT more of them. I'm trying to remember but I'm thinking it would have been close to 40 acres of melons.
Pictures taken from the barn loft looking basically to the east. In the second picture the white arrow points to the tomato patch. Most of the plants in the pictures are Cantaloupe plants.
Best regards,
Scott
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drivesitfar
Well-known member
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
SB: i haven't a clue how you'd pick a half acre of tomatoes in a day and then want to go do another half acre the next day. we usually plant 5 or 6 tomato plants and just keeping them up off the ground and picking those tomatoes is a job.
TALK ABOUT PRIVATE SCHOOL. OMG that's almost home school and maybe it was if your relative was one of the teachers.
cheers and easy to see how you learned to get up and do something every day when you grow up on a farm.
cheers and hope you are having a good weekend.
SB: i haven't a clue how you'd pick a half acre of tomatoes in a day and then want to go do another half acre the next day. we usually plant 5 or 6 tomato plants and just keeping them up off the ground and picking those tomatoes is a job.
TALK ABOUT PRIVATE SCHOOL. OMG that's almost home school and maybe it was if your relative was one of the teachers.
cheers and easy to see how you learned to get up and do something every day when you grow up on a farm.
cheers and hope you are having a good weekend.
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
DrivesItFar,
The numbers would vary a bit but I'm thinking around 6 to 8 people would be involved with picking the 1/2 acre of tomatoes.
As to wanting to pick them the next day... I don't remember ever being asked if I wanted to pick tomatoes. Ha!
Now the school... remember 2-rooms; 8 grades. Each teacher was teaching 4 grades ...at the same time. The teacher could be spread pretty thin as far as personal attention. It was more of the Montessori School concept where the older kids in each room would assist the younger ones . If that didn't pan out, you asked the teacher.
Have a great 4th of July weekend!
Best regards,
Scott
DrivesItFar,
The numbers would vary a bit but I'm thinking around 6 to 8 people would be involved with picking the 1/2 acre of tomatoes.
As to wanting to pick them the next day... I don't remember ever being asked if I wanted to pick tomatoes. Ha!
Now the school... remember 2-rooms; 8 grades. Each teacher was teaching 4 grades ...at the same time. The teacher could be spread pretty thin as far as personal attention. It was more of the Montessori School concept where the older kids in each room would assist the younger ones . If that didn't pan out, you asked the teacher.
Have a great 4th of July weekend!
Best regards,
Scott
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Saturday - July 2, 2016
Another stinking hot day in PTC GA. Ha!
I got the grass mowed so as to look presentable for the 4th. Well, at least as presentable as a "landscape in progress" can look.
During the worst of the heat this afternoon, I sought sanctuary in the Lone Beech Garage's cool interior.
I had won this Hamilton Industries cabinet at a local auction last winter. I was wanting to get it cleaned up and give it a different paint job.
This meant getting the doors off... what a pain. The door guides on the bottom of the cabinet have to come off to get the doors out. One of the screws was stripped out at the top making removal difficult. The other issue was the rollers the doors hang on. You have to know (or be able to see from the inside) that the roller hardware needs to be screwed clockwise. Not "lefty -loosey" which is what I tried initially.
I finally prevailed and now I'll be able to clean up this cabinet.
After the cabinet was dealt with I - with my wife's assistance - got another 60 feet of Control Joint sealed with SikaFlex. I've only got 2 more control joints - each about 45 feet long - to go.
Best regards,
Scott
Saturday - July 2, 2016
Another stinking hot day in PTC GA. Ha!
I got the grass mowed so as to look presentable for the 4th. Well, at least as presentable as a "landscape in progress" can look.
During the worst of the heat this afternoon, I sought sanctuary in the Lone Beech Garage's cool interior.
I had won this Hamilton Industries cabinet at a local auction last winter. I was wanting to get it cleaned up and give it a different paint job.
This meant getting the doors off... what a pain. The door guides on the bottom of the cabinet have to come off to get the doors out. One of the screws was stripped out at the top making removal difficult. The other issue was the rollers the doors hang on. You have to know (or be able to see from the inside) that the roller hardware needs to be screwed clockwise. Not "lefty -loosey" which is what I tried initially.
I finally prevailed and now I'll be able to clean up this cabinet.
After the cabinet was dealt with I - with my wife's assistance - got another 60 feet of Control Joint sealed with SikaFlex. I've only got 2 more control joints - each about 45 feet long - to go.
