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Out of curiosity can you share the approx price for one? I too have always wanted one. Don’t know where I’d put it but it’d still be cool.
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dan79, you're kids need to keep it for their kids :cool: Bet we aren't the only one's here that spent hours playing with one
Hopefully these pic's will help show the lay of the land of my driveway space, you'll need to use your imagination to visualize what it would look like finished with gravel Driveway starts through the big hole, green oil tank on the right is just there temporarily http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1596361467.jpg View to the left as you emerge from under the house to the rear part of the driveway http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1596361547.jpg Turn table would go in this area http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1596361608.jpg As close to a plan view as I have http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1596361650.jpg For scale it's 1994 Toyota 4Runner in the pic's, size now is considered as a small SUV For a UK house I have a reasonable amount of parking/turning room but it would need a multi-turn maneuver to be able to drive in and drive out instead of reversing in or out. Modern cars are so big now something like a Range Rover, large station wagon or 4x4 would be a tight squeeze to turn around. My property is a few hundred years old, vehicles were horses so not a problem back then Cost of the turn table with Mrs Ahab and I doing all the groundwork is about $10-12k more if we pay people to do it all |
As amazing as this whole build is, I can see guys standing around with a pint in their hands watching a car going around. Each talking their turn saying “cool”.
If you are considering it, you can afford it. When I do projects, quite often I will reward myself with a new tool bought with the money I saved. I say go for it!! |
Now, if you could build a lift into the turntable you would have the whole community hanging around with a pint in their hand saying "Cool" as the car slowly rotates, raises and lowers at the same time!
You came to the wrong place if you were looking for people to talk you out of this, Cap. Love this thread and looking forward to more progress photos. |
No doubt you NEED one of those turntables.
The new lawn and amazingly rebuilt wall are spectacular!! Standing by for more delights with your build. Cheers Richard |
Given the cost, I think I would wait until I had completed the garage and tried it out a few times with whatever vehicles you’re going to park in the garage to see if it’s really going to be that much less hassle. If you wanted to, you could stub out some conduit now for running future electric wires.
I assume the thing would have to have some sort of a sump drain, I don’t know what provision you could put into place for that at this point. |
How do you access underneath of it if something goes wrong with it? Amazing skills and perserverence demonstrated by you and your wife!
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Oh my gosh - that's so awesome. I really really hope you go for it!
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Finished the last of the man cave roofing today,
The original design was for a 8 panel roof, outer panels covered in lead due to fire regulations for the upstairs window and 6 centre panels in glass. I decided a glass roof was just too much for what is just a garage, I'd be giving away valuable storage space too and the money it would cost could be put to better use on the build Keeping to theme of fighting to maximize heights this roof was no different, the roof tiles are rated to a minimum 35deg pitch but this has a pitch of 25deg. To get around this I used a very expensive roofing membrane, it provides the waterproofing and the concrete roof tiles protect it from UV degradation. 6" X 2" roof joists 1st up http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1596914348.jpg Then on to tile battens and roofing membrane, slight dip between the joists to allow condensation/moisture to run off away from batten nail holes which were waterproofed with a strip bytul sealing tape, The membrane overlaps sealed with double side tape, Should be tight as a drum http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1596913987.jpg All tiled with lead flashing butting to the rear wall stonework. The tiles are worthy of post in the 'Craigslist and Garage Sales Scores' thread as they are all new and thanks to Ebay and Facebook Market place cost me the grand sum of $50 instead of $750 if I bought them from my building supplies shop :cool: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1596915023.jpg Once I loft it out and fit a couple of access hatches my extra storage space will be put to good use as I'll fill it with junk no doubt http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1596915131.jpg |
the membrane just sits on the boards, with no panels under it?
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Joking aside, I'm good with the lack of solid sheathing, Allows better air circulation under the tiles. Roofs aren't always a complete sealed system. Many are simply designed to shed water from above and at reasonable angles. Otherwise they breathe and that's one good reason to not shoot the hose at a roof level to the horizon. Thinking stoopid painters and their pressure washers. Note: if you have a vaulted ceiling with no attic or space (interior finish on bottom of rafters), you need a sealed roof. |
Nice work, Captain.
What kind of garage doors will you have? Thinking they would go up and in (here in the US), will yours swing out, due to the low height? |
Thanks A930, up and over won't work for my internal layout, doors will be 4 folding doors per side that slide behind each pillar. I'll make them myself from reclaimed oak beams, really looking forward to it too!
Mrs Ahab has been busy lowering the boundary and last wall, same as before dig down, dig under, cut/chisel back old footings, pour new concrete footing, build up new stone to match old stone http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1598218687.jpg Hard to imagine this used to be a waist high dry stone wall when we bought the house, combination of rebuilding it taller and lowering the village it's now a lot higher than I can reach on tip toes! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1598218883.jpg Finally got round to doing the stone reveal's (vertical return to meet the internal wall) and stone sills for the rear windows, still have the front to do. Doesn't look like much work but a lot of vertical distance was traveled to make sure each stone was a good fit http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1598219009.jpg Started on lowering the driveway, easy peasy for a man with a mini excavator but I need the exercise as I sit on my a$$ all day so it's small demolition hammer, shovel and bucket for me. I have a cunning plan for getting rid of the spoil heap An hour an evening is quite a work out! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1598219296.jpg Waved goodbye today to my faithful 16" Husqvarna stone chop saw, sold for a great price, quite sad seeing it go, easily spent 2.5 months of my life happily chopping away with it, really got my money's worth out of that buy |
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