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I'm "in the dry" baby! --billyM

Front and rear gables went up this morning ~10am, center beam was installed and all rafters were in by 3pm, they're working on roof sheeting now. Exciting! --billyM

Not yet, but it sure feels like it is getting closer! They slotted the slab today, and the framing crew got-busy, literally working until dark. Walls are up, manufactured floor beams in, and the 7/8" flooring for the bonus room is down. I'm pretty stoked with the progress, and at this rate...

Me (outside-voice): "Woohoo! They're framing as I type. One roof away from a real garage!" Coworkers: "Shaddap about your garage, we're sick of hearing about it." --BillyM

Here is the stop-motion video of the slab being poured and finished. --billyM

I'll keep this thread updated until the darn thing is completed, so all the details and findings will be published. Last night I picked up a 3/4hp craftsman belt drive garage door opener with 12v backup. Interior and exterior keypads, 2 remotes, all for $200 smackers from sears. I figure I'll...

Haha, yes right in Greenville. I was thinking "warmly" of February when I did the back half of the garage. ...I guess the following would be a bit more fitting for my post date. 105deg and 95% humidity outside, 75deg inside! God-bless sub-grade! Sadly, the garage has only become more full...

Woohoo! Slab on 3/22 Framing starts tomorrow, and I've decided upon colors (double 4 designer siding, harvard slate in color, and slate gray shingles) --billyM

"Woohoo! They're pouring my slab!" Pics tonight. --billyM

I just got a confirmation that the slab will be poured today. I have a web-enabled surveillance system, and co-workers are getting sick and tired of me continually "woohoo-ing" in my office every time I spot someone working back there. "Woohoo! There's a backhoe in my back yard...

I have found myself out of space. I thought the basement garage (linky) would be enough. ...boy was I wrong. A year, two more cars, a motorcycle, and a ton of new tools later, and I don't have enough room to sneeze in there, much less work! I could cut down on how much stuff I have. That...

I'll take some better photos this evening and post up my rafter design as well. I guess my more specific question is what are the unsupported 20x20 header span LVL or lumber requirements for a half-hipped roof (meaning it will have a standard gable peak where it meets the brick of the house and...

Apologies in advance if carport talk is frowned upon, but it's kinda like the bikini of garages as I see it. It covers just enough to be decent, but allows you to see all the ****-stuff (cars) that would normally be hidden... ...and I've got a Garage Too! I have a brick house with a walk-out...

Thanks for the warm welcome. I surprised myself with the result of simply painting. Best $ for $ thing I've done in there. ...except for maybe the 220v 60gal upright compressor. ...or maybe the floor-standing blast cabinet. 22F and snowing outside? 62F and dry in the garage! --billyM

It's not quite the Garagemahal, but it beats the pants off of working in a gravel driveway and keeping tools in a 8x10 shed. As much as I would have loved to pick up that mystical 3-car detatched, my financial and locational goals got in the way. I still managed an acre less than 1 mile from...