Garage Door: Foundation and Framing

Continuing off from the last post...Nick created a detailed plan for how to extend our foundation and frame it to specification. As I recall, he installed some rebar or bolts into the existing foundation so that the new extension would have something to hold it to the old. He picked up special brick molding and lumber pieces that I primed and painted in advance. This project occurred in December, so it was rainy and cold outside, necessitating that the painting occur indoors in advance.

It took the better part of a day to demo the old framing and create the form and support for the new foundation. That put us into the evening by the time we were ready to pour the concrete. We didn't have a great plan for how to hold the concrete frame in place, so I used some old lumber propped against the opposite side to push against the weight of the concrete inside the form. Once done, Nick quickly installed some blocking around the bare frame so that there was something we could screw the old wood door into.

Mixing concrete at night.	New foundation.

A couple days later, we worked together to install the new framing.

Shortly thereafter, the garage door guy came and made quick work of installing the new door. He was impressed at Nick's handiwork, which always validates the hard work. You'll see in the below photo that the garage guy failed to get the correct color for the weather guard and had to come back later and replace the white piece with an almond color that perfectly matched our trim.

Notice the patched-in brick at right.	Good helper.