Havenโt done anything to the TC or truck, but I did just finish a project in the RV bay of my garage that Iโd been wanting to do for a few years.
The garage is a combined 30x30 2-car bay with a normal height ceiling, and a 30x30 bay with a 16โ ceiling next to it for the truck and camper. Itโs built on a hillside, so the floor of the RV bay is 7โ lower than the car bay. When we built it about 7 years ago, there was supposed to be a โman-doorโ in this wall of the lower bay. There are also two man-doors in the upper bay, but the block mason that laid the cinderblocks either forgot or didnโt understand what I wanted here. Rather than call him back, I pressed on with the build because I really wasnโt sure about the placement of that door anyway.
After living and working in the garage for a few years, Iโm kinda glad that door got left out because thatโs NOT where it would do me the most good. For convenience, I really need a way to enter and exit the lower bay that doesnโt require raising the garage door, or using the man-doors in the upper bay. But, where it needs to be is in this wall, directly behind where the camper is parked.
So I started working on that about 4-5 weeks ago. I cut a couple of studs out, put a header in, and had to move an electric circuit up over the new opening. This isnโt a primary entry door, and there will be no way to open it from the outside (non-destructively that is), so Iโm not going to cut an opening in the cinderblocks. The door opening is 6โ6โ high, so thereโs plenty of headroom even if you step on the threshold.
The โskinโ of the garage is actually a layer of OSB, a layer of foam insulation, and a layer of reverse board and batten siding that I knew was going to be heavy once I cut it out. I put the interior 2x4โs on, then secured them all to the studs on each side with some temporary stops. I located the corners of the opening by drilling through the siding from the inside with a long skinny drill bit. Then I cut the siding from the outside with a Skillsaw, put on the exterior trim and the hinges, then came inside and took the stops out and kicked the door open. Ta Da!
Iโve since installed some handles and latches on the inside, and painted the outside.
I put on an RV style door catch to hold it open, and Iโve ordered a side-rolling, retractable screen door since I donโt have room for door swing on the inside.
There, fixed it!
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2001 Lance 1121 on a 2016 F450 โScuse me while I whinge.
And for all you Scooby-Doo and Yosemite Sam typesโฆโฆโฆ..Letโs Go Brandon!!!