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Title: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 20, 2015, 01:37:47 PM
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0nnfqj80kC0/VfhMqsjdMqI/AAAAAAAAAvc/enlJjfVacLQ/s1600/garage%2B1.jpg)

i started a new little project..step one,,,good by top soil.....
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 20, 2015, 01:38:57 PM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1PErgGQPIl4/VfhNOk-FgdI/AAAAAAAAAvo/trX6iA9_loI/s1600/garage%2B2.jpg)

set some lines,,,, 3 4 5
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 20, 2015, 01:39:35 PM
work work work....

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M0YV5xnF1Og/VfhNkcDIVpI/AAAAAAAAAvw/MIoCEkMcLq8/s1600/garage%2B3.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 20, 2015, 01:40:36 PM
nearly 70 yards of hard pack base... had to build up the ground,,,,lots of tamping involved...   (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FHDe1ztea8k/VfhOjxqeJII/AAAAAAAAAwE/D8t9RH_vJGI/s1600/garage%2B6.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 20, 2015, 01:41:08 PM
future bathroom....  (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RqsZRj28e00/VfhO23rcQiI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/BgO0NjIWA2A/s1600/bathroom.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 20, 2015, 01:42:28 PM
oversized rebar,,,i know,,,,its overkill....
also put a vapour barrier down and rigid foam along the perimeter.  (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wTNPE3749r0/VfhPeTMnuxI/AAAAAAAAAwc/Y2fluCtop6s/s1600/rebarring.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 20, 2015, 04:18:46 PM
it took 4 trucks,,,,, 29 yards...  (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U6UCIB07lEM/ViavO5pxDpI/AAAAAAAAAys/fvojme0LF9U/s1600/concrete.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 20, 2015, 09:18:19 PM
the pad..... (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QhpsXZIrPsc/Vib1dmwQMgI/AAAAAAAAAzA/_NRTGkv3lVc/s1600/wet%2Bpad.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 20, 2015, 09:19:16 PM
wall framing.... i put things together in 16 ft sections,,,,easer to lift...

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Tld50EgYEQ/Vib1wV5lcbI/AAAAAAAAAzI/o4JfHh_unVs/s1600/walls%2Bwalls%2Bwalls.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 24, 2015, 07:49:33 PM
wall framing continues... (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kJ-c78fFyhY/Viwl0qfP47I/AAAAAAAAAzc/aTk1k9eZ6nk/s1600/framing.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 24, 2015, 07:50:08 PM
framing framing framing....(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6rIUXcQhJVs/ViwmD3ks3zI/AAAAAAAAAzk/1W0fbcTszk4/s1600/framing%2Bosb.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 24, 2015, 07:50:58 PM
ladders on,,,(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sH4RVdRDKOw/ViwmWkPhzGI/AAAAAAAAAzs/rNhbboT-xOg/s1600/framing%2Bladders.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on October 24, 2015, 07:51:47 PM
ready for a tin roof....(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EDlxpBiWFok/ViwmmDTT1mI/AAAAAAAAAz0/4v0Aj_ial_Y/s1600/roofingdone.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on November 10, 2015, 08:25:12 PM
Ice Dam,,,(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2eEZym4gIbA/VkKYSu-hRxI/AAAAAAAAA0w/ajeYPKioEvY/s1600/ice%2Bdam.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on November 10, 2015, 08:25:55 PM
purlins north side..... (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kqzovPp5ILY/VkKYgpfeSMI/AAAAAAAAA04/WJbjXjmMXMY/s1600/purlins.jpg)
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on November 10, 2015, 08:27:53 PM
tin..... Question........i had one screw that went through the tin right onto a nail head,,so the screw had to come out,, what is the proper way to deal with a little hole in the tin now....?  (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TRaPQ_AuI3Q/VkKYrTy6d1I/AAAAAAAAA1A/Ox5fl8z0CX0/s1600/tin%2Broof.jpg)

Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: astidham on November 10, 2015, 09:45:58 PM
Drill a hole through the nail with a drill bit, smaller then your sheet metal screw. That worked for me.
nice progress.
Title: Re: 28 x 60 garage with suite
Post by: Kris on November 16, 2015, 01:26:18 PM
south tin complete....whooooa....beat the snow.....still need a ridge cap,,,but not to worried about that....
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0PweTssIEuM/Vkoffv-XMAI/AAAAAAAAA1U/HfokOUGJYcI/s1600/tintintin.jpg)