Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT Spokane Garage Build (22x36)

[spokanegarage]

Getting things started – ground leveled and forms up! Monopour for our 22x36 two-car single-story garage and home office combo.

Concrete goes in Monday and then we'll be off to the races.

 

[53PontiacSD]

Welcome to the forum. What kind of building? Stick or steel?

 

[spokanegarage]

Thanks! Stick built garage here.

 

[captain14]

How much of the work are you doing?

Where is the home office going to be inside the garage?

36 foot side will have the doors?

 

[spokanegarage]

@captain14 doing all but the concrete myself. Have some family & friends helping to put walls & roof up, then doing most of the finish work solo.

Office will be about 1/3 of the floor plan and thankfully we've only got 1 car for the foreseeable future, so space should be alright. Garage door going on the 36-foot side yes.

 

[Klokwerk]

From one Spokanite to another, welcome to the forum!

 

[spokanegarage]

From one Spokanite to another, welcome to the forum!

Thanks, glad to be here! Good to know there are multiple of us on here

 

[PugetDude]

Ex Spokanite; 20 winters.

 

[BORING HOP YARD]

Welcome Spokanegarage! Looking forward to seeing progress on your project.

 

[Jayman17]

Welcome, I will be checking up on this one!

Jay

 

[spokanegarage]

Some updates from the past couple of months! Mostly good news but a couple of big hiccups/cautionary tales:

1. Had $1000 worth of lumber stolen from our yard in broad daylight – not able to recover it and our insurance deductible was higher than the lumber value. Bummer.
   
   
2. Ended up getting the shaft from the concrete company that poured our slab (Beacon Rock Concrete in Spokane). Contract was specifically for 22x36 (792 sq ft) but for some reason the outfit poured the slab 22'9 x 36'11 – 50 square feet too large! And what's worse, the guy insists that I agreed verbally to it (why would i...?), didn't get any changes in writing, and has been slinging all sorts of accusations at me to boot. So much for Better Business Bureau accreditation meaning anything.
   
   Since the trusses were already ordered at 22' prior to pouring, we have a 4-6" skirt all the way around (varies because the slab was 3" out of square too...), so now we'll have to buy flashing metal to cover all of the exposed concrete around the whole garage. Was hoping to get the guy to pay for the metal, but I'm out of ideas short of suing him (which I don't exactly want to do).
   
   Anyone have any thoughts or similar experiences?
   
   
3. Now, THE GOOD NEWS. We have a building! Frame is up, sheeting is on the walls and roof, and everything's fully dried in. Just got the inspection all squared away with a couple of small items I need to send him, but next up will be shingles, electrical, and garage door opener. Here's some pictures of the progress!

 

[Jayman17]

Great progress on your project, that’s a shame about the lumber loss and wrong size pad. I like the idea of a metal flashing covering the skirt.
Your housewrap logo made me laugh, Bigfoot, “Rarely Seen, Always There”

Jay

 

[spokanegarage]

Great progress on your project, that’s a shame about the lumber loss and wrong size pad. I like the idea of a metal flashing covering the skirt.
Your housewrap logo made me laugh, Bigfoot, “Rarely Seen, Always There”

Jay

Thanks, Jay! I think the metal will end up looking nice, for sure. Any ideas on how to attach that metal to the concrete so there isn't a jagged edge all the way around? Would it just be curled on the bottom and hanging over?

And yes! I also got a laugh seeing the housewrap brand.

 

[G McKay]

Welcome!! Nice build!! Good luck!!

 

[captain14]

Thief's are out and about. The Newly built house near me had shingles for the garage were delivered and were out front since the landscapers were still working. The next day the crew showed up and the shingles were gone. Amazingly the house being flipped two blocks down had the same shingles installed.

The supervisor went down the street to tell them about his stolen materials and the local police would stop by to talk to them about how to protect their job site and the house flipping crew disappeared that day.

 

[Jayman17]

I would think you would need some kind of custom metal flashing designed to your dimensions.
Something that tucks up behind your siding that covers the skirt and bends down over the skirt edge with some type of finished edge or drip edge. Hope that makes sense.

Jay

 

[captain14]

I would think you would need some kind of custom metal flashing designed to your dimensions.
Something that tucks up behind your siding that covers the skirt and bends down over the skirt edge with some type of finished edge or drip edge. Hope that makes sense.

Jay

Maybe think/like flashing around a chimney at the roof line?
Someone with a brake on site could make quick work of it.

 

[PugetDude]

If the concrete contractor is licensed and bonded…File a complaint with the WA registrar of Contractors for the contract violation and poor workmanship. You may be able to recoup something.

 

[MrScott99]

Another fellow Spokane resident here. Building is coming along nicely!

 

[dmittz]

Great progress, the workshop looks great.

i'm wondering how did the contractor manage to pour the slab to large?

Maybe it works differently where you are but here, the city requires a surveyor to do a survey of the fourms (including size and location), then the building inspectors also come out with a tape measure further check before passing the 'fourm inspection'.

We had a small issue with my inspector on my shop because the shop was 1/2in to wide, but when we appealed the head inspector said they allowed up to a maximum of 1 inch varraince from the plans.