I am acting as my GC, and also doing most of the work with my own hands. Fire early and fire often seems to be the method required. Many areas of the house and garage are coming out a lot better because I am able to engineer changes on the fly as conditions change, just go into my house and start the CAD. Case in point is that while I always had a full basement in the house addition, I had to go through a hatch and crawlway to get to it from inside, or bulkhead from outside. When we raised the addition 2 feet to solve the water problem I designed a way to put in a stairwell and head off two of the floor trusses so I can now walk downstairs upright like a human. I am now 2+ years into this and hope to have the house ready for HVAC and electrical work in a few more weeks. Over the holidays I cut and installed 7 sets of stair stringers on the house. Only thing that has been done on the garage was to put an 18KW LP gas generator on a pad behind it. I have a big push on the house because I want to get back on the garage. Still no stairway inside, and the plywood deck on the second floor has only 7 nails in each sheet holding them in place. The trusses and plywood were a bit damp (also covered with frost) when I put the deck down so I could not glue them down the way I did on the house. Now that I have the ladder back in the garage and the wood has finished shrinking I can get up there and screw the sheets down. Deck feels slightly bouncy in some areas.
Another reason for a push is that I need most of the work done before autocross season starts. Got my priorities you know (wifey may have a different idea)

 

Moving the bathroom upstairs, great idea.

 

Thanks for sharing your progress.
That will be one awesome garage when its complete.

 

any more pictures? this is going to be an awesome garage!

 

Scruffster! long time no talk or see!!! glad to see your project is coming along mine is finally finished. got dig up my old post to put some pix up.

 

I've been watching this threed for a little over a year now (as a lurker) and now that I'm a member I just want to say that I cant wait to see the finished project.

 

Let's pick it up Mussel car, more pics!!

 

Looks awesome. Probably going to have to do something similar to this as my dad has just restored a 1946 Chevy COE and it doesn't even come close to fitting into the current garage!

 

this is a work of art!!!!!!!!

 

11 08 Progress report.

I spent most of the good weather of 07 at autocross and started back on the house late in November, that’s just the way it worked out. I built 7 sets of stairs in the house and just after New Years wifey could walk into the addition and walk upstairs too.
Spring of 08 I started back on the garage as I was mostly done framing the addition interior. First thing to do was to remove the construction door and put in a new steel unit. Space next to the garage also makes a nice parking place for the trailer. BTW, I am becoming VERY good at backing that sucker up. Just look back and check out the entrance to my driveway. No way to turn it around so I just back it in.



New septic system was put in last year and we have some crappy grass growing. Much better than the piles of dirt that were there,



Put a pad out back for an 18 KVA LP generator. Not shown is the 1000 gal LP tank. Very painful to fill that sucker for the first time. Got enough power to run the entire house, almost.


Next on the agenda was to frame the utility room under the stairs enough for the electrician to put the service panel and automatic transfer switch in place. I also cut and installed the stairs at the same time. I wanted a landing halfway up but I did not want to cut through the center wall, so no landing. I ended up maxing out the code for the rise and everything just fit in.



Panel on left, transfer switch on the right. Power lines also continue from here to the house, house has its own transfer switch.



And of course any open space quickly fills with junk. Most of this is construction related and will be disposed of when it is no longer needed.



When I framed the center wall I was not really sure where I would want any openings between the two sides, so I left some options open by heading off in a few areas. Back will most likely get a 3’ door. Center is unknown at this point. Front will also get a 3” door that swings away from the car to the left, location to be determined.

Back two openings.


Front opening.


And that is where she stands at the present. Only other thing I will do this year is rip off the garage door wood trim and replace it with solid PVC trim. PVC trim boards are white so I won’t need to paint them.

 

great cars and the garage looks almost perfect now its time to clean it up .

 

you should go with lift master side jack garage door lifts. would be much better in your application.

 

not finish yet?

 

I should be back to work on it in a week or two. I should be ready to turn the house over to subs by next weekend.

 

Thank you for the updates!