This day in 1997, of my house build

   / This day in 1997, of my house build
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Marked for garage footers on west end of house.

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   / This day in 1997, of my house build
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My neighbor borrowed a backhoe and dug my footers for me. Here I am moving the dirt out of the way.
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   / This day in 1997, of my house build
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20020711 garage foundation

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Dug down 8 ft for house side garage footer to get to solid ground, creating a basement addition.
 
   / This day in 1997, of my house build
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20020711 Garage footers

Original basement had stub outs to tie into garage.
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Tie into porch footers
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Tie into back wall
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   / This day in 1997, of my house build #605  
Good stuff. Thanks for adding this part of the house build.
 
   / This day in 1997, of my house build
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20020712 garage footers poured.
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   / This day in 1997, of my house build #607  
I'm confused on the garage. Is this something that you started right after you finished the house? or is this after living there awhile?

What was the original plan for a garage before you started building the house?
 
   / This day in 1997, of my house build #608  
If you look at each of his posts, the date is what he starts with. Garage is being added 5 years after the house build. :)
 
   / This day in 1997, of my house build
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I'm confused on the garage. Is this something that you started right after you finished the house? or is this after living there awhile?

What was the original plan for a garage before you started building the house?

Every post has the actual date at the top of the post. House finished oct of 1997, garage started 2002 on dates given.

House was planned for the garage to be added. That was discussed in the house build.
The house basement was stubbed out to tie into the future garage. Same foundation contractor was used. The upstairs hall was built to continue to the garage rooms. The window at the end of that hall was framed inside a doorway framed opening, so I could easily open it up.

I don’t have detailed notes on the garage build, because it was built as I had time and money. No bank loan, no bank deadline.
I did sell some mountain top land in WV to help finance the garage build. I was going to build a cabin there, and it ended up being too far away and I didn’t go there enough. I had a driveway and septic put in there, and dug for footers, then sold it.
 
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   / This day in 1997, of my house build
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Couple pics of my WV land I sold.
Cabin was going behind the truck.
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Beautiful view in all directions.
 

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