Well like most of us, I was introduced to GJ by the 10 gauge garage, I think I saw it first in a magazine. I have mostly lurked around here, I had got kind of serious about working on my old garage, then our landlord decided to sell the house. We had first shot, but that was the beginning of the housing market upswing and I wasn’t willing to pay what she wanted. So we moved into an apartment. Our original plan was to build new, we had even put the small down payment towards the home, and had everything planned out. I had the most awesome 3 car garage in the plans, complete with finished drywall, lights and 220 ran out to it.
Then my common sense came back to me.
We took the loss on the down payment and found a smaller home, but with a smaller and more manageable mortgage. And luckily I did, because this was the end of 2019. We closed on our home on 12/31/19. Just in time for the Covid shitshow to start.
How or why my gut kept telling not to build that new house, I have no clue. God, the Universe, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, something made me run from the other deal.
So we found a home with only 1100 square feet, with a 600 square foot detached garage.
We moved in, I did nothing to the garage except have the slab jacked because it was terrible, and the next year I unloaded my storage shed and piled **** all around the garage. December of 2021 I went to the doctor for some adult ADD issues. I was put on Wellbutrin for this. Well big crazy surprise I had some untreated and unknown depression. From 2018 until 2021 I had gone through a ton of life changing ****. Best friend passed 1/1/18. Later that year I lost my sister. My wife was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease. The company I worked for got bought out and they got rid of my boss during the pandemic. Add the stress of two of my kids getting married a month apart from each other and all the stress that brought, and then the stress of moving and buying a home and it was just a lot to handle. Oh yeah, also forgot to add a job change this year as well just because I didn’t have enough stuff going on in my life
So at the beginning of this summer I slowly started working on the garage as time and energy allowed.
Then a couple weeks ago I came across the **** Shacks thread, and holy **** I see the almost twin to my garage! It had to be the same kit as mine, only difference is above the garage door I have a overhang. (If anyone knows the actual name for it leave it in the comments. I’m sure there’s some technical name for it
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Reading through his thread I realize that hey, I don’t have to have it perfect right now. Just get it workable and clean so you can actually use it. I'm not sure if it was the pictures of a damn near identical garage, or some term he used (analysis paralysis I think it was) that got me off my *** but whatever it was it lit a small fire under me. I took a week off and cleaned, organized (sort of anyway) tossed stuff, tossed more stuff, and finally had a garage I could actually pull a car into!
So here’s what I’m starting with. Part two of beginning pics coming here in a bit, it will only let me add 10 at a time I guess
Then my common sense came back to me.
We took the loss on the down payment and found a smaller home, but with a smaller and more manageable mortgage. And luckily I did, because this was the end of 2019. We closed on our home on 12/31/19. Just in time for the Covid shitshow to start.
How or why my gut kept telling not to build that new house, I have no clue. God, the Universe, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, something made me run from the other deal.
So we found a home with only 1100 square feet, with a 600 square foot detached garage.
We moved in, I did nothing to the garage except have the slab jacked because it was terrible, and the next year I unloaded my storage shed and piled **** all around the garage. December of 2021 I went to the doctor for some adult ADD issues. I was put on Wellbutrin for this. Well big crazy surprise I had some untreated and unknown depression. From 2018 until 2021 I had gone through a ton of life changing ****. Best friend passed 1/1/18. Later that year I lost my sister. My wife was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease. The company I worked for got bought out and they got rid of my boss during the pandemic. Add the stress of two of my kids getting married a month apart from each other and all the stress that brought, and then the stress of moving and buying a home and it was just a lot to handle. Oh yeah, also forgot to add a job change this year as well just because I didn’t have enough stuff going on in my life
So at the beginning of this summer I slowly started working on the garage as time and energy allowed.
Then a couple weeks ago I came across the **** Shacks thread, and holy **** I see the almost twin to my garage! It had to be the same kit as mine, only difference is above the garage door I have a overhang. (If anyone knows the actual name for it leave it in the comments. I’m sure there’s some technical name for it
)Reading through his thread I realize that hey, I don’t have to have it perfect right now. Just get it workable and clean so you can actually use it. I'm not sure if it was the pictures of a damn near identical garage, or some term he used (analysis paralysis I think it was) that got me off my *** but whatever it was it lit a small fire under me. I took a week off and cleaned, organized (sort of anyway) tossed stuff, tossed more stuff, and finally had a garage I could actually pull a car into!
So here’s what I’m starting with. Part two of beginning pics coming here in a bit, it will only let me add 10 at a time I guess
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