30x30 2 story garage and connector

[Cryptic1911]

actually, here's a shot from like 15 minutes ago that shows the front openings fully cut to their 10ft height

 

[Cryptic1911]

We got rained out on Friday, but some more materials were delivered:

Roof Trusses

4 30' LVL beams for the the center span to support the 2x12 floor joists

 

[autoist]

Any input from the neighbors?

 

[Cryptic1911]

Any input from the neighbors?

nope, too late for that.. we went around and had everyone sign a form and notified them of a zoning hearing, and noone came except the neighbor that works at the town hall.. he was just there because he was in the building at the time

 

[Cryptic1911]

Came home today and they had put in the center beam, floor joists, and some of the subfloor. the beam is a monster, like 7"x23", 2x12's every 16" and the subfloor is glued and nailed in tongue & groove

not sure wtf I was looking at in the pictures, but it shows how tall it looks inside

 

[Cryptic1911]

Got all the subfloor and some upstairs walls put up today:

Gonna have to get some tall arborvitae trees for the "back" side and the side towards the old garage so they don't look like total ****.. kinda ***** having road on 3 sides, can't hide the ugly part in the back yard!

 

[KMR Construction]

seeing that LVL brings back memories of some bad jobs. 24"ers are not fun at all

 

[Hodge]

wow, this is a great thread, keep us posted.

 

[thetastelingers]

Garage bigger than the house.
Hell yeah!
Nice build.

 

[Cryptic1911]

The whole upstairs is done now

Below is the really ugly side of the plywood fortress.. This is where the tall arborvitae tree's are going to go to hide the lower floor.. didn't want any windows so people could see into the garage looking for stuff to steal. Also the end wall has no windows upstairs because its going to be a big open room upstairs as well. has kitchen / bathroom on the end towards the house, and both the front and back walls have large windows. Needed a wall for storage, so that one was it

They also started building the connector between the two:

 

[porschedude996TT]

Looks great! I wonder which way the roof is going to pitch. Not much room with the windows on the facing side of the house.

 

[Cryptic1911]

Looks great! I wonder which way the roof is going to pitch. Not much room with the windows on the facing side of the house.

oh the windows on the old house? those are getting patched up.. the connector is going to be two story, so it'll go right over window and the door downstairs, and the two windows upstairs

 

[rieferman]

I've really been enjoying this read, thanks for the update.

I apologize if I skimmed over it, but I'm curious as to what you will use the connector space as? I know it will act as a hallway between the spaces, but it seems like it's big enough to also be a reading area, an office, good heat controlled storage, or something.

 

[porschedude996TT]

I've really been enjoying this read, thanks for the update.

I apologize if I skimmed over it, but I'm curious as to what you will use the connector space as? I know it will act as a hallway between the spaces, but it seems like it's big enough to also be a reading area, an office, good heat controlled storage, or something.

I think he said "Yeah, There's going to be a toilet / laundry room in the back half of the connector.. front half is going to have an outside door, door to garage + old house, and stairs going upstairs..breezeway I guess you would call it, and..."

 

[Cryptic1911]

^ yup, exactly.. The downstairs is just going to be a breezeway / mudroom in the front, and the back a bathroom / laundry room. upstairs will probably have some shelving for canned / boxed goods and that kinda stuff since its going to be oddly shaped after having the stairs from downstairs + landing, and the steps + landing to go into the area above the garage

 

[JMURiz]

Coming along nicely!

 

[348guy]

Lookin good man! Now you're going to have to make the house look as pretty as the garage.

 

[Cryptic1911]

Been slacking with the pictures, but we got the window and door removed and patched up where the stairs are going in

Also got the upstairs finished, roof trusses on, plywood down, and the shingles should be going on soon

 

[Hardware]

Now its startin to look like something... ton of space upstairs..

 

[toyomatt84]

I'm loving this remodel. Plus, the cars are a nice bonus as well.

Great work thus far.

 

[SnyperBob]

Looks awesome. I think I would have put some windows on the back lower half to break up the look a bit. Even if they're unused and blocked off from the inside. Just looks different

My local codes would never allow a garage taller than the house, I'm jealous!

 

[moose knuckle]

Very nice looking addition!!

 

[twostory]

My local codes would never allow a garage taller than the house, I'm jealous!

Since this is an attached garage, it is part of the house. Your local codes probably allow you to build a bigger house. Thus you could probably do a similar build in you area.

 

[Steevo]

Great thread. That is quite a garage addition. It really makes the old place look huge.

 

[Cryptic1911]

here's one from today.. they got the connector part finished up with the gable section on, and the roof + underlayment? on

 

[John Dillinger]

Question ? I am wondering why you poured concrete between the house and then framed a raised wood floor over the concrete floor?
Thanks John

 

[Motown 454]

This is a sweet build. That is going to be comfortable place to work.

 

[Cryptic1911]

Question ? I am wondering why you poured concrete between the house and then framed a raised wood floor over the concrete floor?
Thanks John

so we could run the plumbing and electrical under the floor without having to have it in place ahead of time

 

[John Dillinger]

Thanks John Dillinger

 

[autoist]

The more I see, the better I like....at first, I thought the garage was going to overpower the house...but, now it looks like one large house with an attached garage - can't wait until the entire thing is sided & looks like it has always been there.

 

[Cryptic1911]

hopped on the ladders and got up into the 2nd floor today to look around:

Here's the landing from the connector to go up into the 2nd floor over the garage (floor heights are off so it needed a landing)

This is the landing from the connector, no stairs yet obviously, but I'm going to make a server rack underneath the landing so that I can terminate all the cat6 cabling and RG6 wires in there on a patch panel to feed the rest of the house, as well as have a spot for the router, wireless access point, 48 port gigabit switch, and my rackmount servers. Probably throw in a touchscreen for good measure :laugh:

 

[Mr. Welsh]

Looking great. Can't wait to see more!

 

[PistolWhip]

Wow man that's awesome! You added a whole house to your house...

 

[Cryptic1911]

Wow man that's awesome! You added a whole house to your house...

yeah, pretty much.. the upstairs of the garage is just about the square footage of the two floors in the existing house

 

[Curt_pnw]

Wow, lots of progress since I last checked. Looks awesome man!
Yeah I love my rado and the VR6. I just recently bought some used Koni coils for it. It's nice and low now. Next is finding a nice set of wheels.

Keep it up, i'll try and check in more often for updates.

 

[Cryptic1911]

couple updates- they got the roof finished, and some tyvek up, and a few windows in:

 

[Loadre]

I love this build. Keep up the good work.

 

[autoist]

Where are you located? & I agree you need some windows on that huge blank wall - does it face any neighbors?

 

[Cryptic1911]

I'm in CT, and the side faces my old garage and the side of someone elses house. I didn't want any windows in the garage downstairs (things grow legs around here), and since its going to be a big open loft upstairs, I needed one wall without windows. The one on the connector side is going to have a bathroom and a small kitchen

 

[PistolWhip]

You had the perfect peace of land for that build man, its like it was supposed to be like that from the beginning.
I'm kinda in a tough spot with my set up since I live in a rancher that takes up almost the entire width of my lot. Luckily I have a very large back yard so I can build back, but back and up would be awesome if I could afford it.

Can't wait to see the finished product on this one, I'm sure your going to be thrilled.