Sheriffdoug wrote:
With that Grand, new building, you will have to get a Grand new Truck & Camper.
Is this what you are up to? Maybe put in a hoist for servicing the truck.
What is the roof height inside?
Wonderful job, enjoyed your regular updates. Look forward to more. Thank You
Oh, I fantasize about a grand, new TC for sure, but the reality is I'm not going to be able to afford anything that expensive for a while. No regrets though, that's just the way it is.
I do have a hoist on my wish list, but there are several things ahead of it now. Remember, I still have to finish the inside of this new space.
The ceiling height of the RV bay is 16 ft. That's a long way off the floor, let me tell you! I was up in the attic of the RV bay crawling around on top of the rafters last weekend. I was running the low-voltage wires for the garage door sensors and wall panel, and I kept looking down imagining what would happen if I fell. For some reason, the garage door installers were saying "The electricians always run those wires" and the electricians were saying "We never run those, that's the door installer's job". I got tired of talking about it and just did it myself.
All the lights inside and outside the garage right now are just temporary incandescent bulbs. After seeing how much light the six 60 watt bulbs are putting in the upper bay, I think I'm just going to install six double-tube T8 fixtures up there. I'm still thinking I'll use six four-tube T8 fixtures in the lower bay. The ceiling is higher, and that's where the majority of the work is going to be done.
cewillis wrote:
Really looking good. I like to compare the 'after' picture with the design picture -- just to see if I built what I planned.
Looking back, I think we stuck pretty close to the plan. The drawing had a few errors in it that we knew about right up front, like showing the lower bay with two doors. I never even dreamed of two doors, so I don't know where that came from. I didn't realize the planned spacing of the upper bay doors wasn't going to work until we were pretty far along with the foundation, though. It finally dawned on me that if I put the RH door where the drawing showed it, I'd be backing into that tree we weren't going to cut down. But like they say, things always seem to work out for the best. I now have a man-door in the upper bay, and I already like the fact that it's there.
What the drawings didn't show, and we couldn't know up front was just how many problems and issues we'd have to deal with. The difficulty in moving the electric service, having to move the septic drain field lines, the amount of material and labor involved in getting the old foundation removed and the new one constructed, the constant adjustments to plan to get the new structure integrated into the house (This isn't straight! That's not square! Those aren't plumb!), etc, etc. It all added up to more labor cost than we anticipated. But, since we were committed we just had to press on.
It's good to see things winding down now after six months of this. The carpenters have finished their work, and have moved on to their next project.
The upper bay garage doors were installed a few days ago, and the painters are hard at work now. The big door in the lower bay will be installed next Thursday.
I really like these new lift motors. They are soooo quiet!
The birds are anxious to have their garage back. Let us in! Please let us in!
My concrete guy has the apron slabs formed up, and we're planning on pouring them both tomorrow.
I spent several hours last weekend compacting the fill in front of the lower bay door with my truck. Back and forth, back and forth.
All the siding has been sprayed with an oil-based primer now, and all the seams are being caulked. The primer must have a fish-oil component to it, because GAWD it stinks!
More later!
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