The new Farrington Garage/Shop build

[tommycomfort]

So, the big news is that we made the decision about a month ago to pay a contractor to finish the roof. Of course the plan would be that he came right away and seal it up, but snow, high winds and sub zero weather has kept them away until yesterday. Two days and these cats are done! Sam, Deb and I had it down to 30 minutes per sheet and with 44 left, simple math told us it would take us 22 hours. Sadly, Deb and I both have a couple of jobs and Sam has school and parents with lots of projects. We hate to spend money on stuff we can do ourselves, but man it feels good to not worry about shoveling snow out of there anymore!

Yesterday's progress


When I got home from work this morning it was 8 degrees and they already had their first sheet up.

[coolwelder62]

Looks awesome.

[tommycomfort]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

Tom Where is the old shop located? Is it on your property? The new shop is going to be awesome.
How do you like that Atlas lift?

Wayne, our old place was about thirty minutes away where we had owned a rental home. The new place is maybe just over 100' from the front door of our house.

The Atlas lift served us well and we plan to buy another one with more height and lifting capacity for the new shop.

[cozmo76]

WOW!!!! thats all i can say, i have some serious shed envy, cant wait to see some more pictures, i dream of having something like this one day, i have easily enough land but due to living in a national park with strict fire regulations makes it hard.

Best of luck and looking forward to more updates.
cheers
corrie

[fleetus macmullitz]

Big is good.

That is coming along very nicely.

[waynieZ]

Those metal roofs make a nice looking building.

[tommycomfort]

Had a great weather day yesterday and was able to get a few things done along with drying things out inside.

South side window installed. Not sure how exciting the picture is, but progress is progress.


North side window installed and porch roof covered in metal. The porch will get 4x4" posts once the ground thaws.


Service door installed.

[GregWeld]

I can't tell you how excited I was to see those windows! How awesome is that!!


LOL



Always good to see progress Tommy! It's going to be a great "shed" as my Mother in Law would call it.

[tommycomfort]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I can't tell you how excited I was to see those windows! How awesome is that!!
LOL
Always good to see progress Tommy! It's going to be a great "shed" as my Mother in Law would call it.

Thanks Greg, it sure feels good to make some progress.

[tommycomfort]

More progress. Wrapped the garage door opening in southern yellow pine 2x8" and 2x6" inside to mount the garage door tracks to. Paying a pro to install the door on Friday.





And yesterday I finished the house wrap and the final two windows.