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".

Monday, January 23, 2012

Closing Out December 2011

With the Sheetrock up, and with the help of my father-in-law and wife, I spent most of my xmas break cleaning up the garage, painting, etc. By the 28th, the Walls were painted a light grey.

With some extra special help, the red stripe started on the 29th....
... and 3 coats later, was basically done. Oh, and frog tape really IS that good!
Also started the block wall painting/waterproofing
Ended the year with a coat of paint/waterproofer around the stem walls, and even got the garage door openers installed. Slower progress than hoped, but stayed busy so can't really complain. Ok, Malia might have preferred didn't stay up until 2-4AM at least a couple nights during this vacation, but sleep is overrated, right?
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