Above 1200 Sq/FT building my BIG PARTY garage

don long · Jun 7, 2012

So I've been poking around the journal for a month or so and am totally hooked. I enjoy the garage sharing and the fantastic pic,s
after reading your threads and comments I feel like I know some of you well
and find much in common with you folks so i want to share those things in my life that makes getting up each morning fun and exciting

6 years ago my wife and I decided to move to a new city to start a new lifestyle we wanted to consolidate our things (my cars were in a storge facility)
our collectables were in boxes in the attic or in the garage in my way and my wife wanted to start an internet craft business So we started looking for a piece of property that would meet our needs

WE found a nice property that was 3 acres long and narrow with a horse barn and coral and completly landscaped

we bought it and moved in april 2006
I started the permit process to build my dream garage
3 years later and way too much $$$$ in fees we were granted permission to start construction on my 12,000 ft tin building

The horse coral was 200' long and 80' wide the fence came down and survey sticks went in

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don long · Jun 7, 2012

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the horse coral after the fence came down looking toward the house

don long · Jun 7, 2012

we decided to celebrate the new permit by inviting our friends and neighbors
over to a back yard luau, we used the coral for parking the cars, we dug a fire pit cooked some pigs
and partied well into the night (until the cops came)

the folks liked the food

the entertainers were from samoa

don long · Jun 7, 2012

we had over two hundred people partying and celebrating our new venture
we broke ground by digging out 3 feet of dirt in the rear of the building
moving 55 feet forward and digging down 3 more feet and raising the front of the pad 4 feet because the pad has a 10 foot slope in 165 feet

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started wetting down the dirt for compaction

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that is me coaching my cousin and his crew lol

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poured out the footings and slab together
but had two seprate pours the first is the lower slab

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don long · Jun 7, 2012

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using the laser screed sure makes the pour out much easer
and no bird baths in the floor (very flat and level)

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you can see the step in the rear section of the building
we waited a couple of days before we finished the pour
concrete is too hard a job for me. I am lucky my cousin is a
great guy that is willing to help me out.

don long · Jun 7, 2012

The building in the background was the horse barn
while we waited for the building permit we dismantled the barn
poured a slab and rebuilt the barn raising it 4 feet higher and
extending it 20 feet making a 36 x 60 foot work shop great little
body shop out there. The previous owner had 3 phase power put in the barn

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softailgarage · Jun 7, 2012

Damn... I want to party with this dude. Looks like a nice little ranch you have there. Did you hunt the pigs? That garage is going to be epic, I can tell already. I'll be watching this one and in case we didnt catch ya earlier... Welcome to the Garage.

flatfourfan · Jun 7, 2012

AWESOME party, oh yeah nice build as well..... ;-).

I wish I had the space that you have over here.

Kevin54 · Jun 7, 2012

Holy ****. 12,000 sq. ft.? So what does that make the barn size, 80 x 150?

I am so jealous right now. :lol:

Nighttrain · Jun 7, 2012

Can't wait to see the party when the garage is done!

ODIS · Jun 7, 2012

Don,

A great build is on the way for all of us to see and share in. Thank you for taking the time to share with us, all that you have completed on the Big Party Garage. Will be following your build out progress and looking at your extensive collections. Think this will be a great story and I am looking forward to your next post to your thread.

Ody.

don long · Jun 7, 2012

ODIS said:
Don,

A great build is on the way for all of us to see and share in. Thank you for taking the time to share with us, all that you have completed on the Big Party Garage. Will be following your build out progress and looking at your extensive collections. Think this will be a great story and I am looking forward to your next post to your thread.

Ody.

Thanks Softail for the welcome
the pigs came with the samoans
they know how to cook it took them all day

Flatfourfan we started with 3 acres and bought 5 more next store
the advantage to the property is it is 150 ft wide and very long
thanks for stopping by

Hey kevin54 I promised you more pic,s a couple of weeks ago
and here we go the barn without the side quick cover is 36 x 60

Nighttrain we love to host parties weddings and car club gatherings
fun fun fun

Ody thanks for the help man I think I'm over the hump

thanks for looking in you all
Don

don long · Jun 8, 2012

Because it took sooo long to get the building permit and I had found a great deal on the building it sat in the back yard in the dirt for over a year collecting mud and rodants and such.

