Garages and Carports - Door leading outside from garage help
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fox_forma
08-21-09, 10:28 PM
The house I live in has a three car the garage and the previous owners enclosed it to be an extra bedroom. They built a small add on outside the third garage that led from the garage to the bathroom that had a door leading outside as well.
See below
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/fox_forma/New%20house/Picture067.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/fox_forma/New%20house/Picture068.jpg
They did such a bang up job I must get this taken down and I want to make it back to how it should be with a nice steel door leading to the back yard. Before I rip that down I want to make sure the door is in a done right. One thing I am trying to figure out is should there be a step of some sort where the door will go so it is not flat on the ground. It looks like the concrete along the side of the house where the add-on is was done at a later time.
It looks like they may have broke away at the cement base that ran along the garage so now it is level. To install a door in this area how do I go about doing it right.
This is where the door needs to go.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/fox_forma/New%20house/Picture116.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/fox_forma/New%20house/Picture117.jpg
I assume it should be something like this and raised off the floor?
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/fox_forma/New%20house/Picture113.jpg
Thanks for your time!
See below
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/fox_forma/New%20house/Picture067.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/fox_forma/New%20house/Picture068.jpg
They did such a bang up job I must get this taken down and I want to make it back to how it should be with a nice steel door leading to the back yard. Before I rip that down I want to make sure the door is in a done right. One thing I am trying to figure out is should there be a step of some sort where the door will go so it is not flat on the ground. It looks like the concrete along the side of the house where the add-on is was done at a later time.
It looks like they may have broke away at the cement base that ran along the garage so now it is level. To install a door in this area how do I go about doing it right.
This is where the door needs to go.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/fox_forma/New%20house/Picture116.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/fox_forma/New%20house/Picture117.jpg
I assume it should be something like this and raised off the floor?
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/fox_forma/New%20house/Picture113.jpg
Thanks for your time!
chandler
08-22-09, 06:28 AM
It looks as if the door is set on a berm, and that berm should be above grade level outside to prevent infiltration of water. I agree that add on needs to go. With all the nice terra cotta style roofing on the main bedroom/garage part, and such a horrible job overall on the "connector", it has to go. Do you have a pix of the door sill from inside the connector room? I think the one you have shown is from inside the garage part.
Oh, BTW, how did the inside go with the beam, etc??
Oh, BTW, how did the inside go with the beam, etc??
fox_forma
08-22-09, 08:59 AM
It looks like it may be above grade but not by much at all which is why I am concerned. You are correct, the pics are taken from inside the garage facing out to where the ghetto add-on is. I wanted to take pics from inside the add-on looking at the garage but there was a nasty looking spider in there so I opted not to. Another concern is if you look at the one pic it looks like the cement was chipped away right at the corner where I pulled back the carpet and if you look at the other door in the pic it is also higher off the ground. I haven't decided if I want to keep that door yet or fill it in and make it a solid wall. Thats a bathroom right there and I don't really see a point in that door being there.
And the "Beam" is still not done!!! I waited on a guy to come out to verify several weekends in a row and nothing, never showed. Called a local place and they wanted to charge me $200 for an assesment so I put it on the burner. I talked to a buddy's friend who builds custom homes and he said it sounds like majority of the wall is just a partition and nothing that is major structural. I am still trying to get a guy out for a reasonable price to verify though before I take down the rest of the framing. Its been a roller coaster so far, I have too many projects going on but I am enjoying it do majority of it myself and making look how it should.
And the "Beam" is still not done!!! I waited on a guy to come out to verify several weekends in a row and nothing, never showed. Called a local place and they wanted to charge me $200 for an assesment so I put it on the burner. I talked to a buddy's friend who builds custom homes and he said it sounds like majority of the wall is just a partition and nothing that is major structural. I am still trying to get a guy out for a reasonable price to verify though before I take down the rest of the framing. Its been a roller coaster so far, I have too many projects going on but I am enjoying it do majority of it myself and making look how it should.