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Hi here is what we did for siding, we used vinyl for the whole garage but at the top of the gable we used vinyl shakes to give it some appeal we also wrapped the base where there would usually be 8 " of concrete showing with white aluminum -Derek

Hi I don't know where your located but this is alviable in Canada, its similar to a max jax but goes to 54" rather than 48. it also has safety locks every 3 incles unlike the max jack that only had one at top and one in middle. -Derek here is a link: its from the lift superstore.com...

Hello, so we got the garage door installed, and we installed a side mount door opener by lift master. I really like the way that the door turned out.

hello, its been quite awhile and a lot has been done. we started by ripping up the old driveway. we then started to finish the siding. and hang the exterior lights.

hi, for the siding we are using 4" clap board and in the top of the peak we will be installing some vinly shakes that we had left over from when we did our house in the spring. we are using gentek siding and foundry shakes, the colour is darkdrift

Hello for the bottom we wrapped a 2x8 in aluminum, it just finished it off instead of seeing the 8" of exposed concrete wall, we will then install the J channel and install trim door 2x4 garage door 2x6 base 2x8

Thanks Jon yess.. I did enjoy reading your build.. too bad I don't have a spare hood for my F100 to put up

we rented the brake from home depot its a 10 foot model. it was the same cost for 2 days or for the week, we got it for the week. for some spots I wish it was a 14footer but all in all it worked great

well its been a busy week but we have had a chance to finish the roof and getting the soffit, facia and get all of the base aluminum capped. next week the siding arrives and we can start that then we will wait for the garage door arrival. coming up.. we will be digging a 60 foot trench from...

so it has been about 3 weeks and we have gone from this to that.

so we installed the floor we had a 5 inch pour and we used 6x6 rebar and we also put down a layer of poly under the floor to keep the moisture out of the shop on those humid days. its been a while and I keep forgetting to take pictures as we move along. we installed the door, its a fiberglass...

we finished sheathing the building and got it all wrapped then installed two windows. we will pour the floor then add the door.

the town that we live in only permits such a size of garage depending on our lot, the building is a 16x26 building with a max height of 4.5m. We ended up going with 9.5 foot interior walls. we did scissor rafters to give us some added headroom. the garage door is a 12x8. we have a man door with...

We poured our walls and took off the forms, we started to build the walls

After the footings were in place we were able to assemble the 4 foot walls. we placed the steel 2 foot wide by 4 foot tall walls in place and got ready for concrete.