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we waited a few weeks after the second pour for the concrete to cure. we started to bolt the iron beams down onto the floor and within a couple of days the building started to take shape.

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The first problem I had after the beams were up was all that dirt on the steel
so I got out the pressure washer and went to town and that ugly oxblood red primer had to go
The next issue was not getting paint on the floor while using an airless sprayer to paint all of the beams with gray paint
The remity was a day laborer from home depot and the pressure washer below while I painted above.

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Toolfool · Jun 8, 2012

Keep 'em comin' Don. And let us know when the next party is.

ejm1961Tbird · Jun 8, 2012

Rock on BIG PARTY garage!

don long · Jun 9, 2012

So the iron is ready to paint.

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one week later the sheetmetal crew was called in to
install the instalation and outer skin
it took 3 weeks to complete the insulation and skin

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the back of the shop (see the three foot drop)

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the front

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NUTTSGT · Jun 9, 2012

Don, you don't mess around with little bldgs. I can't wait to see this place take shape on teh inside and fill up.

ODIS · Jun 9, 2012

Don,

If you had that building here in the PacNoWest, I think you would have to figure out how to keep it from raining indoors! Wow, that is some building! Looking forward to seeing more. :thumbup:

Ody.

don long · Jun 9, 2012

NUTTSGT said:
Don, you don't mess around with little bldgs. I can't wait to see this place take shape on teh inside and fill up.

nuttsgt
I was just in ohio last week gathering up things to store inside
very pretty country and good junk there
thanks for stopping by
Don

don long · Jun 9, 2012

ODIS said:
Don,

If you had that building here in the PacNoWest, I think you would have to figure out how to keep it from raining indoors! Wow, that is some building! Looking forward to seeing more.

Ody.

Morning Ody
WE didn't leave er open long and with the insulation I didn't hear
the rain at all the one time it did rain here in so cal.

thanks for the visit
Don

NUTTSGT · Jun 9, 2012

don long said:
nuttsgt
I was just in ohio last week gathering up things to store inside
very pretty country and good junk there
thanks for stopping by
Don

. . . and some how, I'd guess you were probably close by. :lol:

Kevin54 · Jun 9, 2012

don long said:
nuttsgt
I was just in ohio last week gathering up things to store inside
very pretty country and good junk there
thanks for stopping by
Don

What area were you at in Ohio? You probably could have hooked up with a member wherever you were at. It seems there are quite a few from Ohio. North, south, east, and west in the state. :thumbup:

Justanoldguy · Jun 9, 2012

Now that is a shed I could only dream about.
Missed out on the 10 million dollar lotto last night.
What are you going to fill it with?

BHR4CE1 · Jun 9, 2012

don long said:
I didn't hear
the rain at all the one time it did rain here in so cal.

It rains here?

Zeke · Jun 9, 2012

Never seen a laser screed but I like it a lot. You must be in some type of construction or your cousin is. The pic of the slab is nothing short of epic. You could run flat track motorcycles in there.

don long · Jun 9, 2012

NUTTSGT said:
. . . and some how, I'd guess you were probably close by.

Nope was on the west side of the state comming down
from the gilmore museum in Michagan cruised down 127

don long · Jun 9, 2012

Kevin54 said:
What area were you at in Ohio? You probably could have hooked up with a member wherever you were at. It seems there are quite a few from Ohio. North, south, east, and west in the state.

Yep I've noticed that too
It's called road trip. went pickin for stuff to fill in the little shed in the back yard
13 states two weeks 110 hrs behind the wheel
destination Indy 500 so I drove and pulled a trailer home from michagan
have you heard of a 400 mile yard sale? my wife did it was in kentucky thurs -sunday after the 500

don long · Jun 9, 2012

Justanoldguy said:
Now that is a shed I could only dream about.
Missed out on the 10 million dollar lotto last night.
What are you going to fill it with?

mostly cars and old gas station stuff
my wife thinks Its an ongoing desease
and she is looking for a cure.

thanks for lookin in
Don

don long · Jun 9, 2012

BHR4CE1 said:
It rains here?

