Re: Garage tear down party!!
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Trouble
I swung by this afternoon. Doc's got it all pretty well hoed out on the inside. I left before he was quite done but I'm pretty well useless for physical labor right now. It's a shame because two motivated people could have that garage levelled in a day. At least the weather was cooperating with him. It wasn't too hot and it wasn't raining.
On a fairly unrelated side note, that's a badass trailer he just picked up. Pretty close to a perfect foundation for a sweet track trailer.
Thanks for stopping by and helping John! It made the work go by quicker. If it wasn't for you I think I would still be up on the roof!
Pics.
Before...
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...ragebefore.jpg
After!
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSCF4711.jpg
See the lean.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSCF4710.jpg
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I still think I could have lifted that garage right into a dumpster with the Trojan.:teehee:
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Doc, give me a text update at like 3:00pm tomorrow and tell me if you still want my help in the evening.
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Awesome Doc! Wish I was there to help...glad Trouble came over to supervise. And thats a very very nice trailer. Upgrades are great eh!
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Hey Doc,
I have nothing planned until 5pm today... I'll be at the shop cleaning up a bit, for a photoshoot with a friends' new bike tonight that we picked up in Brattleboro last night. Gimme a shout if you need a hand (since I have no idea where you live), but my shop is located about 1/4mi from burlington pd on north ave.
310.1731
~Shelby
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Hey Doc!!
Sorry I missed you this weekend. i'd have loved to come get my hands dirty. Just rolled back into town from Albuquerque. But, hopefully I'll see you tuesday night to catch up after the month away. Hope everyone had some fun. Demolition is like a sandbox for grown-ups.
cheers!
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The garage is still standing. I guess the contractor gets all the fun of knocking it down. :(
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Bummer man! Sorry to hear about the lack of support yesterday. It was such a nice day I figured someone would ride over and give you a hand...
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I had a couple offers but couldn't coordinate it so that more than 2 people would be there at one time so I bagged it.
No worries. I am going to go play a bit today. I just need to move my Heavy tool box into the trailer, then I will cut out the windows and start taking the siding off.
Who was it you said might want to buy the wood?
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Wish I lived closer, I love demo work. How big is the new one gonna be?
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The new one is going to be a little taller, have a 4 foot "basement" for storage, about 1 foot wider and 2 feet longer BUT going from 2x4 to 2x6 construction and from 24 on center to 16 on center.
Most importantly it will be SQUARE and LEVEL!!
I wish it could be bigger but with the zoning laws I am pushing it. (It is on the property line and is grandfather in or it would have to be 10 feet off the line which puts it in the middle of my back yard.)
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Lemme guess, they were going to dissassemble it but someone sneezed and it fell over?
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Trouble
Lemme guess, they were going to dissassemble it but someone sneezed and it fell over?
Pretty much. :lol:
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Doc
The new one is going to be a little taller, have a 4 foot "basement" for storage, about 1 foot wider and 2 feet longer BUT going from 2x4 to 2x6 construction and from 24 on center to 16 on center.
Most importantly it will be SQUARE and LEVEL!!
I wish it could be bigger but with the zoning laws I am pushing it. (It is on the property line and is grandfather in or it would have to be 10 feet off the line which puts it in the middle of my back yard.)
Just a thought but if you are going to have a 4 foot basement already why not dig down an extra 2 feet and put it up 6 inches so you can have a nice 6.5 foot high basement under it. Could be a double stacked garage with very little extra work.... :drink:
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Why the 2x6? Isn't 2x4's more than good enough for a small simple garage?
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yesterdayze
Just a thought but if you are going to have a 4 foot basement already why not dig down an extra 2 feet and put it up 6 inches so you can have a nice 6.5 foot high basement under it. Could be a double stacked garage with very little extra work.... :drink:
Yeah umm... Burlington doesn't know about my lil "basement" and they wouldn't approve it if they did.
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obsolete
Why the 2x6? Isn't 2x4's more than good enough for a small simple garage?
2x6 for more insulation. It gets COLD up here in the winter.
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Doc
Yeah umm... Burlington doesn't know about my lil "basement" and they wouldn't approve it if they did.
2x6 for more insulation. It gets COLD up here in the winter.
Gotcha...
Yeah, DEF 2x6. I redid my whole garage to make it 2x6 and it made a HUGE HUGE HUGE difference. For real :)
It does also make it a hair stronger but nothing huge there.
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Looking into spray foam but for $3500... Bah!
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Eeeoouucchhh. I'm not sure where you priced it but Brian Thomas (cell 989.1661 office 247.5050) or Kent Burgess (Environmental Foam of Vermont 899.9901) are two people that we typically use. I'm not saying it's going to be any cheaper but they are the sources I'm familiar with.
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Trouble
Eeeoouucchhh. I'm not sure where you priced it but Brian Thomas (cell 989.1661 office 247.5050) or Kent Burgess (Environmental Foam of Vermont 899.9901) are two people that we typically use. I'm not saying it's going to be any cheaper but they are the sources I'm familiar with.
I got a quote from Bugbee.. Isn't that who you told me to call?
I'll call the other 2. Thanks!
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It was. Then I talked to one of our site supervisors yesterday and he gave me the two other names.
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Doc
Yeah umm... Burlington doesn't know about my lil "basement" and they wouldn't approve it if they did.
I will tell them! Unless you give me your Ducati!
:idea::teehee:
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catamount
I will tell them! Unless you give me your Ducati!
:idea::teehee:
Trade ya for an ST4s.