Post by Old Yeller on Oct 14, 2013 12:20:46 GMT -4
Alright,
So I'm 32, still living in my parents basement, yadda yadda, stereotypical kid that never really did leave home. Time to do something about that.
After looking at nearly 50 properties for a home, with an eye for a large garage, I decided my best bet was to build new, so I could get what I wanted. A nice small house, a decent size piece of property in the woods, and a big garage. House is a 34x25' baby-split entry, with an open concept upstairs, and a unfinished basement. The garage will be 30x26 with full frost walls, vaulted ceiling, and thickened slab where the future hoist will sit.
Since this is the garage section, I'll keep things mostly focused on that (I'm more excited for the garage than the house, is that weird?)
Here is where it starts, a new road put in off of myra road, I'm the third of 4 lots. Its a bit of a mudhole. This pic shows lot 2, mine is the next along the way on the right.
Home sweet home!
Comes with a preinstalled swimming hole!
Before really starting, I gave the contractor these highly professional plans for a property layout (lol). My original garage plans were to go really high, and make a loft as well. This turned out to be cost prohibitive.
Machine on site.
Before I get a garage, I get a moat!
The house will be behind the excavator.
A pump was kept running while the footings setup, to try and keep the bulk of the water out of there. This property is WET. Here the concrete is set, and the water is back. Lots of drainage rock to come.
The house get a similar treatment. They hit bedrock when digging the hole for the footings for the house, hence the odd height differences.
4' garage frostwalls poured
The lowered sections allow for the concrete slab to be thicker at the doorways.
Overview shot showing house, garage and driveway.
Now things are looking less soggy. Shortly after this point, 3' square areas were marked off inside the garage, for 6" thick pads where my future hoist will mount.
The house is starting to take shape, 1st floor.
And the slab for the garage is completed. Very impressed how nice a job was done. The floor was poured with a slight slope to the doors.
The house is moving right along...
But work on the garage is in a bit of a holding pattern, until the house is watertight. Birdseye view out my front window.
I love the garage roof trusses for height. Although I think they will suck when it comes time to insulate lol.
Siding and windows going in, roof is completed.
And... I'm just about up to date!
Things are a little farther along than this now, but I don't have the pictures prepared. I will make another update in a couple of days.
Rob D
So I'm 32, still living in my parents basement, yadda yadda, stereotypical kid that never really did leave home. Time to do something about that.
After looking at nearly 50 properties for a home, with an eye for a large garage, I decided my best bet was to build new, so I could get what I wanted. A nice small house, a decent size piece of property in the woods, and a big garage. House is a 34x25' baby-split entry, with an open concept upstairs, and a unfinished basement. The garage will be 30x26 with full frost walls, vaulted ceiling, and thickened slab where the future hoist will sit.
Since this is the garage section, I'll keep things mostly focused on that (I'm more excited for the garage than the house, is that weird?)
Here is where it starts, a new road put in off of myra road, I'm the third of 4 lots. Its a bit of a mudhole. This pic shows lot 2, mine is the next along the way on the right.
Home sweet home!
Comes with a preinstalled swimming hole!
Before really starting, I gave the contractor these highly professional plans for a property layout (lol). My original garage plans were to go really high, and make a loft as well. This turned out to be cost prohibitive.
Machine on site.
Before I get a garage, I get a moat!
The house will be behind the excavator.
A pump was kept running while the footings setup, to try and keep the bulk of the water out of there. This property is WET. Here the concrete is set, and the water is back. Lots of drainage rock to come.
The house get a similar treatment. They hit bedrock when digging the hole for the footings for the house, hence the odd height differences.
4' garage frostwalls poured
The lowered sections allow for the concrete slab to be thicker at the doorways.
Overview shot showing house, garage and driveway.
Now things are looking less soggy. Shortly after this point, 3' square areas were marked off inside the garage, for 6" thick pads where my future hoist will mount.
The house is starting to take shape, 1st floor.
And the slab for the garage is completed. Very impressed how nice a job was done. The floor was poured with a slight slope to the doors.
The house is moving right along...
But work on the garage is in a bit of a holding pattern, until the house is watertight. Birdseye view out my front window.
I love the garage roof trusses for height. Although I think they will suck when it comes time to insulate lol.
Siding and windows going in, roof is completed.
And... I'm just about up to date!
Things are a little farther along than this now, but I don't have the pictures prepared. I will make another update in a couple of days.
Rob D