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dodge_guy
Explorer II
Jul 04, 2016

It finally fits!!!!

Well after many years I finally got our driveway done, and now have the entire garage available for both cars with the trailer in the driveway. The driveway was narrow and with the trailer at home it used to cover a 1/3 of the garage so we could only put one car in the garage due to how it was set up.







The trailer used to cover the garage by about 5-6 feet. With the new driveway the trailer is even with the garage opening, hard to tell in the last pic! I can now get both cars in the garage. And I can park my everyday driver next to the trailer! Well worth the money we spent. It wasn't just for the space! The driveway was cracking all over, and very narrow.

We could keep it in the driveway because we are able to, but it does take up a lot of space! Although we hardly notice it now!

Money well spent. It wasn't just for the trailer! The driveway was cracking and 35 years old! And the other side was poured around a tree, bad design from the beginning back in 1969! You had to drive around a tree when leaving the garage!
  • dodge_guy's avatar
    dodge_guy
    Explorer II
    Jul 08, 2016
    The company is Engstrom const. They have been in the village and have been doing business with them for 50 years! My driveway was originally done by the father of the guys now. I gues that finish is called a California pour. It really breaks up all that concrete. That is the other reason I did it. My son gets his license next summer and my daughter gets hers the year after!
  • RoyBell's avatar
    RoyBell
    Explorer
    Jul 08, 2016
    Very nice. Who did your driveway? I have the same finish and I only know of one company that does that normally (fortis).

    I am in the process of pricing to add to my driveway as well. The year after I poured mine the Village changed the ordinance to allow the driveways to be wider than the garage. I will be widening it and and the Apron. I have 3 cars and a cycle. My gf has a car as well and is talking about getting one for her daughter now. Not enough room for all the vehicles!

    2016-07-08_12-45-17 by RoyBelluomini, on Flickr
  • SoCalDesertRid1's avatar
    SoCalDesertRid1
    Explorer
    Jul 08, 2016
    CavemanCharlie wrote:
    I live in the country. If they take a street view picture of my house they better be careful or they going to get a picture of a fat old man running around the yard in his shorts.... If they are lucky. Sometimes I wear less then that. :p
    LMFAO!!! :B
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    CavemanCharlie
    Explorer III
    Jul 08, 2016
    the_happiestcamper wrote:
    rockhillmanor wrote:
    the_happiestcamper wrote:
    As you can see from Google street view, it is nice to live in an old neighborhood that has no HOA or covenants.


    OK....just HOW did you snap shot and get an url to post it from a google earth picture?? :B


    Big difference between earth and street view :R

    Print Screen key, paste into Gimp Editor, cropped, then uploaded to one of my sites.

    Google has taken 4 pics of my house - the dog is in every one of them (as well as the one pic that Bing maps took)


    I live in the country. If they take a street view picture of my house they better be careful or they going to get a picture of a fat old man running around the yard in his shorts.... If they are lucky. Sometimes I wear less then that. :p
  • the_happiestcam's avatar
    the_happiestcam
    Explorer
    Jul 07, 2016
    rockhillmanor wrote:
    the_happiestcamper wrote:
    As you can see from Google street view, it is nice to live in an old neighborhood that has no HOA or covenants.


    OK....just HOW did you snap shot and get an url to post it from a google earth picture?? :B


    Big difference between earth and street view :R

    Print Screen key, paste into Gimp Editor, cropped, then uploaded to one of my sites.

    Google has taken 4 pics of my house - the dog is in every one of them (as well as the one pic that Bing maps took)
  • rockhillmanor's avatar
    rockhillmanor
    Explorer
    Jul 07, 2016
    wow that pix really shows just how much more room you gained from the new concrete project.
  • dodge_guy's avatar
    dodge_guy
    Explorer II
    Jul 06, 2016
    You can get a screen shot from google earth and then save it to your computer. After that it just goes to any other type of photo host site!

    Here is mine from a few years ago, yes we had a drought that year!!! And how narrow the driveway used to be!

  • rockhillmanor's avatar
    rockhillmanor
    Explorer
    Jul 06, 2016
    the_happiestcamper wrote:


    As you can see from Google street view, it is nice to live in an old neighborhood that has no HOA or covenants.


    OK....just HOW did you snap shot and get an url to post it from a google earth picture?? :B
  • the_happiestcam's avatar
    the_happiestcam
    Explorer
    Jul 05, 2016


    As you can see from Google street view, it is nice to live in an old neighborhood that has no HOA or covenants.

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