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I've just added a 30x30x16 with scissor trusses, middle of truss is 18'. It is attached to an existing 30x30x10 which is already heated and cooled etc. I had planned on adding this later (which is now) because I wanted to be safer financially with my shop size when doing a new house and...

kind of the same boat ^^ have one kid with another on the way soon. we have a 2 stall attached and now this back garage will be minimum but likely 20x22 with 10' ceilings and will try and be strategic with my vertical storage. went out and measured the amount of dirt needed to remove and now...

I'm trying to educate myself lol, one way to do that is ask questions here and i'm thankful for the discussion. I talked with building inspector. He said a post frame would suffice and he'd give a permit for a good plan. Thinking treated posts dug in, with a treated back wall in the hill and...

Yea i thought the 6000 for cement work with a wall poured was fair. 3000 for the excavation sounded rough though. It's in our back yard and we have only a 9' gate on our wood fence. Problem with a poured wall is I can't do a monolithic slab if i am thinking right. that would mean footings...

Hello everyone, I've worked out some details. I'll be going with a 20x22 garage. I was quoted $6000 for a poured floor and walls in the hill and near $3000 for the excavation of the hill, digging in the footings and removal. Any thoughts on those prices? Seems ok for my area but any red...

appreciate all the responses. I'll repeat it's typical use cases for now: "I do functional wood working, nothing extremely fancy. I've built furniture, entertainment centers, have plans for dining tables and kids sets for their rooms when they are big enough. Will be mostly that and tool...

from bottom of hill to top it's around 6+ feet. this building can't be over 15' tall according to ordinances. And ROI is exactly why I want to be able to do a good bit of it myself. sad truth is I either sell this place and eat 10's of thousands of dollars in taxes and fees, move and pay a...

maybe concrete blocks could be a middle ground solution, it appears my initial assumption of retaining wall has been shut down but likely for good reason. It may be cheaper but not as good and won't look as good. 16x24 is just enough sq ft in a shop for me for now. I do functional wood...

We kind of liked the idea of not having a garage basically sitting atop a hill at the back of our lot. look's a lot cleaner lower. I'd rather pay for cement walls then fill I guess. Suppose I need to get a better idea what cement walls would cost. It'll be a few grand just to have the floor...

I'll be building it and things get trickier having garage walls poured as well as lot more expensive. We're barely 30 and kids are still really young and expensive. Just trying to see if there are cheaper options or if I might as well shell out for poured walls. If someone's got some great...

Well we've been looking to move but the property we are interested in is not coming available as we've been previously told. Long story short, it's best to try and make it work here. We're in the best schools and have a great house but our garage options are pretty limited and the cost to move...