Best regards,
Scott
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Bib Overalls
Well-known member
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
No porta pooper!
Friday - July 1, 2016
The end of an era...
What's missing from this picture?
Hint
Another hint is I can now smell my neighbor's horses.
Scott
No porta pooper!
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
AZpilot,
Yes good to have that thing gone.
I probably should put up a camera somewhere to record the sadness on the faces of the Postal workers and Garbage men that had come to rely on that thing over the past 9 months.
Ha!
Best regards,
Scott
AZpilot,
Yes good to have that thing gone.
I probably should put up a camera somewhere to record the sadness on the faces of the Postal workers and Garbage men that had come to rely on that thing over the past 9 months.
Ha!
Best regards,
Scott
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Monday - July 4, 2016
Today's time line starts at about 1:30 am. That's when my son and I returned to the Lone Beech Garage after a Craigslist Road Trip.
Picked up these 7 beauties for $50 bucks and a long drive.
Look at all the colors! Ha!
They are all Youngstown Kitchen wall cabinets from the 1950's and I believe I have lots of places they can be used once I get them refurbished. As much as anything this trip was an opportunity for my son and I to spend a little time together.
I got a few hours of sleep and then pulled the 2002 Toyota Corolla my son uses to get back and forth to Georgia Tech over the Tornado Shelter for an oil change.
While the oil was draining - I let it drip for a very long time - I put down the painter's tape and backer rod on the last two control joints.
A great way to spend the 4th! I moved forward another few steps on the road to the completion of the building project AND I got to use the building to accomplish some routine maintenance.
Now it's time to cook some burgers and perhaps have an adult beverage. Later we'll watch some fireworks.
Happy Independence Day to all!
Scott
Monday - July 4, 2016
Today's time line starts at about 1:30 am. That's when my son and I returned to the Lone Beech Garage after a Craigslist Road Trip.
Picked up these 7 beauties for $50 bucks and a long drive.
Look at all the colors! Ha!
They are all Youngstown Kitchen wall cabinets from the 1950's and I believe I have lots of places they can be used once I get them refurbished. As much as anything this trip was an opportunity for my son and I to spend a little time together.
I got a few hours of sleep and then pulled the 2002 Toyota Corolla my son uses to get back and forth to Georgia Tech over the Tornado Shelter for an oil change.
While the oil was draining - I let it drip for a very long time - I put down the painter's tape and backer rod on the last two control joints.
A great way to spend the 4th! I moved forward another few steps on the road to the completion of the building project AND I got to use the building to accomplish some routine maintenance.
Now it's time to cook some burgers and perhaps have an adult beverage. Later we'll watch some fireworks.
Happy Independence Day to all!
Scott
Ole Slewfoot
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Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Good plan
It just hit me if you were to recess some wheels into the grates, all you'd need is a hook-on wheelbarrow handle to move them around.
Good plan
It just hit me if you were to recess some wheels into the grates, all you'd need is a hook-on wheelbarrow handle to move them around.
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Ole Slewfoot,
I'm trying to visualize what you're describing...
I think I'm following you and I think this is an interesting idea once the grates are out of the Tornado Shelter's lip. Unless I'm missing something - and I probably am - I'd still need some sort of Manhole Cover Lift type device to get the grates out of the lip.
Best regards,
Scott
Ole Slewfoot,
I'm trying to visualize what you're describing...
I think I'm following you and I think this is an interesting idea once the grates are out of the Tornado Shelter's lip. Unless I'm missing something - and I probably am - I'd still need some sort of Manhole Cover Lift type device to get the grates out of the lip.
Best regards,
Scott
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Tuesday - July 5, 2016
A lot of my day today was spent building an accurate SketchUp (3-D Modeling Software) of the Woodshop's interior. I wanted to take an inventory of the collection of 1950's steel kitchen cabinets I've acquired and then play around with arranging them in the woodshop. At the end of the day, this is still a work in progress.
I managed to get the last 90 feet of Control Joint sealed up this evening.
While there may be a few small areas that need to be "touched up", this task is complete. Glad to have that out of the way!
Scott
Tuesday - July 5, 2016
A lot of my day today was spent building an accurate SketchUp (3-D Modeling Software) of the Woodshop's interior. I wanted to take an inventory of the collection of 1950's steel kitchen cabinets I've acquired and then play around with arranging them in the woodshop. At the end of the day, this is still a work in progress.
