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This is an enormous thank you to all the people that responded to my questions (as simple and basic as some of them were) during the construction of my Portland, Oregon detached garage. As a slightly-more-experienced-than-a-novice DIYer, your help was extremely appreciated. But, I’m sorry, I’m not posting a billing address for your invoices! 😉
Attached are some photos of our (yours and my) work.
Cheers,
Jason
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Beautiful job. You have very good design taste.
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Rez-
The thanks continue - thanks for shrinkin those.
Jason
No problem.
Probably a minute total:o)
Now that's a fine looking garage! Good on ya.
Sweet, pleasing to the eye, you done good. Congratulations.
We likes it!
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Now this is the kind of feedback after the fact, that we love.
Care to share with us, the details that you were helped with ?
:)
The person you offend today, may have been your best friend tomorrow
First, thanks for the kind words. It's one thing to hear "Looks great, hun" from my wife - another to hear it from, well, you all.
The first thing I inquired about was salvaging the siding from the former garage. After some good advice, and realizing that the time to salvage and also find and finish enough siding to make up for the shortage, wouldn't be worth it. The old cedar siding went for salvaging at the Re-building Center, here in Portland. You all saved me from buying a planer and gumming it up by trying to remove the paint!
Then there were some other simple questions about trim material, backpriming, patching nail holes, and finally caulking the joints in the siding.
And not to mention all the lurking and perusing the archives. Truly grateful!
Jason
Thank you !!!We love the success stories, and it is always nice to know what has been helpful and what hasn't.
The person you offend today, may have been your best friend tomorrow
Very nice crisp detail.
Who Dares Wins.
Two thumbs up.
That's good stuff Jason, looks great both in terms of fit & finish as well as aesthetics. Two quick questions for you if you don't mind:
1) what is the siding material?
2) what sort of paint did you use and how did you paint it?
Thanks,
Rob
I like the clean lines and the style. Nice work.
Gabe
Oh oh oh !!! *Hand in air*I can answer the second question...He used teal, cream and black type paints. And he took the paint out of the cans, and put it on the doors, the trim, the fascia, and the walls.I'm so proud of me !<BG>
The person you offend today, may have been your best friend tomorrow
Rob-
1) The siding material was smooth fiber cement (Hardie). 6-1/4 in. Lapped for a 4-1/2 inch reveal (typical of 20's homes in the area).
2) I used the premium exterior latex paint manufactured by a local company, Miller Paints. They specialize in formulations that work well in the P. Northwest climate.
The only downside to the whole project is it makes our house looks like sh#@.
Jason
The only downside to the whole project is it makes our house looks like sh#@. So? You want us to make a suggestion to your wife?
Nice job, but that's not the color selected by the committee.Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. T. Roosevelt
Great proportions in all respects. Beautiful. And not the least bit pretentious either. I like the idea of reflecting local traditions with respect to siding overlap. Sweet.
Now we want to see a pic of your house. ;)
Looks like a seamless addition, great job!
-JustinThe four most expensive words in construction are 'I can fix that' - Dave Crosby
Very nice job! Nice details. Now...how much is the rent? ; )
No question about.
That is one good looking garage.
Rich Beckman
Another day, another tool.
looks really great jason, i like that look a lot...
what did you end up using for trim? what size?
you got any pics of the left side, right side, backside and inside?
now you just need to go over to Knots and have them outfit the garage with some new tools....
Edited 11/23/2004 12:46 pm ET by oak
Edited 11/23/2004 12:48 pm ET by oak
Oak, et. al,
I'll try to decrease the file size of a few more photos at home tonight. A few details on the construction:
The siding is Hardieplank, smooth. The trim is FJ Cedar, smooth side out. It was pre-primed, but I sanded a bit and re-primed all the exposed surfaces. Backsides were left with the factory prime. Rakes are 2x, cornerboards are 5/4, window and doors are 1x with outside corner molding - primed all sides. The rake board tail details were taken from one of my favorite houses in the area. The small window above the garage door was taken/saved from the original garage - sort of 'old meets new' (the former garage foundation visible in one of the photos). The underside of eaves are beadboard for another detail. Most everything was purchased from a local lumberyard, with the exception of special order items like the door and garage door purchased at HD or things I needed to pick up 'after normal business hours'.
Oh, and in addition to the help I received here, I found the following books an enormous help:
Rob Thallon's Graphic Guide to Frame Construction (help with plan details and sound, durable building practices - the city plans reviewer was blown away that a HO would bring in such detailed plans)
Rick Arnold's Working with Concrete (quick layout of footing forms, laying out walls - although, next time I'm subbing this part out!)
John Carroll's Working Alone: Tip and Techniques for Solo Buildling (brilliant way to set the ridge board and rafters solo).
I've now had three people (two neighbors and an acquaintance) ask me if I'd do some work for them - one of them even wants a garage. I gotta say, my day to day job as an engineer has, for a while now, been the part of my life I'd like to change. No kids, a wife with bene's. Hmmmm...is this how these things start?
Someone out there tell me to get these thoughts out of my head!
Jason