PROJECT: Garage

With the decision to move, all previous plans have been scrapped. New lot allows for much different options in garage design. Time for project “go big in the new home!”. Decided to replace existing 18×20 attached garage with a 23ish x 60 and throw in a hot tub for good measure 😉

August 24, 2018 – Take possession of new home
May-June, 2021 – Met with several builders. Got some quotes
July 28, 2021 – Met with designer
August 18, 2021 – Finalized quote with chosen builder
September 7, 2021 – Received final drawings
September 14, 2021 – Applied for building permit
September 23, 2021 – Building permit approved
September 24, 2021 – began removing bricks from back of garage
October 12, 2021 – removed majority of garage contents into shed.
October 17, 2021 – finished removing bricks.
November 1-30, 2021 – finished emptying garage into the shed.
December 3, 2021 – Spoke with builder and excavator. Booked for 3rd week of January to dig. Looking at demo old garage between now and then.
December 7, 2021 – cleared way for hut tub base
December 8/9 2021 – Top soil excavated and slab has been poured.
December 16. 2021 – Trusses delivered.
December 17-22 2021 – Roughed in wiring for hot tub.
December 23-27 2021 – Moved electrical panel to north side of door, and removed all old wiring. Rerouted dryer to basement panel. Finished hot tub wiring.
December 28, 2021 – January 3, 2022 – Removed all live wiring from old garage. Shut down the breaker, and moved feed lines to safe location ready for demo.
January 18, 2022 – Dumpster dropped off at 7:45am, and the demolition started round 8. As of today, garage walls and roof are completely down by 2pm. Tomorrow further cleanup.
January 19, 2022 – Demo completed. Mess cleaned up for the most part. Dumpster gone
January 27, 2022 – Excavator dropped off. She lifted up and moved behind pool. Started breaking up earth around the west and north side of former garage foundation. Full excavation will begin in next few days when weather allows.
February 16, 2022 – Delays. Due to ground being frozen 2+’ into the earth, they have opted to hold off excavating until it thaws a bit. Digging that close to cistern and foundation with frozen ground is asking for trouble. Updates will return when equipment does.
February 28, 2022 – Equipment dropped off. Plan is to try again tomorrow.
March 1, 2022 – 7-3 – Excavation! Perimeter of the new shop has been dug. Massive pile of dirt in the back yard. Not sure where it’ll all end up, but its huge.
March 2, 2022 – Footings framed up this morning. Inspected around lunch time and cement poured this afternoon. Finally able to truly the size
March 7, 2022 – framing from footings removed. Some measuring done and lines drawn to prep for foundation wall framing. Also replaced the drainage piping to go around the perimeter
March 8, 2022 – Forms went in this morning, and concrete for foundation walls poured this afternoon!
March 9, 2022 – Forms removed. Finally get a real look at the shape of the foundation.
March 17, 2022 – Back-fill. Stone and dirt has been put in the appropriate places around the garage. Old garage floor and foundation has been removed. Floor is roughly leveled and tamped. Its finally one big room.
March 18, 2022 – Done with landscaping and filling for now. Floor of garage, pad outside the 12′ door and the area between the shed and garage are prepped and ready for concrete. Mud nearly all removed and somewhat graded. Ruts from machines filled and made look better again. Ready for the next phase!
March 21, 2022 – Framing! East, West and South walls are up! Starting to look like a building again.
March 22, 2022 – Framers came for about 2 hours today. Started some prep work for the 16′ front door. I suspect short day due to waiting on the beam to be delivered. So far, its a no show,
March 23, 2022 – Beams delivered late in the day.
March 24, 2022 – Concrete added to the east side of the garage door foundation. Suspect this is to center the door better in the room. Hopefully dry days ahead to keep the ball moving.
March 29, 2022 – Turns out some trusses delivered back in December were wrong. New ones delivered today.
March 31, 2022 – Front wall of the shop is up. Finally have all four walls around. Wind storm putting off roof until next week.
April 4, 2022 – Bit of prep work today. Cleaned off some of the side of the house to prep it for truss installation. Removed some siding and my bedroom window. Window covered over with plywood. West side truss prepped and ready for tomorrow.
April 5, 2002 – Up goes the roof! Crane arrive first thing and the within a few hours the trusses were all on the house and being nailed into place. Front roof line covered in plywood before calling it a day
April 6, 2022 – More roof work. All Covered in plywood now. Front and back halves of the roof joined up. Dumpster delivered to start cleaning some of the construction mess.
April 7, 2022 – Windows and doors have been hung. Entire shop has been wrapped in plastic and the front is prepped and ready for face to be re-bricked.
