General Discussion:

the spindoctor

so i bought my 1st house on april 15th. go me. but the garage was enclosed back in the 70's and that's sort of a problem. the first week i was there i went and got my permit from the city to make it back into a garage again. it seemed simple enough at the time. tear down a few walls, a little drywall work, put up a door and viola, i've got a garage. yeah...it turned out to be a little bit more work than i had expected.

here's what i started out with- a big room off of the living room and a big storage area off of the kitchen, separated by an interior wall.





what did i get myself into?







the kiddos watching me work



i quickly found out that my house originally had two 8' doors with a 1' center post and that the two 2x12's supporting the roof weren't strong enough for a standard 16' door like i wanted. so i get the joy of either replacing the header, or reinforcing it to be up to current code.



and here comes the 14" lvl to the rescue.



here it is fastened to the existing header, with new cripple studs to distribute the weight to all 3 beams.



starting to look like a garage yet?





i still need to tidy up a few things, then i can call for my framing inspection. hopefully that passes (crossing fingers), then i can get the door put up and be done with it. so i'm hoping that by the end of the year i'll be able to get my bikes, my rx7, and all my tools at home where they belong. i want me a garage dammit!

Mark

That looks like a lot of work. Close enough to a garage for me. Enjoy it...

Custom85VT

From the looks of your "helper" crew it will be a long project!

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Lori

Wow, that doesn't look so fun...but I'm sure it will be worth it when your finished and have a nice place for the bikes.

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adrian

So that's what you have been up to these days... I figured it was something. It seems to be coming along nicely.

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the spindoctor

passed my inspections and got my green tag.

i ended up having to go with a slightly high lift door track setup so you wouldn't have to play limbo every time you went into the garage.



i has a door.



because of the high lift i had to use a jackshaft opener. i have to say, it's a pretty nifty setup. dead silent and doesn't use any of the normal crap hanging down from the ceiling.



still need to finish trimming up the outside and paint the jams, then tear down the old nasty carport so i can actually get my truck inside. almost there.

adrian

Looks like you are being productive. Is that your z car in the garage?

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Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm - Churchill
I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it - Voltaire
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter - MLK
You must do the thing you think you cannot do - Roosevelt

the spindoctor

'79 rx7.

adrian

Yipes. I don't know why I said z car. I am going to pretend it looks like an old Datsun. Are you planning a restore?

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Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm - Churchill
I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it - Voltaire
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter - MLK
You must do the thing you think you cannot do - Roosevelt

the spindoctor

i just got it to sit on until i can get the money to do a v8 swap. no rust or body damage, and it was only $200 so i figured i better grab it up. they're getting harder to find nowadays.