ok, here is a list of all the material i have into it!.
2nd hand lumber, metal roofing,8"block, cement and nails..............138.50
someone gave me enough tan siding to do a double wide house.
thank goodness, i am a jack of all trades, and master of none, so i was able to pour my own footings and lay my own block.
existing garage was 12x 20 and it was too small. so i decided to lift the roof on both sides, and add to it.. on one side is 13x30, and the other bay is 12x22. the reason i could not lift the entire bak roof was beacuse there is a electric wire pole right up against the garage wall.
i had a major delima when i did the whole left side first, as there is a 12x12 pad already poured in there. so, i did not want to have to rip it up, so i decided to build the rest to that height................f****dge!. with this mistake, if you look, i had to dig out the right side by almost three feet, and it was full of wheel barrel size boulders!. my old landlord, the one who sold me the house let me use his ford, yes, i know a ford in my driveway is crazy!, it is a stout little machine. it dug it out. finally got done the other day, and since i knew that i would have a problem with the wood rotting out, and water comming in if i put the top of concrete 2.5 feet below grade, would just not work. only way to address the issue is to put in a block all, and tar it, and come up high enough over grade............
now i am putting up the right wall, and the back section, as i remove my supports. we have had 100 mph winds here in the last few weeks, and it stood the test !
here is where i am at right now, got another 3 days of work, and should be done.
i cannot afford the concrete for quite some time, but hey, ill get it eventually will get it!
while i had the machine here, i decided to dig out the asphalt in front of my house. on tthe right side of the house use to be a carport, but when we redid the house,we closed it in, a nd brought the floor up to the living room height and made our living room 2wice the size. but everytime i came up the driveway, i hated to see the asphalt lead right to that old carport.........not no more!. i ripped it all out, and will now put some seed down, and then will not look like the driveway goes right into my living room !
it is not the best of builds, but alot of material was givin to me, and i do not have anyone helping me, so i think that for what i have invested, it should hold up for 10 years, then i can plot a 35x60 on my little property!!!!!!!!!!!!
2nd hand lumber, metal roofing,8"block, cement and nails..............138.50
someone gave me enough tan siding to do a double wide house.
thank goodness, i am a jack of all trades, and master of none, so i was able to pour my own footings and lay my own block.
existing garage was 12x 20 and it was too small. so i decided to lift the roof on both sides, and add to it.. on one side is 13x30, and the other bay is 12x22. the reason i could not lift the entire bak roof was beacuse there is a electric wire pole right up against the garage wall.
i had a major delima when i did the whole left side first, as there is a 12x12 pad already poured in there. so, i did not want to have to rip it up, so i decided to build the rest to that height................f****dge!. with this mistake, if you look, i had to dig out the right side by almost three feet, and it was full of wheel barrel size boulders!. my old landlord, the one who sold me the house let me use his ford, yes, i know a ford in my driveway is crazy!, it is a stout little machine. it dug it out. finally got done the other day, and since i knew that i would have a problem with the wood rotting out, and water comming in if i put the top of concrete 2.5 feet below grade, would just not work. only way to address the issue is to put in a block all, and tar it, and come up high enough over grade............
now i am putting up the right wall, and the back section, as i remove my supports. we have had 100 mph winds here in the last few weeks, and it stood the test !
here is where i am at right now, got another 3 days of work, and should be done.
i cannot afford the concrete for quite some time, but hey, ill get it eventually will get it!
while i had the machine here, i decided to dig out the asphalt in front of my house. on tthe right side of the house use to be a carport, but when we redid the house,we closed it in, a nd brought the floor up to the living room height and made our living room 2wice the size. but everytime i came up the driveway, i hated to see the asphalt lead right to that old carport.........not no more!. i ripped it all out, and will now put some seed down, and then will not look like the driveway goes right into my living room !
it is not the best of builds, but alot of material was givin to me, and i do not have anyone helping me, so i think that for what i have invested, it should hold up for 10 years, then i can plot a 35x60 on my little property!!!!!!!!!!!!
