Whitewater Garage Build

[Willypu]

The sun came out for a bit a few days ago so I thought I would take a few drone shots. The building will be painted the sage green of the doors. The doors and trim will be painted a charcoal black.

 

[Jayman17]

With this cold and wet spring let’s hope the wildfires will be minimal this year.
Your shop and property are looking great! Thanks for the update.

Jay

 

[scramboleer]

Wow, Jim. Nice progress. Thanks for all of the pictures. Love the wood (and mega skill saw).

 

[hilld]

The company said they would have to pour a self leveling material over the 1,450 sq. ft. area and they were not willing to do that as they specialized in the epoxy floor coatings and not concrete repair. I may see if I can find someone that will.

However, since cost is an issue, I am trying to figure out if I can use rigid tiles or even the PVC tiles over the pock marks or if anyone has experience doing that. Maybe even the larger roll out mats but I worry they would eventually become wavy from all the pock marks.

Thanks for all suggestions!

How about race deck tiles, that is what I did in my garage and I love them. I used the free flow ones, but they have different choices.

 

[Nostraquedeo]

Looks great!

 

[loganb]

That gorgeous view sure would distract me from garage time....looking amazing!

 

[Dr Klaun]

Damn. Sorry to hear about your losses and the related stress. I drive 126 quite often for work and the damage is heartbreaking. Glad you're back on your feet and getting things finished out!

 

[Willypu]

Ok, we have made quite a bit of progress since the last post. We are now getting painfully close to finishing.

Exterior, painted, new concrete on backside poured, cedar beams sealed, RV hookups complete.
*********Need to re-hang drains and install rain chain. Need to buld the "dog house" for my air compressor and generator.

Garage doors being installed as I type this.

*Kitchen, flooring in, cabinets in, HVAC is complete.
*Bedroom, flooring in, closet complete and lined with cedar, HVAC in.
*Bathroom, flooring in, cabinets in, shower tiled now
******** waiting for shower door.
*Work out room, flooring in, HVAC complete, almost ready for equipment.
*Mancave, floor is in, HVAC in, painted, and beams sealed.
*********Ready for me to make a "feature" wall with the left over wood we milled and begin building my stereo cabinet.

Garage shop, gas heaters installed and tested, all lights in, garage doors going in. ***********Will need to touch up paint and build a staircase to the upper level storage area.
**********Need to decide on a car lift, thinking about a 4 post lift.

(pictures in the posts below).

 

[Willypu]

Exterior pictures: final paint colors and garage doors going in.

 

[Willypu]

Interior Pictures: Kitchen/Flex Room, Bedroom, Bathroom

 

[Willypu]

Work Bench Area: This is where the cabinets will go if they are ever delivered.

 

[Willypu]

Garage Interior:

 

[Willypu]

ManCave: I plan to use left over boards that we milled after the fire to make a feature wall at the far end.

 

[scramboleer]

Wow, Jim. Amazing work. Thanks for bringing us along.

 

[Willypu]

I just realized that today is the 4th year anniversary of starting this thread. Two builds later and a lot of time and effort, as the Grateful Dead sings,

"What a long strange trip it's been"!

Hopefully, this building will last for a while.

 

[CN Spots]

That was one heck of an emotional rollercoaster.

If I recall correctly, there was a commercial for the US Military years ago that asked the question: "if someone wrote a book about your life, would anyone want to read it?"

I'd read your book.

Thanks for taking to time to post all of this!

 

[Nolift911]

This is fantastic - great build, great design, colors etc. Really works well!!! Congrats!