Last Monday, 6/10/2024, overhead doors have been installed. These look great! And they are high lift, go straight up, and only one panel goes horizontal. And it cost me extra, but I am glad I went with windows in them. Just more natural light.

 

Those are interesting door tracks, don't think I've ever seen ones like that before. Thatll be nice to keep the doors out of your space over the vehicles. I don't envy whoever put up those springs / top track pieces though - thats way up there!

Did you end up getting insulated doors?

 

Those are insulated doors (I am not sure the rating). And trust me, I look at those springs and torsion bar thinking "that is not fun if it ever needs serviced. Part of my wishes it was an angled lift to put the torsion bar lower (just above the door). But, honestly, those bars ever needs serviced, I think I will be called to have that done. Also, look how much spring is on those bars! I learned that a high lift door requires different springs because unlike a standard lift, the weight of the panels is not relieved because they are not going horizontal.
But I will say, I am VERY happy with these doors. They did cost more than I planned, but they are great! When I add a side mount opener will be even better.

 

I am behind in updates, not much to provide yet. Driveway was finally poured on 7/5/2024!
At this point everything I hired to be done has been done! I need to work on getting my final inspection. I will deal with utilities later, but my city had me post some money for a Road Bond and I would like to get that back now that this is done.

 

Nice! Looking good!

You put any cars in there yet to test it out, or still giving the driveway some time?


What is a road bond? Don't think I've ever heard that term before.

 

When I took out my zoning permit with the city, they refer to this as a "large project". As such, they that concerns that the project might damage the road. They made me pay a bond so they have money from me in the event a road repair is needed. Well, no damage was done to the road. So, that is money to be refunded to my pocket.

 

Interesting. Id imagine legit road repairs are super expensive. Is it a flat rate thing or do they set it as a % of the build cost?

At least for a project like this you're virtually garaunteed to get your money back. Someone would have to do something obscenely stupid to damage the road working on a project like this.

 

I honestly have no idea how they determine the cost. I agree, if the road is damaged and needs repaired, the amount I had to put up is only like $500ish. Would probably pay for a crew to come out and slap some asphalt patch.

 

I am so far behind in progress updates! I have just been busy. Work, a car show I help run, family member being ill and a lot of other items inbetween. SO let me see what I can do to bring everyone up to speed.
After the driveway was poured, I finally made a decisions to move forward with using the Rustoleum RockSolid floor coating. This is a Polycuramine (I see a lot of leading companies the come out and do the work for you use Polyspartic). I can tell you I made one mistake and it proved this RockSolid does bond to the concrete (I had to chisel a small part from a mishap and did pull a tiny bit of concrete, but it cannot be seen after I painted that spot.
Here is the deal, I used this RockSolid in my attached garage, had a problem that I basically chalked up to "I must have failed in the prep". In all the video reviews I read, NEVER did I see this issue I had experience with (it looks like the material may have repelled from small spots). I decided to give it another try and just work harder to prep. 1600 Square Foot is a LOT to work with.
I decided to buy 4 of the Rocksold 2.5 Garage kits (which should cover 1800-2000 square foot). The relief cuts in the concrete give me space that is 10x10 or smaller. Perfect!

 

8-24-2024 - 8-27-2024 - I started the prep.

First, I had to rinse and squeegee all the concrete dust out of the garage. That was a mess. Then follow the directions and each kit came with 2 packets of a powdered etch material. You mix one packet of etch to 2 gallons of water in a watering can. Rinse the floor, make it wet, sprinker the mixture out. I used a brush to scrub it in, then rinse and squeegee. This was hurting my back a lot (6' 2" and the handles were not long enough to really "SCRUB", it was close to the end, I bought an extending handle for the scrub brush and a better squeegee and HUGE world off difference).
I worked from back to front. I noticed a couple tiny spots that something was on the concrete and the etch was not working (no bigger than the size of a quarter). I used a wire wheel on a cordless drill and fixed those spots.
When I thought I was done, I found areas of the concrete I thought were still "smooth" that the etch may not have worked. I bought 3 more packets of the Rustoleum etch (this is when I got the new squeegee and the new handle). I did spot touch ups. And then a final squeegee.

These pics are from three different days of work. And the last two were my "final rinse" pics.