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No worries. . . . yet. When I put in the blocking I added an extra board under the lookouts that bears on the wall's top plate. This reduced the unsupported span from 24" o.c. to about 12" o.c. and end up with a back span three times longer than the cantilever (which I think is where one...

That sounds exactly like the plan I have for my shed and how it is to be used in conjunction with the garage to free up the garage for project workspace. I'm in the middle of framing it now after doing the excavation and foundation work earlier this summer. This was the first time I've done...

If this is to be something temporary. . . . why not just rent a storage unit for a few months during the build of your garage? There's a little hassle in packing up what you want to store and then the inconvenience of not having it "there" at your house. But you'd have to move the stuff...

The last several days the shed was on haiatus as I worked on getting our back yard ready for Nathan's 2nd birthday party on Saturday. But Sunday I was back on the shed, working in 92 degree heat throughout the day. And it was a full day spent doing nothing but blocking for the rafters. About...

I wouldn't worry about the intensity. I think it looks great. Spices up the interior, especially with that wonderful sheen to the wood.

It's very gratifying seeing the whole thing come together. But especially now that I've been working on the concrete for so long and how the last month seem to go by so slowly with little visible progress. Now that I'm on to the framing there is more dramatic day-to-day and week-to-week...

Continuing with the framing, moving on to the roof structure. Next up is all the blocking for the roof before any sheathing goes on. Setting the first of the rafters into place. I started with the middle ones because the rafter spacing will be all even and centered on the walls...

Yup. I'm not anticipating much of an issue with the roof sliding off the walls. True, there will be a reliance on mechanical fasteners but the slope is not so steep that it should be a problem.

So, um . . . how fast can you get that thing spinning? :D

Lots of work accomplished the last few days. Thursday night I got the back wall built (seen above). Friday no work happened. But on Saturday the other three walls were built and all four were tiled up. On Sunday I had enough time to get all the walls plumbed and nailed together. Using...

One thing I've noticed both reading about everyone else's projects here in Garagejournal.com as well as what I've seen locally in my capacity as a professional is that building requirements vary by jurisdiction. In the Seattle area they're all "pretty similar" throughout the region from city to...

Ha! I think I'll stick with what you suggest. Update: Finally. Got started on the framing last night. I'm doing the small shed first. Figured there'd be a learning curve and I might as well "practice" on the least important shed building. One thing I'm doing is I'm using hot dip...

I don't know exactly but I think it was around $12-17k. I saw the quote but it was broken down into the doors themselves and then installation labor and some other categories. Best think you can do is to call the various carriage door companies and inquire. They'll probably had different...

Thanks guys. But there is a reason I didn't take close-up shots of the slab. It'll be "fine" but trust me, it's a "bad" slab finish that would have gotten any pro either fired or they'd have been required to either do a topping slab or tear it out and do over. I know I'd never accept this...

That is a goregous finish on the man-door. Looks great!

Alrighty. . . here are the doors I designed for our clients. They were built exactly as we wanted by Real Carriage Doors. (the crinkly glazed look for the glass is a protective plastic coating that will be removed) These are the garage doors. They are two-panel arrangement that opens...

Not a lot of gee-whiz in this update as not a lot has been happening for the last several days. I took some time off the shed project to go Jeep'n over an extended weekend. Mostly this is the floor slab picture with the plastic sheeting removed. The coloration is blotchy but the floor surface...

Ok, cool. I will definitely double check on what's needed before I pull anything. Although I don't know why you couldn't pull direct burial. I'd think simply being buried in dirt would be tougher environment than sitting in a conduit.

Man, I hate it when my crotch catches on fire. It usually starts off a round of mild panic in me. It definitely teaches you not to stand in the path of the sparks from an angle grinder, though.

This saturday was the last of the three concrete pours. Here is the breakdown of the concrete I've had delivered this summer: 2.0 cy = Shed footings 6.0 cy = Shed wall 3.0 cy = Shed floor slabs 11.0 cy Shed total +4.5 cy = Patio pour 15.5 cy total At 4,000 lb. per cy that's 62,000 lb. of...