A forming crew handled the task of constructing the concrete walls, once finished Mark and I took a couple evenings to install 2" SM foam to thermal break the wall before weeping tile and backfilling. Next we set to work building the walls and getting them up in place.

Following this came the trusses which turned out to be quite a chore. All of the crew were on deck early Saturday morning to lend a hand, which was a good thing as the boom truck arranged to lift the trusses in place cancelled so we had to lift them up by hand. The worst of these were the end trusses which we had already sheeted over with plywood, and the ladders attached (expecting to have the boom truck lift them no sweat!) It took us most of the day, but we got them up, aligned, and secured. The next day we had the roof completely sheeted over. Paul, Bill and I were assisted by the ground crew of Mark and Todd who made cuts and kept us stocked with materials.

Mark, Paul and I spent a bunch of evenings installing all of the exterior plywood on the walls, including installing pressure treated plywood over the exposed SM foam. Mark had a roofing company install the shingles, which was quite welcomed by the crew given the amount of work completed to date (plus it turned out to be a scorcher of a day shingling!) Doors and windows were were next installed, followed by Tyvek building wrap.

Another bunch of evenings & weekends were taken to install the vinyl siding, and soffit.

The concrete floor was completed by Andrea and Peter Bassan. They took a lot of time and care in preparing and sloping the stone to the floor drain, then pouring, sloping and hand troweling the floor to a professional, top quality finish. The concrete was dyed dark grey and Mark finished the floor with a commercial grade concrete sealer.

With the Garage finished outside Paul and I finished the last section of fence to close in the back yard and finally let French's three canines run free.