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When working on sleds use a overhead hoist or engine crane to suspend them. It leaves nothing to fall over. I think we have all done something stupid at one time or another.

I am looking for a full gambrel roof to span from over the new garage walls 24X32 and over the main house 18X32. So it would be a 42 wide span X 32 long. I love the pics I see of the all open ones. I'm in Connecticut. Is there anyplace in the area that someone can reccommend calling for prices...

Connecticut. Everything is still verbal at this point. I asked for a rough idea on a price. First I was told, just pay me by the hour then it's ended up at a Job price. I get this all the time with stuff. Good friends will say throw me a $100 and i'll do this or that, next time it's I get $30...

This is the info that i'm tryin to find out. Some guys tels me oh, I had my garage built and it was 20X40 and I paid 10g for labor then other say they did it in a week for $500 each man. Heck my neighbor bought a new shed for $4300 it was 8X12. Another Friend did 12X16 for $3500. I almost puked...

I guess the first thing I need to do is learn to spell "pour"

Here is a stupid question about foundation and block work. Is foundation is poured to daylight then they ad block onto it. Who decided if the blocks should be 8 foot off the foundation or 8 inchs. The rear of the garage will be about 5 feet under grade since i'm sliding this into a slope. Can...

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I'm in Connecticut. The prices are all over the place. When I bought my home the hill side sloped into my house. I asked a Man across the street with a 35k lb excavator how much to dig the hill side back, dump the dirt and rocks to make my parking area bigger and stack the smaller Rocks against...

My brother got 2 for my dad a few years ago. The ford dealer his works at had to replace them cause of safety switches and wiring not up to code. The scrap guy was suppose to take them but a $200 donation to the owner rerouted them. I'm starting to see alot of lifts on Craigslist. Small garages...

The other one that kills me is the surveryor. I have 3.5 acres. I'm building directly behind my house. I'm 200 foot from the land behind me (Which is 1200 acres of state forest), 400 foot from road and 100 foot on each side of the property line. Min fee for the surveryor is $2500. I need...

I have a few good guys that I know that are hurting for work. I am building a 24 X 32 garage this summer. One guy told me his labor will be around $3000. and his helpers are $25Hr and $15hr. He said he would have the shell up and weather tight 5 days Max. This is all I want for now. In this...

I'm in the planning part of getting my apples in a row for a 24X36 attached garage with one Gabrel roof adjoing the garage roof and house roof for one big room. Here is what i'm trying to figure out. I have to go down 42" for code for the foundation and then they told me to pour the center...

35 foot is the height restriction. I should be fine. My only concern is that the town will give me grief about a 17 foot ceiling in the garage. Kinda like " What do you plan on doing in there"

Any advice?

The first set of pictures is what the framer suggested. Basically using half the existing roof. This would give me a 12 high ceiling and a second floor with 8 foot ceiling. I was thinking since this is a tight budget I would have him build me a box (garage), rip the existing roof off completely...

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I will work on a basic drawing. Sorry about that.

I'm new to this forum but I look forward to any practical advise I can get. I own a small 2 story house. The Garage is ground level and small bedroom/living room above. The Space is 18X32 long. I want to build a garage directly behind the house and attach it to the backwall of the...