WOW that's some work. I'll be watching.

Are you going to have some kind of elevator system to get the games up and down?

Same here, I got all kinds of greef when I did my garage addition.

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No. It's attached to the existing foundation and supported by the cement pads along the 3 sides. But I did put 4 more pads along that main side.

What are ya planning on putting in the middle of the floor, bar?

Dang...is that new space gonna be big enough for all that plus all your pins?

Can't wait for the build, I'm watching every step.

They took the yellow caps off and filled then in? Boneheads. Doesn't rain when ya want it too and rains when ya DON'T want it too. But you guys needed the water right. Is your building a kit or stick built? That 2nd floor is gonna have to be VERY sturdy.

Wow, yeah that will hold your games. What does the 2nd floor and roof look like? You gettin a pool table too?

I see, a slightly pitched flat roof. I hope you have an overhang over a nice deck on the 2nd floor.

A grownups erector set. Those big beams are heavy I'll bet. Are you gonna erect this?

Cool. Beer and steel construction work....what could go wrong.

That's goin up fast.

When do you start on the second story?

Wood, I see. Who's gonna engineer your game lift? That will be interesting to see. We here in the cities live in what's called the Mosquito Control District, it started about 30 or so years ago, every they hit most of the breeding grounds within a 9 county area and man does it work. I live about 3 miles away from the capitol and for the past 20 or so years I can count on 2 hands how many of those little suckers I've had to swat. Looking forward to more pictures.

Man that's lookin great. I wish I could help, I love that kind of building. I had a blast doing the inside of my garage/shop/Gameroom II. I imagine you have to drill and bolt the walls down. What spacing are the bolts required to be? Are you also using tie straps or plates on all the wall studs? Don't just trust 2 screws or spikes per stud to hold the walls together in high winds.

I'd suggest running a grade 8 bolt and nut, 1/2 inch through a 1/4 inch thick plate steel on top of the wood then through the I beam. Don't trust just washers, you need a rectangular plate to distribute the clamping force over a larger area. Your only going to do this once so go as heavy duty as you can.

2x6 is the way to go.

The sill plates, bottoms of the walls are 2x6 right? They are 5-1/2 inches wide so make the plates 5-1/2 x 5-1/2. You'll be golden then using the full width of the board for strength not just a 2 inch circle. You'll make good brownie points with the inspector too. ) Damn that looks like fun.

You'd be kicking yourself later if you don't do it now. )

I hope ya got a BIG sheet of thick plastic to put over it. That would be real nasty if that insulation got wet. Are you doing any kind of vapor barrier? Don't know what code is down there. And make sure to put lots of screws in the flooring, use the star head screws not the Phillip head screws. After using the star head screws in my addition and garage inside finish I threw all my Phillips head screws away and will never buy them again, pure junk compaired to the star head.

Oups I meant the osb sub floor.

That's what I used on the inside of my garage/shop/ gameroom II but I screwed up, I used 3/8 inch ACX on the walls and ceiling, what I should have used was 1/2 inch. 3/8 is not rigid enough so I have some bowing in the walls and ceiling especially the ceiling. The roof rafters are 24 IOC and that's just too much for 3/8, for walls it's not too bad because they are 16 IOC. What I should have done with the rafters is put 2x4's in between the rafters to connect them, that would have given me a lot more support for the 4x8 sheets of plywood. I love those torque head screws too.

I have a local discount steel place a few miles from me that I go to but if they say those round ones would be good enough you should go with that. It would be nice to anchor those wall studs better though. That upper floor catches more wind up high.

Oh man sorry to hear about all that wet insulation and flooring, that's gonna be a real pain to redo. As long as you used screws to put the osb down it won't be tooooo bad. At least your wall studs aren't on top of the flooring.

Nails? I quit using nails years ago. The guy that built my garage addition put the insulation in the floor then put plastic over the top then layed the osb floor then put the walls up on top of the flooring, he said that was the right way to do it. When the inspector saw it he said the plastic was backwards, plastic between floor joists then plastic then insulation. I had to run my circle saw 4 inches away from the walls just deep enough to cut through the osb floor, unscrew the couple hundred screws then remove and throw away all the osb because he had used Liquid Nails and screws to hold the flooring down. Good thing the Liquid Nails hadn't set real good but It still took me a couple days to scrap that shit off, some of which had hardened and osb had stuck to it. Then I had to pull up the plastic and insulation and lay down new plastic (4 mill is code so I put 6 mil down LOL) put the insulation back down and get it reinspected. When all that was done (about 3 weeks) a buddy and me put all new T&G 3/4 inch osb down. Your gonna have to put new insulation and osb down....what a waste especially for that size floor you have, mine is only 12x22. I feel your pain.

WOW!!! That's some great progress and some overhang over the house. I'm guessing the roof pitch is towards the alley correct. I've never put roof screws in steel beams before, it must be fun. Stay safe on that roof.

Oh that's right, I saw the ridges in the roofing and didn't put 2 and 2 together.

The roof is steel so no sheets needed up there.

I would think the best way would be to rent some scaffolding. 2 men on the scaffolding positioning and screwing it and one person on the bottom with a 2x4 brace proping the sheet in place to be screwed down.

