FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!
The contractors finally completed their work today.
It took twice as long as they said, but there were basically no extra costs.
The longer duration when't really the Contractor's fault, and when they had no road blocks, they were working.
All and all I have to give tow big thumbs up to Bay Concrete!!
I will try and get some pictures posted in the next few days!!
Happy New Years!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Cleanup
So now that the contractors are almost complete, its time for us to start to really get going with our work...
In order to facilitate this we decide to do a little clean up.
We took down our tool lock up, and along with some new framing, this is what the house currently looks like.
In order to facilitate this we decide to do a little clean up.
We took down our tool lock up, and along with some new framing, this is what the house currently looks like.
Does It Work?
No.
We made our first attempt to pull our cars into the garage this weekend… and it didn’t go to well.
The first attempt we made was with my Dad’s Toyota Highlander, an SVU with plenty of ground clearance that we “knew” wouldn’t have any problems.
Apparently we really don’t “know” anything… Just before the car got to the half way point (the point with the least clearance) the exhaust scrapped the crest of the driveway. Although the car was able to just barely make it in an out, it wasn’t looking good for a regular car.
Next up was my car, a Scion XB. The car made it about 30% of the way over the crest… then bottomed out on the exhaust.
Finally we tried Evan’s Car, an Acura RSX… and again only made it about 30% of the way before it could go no further.
So, we put our heads together and spent the majority of the day designing and creating a “fix” for this unfortunate problem. (Yes, there is a fix!)
The best way we figure to fix the problem will be to pour in concrete two “mini” ramps on the driveway slope. The ramps, placed at the width of the car’s tires will effectively raise the driveway approximately 4” at 60” back from the crest while letting us keep our already low headroom of 6’2” in the center of the driveway.
You can see in the pictures templates of the “mini” ramps we made out of wood.
We made our first attempt to pull our cars into the garage this weekend… and it didn’t go to well.
The first attempt we made was with my Dad’s Toyota Highlander, an SVU with plenty of ground clearance that we “knew” wouldn’t have any problems.
Apparently we really don’t “know” anything… Just before the car got to the half way point (the point with the least clearance) the exhaust scrapped the crest of the driveway. Although the car was able to just barely make it in an out, it wasn’t looking good for a regular car.
Next up was my car, a Scion XB. The car made it about 30% of the way over the crest… then bottomed out on the exhaust.
Finally we tried Evan’s Car, an Acura RSX… and again only made it about 30% of the way before it could go no further.
So, we put our heads together and spent the majority of the day designing and creating a “fix” for this unfortunate problem. (Yes, there is a fix!)
The best way we figure to fix the problem will be to pour in concrete two “mini” ramps on the driveway slope. The ramps, placed at the width of the car’s tires will effectively raise the driveway approximately 4” at 60” back from the crest while letting us keep our already low headroom of 6’2” in the center of the driveway.
You can see in the pictures templates of the “mini” ramps we made out of wood.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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