New garage in Kentucky

[Dustoff 35]

Here are some progress pics:

East side:

West side:

Back side:

Grading:

Front:

 

[PurdueSD]

nice, real classy!

 

[wrigh003]

Very, very nice, on all fronts.

 

[Crank1]

Very nice garage. And its good to see a couple people from Northern Kentucky. I went to High School at Conner High in Hebron and the few weeks out of the year I'm home, I hang my hat in Grant County. When I get out, I think I'm planning on building a 40x60 steel building. You have a beautiful house, and the garage def. completes the package.
Brandon

 

[jrmylmach1]

Hey, guys, I am also from Northern Ky. Independence as well. I am still in the planning stage of a 40x50x14 garage. Look forward to seeing more ideas on here.

 

[samson.rockwell]

Can you please tell me what the floor joists are constructed with? Is the loft only part of it. Did you use sissor trusses?

 

[Daniel1998]

Very nice. Upstairs bathroom only? I'm debating that issue for my garage. Was wondering if I'll wish I'd built a bathroom downstairs later on since the upstairs will primarily be storage. I don't like the idea of taking up shop floor space for a bathroom though.

 

[Dustoff 35]

Hey guys, sorry to be so delayed responding.

Samson, The floor joists are standard 10" TJI-type wooden I-beams supported by a steel I-beam (w12 40#). The loft spans only 28 feet of the 44 foot width. The section without a loft overhead is clearspan to 18 or 19 feet. The trusses were designed by my local truss manufacturer, Piercefield. The truss design is sort of a combination of a scissor-type over the front of the garage and standard-type over the back.

Daniel, I do have a half bath roughed in on the garage level too, just in case the upstairs becomes an apartment for one of my kids or monther-in-law some day. Doesn't take up too much space, right now I have insulation stored in there. Insulation & drywall will be project for over the winter.

 

[porschedude996TT]

Dustoff 35, first off "nice build". The Wx should be turning by now and I can only assume that you are all sealed up for the winter.

Just where in Kentucky are you. My family stems from just below in Williams KY.

 

[zombiescustoms]

Nice build, makes me think I should have added dormers to mine, did they double up the trusses where the dormers went?

 

[Motown 454]

Dustoff 35 Very nice garage. It should be a nice place to finnish the Cobra. My daughter's boyfriend works at a place where they make the bodies for Factory Five. Their nice cars . Are you using the ISIS system in your car ?

 

[Dustoff 35]

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

Porschedude, I am located in Boone County, just south of Cinci. Williams is a few hours southwest of here.

Zombie, the trusses are doubled up at the dormer locations. I checked out your build too. Nice. Love that Bronco and the Hudson.

Motown, I do have ISIS in my Factory Five. My cobra chassis was at the SEMA Show in 2008, used to demonstrate ISIS at their display.

ISIS won best new product:

I had Tony Schumacher sign my cobra's dash:

For those of you not familiar with ISIS, here is a good overview filmed at SEMA 2008.

http://www.isispower.com/V8_interview.php

 

[reedwesd]

Nice garage. I saw your car at Streetrod Nations this year nice car.

 

[Dustoff 35]

Thanks, reed. NSRA Louisville was the last show with the body of the car off.

 

[Steve from Socal]

Dustoff;

Love the garage. I just watched the Isis video; very interesting, CAN bus for hot rods.

Keep the updates coming!!

Steve

 

[Motown 454]

I think I saw a video of your car on V8tv.com. They were talking to the guys from ISIS and were showing your car . Nice job on both the garage and the car.

 

[PASSMORE]

I am finishing up some minor interior framing and the thought of a hoop just like yours occurred to me. I am trying to get a sense of your ceiling height. Looks as if you have the rim at 10' - how high is your ceiling around the hoop area? My ceiling is 14.5' and I am afraid it may be a bit low to bother with a hoop...

 

[Dustoff 35]

I've got 18 feet which is a lot of ceiling height once you start shooting around. If I had 14.5 feet, I'd still give it a try...

 

[93L#3008]

how big is the basketball court area??

 

[Dustoff 35]

The court area is about 17-18 feet wide and 28 feet deep.

 

[Dustoff 35]

Re: New garage in Kentucky *UPDATE*

Time for a long overdue update. Progress on the garage has been slow and intermittent due other higher-priority projects and life in general. Two bathroom remodels, a kitchen remodel, a new covered porch build just to name a few...

Back to the garage...

We installed a new septic tank and leach field for the garage.

Here is a shot of the septic tank in place and the leach field excavation.

We did our best to minimize the impact on the trees and run the leach field in between when possible.

This is what the hillside looks like after the install.

 

[flybefree]

That septic install turned out nice!

v/r

Shaun

 

[NUTTSGT]

Beautiful garage, home and lot. How is the inside of the garage looking ?

 

[ConCretin]

Missed this the first time around. Great looking project. Have you entered your build on the Garage Gallery Index? Just takes a second.

 

[Dustoff 35]

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

I haven't entered it on the index, yet... I didn't know it existed until you mentioned it.

The inside of the garage is still a work in progress complicated by an intermittent roof leak that has prevented me from installing a ceiling and insulation. The back half of the roof is a north facing 4 / 12 pitch.

At the time of the install, I let the roofing contractor
talk me out of placing ice & weather guard on the back side. As a result of this bad call on my part, 2 to 3 times a year when we get a driving rain from the northwest, I have roof leaks on the back side.

I'm in the process of getting bids for the do over of the back half now.

