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".

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The Man Upstairs

The man upstairs....... is me! Well, not really, as technically there are no stairs yet - but I do own a ladder! Any reservations I had about the height of this building are gone now. It's certainly not any shorter, but I care much less after visiting the 2nd floor tonight.

I realized I hadn't seen that side of the floor boards yet - so obviously I couldn't just go to bed without climbing up there. Of course, I did all the calcs before hand, but 2 adjacent (almost) 12'x18' rooms ends up being a nice big space. Knee walls and ceiling joists may make it a bit smaller looking tomorrow --- I'll take some pics then.
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