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Thank you! I'm really looking forward to the garage being finished and being able to finally work on my currently-on-hold motorcycle project: converting a '66 Honda 160cc to EV. The engine was seized up and I was looking for an opportunity just like this to build an EV. I would like to do a car...

All dried in! House wrap applied directly to the studs because I'm using structural plywood siding instead of OSB sheathing + normal siding. Going to take a break for a few weeks while it's weather tight. Too hot outside right now, plus I'm taking a short hiking vacation in Colorado, and...

Not a surprise that this fire happened after the worst heat wave in PNW history thanks to climate change. Glad you and your neighbors are safe! Thank you firefighters!

Reading from the beginning, here's my thoughts: I see that you are like me: if you want it done right, you gotta do it yourself. I love craftsman houses and I'm glad you're matching the new shop to the house. I'm building a garage right now next to my craftman house, as well. The watershed...

Excellent work on that foundation! Hopefully the hardest part is now behind you. I think you'll find that the framing goes a lot faster than the digging! BTW, plywood sheathing just dropped $15usd per sheet in my area (the midwest)

The price of plywood siding finally went down! Dropped from $50 a 4x8 sheet, to $36. That will save me over $150. Yesterday morning I finished installing the tar paper on the roof, then went to the lake for the rest of the day. The "feels-like" temp was 105°F with the humidity, so it was a good...

Accomplishment unlocked: roof sheathing! I finished putting all the wood on the roof today. I even put tongue & groove carsiding on all the overhangs so that it looks good when viewing it from below. I also added 2x4 blocking between the trusses and above the top plates. This left a 1" gap...

Good question! I'm not using jack studs, instead I'm using "header hangers" - metal brackets for the headers so that the king studs can hold them up. I'm going super minimal on lumber, a technique called "advanced framing" that has actually been around for a few decades but is started to get...

I just want to contrast my framing with a more typical garage frame. Double top plates with blocking making up a third top plate, a very large header beam spanning the whole front wall even though the gable end wall is non load bearing, PTW 2x8 sill plates in addition to the walls' bottom...

Over the weekend I got a lot more work done, as usual. I finished up framing the walls on Saturday. Here's how I ended up framing the three windows: I know I won't have has much to nail to for the window flanges and trim, but I think it will be fine. Each 2x4 is like over $11 now so I'm...

For anyone keeping track, here's how much $$ I've spent so far: Permits and site preparation: $500 Foundation: $4,000 Framing (so far): $1,700 Total (so far): $6,200 Here's my to-do list: remove tree & grind away stumps ✅ remove old fence and put in something temporary ✅ repair old garage...

Thanks! Hopefully I get around to painting it some day soon Thank you! Yeah the chute worked out really well, I had it left over from previous project already cut into that shape Right?! But so far the inspectors have been very lenient I hope not! He has a new place to move it to but he wants...

You can also skip to the 4:00 minute mark, which is when the stop motion begins

Hey guys, I just uploaded a video of my build to youtube. I'm doing all the work myself (plus help from freinds) including the entire foundation and slab. This video is just the foundation, next video will be the framing. There's lots of timelapse, stop motion, and even some drone footage. I...

Hey guys, I just uploaded the video of this build (so far) to youtube. There's lots of timelapse, stop motion, and even some drone footage. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it! Here's the URL if the video embed on this forum ever breaks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgXMJ5Hfabw

Last Saturday, I finally poured the concrete floor! I thought I had everything ready, but then the cement truck came 30 minutes early! At this point my main helper Johnny was just waking up, so I rushed over to his house to pick him up. When I got back, my second helper had erroneously removed...

Thanks guys for all the advice and encouragement! Yesterday (Friday) I found out that the city doesn't do inspections on Saturdays. So I said I needed a same-day inspection. That's when I discovered that same day inspections had to be scheduled before 2pm. It was 2:30pm when I discovered this...

Long time no update. The forum is different all of a sudden! I haven't worked on this project in the last few weeks, its been too rainy. But I made some small progress yesterday. The J bolt anchors are going in. Need to be a few inches from the end of the wall, but a not too far to meet code...

The french drain appears to be working great! It rained 1.5 inches on Saturday night and on Sunday morning there was no puddle. Also, I learned that it's not called a "french drain" because the french invented it. Actually, Henry French invented it in Massachusetts in the 1890s. Or, more like...

I thought I had the driveway all graded and ready before the bus got here but I was wrong. Those puddles where not draining at all and just sitting there slowly evaporating and turning into a swamp. The problem was that there were two concrete strips going down the length of the driveway...