When you overlaped the roof sheets what did you use to seal them with?

Will be interesting to see what you come up with.

Nice. Do they want you to stagger the vertical sheet? Good choice with using plywood. I was going to suggest that, makes the 2nd floor much stronger.

Lookin good. Those top ones are gonna be fun. Be safe an that ladder doin those.

Your gonna insulate it too right? Besides all those permits you got I had to get an insulation permit and inspection and a gas heater permit too.

But you're gonna put up a vapor barrier on the inside right?

Well Tyvek breaths so it't not a vapor barrier, 4 to 6 mil plastic sheeting is a vapor barrier and put on the inside on top of the insulation, except sprayed foam then the drywall goes on top of that. But not in your area?

Yup on the way to Los Crusis, NM. Almost got blown off the road buy the side winds.

Nice that you had it looked at before the inspectors came out. Maybe it would be a good idea to put some kind of ties on the wall studs where they meet the floor plate, or every other stud. Just guessing here. I always overbuild everything.

To soon for mold I would think. I hope you use all screws on the new flooring, you'll never have a squeak.

Oh yeah you have to take it all apart and probably throw the insulation away and dry the wood and everything with fans for a few days, but with your dry heat it should dry fast. Is the insulation fiberglass? I used 2 coats of the high traffic floor paint on the wood floor portion in my garage then I covered it with 10x17 piece of that drive on plastic cement floor covering from Menards, but you won't be doing that.

What a mess, you buy that stuff by the case. Hose it down, let it dry then hose it down and let it dry REAL good then you'll be ready to go.

Damn that's expensive, probably just bleach too.

Yup you've been busy. Nice progress.

Yeah awnings over the doors are a must.

Good no more rain getting inside. What do ya have planner for both ceilings?

Yes do, I love these kinds of threads. I'll follow for sure.

I think he gave up on the idea, it was to much for him.

WOW a gas leak, good you caught it. Looks like you'll have to have a drop ceiling because of the electrical.

WOW what a project but ya gotta do it.

I hate it when that happens. If I was local I'd help ya.

That's just crazy, I hope you guys don't get hurt.

Ha if I saw that tangle of wires I'd run away.

You gonna put a rain gutter on the back slope of the roof?

How did ya ever come up with the outside look?

Your family is gonna LOVE it and you'll be the envy of all your neighbors. Well worth every penny.

I like Desert Gameroom.

Yup 2 floors of fun.

Crazy. I hope the roof facing the house that has the big overhang is on good.

That's like F2 isn't it?

Your safe.

Oh that must have made a mess but it's the way to go for your set-up.

Oh man that had to piss you off something bad.

Are you just going to paint the ceiling flat black then?

I'll have to see it finished to understand.

Looks good. How about some neons and lit pf's on the walls.

Bigger??? I gotta see this.

Great progress. You go with 3/8 or 1/2 drywall? You do the taping, muding and sanding?

Good choice for thickness but that 5/8 is a pain.

Some really nice progress.

Are the games going against that brick siding? If your looking to go wild with it get a graffite artist to spray florescent pinball related stuff on it. Just a fun thought.

Cool if you could do it. Like I said it's a crazy idea and once you start there's no going back because of what your spraying on.

What's the room in the first picture? Pin shop?

I see.

I gotta see that lift.

Yeah Texas get's a little toasty this time of year. Warpage, is it still usable? Looks like it.

Oh shit. That's as bad as us having -20 up here....but we only have it that bad for a few days.

There's no way you could put a small window unit in it and just work on the inside?

Looks like a big screen tv.

Tell me about it....and I only did the inside of my garage.

I like it. Have it screen printed using UV ink and put a bl above it.

Check with a local T shirt printing company that prints shirts for kids baseball teams and such.

That looks interesting.

That is gonna give you a nice selection of bottle beer. LOL

I think there'a gonna be a balcony along that wall, that's why there's a big overhang.

That deck would have been cool but at least you don't have to worry about someone falling off it and suing your ass. So is the lift gonna be exposed?

Would you hurry up.

I hear ya, I did the complete inside of my 24x36x9'6" garage by myself and it took 1-1/2 years. Now I'm putting soffit rgb lighting on 3 walls and it's taking forever and of course the walls aren't straight so I have to put molding under it to hide the gaps but I was going to do that anyway to hide the screws so no big deal. I wish I could put the programable led strip in but man that stuff is expensive and power hungry.

You have the ac on while working inside?

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Finishing is where you spot things you should have done differently way back when and now you have to find a way to cover it up or do a work around. Yeah I'd like to see a thread.

Oh it's just a scratch.

Looks interesting.

Wow you have been busy. Looks great.

Dang your doing a patio enclosure too, that going to be glassed in.

Make sure you light um up. I got 3 sets of 4 at Ikea so each set of 4 changes color at different times.

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hahahahahah thanks, found better pictures.

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Those show great progress, won't be long now.

I'd like to ride up and down on the outside lift you have.

Not quite ready for that kind of lift.

Now that's cool, gonna make loading you gr a breeze. How much weight do ya think it would handle?

Yeah your good.

Oh man.

Do you have to worry about the heat this time of year?

Not bad. those are good working temps.