Wow! That's such a sweet building Tom!!


Can't remember if you had a lift in your old place or not.... if not... you'll think you're in heaven the next time you want to do something on the cars! A lift FTW!!


Siding to match the house??

It looks good Tom. Nice shade for a quick fix outside when the garage id full.

We finally gave up on the clowns who did the leaky metal roof. Originally they were going to do the siding too, but after eleven months of trying to get them back to fix the roof leaks we gave up. A friend pointed me in the direction of a place about two hours south that builds complete pole barns but were willing to send a crew up to do the siding because they had a little time between jobs. They agreed to address the roof leaks, but not take responsibility for the roof. Fair enough. Turns out the crew was a handful of Mennonites that were hard working and honest. We really hit it off and since Sam and I were working on the roofing of the canopy the same time they were there they taught us quite a bit. Techniques mostly but the bottom line is, until you have done something for a living you just don't know the tricks of the trade.

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Sam and I working on the roof. It kept sleeting so that was a little entertaining...
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Just about every leak in the roof can be attributed to the first crew not sinking the screws. This is just an example, some were much worse than this. The siding guys took care of almost all the leaks, but the ones they missed we'll have sorted out in a week or so.
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Thanks Greg! Kind of matches the house, but kinda not... Remember we're hillbillies from Mooresville, Indiana, not everything has to match. :lostmarbles:

We did have a lift in the old shop, but much smaller and lower roof. It became "necessary" after hernia surgery a few years ago.

Thanks Wayne, we already like the outside cover the most. Going to be real nice on those spring, fall and not so hot summer days with a breeze.

Now tha'st how you do it, great job Tom !

Tom, sweet dream shop...nice lift, congrats on a great job.

Lookin' good! It has been a struggle for me to pay others to do work that I know I could probably do myself, but after having a few successful jobs done by others...... I'm becoming a fan of letting others do some of this stuff! It allows us more time to focus on working on cars!!!! ;)

That looks great Tom. The first thing I thought of were the leaks in the roof once you had someone do the siding. Glad to hear they took care of most of it.
The comment about "Remember we're hillbillies from Mooresville, Indiana, not everything has to match"
My son in law is from Indiana and my daughter is always teasing him about not matching my grandson's clothes when he dresses him for daycare.
Glad to see its all working out.

Looks great Tom!

Building takes forever - we signed the contract on my new house back before Thanksgiving - we are just now getting footers in!