The Cribing begins......

Had to begin the footing at the original house basement level. Then stepped them up to a 4.5ft frost wall, as it gets pritty cold here in winter. Had to do alot of hand digging to get down to the original footing, have the blisters to prove it !!!

Kind of have a banked wall now, well at least until I back fill.....

First Trench, and the longest at 52 ft

Last corner to be done, all be it after some diagonal measuring I found it to be tapering in. So had to get them back to square it up, but that's life, they came back and corrected it for free so all's good...

Let the Digging Commence !!!

It's got to get messy before It gets better... Sorry for any Inconvenience to my Neighbours, but I will look better once done...

The New Shop....

Anyway now its time to start again.... Digging has finaly comenced today.. watch this space...

434 ci of SBC... 648bhp 619lbs torque

And then there was the next Ultima, which ended up with the nick name of GTW....

Once you've got a Lathe, Miller, Drill Press, all your tools and 2 Ultimas init, then it gets pritty full...

And the small box in the corner was the insulated and sound proofed Compressor.. with a MDF Door...

Lined the inside with F/G Batt insulation and frame it out so I could put 1" MDF on all the walls.

It was so easy to hang anything up, didn't have to worry where the screws went..

Well after some remodeling and planting here's the final result. New Windows doors in the house and a fresh coat of paint and she's all finished....

A Bit of a leap, but cant find any photo's in between.. The garage near done and starting the Block Paving....

Seems I didnt take any shots at the roof stage... pitty

Oh yes and on the back a Small extesnsion to the house for the Wife's study...

Beams up ready for rest of blocking....