The Garage Project

[mav-fan.livejournal.com]

Under the cut you'll find the building of our garage so far.

Just as a reminder (or as first time information) this is the reason for needing a new garage.  Granted, this wasn't actually a garage, but it sits where we always wanted to put a garage.
 
Taken 12 November 2007


19 December 2007, after the junk has been cleared.  Preparing the site for the new garage.


20 December 2007, the vague outline of the structure.


13 January 2008, the construction is stalled by a spot of rain.


7 February 2008, and it begins again, laying the form for the foundation.


14 February 2008, finishing the foundation forms.


20 February 2008, the foundation concrete has been poured.


22 February 2008, the forms are removed and the foundation stands alone.


3 March 2008, preparing the interior for pouring the slab which will be the garage floor.

6 March 2008 is a busy day
10:44am, the cement mixer arrives.


10:48am, the concrete starts to flow.


10:53 the step into the garage is mostly finished.


10:59am, More concrete flows toward it's destination.


11:00am, the destination.


11:08 partially smoothed.


12:14pm, all poured and smoothed.

13 March 2008, 9:57am, the beginning of a wall.


12:17pm, raising the completed wall.


12:31pm, Is this thing straight?


WooHoo, now it's starting to look like something!!

Comments

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

Wow, that looks like a pretty big garage. Cool. Are you doing that by yourselves or are those hired men?

And thinking that I chicken out on a 2x2m terrace... :-)

[mav-fan.livejournal.com]

It is rather large. When finished it will fit 2 large US sized cars in it, with a bit of extra space to store the Christmas decorations (which are now clogging up my front sun room). That is our contractor who has done work on the house, on and off, for the entire 5 1/2 years we've been here. He had help on the concrete pouring day, but mostly it is just him. Since we basically gutted the house and added an extra 800 square feet to it, we know him rather well!
I love my husband dearly, but he is not at all handy for building things. ;-) On the other hand, if you need someone arrested, he's the one you want for that.

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

if you need someone arrested

It must feel nicely safe to have someone like that around.

I'm the "handyman" in our relationship. He does hard work, too, and helps me carry the heavy stuff, but the How and When is handled by me. Otherwise it looks strange afterwards :-)

[mav-fan.livejournal.com]

Around our house, the hubby is known as the one who carries things, that's his job. Depending on what is needed, I occasionally let him do some handyman stuff, but the majority of it is done by me. For the big projects, we call in our trusty contractor, it's really nice to have a contractor who knows us so well.

[femsc.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, it's coming on, isn't it! Fantastic. You must be so relieved that you're finally making progress. It looks a lot stronger than the original building, so hopefully it won't suffer the same fate next time someone leaves a celestial door open :)

[mav-fan.livejournal.com]

This building should be much sturdier than the last (fingers crossed). As of the end of today, we have one wall fully in place and the second one is framed, ready to finish!! Once the builder has a roof, it should move faster. Considering he is doing this mostly on his own, I'm very happy with the progress!

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

You are really getting somewhere now. Isn't always the way, dig a hole for foundations and it pours with rain, then you don't know if you are building a swimming pool or what. :)

[mav-fan.livejournal.com]

For a while we thought our new garage was going to come complete with a moat! ;-)
I just this minute finished watching 'The Female Factor!' Fantastic episode, really wonderful. Doyle kicking in the window, the chase up the large winding stairs, then out the window, into the car park and Doyle gets shot! Way too much action for 51 minutes!

[rosie55.livejournal.com]

Your caption on the pool version of the foundation did make me laugh - a "spot of rain". Well, yes. Typical! But interesting to see the progress and I thought you were very diligent taking pictures of the various stages of concrete pouring. I expect you got the same funny looks our builder and plumber were beginning to give me every time I appeared with my camera while our bathroom works were in progress!

And oh, yes, you're definitely hooked now! Female Factor - possibly my favourite ep, for the sight of blue-chinned lads in tuxes with their bow ties all askew wandering, hands in pockets along the embankment! shaw012145 actually sent the lads to me with birthday greetings from that scene - if you look back at her LJ for 18 February you can see it! And I love Doyle kicking in the window. And Cowley furiously tearing a strip off Doyle for getting CI5 involved while the Police Inspector grins and then changing tack so smoothly and taking over the investigation when he realises that the number on the phonepad is the Prime Minister's private number - a much celebrated little scene in fandom there, almost as much for Bodie and Doyle's jaws dropping as the Inspector's, when Cowley does his complete volte face. Might have to watch that one again!

[mav-fan.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, the embankment stroll was very well worth watching. And Doyle kicking the window, love it. When I saw them go up to the house, I was watching extra close, after seeing your icon. Cowley doing a complete 180 when he sees the PM's private number, LOVED IT!!! The lads jaw dropping was very understandable.
Our regular contractor is very accustomed at this point to me and the camera, and his helpers on that day had obviously been forewarned. (Rochester did NOT like the contractor's brother who was there for the first time that day). But, the driver of the cement truck kept smiling at me as if to say, "Okay, why is the mad woman taking all the photos?"