The parents came down over labor day weekend to complete the task of framing out and installing a garage door. The garage is perfectly capable of having a garage door and fitting a car inside, but rather it has two people doors that the motorcycle won't even fit through. This was my main concern.After ripping out some sheetrock it is decided that it will be a much easier job then anticipated.
This picture shows the walls that will be torn out to put in one wall with a garage door on it:
Here is the wall from the outside, with a people door making the garage practically useless for vehicles.
When we were tearing out the walls there were many problems that we found which started with termite nests and damage to the studs. There were no termites though so that was good.
Front of the garage, working on getting the siding off in one piece so it can be used later.
The next problem was a village of hornets nests, this haulted productivity until wasp spray was bought. This picture shows that there was an extension added to the front of the original garage. The lighter wood is new, the dark wood is old.
Upon closer inspection the dark wood wasn't just old, it is dark as a result of extensive fire damage.
We also found that there was mold on the walls that we were taking out. We have to think about how to keep the water from flowing through the garage when it rains and rotting the wood again.
There was this little wall that stuck out about a foot from the perimeter wall, it was kind of in the way for driving cars into the garage and I wanted it gone. When we went through the sheetrock it was revealed that it was the original outer wall with the siding still on it.
Here is the wall again, it was really in the way.
It took longer to get the walls torn out then it took to put it back together
We put in a people door outside the back door, yay!
More pictures to come of the completed front
