I've started to build the garage.
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Here's an idea what it's going to look like. Where it says 30 it should say 32 and the 12 should be a 10.
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Intresting. Poured walls? Looks nice. So what other advanced construcion methods are you using. So is there any plans for a lift? Good deal on the 28' deep. Ours is 44'x22' and it leaves alot to be desired.
I had a contractor come in and do the footings and the walls. Code here requires a 4' frost wall. They are coming back when I have it closed in from the weather to pour the floor.
No advanced construction methods, other than preengineered roof trusses, if you can call that advanced.
I'm just going with 8' walls and 10" concrete so there's not enough height for a lift. Wish I could though :(
Wow 10" of concrete is alot. Ours is like 6". Most schools and large buildings go with 14" though. Throw as much gridwork in that thing as will fit. More than likely it will crack but lots of reinforcment will keep it from spreading apart. Mine has a crack in it but it can only be seen not felt.
Oh, great. I'm actually jealous of a Newfie. Surely a sign of the end of the world :D
Nice garage, Thundergrowl - just think, pretty soon you'll have bodyfill dust covering the entire inside :D With a garage like that, your Sport had better soon be MINT!!!
I guess i did a bad job explaining myself. The 10" is the hieght of the concrete above the floor so the total wall height is 8'10" - not enough for a lift. The concrete walls are 8" thick which is code and the floor will be 4" thick with 4" mesh.
Thanks for the compliment Thunder Chicken. Nova Scotians should always be jealous of Newfies - they just aren't smart enought to realize it :) As for the sport ever being mint :( dought that's ever going to happen. But it's going to be a great place for it's replacement, once I pay off some debt. :deal:
like the depth. most garages are just to short to use with a car inside. My 65 mustang is a small car at it is over 18 feet long bumper to bumper add 2 feeet of walk around thats 22 feet with the door closed.
Originally the depth was to make the garage the same as the house but then I realized I would have room in front of the cars to put a bench and do some work. I'm thinking about putting a bench in front of one bay and leave the space in front of the other bay (for engine stand, compressor, etc.). How long is a t-bird from it's beek to it's tailfeathers anyway?
Well, the inspector just visited and it passed so now I can backfill. Bring on the excavator :)
17 foot or so long about 6 feet wide.
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good luck and show us some pics or fresh paint!
Really! I would have though it to be longer than that considering Baylensman said his 65 'stang was over 18'
well 200 divided by 12 is 16.66666 something. YOu would still wants around 2 feet infront and back.
He must have some sort of special limo model, as the specs I have for a '65 Stang are 181.6" (15ft 1in).
Dealer album for the '88 Birds list length at 202.1"(16ft 10in)..
Pic 1: Beginning of day 1, pic 2: end of day 2, and pic 3: end of day three.
My brother is doing the work for me so it's slow going. Roof trusses should be here sometime after July 4th.
I am hideously jealous. I desperately need a 2+ car garage here.. but the lot and the house make it a little too awkward to place one without blocking a significant portion of the view from the front of the house.
I am sporting wood.
Time for an update!
I've been on vacation for the past two weeks so I haven't been here much.
The garage now has the roof sheeted but not shingled. I don't have any pictures from the past week so I'll just post what I have.
In the first picture you'll see that the walls are all sheeted up. That's my brother, Ches, on the right and my father, Alf, on the left.
Pic 2 - The roof trusses arrived on July 5th. See the birch fire wood in the foreground? My father and I sawed up and stacked 5 corde in 5 days. As my stepson said "Not bad for a fellow in a wheelchair and an 84 year old man" :) We could have done it faster but it's kinda hot here right now for sawing up firewood - we took a lot of breaks. :cheers:
Pic 3 - Finally the roof trusses are up. This is the view that most people will see of my house. It's from the corner and it appears that the garage is detached. I'll get some more pictures in the next day or two.
Comming along very nicely..... Before you know it there will be shingles on the roof..
it's like looking at porn!
what are the plans for the interior?
have you test fitted the cars yet?
Thanks for the comments, I'll take them as compliments :).
I don't have much plans for the interior yet but I do have a line on a two post lift for around $1K. It's about 5-6 years old and is electric/hydrolic operated.
