I have taken so many pictures over the remodeling process I am not sure where to begin, so I think I will start with the most recent and then add old photos as I update those areas.We should be priming and painting the siding in the next couple of weeks and then I can move on to the inside and cleaning the car port so Katie has a place to park.
The wall that faces the alley is a structural wall without a decent footing. The concrete that had been poured seems to have been added in stages without each additional layer being tied into the previous.
So much concrete, such a large hole. Kyle and I used every ounce of concrete there plus a partial bag I had from some other projects. In all I estimate at 60 lbs. per bag we used about 520 lbs of concrete for the new footing.
Before we could pour any of this new concrete I had to clean up the existing mess first. The sill that was in place was poorly nailed in and after examining it, I am not really sure how this garage didn't fall over before.
There were so many things wrong with this picture I can't really decide where to start. The gap between the middle stud and the sill was filled with a chunk of wood and the sill was held up by a similar piece
Now for the clean up. I cut all the nails holding on the siding, studs, and the sill so I could get to the troubled concrete area. It was surprisingly easy once all the wood was removed.
Before the sill was to be removed I needed to take some pressure off the sill plate by jacking up the wall to be able to remove the damaged wood. Through this whole process I have been using some of the information that I found on a wonderful d.i.y website called hammerzone.com
Well long story short I removed all the wood and the damaged concrete in this area and managed to clear out an area about 8 feet long by about 1 foot wide and 8 inches deep.
When Kyle came over it was time to get some real work done so after some research on pouring a footing I laid down about 4 inches of pea stone and then about 5 inches of concrete on top of that with some concrete anchors installed in the wet concrete to attach the green treated 2 * 6 to attach to.
This is the view from the outside of the garage with the form in place and plastic sheeting to keep the concrete moist as it cures.
I think we did a pretty solid job of creating a structural footing on which to keep the garage in place for many more years.
Before we could pour any of this new concrete I had to clean up the existing mess first. The sill that was in place was poorly nailed in and after examining it, I am not really sure how this garage didn't fall over before.
There were so many things wrong with this picture I can't really decide where to start. The gap between the middle stud and the sill was filled with a chunk of wood and the sill was held up by a similar piece
Now for the clean up. I cut all the nails holding on the siding, studs, and the sill so I could get to the troubled concrete area. It was surprisingly easy once all the wood was removed.
Before the sill was to be removed I needed to take some pressure off the sill plate by jacking up the wall to be able to remove the damaged wood. Through this whole process I have been using some of the information that I found on a wonderful d.i.y website called hammerzone.com
Well long story short I removed all the wood and the damaged concrete in this area and managed to clear out an area about 8 feet long by about 1 foot wide and 8 inches deep.When Kyle came over it was time to get some real work done so after some research on pouring a footing I laid down about 4 inches of pea stone and then about 5 inches of concrete on top of that with some concrete anchors installed in the wet concrete to attach the green treated 2 * 6 to attach to.
This is the view from the outside of the garage with the form in place and plastic sheeting to keep the concrete moist as it cures.
I think we did a pretty solid job of creating a structural footing on which to keep the garage in place for many more years.
Thanks to Kyle and his hard work I should be able to remove the plastic sheeting and install the 2 * 6 on Thursday. The concrete will have had five days for curing, but I think I will give it a couple more before I tighten down the hardware on the anchors and the future sill.
More pictures of the siding updates and the patching of some gaps will be coming down the pipeline soon!
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