It's Finally Time

Dawgboy wrote:Sorry for the hijack...  I don't have a dedicated shop either so looking forward to your construction.

I couldn't take it any longer, my previous house had a big shop in the back and my current home doesn't. I've got lots of toys and nowhere to work on them.

Love that company logo! Gotta like a company with a sense of humor!

Got the shop slab poured yesterday, its cool and cloudy here now with high humidity, the guys were at the house until about 10:30pm still rubbing the slab down by hand. It wouldn't dry enough to get the machine on it, it finally started raining so they covered it with plastic and left it, looks good this morning.

Couldn't get enough concrete for the patio so we are pouring it Friday morning.







Muds here, took 3 trucks to get it all in.

Very cool!!!

Congrats! Won't be long now!

patio is in.









I wrapped the temporary 2x4 deck legs with plastic. I'll cut them off one at a time, pull out the stub, fill in the small hole with concrete and then put the 6x6 deck leg back in place to cover it. Only way I could pull it off without levitating the deck into the air.

My framer backed out of the job, looking for a new one now.

nice home slowflapper,

keep the pic's coming

Now you'll have a nice patio to enjoy a couple of brews after working on the van! Sounds like you have a good plan in place. Congrats!

my dads building was that size.i remember telling myself someday ill have one like it.that day came about 15 years ago when i bought my property.my dad came over when i was building it and said son,it aint big enough.he was right and i built mine 40 x 80 x 16.so i guess what im saying is,it aint big enough.maybe i should be thinning the collection instead of adding to it.congrats and enjoy yhe new building

building is framed up, waiting on the roof and tyvek wrap, probably start siding early January.



room upstairs:

look at all that room to store van parts  

G-Man wrote:look at all that room to store van parts  

thats what Im thinking

That room is something like 12' wide by 8' tall and runs the length of the building, 36' long. That double window is framed out for a double door, eventually I'm going to bridge the deck over to it so you can walk right in from the deck.

Congrats! Looks like you're going to get a LOT of great use out of it!

Hey Slowflapper the photo's look great, I found a blue print for the house that keeps the ground floor open and doesn't interfear with  the man cave out back,

dix wrote:Hey Slowflapper the photo's look great, I found a blue print for the house that keeps the ground floor open and doesn't interfear with  the man cave out back,

Now that is what I call a HOUSE! Perfect   

Space Truckin wrote:

dix wrote:Hey Slowflapper the photo's look great, I found a blue print for the house that keeps the ground floor open and doesn't interfear with  the man cave out back,

Now that is what I call a HOUSE! Perfect    

Buddy of mine has a steel building "garage" that's something like 30wide x 40long and two stories tall. The upper floor is built out for living space, really nice, heated floor, granite counters etc. and he and his old lady live up there. The lower floor is a 3+ bay finished/heated/cooled garage with a kitchen and bathroom. He runs a Harley shop down there and we have some pretty good get together's

wheee!

driveway is poured!

the parking pad on the backfill has a rebar mat in it, the whole thing is 4000psi concrete as well.

painter is coming to caulk/paint and put down an epoxy floor soon, I'm probably going to go ahead and drywall the inside as well.

less grass to mow now, looks really nice !!

dodge man wrote:less grass to mow now,  looks really nice !!

Thats what I told the wife, dont have to mow concrete

Im dying to get this thing finished, Ive got stuff that needs wrenching on

Got the final inspection this past week!

I'm not completely finished but I have The Man™ out of my hair now. Still need to insulate, drywall and put a finish on the floor but that's all minor stuff. The never ending garage project is almost over.

Some pictures!

down the side:



On the other side:


Living in the mountains has its drawbacks, looking at those concrete walls still hurts my wallet.




Grillin and Chillin area:


couple of shots of the back acre, I really like North GA., if you havens been here its worth a visit.







U freakin wot mate?

Very Nice,Flap ! Time to fill it up now.It never takes long.

Beautiful Place! Can't wait to see how you put it to use! Congrats!

Nice Indeed ... a lot to be Proud of for sure !!!!!!!

Cool workshop and backyard, all that concrete must have been a second mortgage.