1950coronet600hp
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So, my garage is creeping up on 100 years old. built almost entirely of 2x4 rough sawn. and entirely out of wood. presumably the concrete floor was added later, who knows when..
anyways, I have an issue with a support column, it looks like the concrete is lifting, and also the beam is "shredding" you can see in the support beam for the 2nd floor, its lifted about an inch.
oh and then we have some 100 year old "quirkyness" the support beam, ends on top of a window, with nothing directly below it
(to the right of the sign, kinda a crappy pic)
ok so that's it. here's the battle plan and what I want to end up with. at some point I want to extend the garage towards the street about 10' and I also want a lift.
the bay to the right of the garage has enough total height for a lift. so, I want to open the floor up to the rafters on that bay, and redo the left bay's ceiling with 2x6's to be able to store things with some heft up there.
and finally where the window is, behind it is an enclosed porch, that's really being unused as a porch, and more as storage. I want to divide it to make half of it a porch, and the other will open into the garage for more storage by a large "pass through" where that window is.
most of this is a long way out, but that column needs my attention soon. but what I want for an end result, should I just replace the wood beams with lally columns? or should I go all out and replace that entire support beam, with lally columns, being as it will be eventually carrying the weight of the roof, and the new floor? and then concrete thickness becomes an issue for the lift too.
I'm trying to do this bits at a time as money and time permits, so obviously I'd like to not have to do anything twice...
anyways, I have an issue with a support column, it looks like the concrete is lifting, and also the beam is "shredding" you can see in the support beam for the 2nd floor, its lifted about an inch.
oh and then we have some 100 year old "quirkyness" the support beam, ends on top of a window, with nothing directly below it
(to the right of the sign, kinda a crappy pic)
ok so that's it. here's the battle plan and what I want to end up with. at some point I want to extend the garage towards the street about 10' and I also want a lift.
the bay to the right of the garage has enough total height for a lift. so, I want to open the floor up to the rafters on that bay, and redo the left bay's ceiling with 2x6's to be able to store things with some heft up there.
and finally where the window is, behind it is an enclosed porch, that's really being unused as a porch, and more as storage. I want to divide it to make half of it a porch, and the other will open into the garage for more storage by a large "pass through" where that window is.
most of this is a long way out, but that column needs my attention soon. but what I want for an end result, should I just replace the wood beams with lally columns? or should I go all out and replace that entire support beam, with lally columns, being as it will be eventually carrying the weight of the roof, and the new floor? and then concrete thickness becomes an issue for the lift too.
I'm trying to do this bits at a time as money and time permits, so obviously I'd like to not have to do anything twice...
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