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Posted by RickH on August 23, 2007, 3:14 pm
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> > On Aug 23, 11:56 am, "JimmyDahGeek@DON'T_SPAM_ME_gmail.com"
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> > > The 2 stall, unattached garage on a house I recently purchased is to
> > > close to the ground. The foundation is cement blocks and I was
> > > wondering how difficult and how I would go about raising it up an
> > > additional block.
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> > Is all that worth it for a garage, considering you'll still have an
> > old garage on a cement block footing in the end? And you'll have to
> > re-do all the doors for the new height. You can get a garage kit from
> > Menards (a good one with 16 inch centers and truss roof), and have a
> > contractor pour a superior concrete footing and slab. A couple of out-
> > of-work framers can probably put it up in 2 days. Since it's
> > unattached the permit is pretty straightforward.
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> - A couple of out-of-work framers can probably put it up in 2 days.
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> How come the framers are out-of-work? And do I really want out-of-work
> framers putting up my garage?
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> What happened to the theory that you want your contractors to be so
> busy (read: good) that you have to wait for them?
Have you seen the news about residential builders lately?
The reason I stumbled on this group recently is becuse I've decided to
go ahead with a whole lot of changes at my place, that I would rather
not spend the time doing myself. It started out with hiring an out of
work union guy to do a bathroom in June, now I'm going for a whole
home addition because the guy works hard and has friends in same
position. There are some sub-divisions here where only one or two
holes were dug this whole summer, and the other 200 lots will have to
wait there for spring and more qualified buyers. No, there are many
very "good guys" on the bench right now at union hall as far as
residential work goes. But my nephew who does all commercial
electrical work is working overtime. It's just the residential people
working for production homebuilders that are out.
I dont suspect the situation will last once liquidity returns to the
mortgage market, and the banks learn that people need prove more than
simply having a pulse to get a jumbo mortgage. But you have to strike
while the iron is hot, and for my home projects the timing of these
layoffs is ok and I like to know I'm helping a guy tide over with my
little projects.
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