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@ TEXIGO, I figured and wondered if I'd posted those photos... IMO There are quite a few nicer garages out there than mine. But I enjoy the process and am contemplating another build for some other obscure toys. I have the site, but have to finish other projects before diving in. Time will tell...
Richard_Wallaces use of the old barn beams and overall aesthetic has a great feel compared to my more open industrial look.
After 2 years of planning (including a year of working through local Historic District "concerns"), finally breaking ground next week on new garage/pool house on currently overgrown/underused portion of the property. The most stressful part of the project will be the necessary relocating of a new driveway to a steep part of the property and keep the grade low enough to handle all current/potential future cars. Will now be able to hold 4 cars in the new garage + 2 car carport attached to the main house (wife has garage-a-phobia).
Thanks to everyone who has posted on here as I learned a ton, and architect has learned to conceal rolling his eyes when I say "on Rennlist I saw..." Hopefully once I finish up I'll be able to add back to the wealth of info and inspirations on here.
Pool house side view
Garage side view from Driveway
Before Photos Where the new driveway is going
Site today Needs a new hound house!
Less progress than I hoped so far, but a bit of an update. The pool house side slab was just poured. The garage side will be once in-floor lights arrives. Regardless, framing starts in the next 1.5 weeks.
Pre-pour view.
There was a LOT more grading than my contractor and architect expected.
Pour complete, on pool house side anyway. Have to wait 3 more weeks to get final load of bricks to finish new wall. Everything is delayed.
hardwired w/ 24h cloud recording...have it professionally done
+1 I went with Nest/Google cameras so they rely on WiFi but do record continuously to the cloud and work well. One in each garage, a bunch outside, including driveway in front of the garages.
I also have a ton of lighting in the garages and they are on a motion activated switch. So if anyone were to get into the garage, it turns on the lights.
And we did have an intruder once who did just that (I now lock the garages much more consistently)
I went with Arlo when I built my garage. Couple of reasons I really like the Arlo over my previous hard wired CCTV.
1.) You can record up to 4K resolution
2.) The Arlo cameras identify Animal, Person, motion, sound. This is helpful specifically outdoors if you have one at your front door or driveway and have a flag or something (or leaves) blowing - it will ignore those
3.) you can define activity zones - meaning you can tell it to watch specific areas within it field of vision. For example I have 6 in total cameras - one points down my driveway. I can make it look at only 1/2 my driveway from an active standpoint - ignoring any cars or people that are walking down the road or someone turning around in my drive. Once someone pulls up past 1/2 way - it triggers recording and alerts.
4.) You can get ones with Battery or plug in. I have 5 battery powered (they last about 4 months before recharging) and the one in my Garage is hooked to power.
5.) App is pretty user friendly - like nest mentioned above.
6,) I like the nest or in my case Arlo - no hard wire, as new tech comes out - just swap the camera, or if you are not happy with the placement - takes 3 seconds to mount somewhere else.
7.) You can also set several schedules (have them active at all times or certain times - by camera), groupings of cameras (If one goes off, you can have other ones also trigger at the same time) - I have this one my driveway - if it goes off, I have my front door start to record as well). You can also do Geofencing - meaning if you or anyones phone you designate come within a specified distance it can deactivate the camera(s). eg. I have this on my pool cabana - if I am near it (or a family member with their phone) it will tell it to not record - keeps it from recording if we are out and watching TV, having a party or whatever.
8.) I have had mine going on 3 years now and no issues at all. My hard wired ones that I had before, seem to start to fail after 3-4 years and was never happy with the resolution or app to monitor (I know they have gotten better on both those things) but hard to beat wireless.
+1 I went with Nest/Google cameras so they rely on WiFi but do record continuously to the cloud and work well. One in each garage, a bunch outside, including driveway in front of the garages.
I also have a ton of lighting in the garages and they are on a motion activated switch. So if anyone were to get into the garage, it turns on the lights.
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