I managed to get the last 90 feet of Control Joint sealed up this evening.
While there may be a few small areas that need to be "touched up", this task is complete. Glad to have that out of the way!
Scott
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shortykorte
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Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
No more caulking? Congrats.
Look forward to preview of sketch up plan.
No more caulking? Congrats.
Look forward to preview of sketch up plan.
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
shortykorte,
Yes, except for a couple of areas near the walls where the Self Leveling Sealant was overcome by gravity and slopes under the baseboard leaving a gap, that job is complete. I may add a bit more sealant in those areas to "fill it in".
The SketchUp models are truly sketches. I have completed the basic modeling of the Woodshop and the Auto-Machine Shop but there is still work to be done.
Best regards,
Scott
shortykorte,
Yes, except for a couple of areas near the walls where the Self Leveling Sealant was overcome by gravity and slopes under the baseboard leaving a gap, that job is complete. I may add a bit more sealant in those areas to "fill it in".
The SketchUp models are truly sketches. I have completed the basic modeling of the Woodshop and the Auto-Machine Shop but there is still work to be done.
Best regards,
Scott
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Wednesday - July 6, 2016
Today I spent quite a bit of time measuring the interior of the Lone Beech Garage's main floor to assist in building SketchUp models of the Woodshop's interior and the Auto-Metal Shop's interior.
Generally speaking, I was only interested in the actual walls and how wall cabinets might be placed so the models are not incredibly detailed. The emphasis was on accurate measurements of the real building as opposed to what was on the architect's plans.
I've got the windows & doors sketched out as "holes" using the dimensions of the molding around the windows & doors. I've also located the mini-split "heads" as accurately as possible.
Wall switches and outlets have not been established in the models yet. I haven't put in baseboard molding.
While I was out measuring, we got some much appreciated rain. About 4-tenths fell during a gusty, thunderstorm. After that episode has passed I noticed...
... some water had pooled inside the building near the 14-Foot door on the west side. This had happened yesterday as well in exactly the same place when we had a very similar weather event.
The truly odd thing is that the water almost looks like it is running uphill to get to where it is pooling.
I examined the gasket at the bottom of the door and quite a bit of water came out of the end of the gasket. I checked all the other garage doors and one of the 10-foot doors also had quite a bit of water in the gasket.
I would not think that water should be accumulating in the gasket and I'm going to check on this with the manufacturer of the doors.
Scott
Wednesday - July 6, 2016
Today I spent quite a bit of time measuring the interior of the Lone Beech Garage's main floor to assist in building SketchUp models of the Woodshop's interior and the Auto-Metal Shop's interior.
Generally speaking, I was only interested in the actual walls and how wall cabinets might be placed so the models are not incredibly detailed. The emphasis was on accurate measurements of the real building as opposed to what was on the architect's plans.
I've got the windows & doors sketched out as "holes" using the dimensions of the molding around the windows & doors. I've also located the mini-split "heads" as accurately as possible.
Wall switches and outlets have not been established in the models yet. I haven't put in baseboard molding.
While I was out measuring, we got some much appreciated rain. About 4-tenths fell during a gusty, thunderstorm. After that episode has passed I noticed...
... some water had pooled inside the building near the 14-Foot door on the west side. This had happened yesterday as well in exactly the same place when we had a very similar weather event.
The truly odd thing is that the water almost looks like it is running uphill to get to where it is pooling.
I examined the gasket at the bottom of the door and quite a bit of water came out of the end of the gasket. I checked all the other garage doors and one of the 10-foot doors also had quite a bit of water in the gasket.
I would not think that water should be accumulating in the gasket and I'm going to check on this with the manufacturer of the doors.
Scott
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HemiRamOn22s
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Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Thats why most concrete contractors pour in a lip for the garage door to sit in so this doesnt happen. Its a 1" drop from the floor elevation to the concrete apron. You could always adjust the garage door to put a little more down pressure down on the gasket.
Zoom in on this picture to see the lip better.
Thats why most concrete contractors pour in a lip for the garage door to sit in so this doesnt happen. Its a 1" drop from the floor elevation to the concrete apron. You could always adjust the garage door to put a little more down pressure down on the gasket.
Zoom in on this picture to see the lip better.
drivesitfar
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Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
HEMI: nice thing to suggest or point out for us that still need or want to build a garage someday.
