![]() ![]() "what do we do with the mailbox" he says. I was out there on a Saturday, we were discussing the survey and the property line. His mail box was actually on my property, right where the new rock wall section is i just rebuilt. Dave didnt have a great relationship with the builder. One of my builders build the house, we did the HVAC on it, then about a year after the house was finished, i talked to the builder if he had sold it (it was a spec home). My 4 boys are getting a kick out the whole project.Īnd the Mess Starts (this is one month ago):įence comes out, trees are cut down, and ground down, clean slate to start with:ĭave, my neighbor is a Big Harley guy, he also has a old jeep wagoneer. This shop will pay for itself in less than a decade. This is more than I had planned for expense wise, but now its enough to get rid of the shop I lease down in Provo ($700/month with utilities). Over 2400 sq ft including the new bonus area that matches up with the upstairs of our home (in case we want to open it up). ![]() So, I will have my business here at the house, more importantly, all of my hobby stuff will be at the house also.īudget is nor more than $80,000. Ironically, all of my fabrication stuff has to do with hobby. I design all of my sheetmetal, but Have it built by a shop I subcontract out to. Plenty of room for my office (HVAC contractor) and all of my fabrication equipment. 12' ceilings on the main new garage area (existing garage ceiling is 15'!), and the it has a full upstairs. Well, with this new design, no the new space is much larger, instead of being an out building of 24x24 with no space above, its now 22" wide, and 52' deep. Google Sketchup Video of new Garage Addition: I have likely 70 hours into the model, but it saved me thousands in design and explaining my self of my architect. I have never done any 3d modeling ever, but went for it. And a video of a Google Sketch up Model I built. It turns out that my fence was 7' off my property line, then it turned out that my particular zoning allowed me to build my house/garage/shop addition with only a 6' side yard!. Then one day, one of my long time Employees said, why don't you just add to the side of your garage? I dismissed the idea, as there only appeared to be 20' of width available between the fence and side of my garage. Lehi City requires that any out buildings be limited to 16' tall, with no usable space in the Attic (to keep apartments from being built). The first plan was to build an out building, just big enough for 2 or 3 cars, and nothing else. ![]() It has been a dream of mine to have a shop that would allow me to have my automotive projects and HVAC business all here at my home. But I do love to fabricate and weld for personal projects. To note, I really don't fabricate my own sheetmetal. I grew up in San Diego in a family owned HVAC business. I have 4 young boys (under the age of 10). My passions are Mountain Biking and Sports Cars. Originally I'm from East County San Diego, but love the Utah Lifestyle. My HVAC business primarily does large customs homes and Commercial. I have had my own business here in Utah since 1997, graduated from BYU Construction Management in 2001. I am very active on two online forums (BMW and Datsun Related). I have to admit that I have been a online troller for the last year in researching all kinds of garage topics for my remodel.
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