Both! On the stairs it is a ramp, as my wife and I both go out the alley with our bikes for commuting. So I wanted something to get bikes up and down. Because the yard slopes fairly heavily in some spots towards the sidewalk I wanted edging. I was going to use brick, but then thought, hey, I'm pouring concrete, why not just do it all at once? So in the winter it should keep melt off the sidewalk from the lawn, and I'll have a nice edge for grass or plants, so it doesn't overgrow the walk. Decision for next year though! I really like how the sheep fescue grew out front. It is still amazingly green for this time of year. So I might fill it in with that.
Not sure how the slope from the side of house driveway is, but are you thinking about a trough drain in front of the overhead garage door at all? Wouldnt want it to drain into the garage.
I have enough slope to handle it, I think. It slopes out from the door, and from right to left getting lower at the side of the property. I'll be shaping the asphalt into more of a slope as well to drain off the property so I shouldn't get any pooling.
Work in progress....passed the city inspection and just finished up the electrical, so back to outside. Hopefully get the siding up soonish. Lots to do!
Anyone epoxy coat their garage floors recently? Looking at doing it with the RokRez kit from Costco LINK--. Which looks to be a "real" epoxy system (aka used commercially), as opposed to the crap peddled by HomeDepot, etc.
Plan will be to have it first shot blasted (seems way easier than trying to diamond grind myself for years, some preexisting paint on the floor). Anyone had this done or recommend a company that blasts residential jobs?
Next step is to epoxy fill all the cracks and spalling on the existing floor. Then acid etch (depending on how the shot blasting goes, may not be required).
Then application of the epoxy kit, and finally a top coat of a Urethane or similar top layer. Sounds like that is the step that most home gamers miss.
Anyone epoxy coat their garage floors recently? Looking at doing it with the RokRez kit from Costco LINK--. Which looks to be a "real" epoxy system (aka used commercially), as opposed to the crap peddled by HomeDepot, etc.
Plan will be to have it first shot blasted (seems way easier than trying to diamond grind myself for years, some preexisting paint on the floor). Anyone had this done or recommend a company that blasts residential jobs?
Next step is to epoxy fill all the cracks and spalling on the existing floor. Then acid etch (depending on how the shot blasting goes, may not be required).
Then application of the epoxy kit, and finally a top coat of a Urethane or similar top layer. Sounds like that is the step that most home gamers miss.
Well it took a lot longer than I thought it would, but I was also doing other things not involving garage work this summer. Finally finished all the exterior touches, had a trougher in yesterday to do that and am pretty happy with how it all turned out. Really like the siding material (LP Smartside) but it's a lot more work than vinyl. Painting, cutting, painting the cut edges, caulking all the joints and ends...I spent a lot of time up and down ladders!
What's left? Landscaping and a few small retaining walls in the alley, laying brick in a 10ft x 20ft space to fill in the driveway gap, and downspouts. I think that's it for exterior.
Interior I need to get the furnace in, insulate, drywall, paint and epoxy the floor. But those can mostly be winter projects. Once the floor is done I'm on to the fun stuff like building a workbench and storage.
Did I call this thread summer of the garage?ya, about that....
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Your trougher, did he install just your eavestroughs or did he do other work as well? I need new troughs but a couple guys that I asked for quotes won't do a small project like 60 feet on my garage. Is it continuous or does it have joints? I'd be interested in his contact info?
On the lower end of estimates, and had no problem that it was a small job. I only had him do the eavestrough(though they do more), I did everything else. It's continuous, no joints except the corners(which they all have one there). Really the only reason I paid for someone was the continuous aspect which I can't do without a machine. Otherwise I would have done them but didn't like the idea of joints every 10 feet.
I was actually impressed with Homestar, you just input your request, give as many details as possible, and you will have a few quotes sent to you for whoever is interested. A few guys wanted to see the place, but most just gave me an estimate. He was able to come 2 days after I asked, so I picked him.
So wait... Fuzz, what does the other side of that open onto? Because obviously we're in your lane looking at the garage door, but then the other side also looks like a lane or a road. Where the heck is this thing?
Also, let me know how you do the heat for it, I'm contemplating whether to heat mine.
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So wait... Fuzz, what does the other side of that open onto? Because obviously we're in your lane looking at the garage door, but then the other side also looks like a lane or a road. Where the heck is this thing?
Also, let me know how you do the heat for it, I'm contemplating whether to heat mine.
So wait... Fuzz, what does the other side of that open onto? Because obviously we're in your lane looking at the garage door, but then the other side also looks like a lane or a road. Where the heck is this thing?
Also, let me know how you do the heat for it, I'm contemplating whether to heat mine.
Check out the first picture he posted in this post. It will make sense then.
The driveway goes from the front of the street, beside the house to the back yard. Originally I wanted a front and rear exit, but the gradient to the alley was to steep. I could have gone with just an alley entrance, but then the driveway is a bit wasted, and the alley is fairly tight, steep, and super crappy in the winter. I'm happy I went this direction with it, as I don't have to worry about the door facing the alley being left open or broken into.
For heat I've actually got a 10ish year old house furnace I got for free, so I'm going to put that in.