Search results

Too late for that, check was cashed yesterday.

Starting on my garage build and had my footings poured by a contractor. He has turned out so far to be the biggest hack ever. I have the following issues with my footings: 1. Look like ****. Concrete is not flush to the top of the form boards in multiple locations. I guess he has never heard of...

Well, the connector for the garage was supposed to be 8'x18' but the concrete contractor placed the footings so that the connector will now have to be 8' 4" x 18' 8". I went out to measure it today when I got home from work and found that it was wrong, what an idiot. I was hopping mad and called...

After about 2 years of planning, I finally got underway on my garage build. The garage/workshop will be 24x40 and attached to the house via a 8x18 connector/breezeway. Some design pics are shown below. I still have a few days to figure out if I want a man door or not. The back part of the garage...

Seems like a reasonable price. I am building a 24x40 garage and calculate materials minus doors to come in at $6K

Does anyone here live where you get a ton of snow and still have a sloped garage floor?

I have a block stem wall so the slab will be poured inside the stem wall. I am located in central NY where it gets very cold and 100's of inches of snow. The excavator is doing all prep work below the plastic.

So the excavator is coming tomorrow to start digging footings for the new garage. The mason was here today to stake out the garage but only got 3 stakes in the ground, and at the wrong locations at that. I am already scared by this mason who has been in business for > 20 years. But that's...

Excavation for my new garage is to start this Sunday but the excavator plans on using bank run gravel for backfill and under the garage slab. What is bank run gravel? Is this standard practice and any concerns here? I think he is using it because it is cheap for him.

So I have been getting quotes for the foundation and site-work required for my new garage. I have gotten six quotes and found that none of the quotes are very detailed at all. They all have just a few line items describing the high level work to be completed but not down to details like concrete...

I got a price for the forms from a rental house for $1500 for 1 month rental. I calculate that I need approx 15 yards of concrete and at $90/yd around here, that is $1350. So that is approx $3K if I do it myself. I haven't received any quotes for just the walls yet but based on a $12K quote last...

I am considering renting concrete forms from a local rental house to form up my footing and walls for my new garage build. Does anyone here have experience using the wall forms and pouring walls? Is this a DIY job? Seems like it should be fairly straight forward.

I am trying to figure out garage door framing details for my upcoming garage build, so I had a couple of questions for you. It looks like your design called for 9' wide openings between stem walls and then you used 2x8" P.T for the jambs? What did you cover the jambs with? So you finished...

I am trying to figure out door framing for my upcoming garage build and had a few questions for you. #1 - How wide is your stem wall? I was planning on using 8" block. #2 - How wide is your jam? If I had an 8" wide stem wall, my garage door jams would need to be 8", which seems deep. #3 - What...

I just got done excavating my underground electrical feeder cable and this happened to be 30" down. Just so happens that the phone line was laid in the same trench when the electric cable was installed so both are at the same depth. But I wouldnt assume anything. If you dig there, be VERY...

Interesting design. What are the dimensions of the garage and door sizes?

Do you have some pictures of the front of your garage and how the lift is installed?

We thought that the bump out gave the wall a little more character than just a flat wall. The third overhead door is located on the back wall. The back part of the garage will be walled off to create a 16x24 shed and workshop

My bad. The design is for 24' wide, not 28'. To maintain a 25 foot setback requirement from the property line, the design that I have would be the biggest I can go. The ceiling will be at least 10' with current design. How much room is needed for a lift? The breezeway will be an addition to the...

I have been thinking about a man door. My only concern with that is security. We live out in the country and the house is turned at a 25 degree angle from the road so any door on the left side of the garage would be very hidden from view. I will reconsider though. I was planning on using an...