Hiding spot from my spousal unit.
I'm old, fat, and retired. Live out in sthe sticks, 20 miles from the closest town (1700 peoples) At some point I may need someone to assist my in taking car of the house, my yard, my life. This could be converted to living space
Ha! I can relate to that (hiding place from the spousal unit), my shop is my respite too.....
The start of the gravel going in. In about 4 hours they had spread, leveled and checked level of the gravel. They also cleared off a little bit of the dirt at the end of the lean-to area that was too high to allow 4 inches of concrete out there.
Looking at the gravel level at the door openings, and realizing there was at least four more inches of concrete to go on top, I suddenly remembered I am a car nut, not a four wheel drive aficionado. I had a talk with Luis, owner of the concrete company and described the addition I was going to need at the entrance. Unfortunately, it added almost 3/4 of another truckload to our requirements.
A week later, the concrete trucks started coming in. I had a minor coronary each time one turned up, at $2000 a load, but it was worth it in the end. 
Sorry for the blurriness of this pic, but the dust from them cutting the relief cuts was thick enough I was holding my breath while checking it out.
This is what that extra major portion of a truckload allowed for. Just a little bit of levelling with gravel and we can get our lowest car into the garage. Only three weeks of waiting for the concrete to cure.....................................
A full day of shuttling back and forth between ramp and gravel pile, and I had a drive-uppable ramp. I was happy to finally be able to get something into the garage, even if the first test vehicle was a lawnmower...
The next requirement to be met was doors. We had 10x10 openings, and I had been planning on roll-up doors to maintain all that headroom. Then budgetary reality struck again. Insulated roll-ups (that wouldn't sound like a hobo collecting cans every time there was even a slight gust) cost more than twice as much as a conventional up and over segmented door.
travellering said:
This is what that extra major portion of a truckload allowed for. Just a little bit of levelling with gravel and we can get our lowest car into the garage. Only three weeks of waiting for the concrete to cure.....................................
Please tell me that's a manual because that's my 17 year old dream car.
It's most of a manual. Missing several teeth on reverse and the synchros on third gear. Not even a turbo. The 2.1 liter head gasket eater. Still a joy top-down on a curvy mountain road!
In reply to travellering :
Close enough.
Doors installed! I can now make the garage wink like an NA Miata!
5 section insulated fiberglass doors, plus the thin "bubble wrap space blanket" insulation means there is a noticeable difference in temperature between the inside and outside of the building. There's also a substantial difference in light levels. Pitch freaking black with the doors shut..
However, it's now lockable and semi-secure. Time to install some of the geriatric long term residents into this car nursing home.
First in, the largest and heaviest of the Travellering fleet. Might as well test that concrete out...
Looking good.
Really? The SD1 is the heaviest car in your fleet? I'm surprised.....
BTW, which one of the cats will be moving to the shop on mouse duty, and where will the cat door be located? 
Well, the XJ8 is about 800 lbs heavier, but it has to behave itself much better if it's ever going to be allowed to hang around the other cars in the garage...
The garage is cool and all, but that Rover!!!! Yummy!
Haven't seen an SD1 in years, good fun cars. Probably had about 10-12 of them. 5 speed or auto?
5 speed US market car. 115 hp......
Because the most important part of any workshop is what leaves it, here's proof that those doors are not one way. The inmates can escape the asylum on occasion...
Here's a few of the inmates in their beds. Ignore the boxes in the foreground, those are for totally not-shop-related things, like a fridge, a microwave, and a futon. I could interpret those purchases as being Mrs. Travellering prepping the doghouse for future fights, but I'm sure she's not that coldly pragmatic, right?
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