The only problem is the ceiling height is only 8'10" and the posts are 10' :( I don't have to worry about raising the car very high. If I can get it 4'- 5' off the floor I'll be able to work comfortable in the wheelchair.
The only other plans are to put a 220V drop for a future welder and a hose connection for my pressure washer.
Nope! not yet. I've got the interior cleaned out so the guys can fill it in and get ready to pour the floor. They are suppose to be here today or tomorrow. I shouldn't have any problems fitting the cars. 28' deep and 32' wide
Progress has been slow. But here are some more pics. I hope to have a new tennant very soon. :)
I figured it's time for another update.
The roof is finished and the doors are in. All that's lift on the list for this fall is to do the floor, siding, and to get the new T-Bird in there. :)
The last picture is of the new roof on the house.
EDIT: no garage is complete without a pile of tires in front :)
Ready for the cement floor tomorrow!:banana:
Couldn't help but notice that your new roof is surrounded by Christmas lights. In September. You Newfoundlanders are crazy :D
Nice garage - now you just need a tire machine so you can send me those rims :D
You show me how to climb up a ladder in a wheelchair and I'll take them down. ;)
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Now Edmontonians, they have no excuse, but still leave their lights up for most of the year, if not all.
Oh, so you can build a garage and put a new roof on, but you can't take down Christmas lights? :hick:
I'm sure we could rig something up with pulleys, cables, an electric motor, a hydraulic pump, two porcupines, and six tons of Raisin Bran...
...Wait a minute. Forget it - I just remembered, porcupines are allergic to raisins :yuck:
I suppose I shouldn't talk - mine are still up (I'm terrified of heights, so they'll rot off before I go up and remove em)
You'll have to send over the porcupines. There are none on the Island. :D
Actually I told the wife if they ever came down again they'll never go back up. When my stepson put them up, she told him to staple them to the facia, the aluminium facia :mad:
BTW, the only work I've done is what i could reach from the ground. My brother did the rest.
EDIT: I did rent a bobcat to spread around the stone for under the floor. Man, was that ever a fun thing to drive. Everything was operated by handcontrols. Getting in it was a though. I had to climb in over the bucket.
I can see thundergrowl cruising down the road in a 302 Bobcat now. :headbang:
I got good news and bad news.
First the bad news. The cement guys didn't show up on Friday.
The good news is that they showed up first thing Saturday morning. 7:00AM. The first cement truck got here at 8:00. About noon the cement was in and leveled off (pic 1). After lunch the power trowel started to work (pic 2). At 11:00PM, 16 hours after the guys got here, the sealer was applied (pic 3) and ready to dry overnight.
All that's left to do now is the siding...and get that new TC in there. :)
Excellent! How much interior finishing/insulating are you going to do?
It's going to be insulated and sheeted but that's most likely going to be a job for next year. My line of credit is now to it's limit :(
Looking good....(but my stack of tires is taller than yours :D )
I took a picture of the inside out to show your TC, I'd swear it smiled :)
BTW I have at least one of the Turbo Coupe inserts that go in the door moulding. I'll see if I can dig up another.
Thanks TC50! My stack of tires is gone now. I sold the 10 holes I had on the t-bird so I put those wheels back on it (they are the Rikens Thunder Chicken was asking about)
If you can dig up a couple Turbo Coupe inserts that'll be great.
The siding is suppose to be started tonight. Another week or two and it'll be ready for winter...and the TC :)
i looked at your signature, and i was like "hey, who's this guy with the TC", then i saw "The New Thundergrowl"
If Tom cant dig up another one of the Turbo Coupe door badges, ill see if i can pitch in on the hunt
Thanks for the offer :)
I had an animated gif for my new signature first that faded from the old sig to the new sig but it took too long for 56k users to download so I took it down
*decides not to tell anyone he tossed his TC molding and badges in the dump about a month ago*
B@ST@RD ("B@ST@RD")! :) Whatta ya gonna do?
looking nice.. gunna come build one for the rest of us?
Sure! Why not? $35000 US should cover it. :)
Hide? :sorry:
Actually, I may still have one of the badges.
That's a good idea when you're on the wrong side of a Newfie but that question is my way of saying "c'est la vie"