Why "The G-Word"?

Prior to this project actually breaking ground, the word Garage had become something of a 6-lettered swear word in our family. You see, we bought this house ~5 years ago only after I had verified that the setbacks and septic were ok to support building this garage. I've built foam core models in 1:20 scale; I've spent hundreds of hours playing with various designs with home CAD software.; I've studied neighborhood covenants, code books, and educated myself on proper building techniques. And through this all, and much to my wife's dismay, I've been talking about this experience to the point of driving those closest to me nuts. So, since around the beginning of this year, when I really started to get this ball rolling, this garage has been affectionately referred to as "The G-word".

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Blocking the Way

6/15/2010: Hard to believe that 3 guys finished blocking the entire wall in 1 day. They started ~9am, and packed up ~8:30 pm. In that time, they laid more than 5 courses of block (the back right corner and much of the back wall was actually too low, so they cut blocks down to make spacers to get everything back up to level). I didn't make it easy on them either, having spec'd rebar in the footings on average every 32" with corresponding filled block cavities all the way up, which meant they went through a LOT of mortar! I also had them install ladder reinforcement wire in the horizontal grout lines on the back and left side walls that will be below grade - just because it sounded like it couldn't hurt and was cheap insurance. Finally, I had them put 2x 2" conduits in the wall that I will use to run power and data lines between the garage and house. Note that they also texture-finished the entire outer surface - basically a parge coat - to match the house. The grout lines are still wet in this shot so still "show through".

Next steps: waterproofing, drainage, and backfill, and then comes the slab....
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