Kmrumedy
Enthusiast
I purchased on old victorian home this summer built around 1860's. The challenge in finding an old home is finding a garage on the same property. Most are old barns. We did eventually did find the home after looking every weekend for a solid year. It did have a building called "a garage" but it was falling apart.
I've spent the last 3 months renovating the building before I could move my cars into it. A few of you that know me and know I am have been working on the project all summer have requested some pictures.
So here they are pictures and some back ground. (We have the history of the property through our notary documents)
The garage was originally a carriage house built around the 1890's the earliest reference and of mention of it being garage is in 1917. When we bought the property the earth was 2 feet higher than the foundation walls of the garage so over the years moisture had eaten its way right though most of the bottom of the structure. The cement was wrecked, the roof was leaking, a stream was flowing through one end of the building to another, bees nests, birds nests, 6 inch nails sticking out, junk filled both levels, garage door was falling off....etc. We were planning on tearing it down and building new....
But one look inside and the original craftmanship and woodwork of the interior told me to save it and fix it up. They don't make building like this anymore.
My friends and I did most of the work. We are not professionals just motivated car guys. It is not quite finished yet but here is where it is at for this year.
Before and after pictures:
The day we bought it:
Had a bulldozer come and clear out some earth...here is what I found..
bad leaky roof.....but look at the beauty of the wood....they don't make them like this anymore!
The work begins....
This was a little more dangerous than we knew...there was nothing supporting the entire front of the building.....so we went to Canadian Tire and bought a bunch of 20 ton hydraulic jacks and propped up the building......we later returned the jacks as they were obviously defective!
Roof work
Insulation begins...
And the garage as it stands right now. Not perfect nor will it ever be but it is functional and has great potential to become a dream garage for me. Oh...while I was having new electrical box and wiresput in...I had them also install interent and cable TV!! Woohoo!!
I've spent the last 3 months renovating the building before I could move my cars into it. A few of you that know me and know I am have been working on the project all summer have requested some pictures.
So here they are pictures and some back ground. (We have the history of the property through our notary documents)
The garage was originally a carriage house built around the 1890's the earliest reference and of mention of it being garage is in 1917. When we bought the property the earth was 2 feet higher than the foundation walls of the garage so over the years moisture had eaten its way right though most of the bottom of the structure. The cement was wrecked, the roof was leaking, a stream was flowing through one end of the building to another, bees nests, birds nests, 6 inch nails sticking out, junk filled both levels, garage door was falling off....etc. We were planning on tearing it down and building new....
But one look inside and the original craftmanship and woodwork of the interior told me to save it and fix it up. They don't make building like this anymore.
My friends and I did most of the work. We are not professionals just motivated car guys. It is not quite finished yet but here is where it is at for this year.
Before and after pictures:
The day we bought it:
Had a bulldozer come and clear out some earth...here is what I found..
bad leaky roof.....but look at the beauty of the wood....they don't make them like this anymore!
The work begins....
This was a little more dangerous than we knew...there was nothing supporting the entire front of the building.....so we went to Canadian Tire and bought a bunch of 20 ton hydraulic jacks and propped up the building......we later returned the jacks as they were obviously defective!
Roof work
Insulation begins...
And the garage as it stands right now. Not perfect nor will it ever be but it is functional and has great potential to become a dream garage for me. Oh...while I was having new electrical box and wiresput in...I had them also install interent and cable TV!! Woohoo!!