You must work in an office without windows
and the radio plays the same song (It never rains in cal)

no I think you are right but it did once

thanks for the visit

Don

don long · Jun 9, 2012

Zeke said:
Never seen a laser screed but I like it a lot. You must be in some type of construction or your cousin is. The pic of the slab is nothing short of epic. You could run flat track motorcycles in there.

yes my cusin has a concrete company in phoenix
he had never worked with one either after a long discussion I won
and now he is hooked we poured out over 199 yards of mud that day
with 4 or 5 guys (what a project cus is an animal)

don long · Jun 9, 2012

next question is what to do with all that room left in front of the garage
and how do you discuise a tin building ???????

I know I'll put 10 doors down the left side will that do it???
How about building a Sinclair gas station on front of it? YEA THATS IT

Here we go

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the building was lifted 4ft in the front to keep the floor level so now we have to build up the front of the pad and still maintane the orig. height of the driveway because of the grass next to it
So I built a retainer wall with steps

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Zeke · Jun 9, 2012

I've seen the 400 mile yard sale documentary on TV.

Nice steps. You do good work!

don long · Jun 9, 2012

This is a shot of the yard to the left of the building
we did tip the driveway with D.G. as much as we could
My thoughts were that the cars would display well in the grass
so I wanted to be able to back out of the garage onto the grass and not fall off the driveway.

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and in the front of the building we started the gas station.

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you can see we also poured a driveway to the garage door
built in a planter and layed down pavers on the left side of the big planter

don long · Jun 9, 2012

I did find a pic that shows the decrative concrete along the building (cousin not happy with me over the design (too much framing out)

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the windows came in and we installed them getting ready for the stucco

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work going on inside the gas station office we built it out to a 20 x 30 room way too big for a gas station soooo why not build a 50's diner here we go again

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found a used restaurant furniture and appliance out let yipe :bounce:

being a bottom feeder used is perfect for me

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the inspector and her girlfriend here to look at my tile job
surprised her with the boarder tiles going different direction.
she likes it now.

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Capt Chrysler · Jun 9, 2012

WOW!!

DON_LONG, I don't know what else to say! :bowdown:

Capt, Chrysler

don long · Jun 10, 2012

Zeke said:
I've seen the 400 mile yard sale documentary on TV.

Nice steps. You do good work!

Zeke
it was amazing to see folks there pulling out there hay trailers and fill them up with stuff for sale mostly girl stuff but after kissing a lot of frogs I found stuff for me

thanks for hanging with me are you going to the swap meet in longbeach tomorrow a.m.?

don long · Jun 10, 2012

Capt Chrysler said:
WOW!!

DON_LONG, I don't know what else to say!

Capt, Chrysler

Thanks CAPT

It's fun going back over the photos and rembering

Stay tuned there's more

NUTTSGT · Jun 10, 2012

Looks like a theme park. :thumbup:

930dreamer · Jun 10, 2012

If I bring a nice bottle of wine, may I attend the next party?

nice build you have there.

don long · Jun 10, 2012

The stucco is finished and the design for the 10 side doors is decided on

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I forgot to tell you that when the side doors were hung there was a 6" gap at the top of the door sooo we sure had an oppertunity (problem) solved it with stucco.

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so the exterior is 90% complete we can consentrate on the inside so back inside the diner
I built a bar found some used booths with chinese print and ordered bar stools and chairs on line found a set of belt driven fan at a yard sale and had oak shelves left over from our old house

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when the chairs came in I took one with me along with the booths and told the apolsteror to match the chair they turned out super

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the kitchen is a full operating kitchen with all comercial (used) equipment
fridge triple sink gas grille and grittle freezer and soda pop cooler
ice machine and stainless work table and shelves it sits 25 customers (friends)
so it's party on

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