Garage / Apartment Project  2009-2012

Here is a project to build a two car garage, shop and art studio with a small accessory apartment underneath built into a side hill below the garage.
It would have stunning views of the cliffs on Deer Mountain. 
Here is the project story as it unfolds...  






Project complete
Kitchen for the 800SF apartment June 2013

Here's the garage as you come up the driveway. All Ext Lights on photocell and dimmed for effect
 
   

View from downhill

Fall 2011
   


Another drywall shot apartment lots of skylights Drywall in the workshop/studio behind the garage
   


Fall 2010 evening shot Septic used a new system called gravel less chambers
Two lines 80 ft long
 
Installing the wood stove in the shop/studio
 		 outside is to lockup


Shot from the North through woods

One of the garage bays
Note doorway from garage into studio
Bench will go on right
 

 

 

Garage Front October 2011
Tyvek home wrap on and driveway/walkway poured.
Note stained soffet boards staged inside.

Hardiboard going on

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Rough-in of the apartment
   
PEX tubing for the hot and cold.
Here's the runs to the kitchen. You just run this stuff like its wire
 		 Examining the bathroom plumbing rough-in
End of September

Lower Front View
Framing of apartment coming together


Shot of the 2 Car Garage Front

Apartment framing from below grade
Note the sonotube for the deck support in foreground
   

Workshop/Studio behind garage
Sideview of the building

Installing the PEX tubing for radiant heat over the 6x6 grid late August
We'll pour a 4" concrete slab and encase the tubing. The heat will consist of circulating 140 degree water through the tubes
   

Test Manifold pressurized and ready to pour the slab		  
Utility Ditch
Note the 200 Amp conduit and telco, internet, gate control conduits


Shannon and Earl helping set R12 foam base for heated slab
In- Floor waste piping installed and inspected
   

Backfilling the upper wall
Backfilling the lower wall
 

Shot of the south side showing window well cutout. 
Note the downspout and perimeter drain piping going in.
Completed foundation

Shot of the new driveway spur on the left.
Right side goes up to the cedar prowhouse.
Note the cool rock that we dug up.
Clearing the lot
The major tools shown. Stump fire, Trak-hoe and Transit


Footings laid out and ready to pour


Shot of the foundation walls just prior to the pour

This is the sketch from Architect Steve Peterson after we met and I explained what I wanted. 
We discussed my rough sketch


 A visit to the building site, a couple more meetings and Steve and I were able to hammer out the rest of the building layout. It included a shop space and bathroom in the garage and a generous 800 square foot 2 bedroom Accessory Apartment below. This experienced architect used his skills to fit the design into the surrounding terrain and make it a truly "eye-popping" design. 
Link to Steve's Website
   

Proposed Site Plan as sent to the county. 

 


               

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09-25-21