New job, new town, new house… new workshop !
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:11 am
Yeah, the last few month have been pretty crazy ! Just at the end of the ski season I've been offered a new job which gave me the opportunity to do something interesting (designing snowmobiles and other toys like that) but more importantly move away from the big city !!
My dream did not yet come true as I'm not back in the Kootenays but it's definitively a huge improvement from my life in Montreal. I'm still in Quebec but now in the Eastern Townships. There are a few descent "east coast style" mountains in the neighborhood (Mount Orford is 10 minutes away from home and I'm 45 min away from Jay Peak or Sutton for those who know).
Moving out of town meant buying a house, which combined with starting a new job explains why I kept away from skibuilding the last few month (oh, and my shop is still in Montreal for now so it's not very practical…)
The house came with a "basement garage" and our bedroom is just above this garage.. Making it not suitable for my early Sunday morning skibuilding cravings! Too bad… my next item on the list became to start building a "detached garage" workshop .
I started a couple weeks ago, the concrete slab is done (what a pain to level the ground, I spent a full 3-day week-end just on that !) and the walls are up. I'm waiting for the roof trusses to be delivered today so I'll be working on the roof tonight!
The garage is 24'x20' and it's going to be fully insulated with radiant floor heating (powered by a wood/electric water heater). Making it myself I save a lot of money but it's quite a challenge as I've never done construction before! It's going pretty good for now in my opinion and hopefully it will be done by mid-august so I can finally move my ski workshop!
Here are a few pics, more will come (since the last picture, all walls are up, with air barrier on) :
My dream did not yet come true as I'm not back in the Kootenays but it's definitively a huge improvement from my life in Montreal. I'm still in Quebec but now in the Eastern Townships. There are a few descent "east coast style" mountains in the neighborhood (Mount Orford is 10 minutes away from home and I'm 45 min away from Jay Peak or Sutton for those who know).
Moving out of town meant buying a house, which combined with starting a new job explains why I kept away from skibuilding the last few month (oh, and my shop is still in Montreal for now so it's not very practical…)
The house came with a "basement garage" and our bedroom is just above this garage.. Making it not suitable for my early Sunday morning skibuilding cravings! Too bad… my next item on the list became to start building a "detached garage" workshop .
I started a couple weeks ago, the concrete slab is done (what a pain to level the ground, I spent a full 3-day week-end just on that !) and the walls are up. I'm waiting for the roof trusses to be delivered today so I'll be working on the roof tonight!
The garage is 24'x20' and it's going to be fully insulated with radiant floor heating (powered by a wood/electric water heater). Making it myself I save a lot of money but it's quite a challenge as I've never done construction before! It's going pretty good for now in my opinion and hopefully it will be done by mid-august so I can finally move my ski workshop!
Here are a few pics, more will come (since the last picture, all walls are up, with air barrier on) :
Now if I can't get a project done in a weekend I don't want to start it. I think it's an FOG thing. :-)