my garage rebuild

[ct71rr]

Hello all, I'm one of the new guys here. tallhair asked to see pics of my garage resto and joeychgo suggested that I start a thread on it instead of posting a link from another forum. I have a '71 Road Runner that I'm going to start restoring as soon as I finish my garage resto. I've had the Road Runner since '03 and knew I would need more space to work on it. Seeing that my original garage, well, sucked, I decided to make it bigger. Long story short, I have a relative that's a GC and he pretty much talked me into going all out. Here goes:

This is what I started with:



Ran into some ledge so, I drilled 65 holes for rebar pins:



I built forms and poured the foundation:



Uh-oh, a little miscommunication with the building inspector. Town makes me cut off corner because it's too close to property line. Long story:angryfire:



Corner gone, walls going up:



Walls up, roof going on:



Shingles and siding finished:



Moisture barrier, thermal break and floor in:




Stairs and rail in:


This is where I am at now. I took me about 2 years to get to this point working on it on my days off. I hired a crew to help with framing the roof and pouring the floor otherwise, it's been all me. Obviously there is a lot more to the build then I've shown. My garage is roughly 36'X31' with an 8'9" ceiling in the garage bay area with a loft above. The loft will be used as storage (for now:icon_madu.

Thanks for looking,
Chad

 

[tallhair]

That's most excellent and I'm looking forward to updates. I only wish I had the acreage to build a shop. Are you gonna have room for a lfit?

 

[ws27]

WOW!!! Nice job. My garage took three years and it still isn't completely done. (like our cars are they ever?) Keep up the great work and don't get disappointed with the time it takes to do thing right.

Can't wait to see it finished.

 

[satman72]

I dunno, but I kind of like the look of your old garage.

Your new one is beautiful, but it's too clean:thinker: Needs to get dirtied up to look right!!!

 

[kiwigtx]

Nice work, but its a shame the local authority made you chop that corner off.

 

[ct71rr]

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. Kiwigtx, you don't know the half of it. I live in a small, fairly wealthy town. Dealing with the building department, ZBA and conservation department has been ridiculous. My neighbor wrote a letter and called the ZBA on my behalf and told them he did not care if my garage was a little too close to his property line. At first they (ZBA) were talking about me removing the entire foundation but, my neighbor's input swayed them to making me cut just the corner off. I also wanted to rough in pipes under the floor before it was poured for future plumbing. The ZBA wouldn't let me do it unless I put in a new septic system and they were worried that if I sold my house, the new owners might connect the pipes without the town's knowledge. They also couldn't understand why anyone would want a bathroom in a garage, "(They've) never heard of it". I gave up on plumbing in my garage...

Hopefully, the electrician will be out next week and then I can start putting up insulation, drywall, etc.

 

[69roadr]

really nice work there ct71rr, wish i had talents like that!
cant believe they have building inspectors in that neck o' the woods lol!

 

[themechanic]

Great job. You should post your garage redo on garagejournal. Here's a link:

http://www.garagejournal.com/

 

[tallhair]

Great job. You should post your garage redo on garagejournal. Here's a link:

http://www.garagejournal.com/

check is welcome wagon post for the garagejournal link

 

[ct71rr]

check is welcome wagon post for the garagejournal link

You beat me to it tallhair but, here's a link to my thread over there:
http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70904&highlight=cuckoo's+nest

 

[themechanic]

check is welcome wagon post for the garagejournal link

I should have known. :confused5::confused5::confused5:

 

[Duda]

You are doing a great job. I could tell you some horror stories from my zoning guy. He ate a whole bottle of dick head pills when he took on my project for my business in a rural community. Had to move the bathroom sinks up a 1/4". Both micros had to be moved a 1/2" thermostats had to be moved or protective covers installed over top, asphalt with handicap parking, omg it to be 12 months with him and his annoying personality. I really do like your project, it will be fun when completed.

 

[b-star69]

freakin sweet!

 

[roadrunnerman]

That is one nice, freaking, awesome garage. If you ever did decide to sell your place in the future, I think that garage is going to be the thing that seals the deal.

 

[BIGSHCLUNK]

That's most excellent and I'm looking forward to updates. I only wish I had the acreage to build a shop. Are you gonna have room for a lfit?

You got that right!!

 

[Donny]

Very Nice!

 

[dartguy340]

Welcome to the site. Nice job, hope to see more pics when you are finished!
And don't forget to post some pics of the Roadrunner too!

 

[ct71rr]

Thanks everyone. I don't have the ceiling height for a full size lift but, I'm hoping to get a MaxJax lift in the future. A couple of years ago, there was a group buy on garagejournal that I missed out on. If i remember correctly, they went for $1500.00 + shipping.

I'll post some pics of the Road Runner this week:headbang:

 

[wedge500]

Very Nice Garage!!! You will love having the room above. My shop has an upstairs and it really helps to keep the clutter down.

 

[ct71rr]

The electrician was here last Friday. He has to come back to finish...