| Most viewed - Kid's Garage and Workshop (2008) |
Garage Door787 viewsHere's some detail on the garage door. As noted above, it's made of coro cut to size, and "prerolled" so that it wants to roll up with the door tracks. The tracks were made out of 2x4 stock, making an L-shape using a half-lap joint, then freehand-routing a groove in them for the door to slide in. Four stabilizer bars of wood, bolted to the coro door, add lateral strength, similar to the struts on a real garage door. There's an extra 2x4 on top in this pic that shouldn't be there thanks to William!
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All doors open366 viewsThe garage door rolls up just like a real door. The Power Wheels jeep fits inside with plenty of play-room, and he can always back it out for more space, just like daddy does with the real garage!
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Close-up of door track345 views
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Another outside view290 viewsWith the upper door open
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Door mechanism290 viewsAnother picture, showing the door track and mechanism. The effect is sort of a cross between a 'real' garage door and a roll-top desk. The tracks are kept parallel by a thin board running between them at the top rear, and the little stop blocks keep the door from being raised too high (as shown here and in the previous picture).
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Walls progress284 viewsParts of three sides of the sheathing are now done in this picture...
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Outside view.283 viewsHere's an outside view with all doors closed. the 'walk-in' door is a double 'Dutch' door. The 'garage' door was made out of corrugated plastic ('coro') -- more details on that in the coming pictures.
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Brush cleared279 views...after we cleared out all the brush. This pic was taken after we took out enough brush to "prove the concept" that the garage could really go here. We later cleaned it up even more before we put the building in place.
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The "before" pic.263 viewsAt first we weren't sure where we'd put the 'garage' in our yard. Then Cathy spotted this particular spot -- nothing but overgrown vines and shrubs, next to an old bench that we moved there when we built the kid's play center. Doesn't look like much but it was a surprising amount of room...
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Tim works on the roof246 views
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Window!245 viewsWilliam was worried when we covered up his window with sheathing, but was happy again once we cut it back out.
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It's finished!240 viewsHere's an inside view of the 'workshop' area. We hung up pegboard and put in a small workbench. You can also see the finished window, which opens out.
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