Blstr88
Silver Member
Since moving to our property 3.5 years ago our garage has steadily been getting filled with more and more lawn/property care equipment and tools...I drive a VW TDI and leave our house at 445am to get to work on time, so it pretty much has to be kept in our heated (55-60) garage all winter...and with our first baby on the way I want the wife to be able to pull in/out of the garage in winter as well...soooo I finally pulled the trigger on a barn/outbuilding.
We had a 16x28 pad poured about a month ago, and the builder showed up two days ago to start the building, here is the progress thus far:
Pad was first done, I put in the 5 sonotube supports for the lean-to myself. I figured it would be easy enough and I could save a few bucks doing those myself...I wish now I had just paid the concrete guys to do it, digging those holes was a pain! They came out ok though, and theyre wicked deep so should be ok in our cold/frosty winters.
The trusty Cummins and the older of our 2 shepherds...just sharing because I like sharing pictures of them
Supplies showing up:
More supplies and a shot of the build site from further back"
Walls going up quick:
This was it after the first day:
Early in the second day:
End of the second day:
This is the view from my garage doors at the house:
A shot from inside, theres an 8' deep loft above one of of the garage doors (theres an overhead garage door on each end, I figured it would make moving equipment in/out easier and require less shuffling)
Thats it for now! I'll post more when its completely finished, should be tomorrow or Friday the latest. Its going to be home to an LS J2023, Ferris IS700 zeroturn mower, DR log splitter, assorted smaller equipment (snowblower, chipper, power-washer) and a bunch of assorted chainsaws, trimmers, and hand tools. All my mechanic tools, wrenches, etc will stay in place in the garage.
We had a 16x28 pad poured about a month ago, and the builder showed up two days ago to start the building, here is the progress thus far:
Pad was first done, I put in the 5 sonotube supports for the lean-to myself. I figured it would be easy enough and I could save a few bucks doing those myself...I wish now I had just paid the concrete guys to do it, digging those holes was a pain! They came out ok though, and theyre wicked deep so should be ok in our cold/frosty winters.
The trusty Cummins and the older of our 2 shepherds...just sharing because I like sharing pictures of them
Supplies showing up:
More supplies and a shot of the build site from further back"
Walls going up quick:
This was it after the first day:
Early in the second day:
End of the second day:
This is the view from my garage doors at the house:
A shot from inside, theres an 8' deep loft above one of of the garage doors (theres an overhead garage door on each end, I figured it would make moving equipment in/out easier and require less shuffling)
Thats it for now! I'll post more when its completely finished, should be tomorrow or Friday the latest. Its going to be home to an LS J2023, Ferris IS700 zeroturn mower, DR log splitter, assorted smaller equipment (snowblower, chipper, power-washer) and a bunch of assorted chainsaws, trimmers, and hand tools. All my mechanic tools, wrenches, etc will stay in place in the garage.
