Actually, jacking up the whole garage a few feet is not very difficult
or expensive to do. The only issue would be if there is a zoning
constraint (or the neighbors complain if you just do it). If the
structure is in your backyard, not particularly visible from the street,
and the houses are all fairly tall then another 4 or 5 ft or whatever
would not really be much. Poll the neighbors when you take them some
nice homegrown produce, and see what they would say to a higher garage.
You could build the stub wall insert ever how high (say 4 ft) out of
2x4s, the whole thing sized right, call a foundation company to come
jack up the whole deal (that would probably take about 2 hrs to do at
most), or just rent some beams and jacks and do it yourself. Then slide
the inserts under the existing walls and drop the structure back down,
tie it all together with nails and straps and whatever, then put on some
sheathing and be done with it. That's like a weekend project for a
coupla guys with some beer and saws and nail guns (heh heh, look I said
"guns" heh heh). Hell I might even come up and help you do it if you
feed me summathem fresh 'maters and hide your Obama stickers and such,
maybe take me down Wisconsin Ave/M St for some eats.
By raising the roof, what is meant is to leave the walls where they are,
jack the whole roof up (new shingles and all) after cutting off the top
sill nails (so the rafters are still attached to the top sill, slide
your new wall inserts in, and have that on top not the bottom. Similar
deal, but you need longer jacks and posts and it would be a bit more
dangerous If it is a flat roof that makes it even easier. Either way,
this is like 16th century technology, so nothing radical involved.
I was thinking to do that to my garage at the old Victorian I restored,
to get a 2nd floor loft in it for storage. (which you can kinda see on
the left in this pic
http://www.constructivity.net/images/70e_1982.jpg) OK I can see your
house on google, looks like you have an alley so the garage is way back
there behind some pretty big houses, I would just go tell the neighbors
you are restoring your garage or roof or something, jack it up, put in
some stub walls, plant some fast-growing bushes, and be done with it,
not like it would be a big deal or cause any major heartburn to anyone.
--R
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Frame, not cinder block. I just had a new roof put on the garage, so I it's
neither timely nor cost-effective to raise the roof at this juncture...
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:36 AM, R A Bennell <b...@mts.net> wrote:
If you zoning rules will allow it, raise the roof enough to permit the lift
inside. That is assuming your garage is
concrete block (do I remember that from an earlier post?). If it is frame
construction, then lift the whole garage
and put the concrete block addition on the bottom. Shouldn't be all that
difficult or expensive. As I also recall,
your wife is a designer. She, or someone she must know, should be able to
come up with some means of making the
facade look acceptable from the street at the increased height.
Randy
-----Original Message-----
From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com
[mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of andrew strasfogel
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:51 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Need a lift?
I really need a lift but my garage has a flat roof and the ceiling is less
than 10' off the ground so there is no way to lift the car high enough to
stand beneath it. Anybody know a good alternative? Perhaps a scissors
jack?
Andrew
1983, 85 300TD with a long list of to-do's
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote:
Rich Thomas wrote:
Looks like a shop closing, 6 lifts for sale
http://charleston.craigslist.org/tls/1270128082.html
Rotary is generally good stuff.
Mitch.
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