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| Garage Construction |
(10-23-99)
Unfinished garage, viewed from the driveway entrance. The house is about 80 feet to the right. At this stage, just about everything on the outside is done except for installing the shingles, which are sitting on top of the roof, and the big doors. By the way, the driveway entrance is now much wider, making it easier to get into and out of the garage, without the tight reversed "S" pattern. |
| Why the Green Acres TV show theme song? The construction of this garage was an absolute fiasco, even though it was done by a reputable construction company that does ONLY garages. Suffice it to say that it took twice as long as quoted and a whole lot more money too. |
(10-27-99)
Removal of the back-half of the concrete floor in progress. |
| First, the entire back half of the concrete floor had to be removed (sawed and jack-hammered out) and re-poured because it sloped to the back wall instead of to the front door. But, they didn't do this until AFTER the framing was completed, even though the framing contractor complained about the perimeter of the floor being un-level the first day they got there! This resulted in a floor that still drains to the back wall instead of out the front door. We did negotiate a $2,000 discount off the price of the concrete work, but now we must build a water-tight seal around the inside perimeter of the walls so that vehicle snow-melt does not rot the walls and baseplate wood. |
(10-27-99)
Even after the concrete was re-poured and was SUPPOSED to fill in these air-cracks produced by the shims under the baseplates, we could still see daylight. |
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After the back floor was re-poured and the siding was installed, we noticed that we could see daylight through the baseplates from INSIDE the garage. So, their salesperson came out with a sack full of spray foam cans and went around the entire perimeter of the garage. It didn't work completely, as we still get dirt blowing in through cracks.
They didn't plan to provide an external air source for the Cobra roof crown vent, and were not planning on installing anything until Don insisted. So, external vents had to be added after the garage was completed. To date, the automatic door still does not work sometimes because of light shining on one side of the automatic, emergency-door-stop sensor. One of these days Don is going to disconnect this nuisance device. In April, or May of this year (2000), several sections of shingles came loose in one of our normal windy days, even though they assured us that the shingles were installed for high-wind conditions. So, Carla spent a couple of hours going over the entire garage roof and re-gluing and nailing all of the loose shingles, since Don is not able to squat or sit on his knees for any length of time. Such is "life in the country". |
(11-99)
Interior framing and electrical rough-in. This wall and doorway separates the 1-car part from the 2-car part of the garage. |
(11-13-99)
Our friend Ray installing insulation. |
(11-13-99)
Ray's wife Ramona was right there helping out too. A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to both of you! |
(11-13-99)
Don, Ray and Ramona working on the attic entry framing. |
(11-99)
Drywall being installed by Bobby (front) and Chuck in the 1-car portion of the garage which is now being used as our workshop. |
| We're just glad to have the garage FINISHED so we can use it. |
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