April 8, 2022 – General clean up done. Lots of finishing around garage door openings etc
April 11, 2022 – Roofer stopped by to measure up. Soon as we have a dry day that meets their schedule they will be back.
April 14, 2022 – Last bits of old foundation have been cut out and removed. Now have clean slate to install new floor
April 18, 2022 – Shingles and roofing materials delivered
April 20, 2022 – old roofing stripped off (mostly). New shingles have started going up. Roughly 60-65% completed.
April 22, 2022 – Shingles completed! Roof looks great! Finally weather proof again, and finally not worried about the original ones flying away or disintegrating
May 2, 2022 – garage floor is prepped and ready for concrete! Rebar mesh laid out as well as cribbing around the door ways.
May 4, 2022 – Garage floor is done! Concrete looks great! Feels like a room again.
May 5, 2022 – Relief cuts made in the concrete. Garage floor now complete. Trying to stay off it as much as possible. No cars for at least a week. Warm weather should aid in curing.
May 18, 2022 – New garage door installed! Looks great. Side mount opener ordered. Down side – through confusion with building plan, it turns out the opening for the back door was made too small for my old door to fit. Replacement door is on its way.
May 23, 2022 – Left over dirt moved around to make the yard more in shape. Still a bit of finesse work to do, but much better now.
May 27, 2022 – Installed Chamberlain RJO20 side mount door opener. Quiet, small footprint. Dig it so far. Also painted old roof vents black
June 8, 2022 – New rear door installed. Still undecided if I want to paint black or not. Also, AC reinstalled.
June 10, 2022 – Dad and Brian have been popping in and out and chipping off mortar from old bricks. Could not have done this without them.
June 12-20, 2022 – Bart and Eric making quick work of re-bricking front of the shop with the reclaimed bricks. So glad we did this instead of just siding on the front.
August 24, 2022 – Old siding and trim stripped from the house. Garage and house completely resided, new soffits, eaves troughs. I also took some time and wired in new LED pot lights all around. 16 of them to be exact. Also roughed in wiring for security cameras
August 25-September 8, 2022 – Siding and soffits complete! Totally transformed the house.
September 13, 2022- I finished the front pot light install. If the siding transformed the house, this is the cherry on top. Beyond happy with how great the lighting looks.
September 1, 2022- September 30 – Roughed in ALL the wiring in the garage. Plugs everywhere, 3 zoned of lighting on ceiling and all sorts of other tweaks.
September 28-October 2, 2022 – Finalize wiring and prep garage for insulation.
October 2, 2022 – Hooked up and tested ceiling LED lighting. Lights are connected to inside panel, so they can be live when working on the garage panel.
October 3-4, 2022 – Walls and soffit insulation completed. Garage also coated in plastic vapor barrier.
October 7 – 40 sheets of drywall delivered for ceiling
October 10-14 – Added firewall between house and garage attics, finished wiring rough-ins and finished up insulation sealing.
October 14 – old brick step removed and driveway cut in clean line to prep for concrete step/skirts have been done.
October 17, 2022 – concrete layout has been painted and ready for cribbing
October 21-22 , 2022- Cribbing layed out and concrete has been poured!
November 5-8, 2022 – Alex and Paul came by a few times and drywalled the ceiling!
November 9, 2022 – Second stack of drywall delivered. This pile is for the walls!
November 10-11, 2022 – Shed adjusted and leveled, landscaping around the garage completed and new topsoil spread. Topped off with a ton of grass seed before the rain starts
December 3, 2022 – Finished and tested ALL the wiring in garage. All plugs. switches and lights working as they should
December 5, 2022 – Installed Google smart smoke detector in garage
December 6, 2022 – Hardwired in the pool / west cameras into USB receptacles.
December 7 – 14, 2022 – I got busy and drywalled all the walls.
January 5, 2023 – NewAge Cabinets have been ordered
January 11, 2023 – Ceiling insulation is complete. All contractor work is finished. All original build plans complete with exception of tape/mud/paint
February 17, 2023 – NewAge cabinets have been delivered!
March 4, 2023 – Cabinets unboxed and ready. Once drywall is done they are ready to install.
May 25 2023 – Started taping and mudding cabinet location. Still going to hire out the remainder of the room, but want to get the wall prepped so cabinets can be hung.
June 1-15, 2023 – Built a wood wall in the location for cabinets. Gives nice plumb and solid area to mouth all cabinetry to.
June 15-20, 2023 – Hung the new cabinets and cupboards up. Look fantastic. Incredibly well built and have a ton of storage space.
July 11, 2023 – Alex dropped of scaffolding. Remainder of drywall to be done soon.
July – August 2023 – Alex taping a mudding the drywall!

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