Recent content by bwagner

Below are the costs that I captured as I went along. Architect $ 3,400.00 Permits and Excise tax $ 2,862.98 Excavation/Site work $ 1,371.16 Footers/Foundation/Slab $15,861.90 Framing materials (incl. steel) $ 5,348.62 Framing labor...

I have had some leaks, but not through the rooftop membrane. The water was curling around the lip on the metal flashing that overhangs the edges and getting behind the siding in some spots. A little bit of silicone solved it but took a while to track down. It's not empty anymore . 20190429_195929

Yes, roof is sloped away from the house to allow for water to runoff.

And finally, on the inside, insulation, lights, walls, HVAC. I installed about 25 LED lights on the ceiling and plugged them into the switched outlets. A Mitsubishi HVAC split system was installed. I used diamond plate for the window sills. For the walls, I wanted to try something different. I...

Continuing on the inside, I applied and epoxy coating on the floor and on the foundation walls. I don't seem to have any pictures of that process. Pretty straight forward, just followed directions on the box. Like most things, prep was the hardest part. Then I tacked the electrical. In...

Now, to focus on the interior work. Some of this happened in parallel with what was going on outside. The first thing I tackled was to paint the ceiling. I wanted to leave everything exposed and not finish the ceiling mainly due to my paranoia around leaks and being able to catch them quickly...

To round out the outside work, I wrapped the lower part of the walls with faux stone panels, and then finished the rest with the same siding as what is on the house (though you can tell the house has faded a lot so it wasn't a great match).

While I was finished up on the deck, I setup another contractor to deal with the regrading, retaining wall, paver walkway, and driveway. Old driveway torn out. New driveway prepped. Channel drain. Walls going up. Paver walkways around perimeter. Walls complete. Paving complete.

Now that the framing was complete, it was time for the rooftop membrane and railings. The PVC membrane is the Dec-K-ing system. The contractor installed flashing around the perimeter and then filled in all the seams to get the roof nice and flat. The membrane was adhered to the plywood and the...

Next phase, framing, and another subcontractor. The framing design included 3 beams to reduce deflection given the weight that would be placed on the roof. The design also incorporated the slope to ensure water runoff. While they were framing, I was inside removing windows and prepping...

Next phase was deck demo, site prep, excavation, footers, floor. The hot tub and gazebo on the deck were reusable. I advertised them both on craigslist and found a guy who wanted the hot tub, and he had a friend that wanted the gazebo. They also thought they could reuse the composite decking...

This thread will be my attempt to document my garage build, after the fact. So for those interested you won't have to monitor for 18 months :beer: to see the outcome. Hopefully I can work through the posts in a matter of days/weeks. I'm documenting this in hopes that it may help someone else...