New detached garage 24X28 with 2nd floor and bathroom

[lpigg]

Hey guys, not alot to update cause of all the rain and mud. We did run power, water, and sewer this weekend. I am hoping that we pour the floor on Thursday. I do need some advice. I have read on here where some people recommend watering the concrete after it is poured to help the curing process. How often and when do you do that? Also, I am planning on putting up some interior walls for the bathroom. How soon can I start those? I will be anchoring them to floor. Can I do them on Saturday if I pour on Thursday?

Thanks, I will post some pictures when the floor is done.

[thammel]

Hi,

The longer you can keep the concrete wet, the better. I'd want to keep it moist for a week. People accompish this by putting plastic over it or simply hosing it down. Some use a sprinkler. This maximizes its strength and minimizes the odds of surface cracking.

Since your framing is done, carefully hosing down is probably the best approach. I was leery of using plastic on my pad because if any impressions made by the plastic, although unlikely by the time I would be able to get it in place.

I'd wait to do the interior walls.

[Ord]

Originally Posted by lpigg

Some pictures of the inside along with the begining of the bathroom. We plan on getting everything stubbed in on Sunday. Not sure when we will dig the trench to the house. We have about 100 feet to the house and there was to much of an elevation drop so we installed a small lift.

Can you tell me more about this? The place I am thinking of building would mean about 70 feet from the garage to the septic tank, and I may need something similar.

[lpigg]

Originally Posted by Ord

Can you tell me more about this? The place I am thinking of building would mean about 70 feet from the garage to the septic tank, and I may need something similar.

It is a small lift that works alot like a sump pump. The only reason I needed it was because there was so much drop in the elavation of the back yard. We had about a 5 foot drop and we needed to be 3 foot undergorund due to the frost line and we needed to go down into our basement and by the time we put a small slope in the sewer line we would of dug under the basement floor. I am not well versed in plumbing but it seemed to make sense to me when they said I needed one. The extra cost was about $500 and it wasn't much more than the extra cost of trying to hook into the sewer line in the middle of the road. I don't think I would have needed this if the back yard would have been realtively flat within a 2 or 3 foot drop in elavation.

[lpigg]

It has been awile since I updated. I have ran all my cable and cat5 in the walls. I have ran 3/4 in gas line underground in a conduit from the house (about 100 feet). I insulated all the walls with R 13 and the ceiling in the second floor with R25 after I ran rafter vents all the way to the top. I have added multiple outlets and built the wall by the stairs and the bathroom. I have hung the bathroom door and closet door. We installed a 70,000 btu furnance in the dead space of the second floor and ran all the duct work. I just finished drywalling the entire first floor and will probably wait to do the second floor. I have hired out the tapping and mudding and it is on its second day ($800). Here are some pictures of where it stands. Next week is the priming and painting and trim work. Probably go with a two tone gray with a black stripe.

[marty_p]

Incredible potential -- only limited by your imagination & a little $$$!

Keep us posted, please!

[NEVERENOUGH]

If I could do it all over again I would have added a 2nd story to my garage. I love the way this is turning out can't wait for it to be finshed.

[Grizz1963]

Love the look, and result.

Well done.

[lpigg]

I finally finished the main floor. I still have to put the driveway in, so I will wait on that before I do the floor. I have insulated the upstairs and still need to do the drywall but I am no hurry for that. I still have to bring some tools from the house garage, but waited until after the superbowl party we hosted. We had 40 people in there, it was a little loud but great time, just to much Jaeger!

[lpigg]

Here are a few more.

[cparsons]

I am loving this garage build, and I'm thinking of doing nearly the exact same thing. I'm new hear, but registered and subscribed to follow this thread.

Please keep us updated! I saw previously that you estimated about $10k in materials. Now that you're closing to being down and have hired out some stuff, what does your budget look like now?

Thanks for sharing!

[TheShrine]

Similar projects but different as well......

The "Shrine" Project....

The build http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...tbox&showall=1

The finish http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...tbox&showall=1

[lpigg]

Originally Posted by cparsons

I am loving this garage build, and I'm thinking of doing nearly the exact same thing. I'm new hear, but registered and subscribed to follow this thread.

Please keep us updated! I saw previously that you estimated about $10k in materials. Now that you're closing to being down and have hired out some stuff, what does your budget look like now?

Thanks for sharing!

I hope my original quote of $10K in materials wasn't misleading. That was my estimate of getting the structure completed with a shell and nothing on the inside and didn't include my contractors fee. All in all, the materials was about $13,000. Mostly due to some changes that I made...added windows, put in footings, and back fill. My total charges with some electrical done and the structure built was about $23K and that was all to the contractor and nothing completed on the inside. I then had to pay a plumber to dig a trench, run water and sewer to the house and i threw in the electrical and a 4in conduit in the ground. For labor and parts that was another grand. I then finished the inside main floor and built the bathroom, insulated, tiled, added a 70K furnance, drywalled, painted, added some extra electrical, ran cable, dsl line, gas line and installed rafter vents and insulated the intire upstairs. The only thing I didn't do on the inside was tape and mud the drywall ($800 labor). I also refinshed the cabinets and put in the counter top. I still need to drywall the upstairs and put in a drive way come spring and landscape. My total for everything was $34K. Alot more than I wanted but I had no intentions of finishing the inside for a couple of years but i am glad it is almost complete. Down the road maybe racedeck and a central air unit. I am not a mechanic nor do I enjoy working on cars. I do enjoy building things and working on projects. Down the road, I will use the upstairs as a small apartment for my kids when they decide to start college (13 years from now)