Anyway, here are some more pics:

Here is what the the east side gable end looked like this spring.

We finished the hardie lap siding and installed PVC trim.

Hardie shingle panels went up next, pre-painted by my 12 year old!

There was a lot of measuring and cutting involved to make the shingle panels fit well but I think the end result was worth the effort.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Roof leaks ****, especially on a new roof.

Any idea where it is comming from ?

 

[Dustoff 35]

Roof leaks ****, especially on a new roof.

They do ****. By reading your thread I know you have recent first hand experience with a roof leak...

Its hard to tell the origin of the leaks, (I have three) I'm just going to replace the entire back side and be done with it. I'm also getting rid of the ridge vent. In high wind storms with the low pitch of the back side of the roof I feel that it may be acting like a hood scoop, allowing driven rain in. I'm going to install box vents instead.

Maybe I'll go snap a few pics of my ridge-vent-hood-scoop for wind-driven-rain setup for clarification...

 

[NUTTSGT]

The ridge vent I put on the house garage leaked a couple of times when I first built it in heavy rain. I suppose any vent can leak a little every once in awhile, after all, it is a hole in the roof. When it does it all the time or is a mjor leak, that's when it *****.

 

[Dustoff 35]

Here are a few pictures of the interior, just as I was starting to clear out the third bay to begin insulating and sheathing the walls.

Before I installed the basketball goal a while back, I sistered the 2x6 wall studs from the bottom plate to the top plate and installed blocking. I then bolted the goal wall bracket to (3) seven foot 2 x 10 's and then lag bolted the 2x10s and bracket to the wall. I then assembled the rest of the goal onto the wall-mounted bracket. I wanted to be sure that it was not going to separate from the wall if some one were to grab onto the rim.

 

[Dustoff 35]

Here is insulation going up on the back wall around the goal.

Sheathing came next, 3/4 inch T&G subfloor (20+ sheets left over from the build.) We used construction adhesive and screws to secure it to the wall

 

[Dustoff 35]

The insulating and sheathing is going up on the side-wall in the basketball bay.

The sidewall sheathing is installed about as high as I can go without a scissor lift.

The next step is to paint what OSB I have installed at this point. I am going to use Kilz oil based primer, other members seem to have good results with it.

 

[Dustoff 35]

Its been too hot for the past week for me to rent a scissor lift and work up in the attic area of the garage. We did manage to get some paint on the walls...

This is what one coat of Kilz oil-based primer looks like:

After the first coat of Kilz, I filled the screw holes with spackling compound and and caulked the seams with acrylic caulk.

This is after the second coat of Kilz:

I did pick up some steel in Cincinnati on Friday for a little project that will involve this:

And this area by the OH door:

 

[NUTTSGT]

I didn't realize how big and open that space was till those last few pics. It's going to look even bigger once all the wall and cieling is up and "white."

 

[Crank1]

I been looking at the cincy Craigslist for a flam cabinet that size. Where did you score that one?

 

[Dustoff 35]

I didn't realize how big and open that space was till those last few pics. It's going to look even bigger once all the wall and cieling is up and "white."

It does seem like a bigger space with paint on the walls. That's OK with me!

I been looking at the cincy Craigslist for a flam cabinet that size. Where did you score that one?

I picked up the flammables cabinet about 10 years ago in the Chicagoland area. I have yet to see one on CL around here.

 

[Dustoff 35]

We finally got a break from the heat and were able to make some progress on the flammables cabinet project. The objective was to get it into a location where it would be least likely to be exposed to welding spatter / grinding sparks. I also wanted to get it up off of the floor to facilitate cleaning.

Here is the mock-up and fabrication of the bracket:

Prime and paint:

Five hot-dipped galvanized lag bolts secure the frame to the pressure treated sill plate:

Room for 4 blitz cans underneath:

My reliable shop assistant lifting the cabinet into place:

In place with the cabinet leveled and screwed to the wall. Vintage 1984 Panasonic boom box now resides on the cabinet.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Looks like you utilized the corner pretty good.

 

[dave67fd]

Dustoff,
Love your build man. I see the similarities with both our builds. Love the Cobra too.
Your house is pretty sweet as well but i'm sure it would dred most roofers when it needs a roof.lol

How do you like painting the OSB? I thought about it but i have a few pieces were the seems are a bit off (warped) so i thought it would stand out too much but yours look good. I'll be watching.
Dave

 

[n2ocamaro]

Room for 4 blitz cans underneath:

I really like this. I have 3 cans that I was not sure what to do with. I have a perfect spot for a self like this. Not sure what I would put on top just yet but I am sure something would find its way there.

 

[Dustoff 35]

Dustoff,
Love your build man. I see the similarities with both our builds. Love the Cobra too.
Your house is pretty sweet as well but i'm sure it would dred most roofers when it needs a roof.lol

How do you like painting the OSB? I thought about it but i have a few pieces were the seems are a bit off (warped) so i thought it would stand out too much but yours look good. I'll be watching.
Dave

Thanks, Dave.

Unfortunately, the house will need a new roof in the next 12-18 months. I'm sure it won't be cheap.

The OSB isn't too bad to paint, plan on two coats of oil-based Kilz. The water-based stuff will only further "enhance the grain" of the OSB. I caulked the joints and spackled the screw holes between coats. If you have a problem with uneven seams, a belt sander will even things up quickly.

I plan to topcoat the Kilz soon, Eric "NUTTSGT" reports that his Kilz-coated walls started to yellow after 18 months or so.