My Dream Garage in the Mountains

Also in stock ready for delivery is the floor tile on the concrete. They are 24" x 24" PEI 4 [hard] porcelain tiles to cover the 2000 sf of concrete floor. What's cool about this tile is it looks like barn wood pieced together in a parquet pattern. I have to hold off install until I can get the painter to stain/seal the interior. Here is a sample of the tile - 2 tiles set next to each other. It should blend well with the log and timber interiors.
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Another feature of the garage is the Christmas present that my girl gave me. It's still in a crate unassembled waiting for the garage to be completed. It's a fully operational vintage Shell glass globe gas pump. You use a lever to hand pump the gas from an underground or above ground tank up to the glass cylinder. Then the fuel gravity flows into your car. Funny....the Indy cars use gravity feed. Gotta love the tradition.

This Shell gas pump is going to be the highlight accessory in the garage. Getting closer everyday. 6 weeks and it should be ready to house my cars!!! Can't wait. Feel like a kid at Christmas.
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The interior staining of the structural members and spraying of the lightly tinted transparent sealant [SuperPro Deck by Sherwin Williams] is being completed today. The stonework on the foundation walls will be completed by Friday. Monday the tile floor begins install. The mason has been set back a couple of days due to yesterday rain and SNOW(?) today. Mother nature played an April's Fools Joke. Sunny and 70 on Sunday and snow today. Brrrr.......

A couple of progress photos...

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I meant to respond to your request before....I can show you the floor plan but would rather not put it on the net. Can you PM me your email address?

 

No worries. Logs are screwed into a double PT sill plate on top of the 2’ high block stem wall.

Continuous 18” high aluminum flashing is fitted into a sloping up horizontal cut into the 1st log above the block and bent down to drop down over the block face to the top of the footing.

The flashing is covered with metal lathe and both are “shot” into the block and the stone with self sealing galvanized fasteners. A mortar with water resistant density is applied in a scratch coat on the lathe.

Water cannot get into the plate nor the logs or into or behind the block stem wall. I build in FL. I know how to keep water out. My livelihood depends on it!

 

Progress being made on the garage. Metal roof was installed this week. It’s a textured finish deep red.
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Exterior stain is Sikkens Cetol 1-2-3 system in Butternut color.
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Here is a better picture taken today. Inside is getting close. Outside the building itself is about complete. Lots of clean-up and site work....grading and drainage...stone base and bituminous asphalt paving of the drive......400' long plus pad in front. Getting bids for paving now.
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I agree. While I have no problem with bituminous paving concrete is better and tougher. Over time it’s longer lasting. Course it’s a lot more expensive than asphalt based paving. I plan on getting a bid for concrete when I get the site cleaned up and rough graded. I have a Kubota track hoe and do my own Sitework. It’s in one of the pictures above.

 

Finally....the tile floor is complete! The contractor is a one-man shop and had to have emergency gall bladder surgery in the middle of the install. I had to scramble to bring on other subs to get something done while he recovered. Electricians, plumbers and trim out carpenters were rushed in for a few days. With tile going down no one can work in the same space.
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I do plan on having a security camera or two outside and in the garage. As far as a tunnel.......1/4 mile away and through solid rock would make it a pretty tough project!!

 

Been a while since I posted any progress on my dream garage. Had a big hold up in finally getting the power to the garage connected. The next big step will be the pouring of a concrete driveway in front of the garage doors.....about 3000 sf of concrete. Supposed to happen the middle of next week if the weather cooperates.

Here are a couple of recent photos. Have some more furniture and huge TV to go into the man-cave. Long way before all the details are completed but it's starting to look less like a typical construction war zone. Don't look too closely. All the cars are dirty from having to sit outside for a while before the muddy driveway was re-graded and gravel applied.
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Finally installed my 1963 Gulf [dealer] sign on my log garage. It was a tough job but the engineer in me figured out how to do this by myself. It's a 6' diameter steel sign and is a heavy mf. After attaching 2x2 pt wood brackets to the rear of the sign I used lag hooks and rope to lift the sign into the lift I rented for the weekend. I had to "slot" it into a space on the outside of the lift platform and raise it into position before fastening it to the wall. I used 9 - 3/8"x6" lag bolts to secure it. Sorry about the smoke in the picture...I had a celebratory cigar after finally getting the job done.
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I had all 6 cars in the garage pulled out to clean and hang signs inside while using the lift. 3 blues [458, F12 and 330], one silver, one black [SA] and one green. The last week of August 3 more get delivered....all red.....BB512, Alfa 4C and 599. Gonna be a squeeze in the garage until I get lifts installed.
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Here are some pics of the cars inside the garage.
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