Recent content by Iceman22

I'm located in Binghamton, NY. Frost like is 42 inches Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the continued responses guys! And my apologies for going radio silent for a few days after I asked for help. My work days are 12hr shifts followed by sleeping and then right back at it. Caught a day off today so I can try to get caught up on reading and responding. I guess my...

Thanks for all the detailed responses so far. I hope I didn't come off as an A-Hole with my attitude towards the concrete contractors. Now that its been explained in detail with regards to how you guys see it from the other side of things it makes much more sense why they said what they said...

Before I go any further I want to thank all of you for your knowledge and willingness to share it. The vibe here is completely different than some of the car forums I am a member of where you will be quickly crucified for asking what is perceived as a dumb questions/question that have been...

Yea, starting to realize I'd need to increase the budget to make this work. Just super frustrated with how things went down. At the risk of sounding like "woah is me" I'll try to explain quickly.... My best friend at work has a brother-in-law who is a contractor who installs pole barns...

Well my first 2 of 3 quotes I requested came back.... the quote was for a 44x30x12 structure. Attic trusses, 2 roller doors, 4 windows, and 2 man doors. *No site prep, concrete or interior finishing included* Builder #1 will only build detached and therefore would not give me a quote for what I...

Initially I would prefer a breezeway for insurance reasons and building code would be less stringent... However, it's a two-part problem. 1) detached structures have a different rules for maximum height of the ridge line which would work against me. And 2) I'd lose width because I'm hard caped...

From what I understand they only care that the attached wall will be Fire rated and the man-door from the garage to the house auto closes. But you make a great point. I should probably get that in writing... Initially I was only considering stick built but then everyone I talked to locally...

Thanks for the suggestion! Just got off the phone with them and should have a quote by the end of the week. Hoping I don't get sticker shock. I literally have no idea what to expect on pricing. I'll be sure to post the numbers here to have you guys shed some light on whether it's a fair price...

Hey guys, A couple of months ago I thought for sure I'd be raising the roof on my current attached garage. However, after a very productive first thread here on GJ and some super helpful responses; we've decided to turn the current garage into living space and build a new garage that better...

Figured it was time to make another update post and to bounce some price quotes off you guys... I've now gotten 4 out of 5 bids returned to me and they are all more than I was expecting but I'm sure that's how it always goes.... The bid was to turn the 506 sq/ft current attached garage into a...

Hey guys, It's been a couple days and figured I would give an update since I finally caught a night off. All of your helpful input and willingness to explain things to me is greatly appreciated. I actually reached out to two different contractors about raising the roof back on the 23rd. Had...

So I'm just sitting here brain storming based off all your guys awesome previous responses and I'm wondering if what I see in my mind makes any sense/is possible? From what I gather a structural ridgebeam could be installed under the current one and the boards that run the depth of the garage...

Whoops! Should have been more clear. My response was 2 parts didn't come across that way. I was speaking about the I beam to reference the fact I believe the wall that the garage shares with the house is load bearing. I have regular ceilings in the living room with the I-beam above the...

So those aren't trusses? (please forgive my stupidity) More stupid questions....do I want it to be vented if I plan on heating the whole garage? Winters routinely dip into the teens or single digits where I live. If you can't tell I certainly won't be doing the work myself but I'd like to be...