BajaNomad - Pic of completed garage

Pic of completed garage

drzura - 6-14-2013 at 02:20 PM

Well... After one year, the garage is finally complete (sort of). I initially was looking at cargo containers, but after the ridiculous price quotes, we decided to have a cinder block garage built and we are very happy with it. The old wooden shed was all rotted out and broken into multiple times. This should be more secure.

Damion

[Edited on 6-14-2013 by drzura]

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drzura - 6-14-2013 at 02:35 PM

Pic of side door..

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Barry A. - 6-14-2013 at 02:42 PM

Are those steel doors?

Barry

msteve1014 - 6-14-2013 at 02:55 PM

Nice, I gotta get me one too.

I won't ask the price.

drzura - 6-14-2013 at 02:56 PM

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Originally posted by Barry A.
Are those steel doors?

Barry

Hello Barry. Yep.. them are steel doors. We had them made in Santa Rosalia.

tiotomasbcs - 6-14-2013 at 03:32 PM

See what happens when you ask Nomads their opinions?!! Very nice and solid. Make sure those welds are tight w/multiple latches on interior. New post re "cabin" is relative. This will get ya started and help you sleep at nite. The Palapa House is next, verdad?! :yes:

Tio

bajadogs - 6-14-2013 at 03:46 PM

That looks pretty secure, and not ugly either. I like the blue. Does the small door open from the inside if locked?

drzura - 6-14-2013 at 04:13 PM

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Originally posted by bajadogs
That looks pretty secure, and not ugly either. I like the blue. Does the small door open from the inside if locked? [/quote

Yep. If the side door is locked, it can be opened from the inside as well. The light blue is pretty nice. Right now there is no power going to the garage, we may work on that next year depending on the finances.

ElCap - 6-14-2013 at 04:42 PM

Very nice. I think we had some conversations in the past via U2U regards shipping containers, and getting them to central Baja. I too found them prohibitively expensive. Buying materials locally and using local labor is also an upside to building. It would be great if you would share the dimensions and approx. costs of materials and labor. I'm assuming the roof is framed with lumber, and covered with metal laminas?

drzura - 6-14-2013 at 05:05 PM

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Originally posted by ElCap
Very nice. I think we had some conversations in the past via U2U regards shipping containers, and getting them to central Baja. I too found them prohibitively expensive. Buying materials locally and using local labor is also an upside to building. It would be great if you would share the dimensions and approx. costs of materials and labor. I'm assuming the roof is framed with lumber, and covered with metal laminas?

I will post some more details on the prices etc. tomorrow.. but below are a couple of pics of the inside of the garage as it was being built... you can see the roof construction.

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drzura - 6-14-2013 at 05:06 PM

Another inside pic.... the inside of the garage is roughly 600 sq feet.

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msteve1014 - 6-14-2013 at 06:36 PM

Looks really nice, and secure. I won't ask the cost, I swear I won't.

volcano - 6-15-2013 at 06:04 AM

same kind of door I had...the thief drilled the lock out, of course after unbolting the hurricane shutters

monoloco - 6-15-2013 at 06:44 AM

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Originally posted by volcano
same kind of door I had...the thief drilled the lock out, of course after unbolting the hurricane shutters

Probably used a cordless drill that he stole from someone else's bodega.

Barry A. - 6-15-2013 at 07:22 AM

Electrify the steel doors???

IED's??

hot boiling oil dispensers over doors?

micah202 - 6-15-2013 at 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by Barry A.
Electrify the steel doors???

IED's??

hot boiling oil dispensers over doors?

....nahhh,,just have a big snake-pit inside--that'll stop 'em!! :biggrin:

Bob H - 6-15-2013 at 01:52 PM

That is one good look'n garage you built there.

J.P. - 6-15-2013 at 06:33 PM

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Originally posted by drzura
Another inside pic.... the inside of the garage is roughly 600 sq feet.

Looks to me the easiest way to break into that thing would be to fall through the roof . :lol:

msteve1014 - 6-15-2013 at 06:36 PM

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Looks to me the easiest way to break into that thing would be to fall through the roof . :lol:

But then you have to climb back out, carrying an outboard motor.

J.P. - 6-15-2013 at 06:49 PM

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Originally posted by msteve1014
Looks to me the easiest way to break into that thing would be to fall through the roof . :lol:

But then you have to climb back out, carrying an outboard motor.

The sad thing is we have to go to such elaborate means to try and protect our belonging's. :no:

msteve1014 - 6-15-2013 at 07:47 PM

I have seen block walls broken open with double jacks. They don't fill every cell in Mexico. Two guys can break through a wall really fast.

J.P. - 6-15-2013 at 08:37 PM

Years ago we used offshore containers as tool sheds at construction sites. The thief's just started bringing cutting torches and cutting a hole in the side. :light:

Barry A. - 6-15-2013 at 08:44 PM

This entire discussion is making me depressed.

Barry

drzura - 6-17-2013 at 11:10 AM

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Its a little over 600 square feet. The garage was built over one year as we saved money. So, these are rough estimates.

1. Structure: cinder blocks, rebar, cement, lamina, metal beams for roof, plywood, sand, labor... about $7,000.00

2. Stucco, concrete sand for interior and exterior finish plus concrete floor in garage with labor.... about $2,000.00

3. Metal doors and metal bars for the two windows with installation... $1,300.00

4. Two windows with installation.... about $240.00

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ElCap - 6-17-2013 at 01:48 PM

Thanks for providing the details, I'm sure many other folks other than myself appreciate the info you provided - that's what this forum should be about. Unfortunately it seems more often than not a post gets hijacked by the vocal and prolific 'regulars' who have nothing better to do than post their random thoughts and opinions on topics not necessarily related to the original post. That's why they call this a forum I suppose.

That's a good looking building, and should serve you well for you needs.