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Finally got the outside all buttoned up, let me know what you all think.

Been a while since I did an update, this is where the garage is at right now.. Still need to add siding, side windows, finish interior walls/ceiling, epoxy floors and install pellet stove.

A quick lesson in physics. When I was probably 12, my friend and I mocked up a zip line that began about 30 ft up in a birch tree and ran to the far side of a trampoline. Idea was that we would be able to let go of the pulley and land on the trampoline. What I didn't know was that I weighed...

So since my last post, we've wrapped the structure in tyvek, ran power, hung the lights/some outlets and just this past weekend we were able to pour the floor. My first experience with concrete, sans helping my dad pour a friends barn 18 years ago, and it went pretty well! 14 yards of concrete...

The plan is electrical, concrete, windows/doors, siding in that relative order. Actually, upstate New York was blessed (or cursed, depending on your perspective) with a dry summer. I can really only think of maybe one or two weekends in the past three months where weather hindered our progress...

Got roof on and plywood all buttoned up! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looks like a great canvas to start from, and big too!

Hi Conner - I'm not sure as to the term of this style foundation, we've been calling a hybrid post foundation. Both the posts and the 2x10 footers were treated for ground contact (I believe that is a .20 grade, right?). Posts were set on 7' centers, but only because my building is 28' x 28', I...

Thanks for the feedback guys. The footing idea actually originated from a post here by member "ptgb". Reference http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=196027 I showed the idea to my dad, a veteran builder and gc for this build, and he was intrigued. We tweaked how ptgb's...

Put up the roof trusses this weekend Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Hi all - I've been visiting this forum for some time gathering ideas for my garage build and thought I would pay my dues by sharing my build. As you'll see in the pictures, the garage is missing a few pieces, as the build has been a weekend project for my dad and me throughout the summer. The...