SB: is there any room for maybe a little awning of sorts above your garage doors that have this issue if the little extra downward pressure isn't enough to keep the water out?
also just curious if you would spend the money for all that tape and time to put it down again if you needed to caulk any more expansion joints in a floor? I would think after you did one long one that your skills to do so without making a mess might be a moot point. or does your arm get so tired on those long runs that you need to have the tape just in case?
looking pretty awesome to say the least inside and out. are you planning on painting those cabinets and do you have a sandblast set up to use or would you just pretend the old paint is primer and rough it up a little and just paint. sorry if i haven't read all 1300 posts to know if you own or have intentions of owning a sandblast cabinet if it's already been said before. i love your build and didn't want to wait to read the entire thread before popping in now and then for a peek at the progress.
cheers
HEMI: nice thing to suggest or point out for us that still need or want to build a garage someday.
SB: is there any room for maybe a little awning of sorts above your garage doors that have this issue if the little extra downward pressure isn't enough to keep the water out?
also just curious if you would spend the money for all that tape and time to put it down again if you needed to caulk any more expansion joints in a floor? I would think after you did one long one that your skills to do so without making a mess might be a moot point. or does your arm get so tired on those long runs that you need to have the tape just in case?
looking pretty awesome to say the least inside and out. are you planning on painting those cabinets and do you have a sandblast set up to use or would you just pretend the old paint is primer and rough it up a little and just paint. sorry if i haven't read all 1300 posts to know if you own or have intentions of owning a sandblast cabinet if it's already been said before. i love your build and didn't want to wait to read the entire thread before popping in now and then for a peek at the progress.
cheers
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
HemiRamOn22s,
It is difficult to see in the pictures with the water but there is a ramp formed into the concrete at the doors.
Here's a couple of pictures taken the day after the slab was poured.
That ramp is what makes this water issue a bit on the weird side... If it comes in from beneath the door (where else?) how does it go up the formed ramp.
Now I suppose if a strong wind is just right and there is a little give in the gasket there could be enough pressure to force some water uphill but...
More observations will need to be made next time I get a rain.
Best regards,
Scott
HemiRamOn22s,
It is difficult to see in the pictures with the water but there is a ramp formed into the concrete at the doors.
Here's a couple of pictures taken the day after the slab was poured.
That ramp is what makes this water issue a bit on the weird side... If it comes in from beneath the door (where else?) how does it go up the formed ramp.
Now I suppose if a strong wind is just right and there is a little give in the gasket there could be enough pressure to force some water uphill but...
More observations will need to be made next time I get a rain.
Best regards,
Scott
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
DrivesItFar,
Awning:
This particular door is 14 feet tall so trying to get an awning to provide more protection probably wouldn't be that effective.
Tape:
I would do the tape again. Dragging the nozzle along the Control Joint I would occasionally catch on a rough spot and that might make the nozzle tip jump. Also when moving my personal position I would occasionally get the tip off the mark.
Cabinets:
I do plan on painting them. I will remove the old paint on most if not all of these cabinets - chemically and/or though the use of abrasives.
Thanks for the kind words on the build. The last big project to be done (hydro-seeding) is on hold due to weather. We've had rain lately and that has prevented doing the prep work the hydro-seeders need to do before they do the actual application of the seed.
Best regards,
Scott
DrivesItFar,
Awning:
This particular door is 14 feet tall so trying to get an awning to provide more protection probably wouldn't be that effective.
Tape:
I would do the tape again. Dragging the nozzle along the Control Joint I would occasionally catch on a rough spot and that might make the nozzle tip jump. Also when moving my personal position I would occasionally get the tip off the mark.
Cabinets:
I do plan on painting them. I will remove the old paint on most if not all of these cabinets - chemically and/or though the use of abrasives.
Thanks for the kind words on the build. The last big project to be done (hydro-seeding) is on hold due to weather. We've had rain lately and that has prevented doing the prep work the hydro-seeders need to do before they do the actual application of the seed.
Best regards,
Scott
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drivesitfar
Well-known member
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
SB: hope you solve the mystery of the water. BTW when you did mess up a little did the blue (is it painter's tape) tape keep the flaws from showing?
best of luck with the weather and the hyrdo-seeding.
SB: hope you solve the mystery of the water. BTW when you did mess up a little did the blue (is it painter's tape) tape keep the flaws from showing?
best of luck with the weather and the hyrdo-seeding.