Lots of new developments, garage-wise, since I last posted. Wednesday morning we found Rob hard at work -- Blackberry in one hand, laptop in the other -- in what has become an outdoor office space: our patio table.
The electrician had also arrived, and was digging a trench around the perimeter of the patio in order to run a conduit from the house to the garage. Rob had initially thought they'd be able to run it directly to the house along the driveway, but the electrician didn't think it would pass inspection because of the risk of compaction. We knew the yard would get trashed during construction, so I wasn't too upset by this unexpected development, and Rob said he'd try to reseed the grass once they were done.
Before I left for work, we went over where the light fixtures, exterior outlet, and switches should go. Rob made a template the approximate size of the light over the garage doors so we could get a sense of where to install it. It seemed plenty large enough when I ordered it, but the space is much larger than I envisioned, so I hope the lantern isn't dwarfed by it.
When I got home, we had doors! We decided to go with old-fashioned carriage doors, both to go with the period look of the house, and because Josh wants to hang boats from the ceiling, which wouldn't work well with an overhead door. These doors are HUGE -- 5' wide by 8' tall and quite thick, but they are made of
AZEK (plastic) rather than wood, so they aren't quite as heavy and are more durable and low-maintenance.
We also had a port-a-john. Right next to the front porch. It was supposed to go closer to where I was standing when I took this photo, but I'd much rather have one in front of the house than not at all, if you know what I mean...
The electrical conduit was installed, along with a box for an exterior outlet.
SAI can't seem to help leaving their mark somewhere on their work. Fortunately, it's always in a spot that will get covered over, or, in this case, in the dust on the window.
Thursday morning, Steve W was manning the outdoor office space. He and Josh spent some time devising a plan for hanging our canoe and small boat from the rafters of the garage.
The garage has 10-foot ceilings, so there's plenty of room to hang stuff. No worries about bumping your head!
One small snafu -- the ground in front of the garage slopes upward, so this is as far as the garage doors will open right now. Makes it kind of tricky to get anything sizable in or out. They will have to regrade that area when they put in the driveway.
The current opening is about as wide as a standard doorway. The doors look very different from the back, but they'll eventually be painted white so they won't look strange when they're open.
The south wall of the garage is required by code to be a 1-hour fire-rated wall because of it's proximity to the property line, so it has a different kind of sheathing from the rest of the garage. You won't notice the difference when it's done.
Thankfully, they moved the port-a-john a little further down the driveway and did their best to disguise it from the street with some lumber scraps
Friday, the stucco crew showed up and got to work installing all the layers of material, starting with a waterproof
housewrap.
When they were done, they put up scaffolding around the garage.
They came back Saturday morning with the stucco mixer a big pile of sand...
And got started on the first layer of stucco.
The finished the entire first coat by mid-afternoon.
Now our backyard looks like the place where ladders go to die. If you have small children and wonder why we haven't invited you over for a cookout recently, here's why
It's been warm, sunny, and relatively dry, so the stucco seemed to be drying nicely today.
Not sure how long it has to dry before they can start the next layer, but since there isn't any rain forecast for the foreseeable future, they should be able to get the job done relatively quickly.
The electrician had also arrived, and was digging a trench around the perimeter of the patio in order to run a conduit from the house to the garage. Rob had initially thought they'd be able to run it directly to the house along the driveway, but the electrician didn't think it would pass inspection because of the risk of compaction. We knew the yard would get trashed during construction, so I wasn't too upset by this unexpected development, and Rob said he'd try to reseed the grass once they were done.
Before I left for work, we went over where the light fixtures, exterior outlet, and switches should go. Rob made a template the approximate size of the light over the garage doors so we could get a sense of where to install it. It seemed plenty large enough when I ordered it, but the space is much larger than I envisioned, so I hope the lantern isn't dwarfed by it.
When I got home, we had doors! We decided to go with old-fashioned carriage doors, both to go with the period look of the house, and because Josh wants to hang boats from the ceiling, which wouldn't work well with an overhead door. These doors are HUGE -- 5' wide by 8' tall and quite thick, but they are made of AZEK (plastic) rather than wood, so they aren't quite as heavy and are more durable and low-maintenance.
We also had a port-a-john. Right next to the front porch. It was supposed to go closer to where I was standing when I took this photo, but I'd much rather have one in front of the house than not at all, if you know what I mean...
The electrical conduit was installed, along with a box for an exterior outlet.
SAI can't seem to help leaving their mark somewhere on their work. Fortunately, it's always in a spot that will get covered over, or, in this case, in the dust on the window.
Thursday morning, Steve W was manning the outdoor office space. He and Josh spent some time devising a plan for hanging our canoe and small boat from the rafters of the garage.
The garage has 10-foot ceilings, so there's plenty of room to hang stuff. No worries about bumping your head!
One small snafu -- the ground in front of the garage slopes upward, so this is as far as the garage doors will open right now. Makes it kind of tricky to get anything sizable in or out. They will have to regrade that area when they put in the driveway.
The current opening is about as wide as a standard doorway. The doors look very different from the back, but they'll eventually be painted white so they won't look strange when they're open.
The south wall of the garage is required by code to be a 1-hour fire-rated wall because of it's proximity to the property line, so it has a different kind of sheathing from the rest of the garage. You won't notice the difference when it's done.
Thankfully, they moved the port-a-john a little further down the driveway and did their best to disguise it from the street with some lumber scraps
Friday, the stucco crew showed up and got to work installing all the layers of material, starting with a waterproof housewrap.
When they were done, they put up scaffolding around the garage.
They came back Saturday morning with the stucco mixer a big pile of sand...
And got started on the first layer of stucco.
The finished the entire first coat by mid-afternoon.
Now our backyard looks like the place where ladders go to die. If you have small children and wonder why we haven't invited you over for a cookout recently, here's why
It's been warm, sunny, and relatively dry, so the stucco seemed to be drying nicely today.
Not sure how long it has to dry before they can start the next layer, but since there isn't any rain forecast for the foreseeable future, they should be able to get the job done relatively quickly.
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