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
Diggin In
6/9/2010: Footings trenched in, ready for concrete! I was pleasantly surprised to find out that we'd end up with a 24" wide footing vs the code minimum 16" - due largely in part to the fact that the backhoe's bucket is 24" wide!
6/9/2010: Footings trenched in, ready for concrete! I was pleasantly surprised to find out that we'd end up with a 24" wide footing vs the code minimum 16" - due largely in part to the fact that the backhoe's bucket is 24" wide!
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