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I am in the same situation and looking at the various options. I want to go with Option 1 as right now my house panel is older and it has a 60 amp breaker that powers the dryer in the house and is running to the garage (well the one that was there previously), there are two 12-3 (I believe)...

I ended up reserving a Gennie material lift, picking it up tomorrow. Still trying to figure out how i will do the trusses. might hire some help since I am doing during the work week (taking vacation) and all my friends are working. Thought about using a larger telescoping man life and...

now that boom truck would solve my other question/ problem. how I am going to stand the trusses up once they are lifted onto the roof by the truss company...

I am doing a 24x48 right now with 10ft walls, using scissor trusses to open the ceiling up.. I plan to add a lift when done

Thanks guys. The 4x14 laminated beam that is 19' long and i do plan to do a triple cripple. I was not aware of a wall jack so that is an idea (good idea with the lower brace) and the gennie rental option is also possible. I had been thinking of using the two ladder route and lifting one...

I would like to get some ideas on how to handle a portion of my garage build. I am building a 24x48 garage with two 18x8 garage doors on 10 ft walls. I am using 4x14 laminated headers above the door openings. I have come to the point where it is time to start building the front wall (the back...

My parents live in tracy and I fully understand why you are doing the garage as you are (creating a nice courtyard effect). Plus it has become a california thing (almost normal in So cal it seems to me) to build almost the entire lot with little to no yard. I am trying to figure out where you...

consider doing a 26' deep vs 24, the little bit extra is really nice. I had a 3 car garage on my last place with the two car side that deep and the single side at 23' deep. i could put a car sideways infront of the two cars side and still walk by (great for placing the body on a dolly and...

How do you handle the roof peak with the tar paper. do you overlap it (half on each side) or something else. I am going to be doing a garage this summer with a 12/4 pitch also.. great thread.

I would recommend having enough room infront of the sub to have a work bench and room to walk in front of it. that way you can put tools near by. I would have it where with the front of the sub is about 6' from the wall.

boiler, you bring up good points about the seismic issues. One of the reason I am looking at this particular company is they have designs that are for Cal and specific Wash counties that require beefed up designs for that reason. Bear, thanks for the link. Bevis, in your situations, how...

Have lurked here since the beginning as I spend my time on the HAMB. Thought I would come to the source of garage knowledge and see if anyone on here has used an online garage blueprint company for building their garage. If I can find a set of prints on-line I think it will save me a lot of...