The Tractor cave...

[RadarTech]

After some thought and planning it is finally coming about....

The Tractor cave...

So far I have 3 of the walls nearly drywalled.

The new garage door is here.. I have the ceiling joists are almost ready to go up....


Lots of pics to follow and descriptions will be interlaced...
the first 3 pics are pic 79-- from the outside looking in.. the door opening has to be reworked as it was too low.
(TBN strikes here-- 7' moving to 7'6 so I don't have to drop the ROPS!)

88 is the last load of stuff...

84 is the inside of the door..
If you notice we framed it for a high door and then just scabed stuff up so we could make up our minds later....


the next post will have some internal pics...



J

 

[RadarTech]

Ok--- now some history--

The walls in the basement are ~10 feet high..
And when you check these pics out you will likely see that I am going to go for an 8 foor ceiling.

More in a bit... want to post the link on another thread...

J

 

[dcyrilc]

If you need a hand unloading, just let me know. You can just run over here with the truck and I'll help unload.:laughing:

 

[RadarTech]

Ok...

So the plan is to take the 2x6's that are leaning against the wall and 2 on the floor and put them on the sides above the drywall. (about 3/4 in higher that the drywall)

Then using joist hangers for 2x4's put 2x4s across the 11'9" room..

With bracing nailed to the ceiling spread across the width of the room...
(I have a ton of 36" 2x4s so I may put 3 spread evenly across the span)

then the drywall will hang under 2x4 joists.

On the door, I have to work on sizing that door right.....

With my schedule, it may be a couple of weeks before I get this done though...


J

 

[RadarTech]

I should put some dimensions here..

the room is 11'11.5" wide and 16'9 deep.....


The door will be 7'6 in and 8' wide...
with the side door being 36"...

J

 

[RadarTech]

Sorry for not posting anymore in the last bit..
I have been sick and then work went from zero to insane!

anyway--- I hope to have new pics up soon...

the rafters are all up now, with 2 sheets of drywall on the ceiling before I ran out of drywall nails! how did that happen???

I found a rental drywall lift from Sat noon to Monday AM for $25!!!!!
It is a good one.. Pics tomorrow..

and the garage door came in. Special order (size was weird I guess!!!)

So I need to hurry up and get that done..

I will need some advise on the garage door part though....


Tell you one thing though, unloading those drywall sheets by yourself is for the birds!!! And not that I mean Bird...


Anyway--- off to Lowes for some drywall nails and and some screws...
maybe I can get a couple more sheets up tonight... but I is T I RED...


Jacen

 

[Obed]

Jacen,
We framed our basement garage for a 7.5' high garage door for exactly the same reason as you, so I could pull the tractor inside without lowering the ROPS. I didn't want an 8' high door because I wanted some room for the garage door opener above the door.
Obed

 

[two_bit_score]

Great design and good implementation. Thanks for the pics! Looking forward to seeing how it comes out.

 

[Thomas]

Looking like showroom instead.
Make it handy comfortable for those retirement years.

 

[Obed]

Ok--- now some history--

The walls in the basement are ~10 feet high..
And when you check these pics out you will likely see that I am going to go for an 8 foor ceiling.

More in a bit... want to post the link on another thread...

J

Jacen,
I'm curious. Are you going to have a garage door opener?

Most of the contractors I've talked to for our house building project wanted at least a 12" clearance between the garage door and the ceiling in order to have room for a garage door opener.

Obed