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Well the garage has made a ton of progress in the last 2 weeks, we have the site fully prepped and excavator has dug down for the footings, the contractor spend a day and half and set up all the forms and have all my inspections passed with flying colors. We've been having a hell of a time...

20x38 sounds like an even more ideal size, I'm worried I'm not going to have enough depth to work on some of the future projects. My budget is for old long box pick ups and always wanted to get my hands on a land yacht like a 60's Caddilac. That makes me feel better about planning out my garage...

I'm 100% not finishing my garage just due to budget, I need an occupancy permit to move my current garage into my new garage so I can tear that one down. But it is unheated, minimal wiring and finishing for at least the first year or two. My goal is just getting the shell done and then finishing...

I know the garage is not counted as taxable space in our area even if it has A/C or heat because it is not a livable space because most cities don't even allow running water inside for some reason. We do have an indicator on our assessment if we have a detached garage but no further details on...

Thank you, I really appreciate all the advice. We just got the excavator on site so the build begins tomorrow! My very limited understanding of the whole truss design is that the scissor truss that connects the ridge beam to the scissor truss is a 3 ply girder truss that will support the load...

2) I love the idea of your lift being 2 in 1, but I have not idea how that works even after reading the info sheet there. I always thought the asymetrical lift columns were just shifted 30 degrees and you would get door clearance that way and those lifts were more expensive, but your posts look...

I know there was some talk of the same all the way through but it was possible an issue with the sheerwall with all the openings I have and a bunch of additional costs or something. My original post on there was 2 years ago and unfortunately didn't get an response before I got the drawings done...

1) Unfortunately I think I'm pretty well stuck with the roof arrangement I have since the city has signed off and I've already paid the building engineer 2 years ago for the plans that the architect drew up with him. My main concern was to get the most height possible out of that bay I want to...

I would absolutely love to build it 3-4 ft higher and 5-6 ft deeper but restricted by building code to a minimum 4/12 slope roof and 13'7" high to the peak of the structure or 10' if it was a flat roof. I can only go 24' deep but as wide as I want if I keep under 770 sq/ft with my lot size. I'm...

Snow load is 25 psf if that makes sense. I've never looked it up before, we usually get 4"-6" of snow that lasts for less than a week a couple times a winter. Rain is our issue, it basically rains constantly from October to April and I literally just got a notification that we have a rainfall...

It is getting built in Canada, just a few hours north of Seattle, WA. I'm assuming Canadian and American building codes are generally the same with some small changes I'm sure. I'm looking forward to getting any advice I can if you have any

The engineer looks like he has added additional 4 foot long sections of 1/2" plywood vertically from the top down and all the way across the upper beam of garage doors and then 1/2" plywood around the whole openings of the window, plus the Simpson Strong Tie hold downs at the bottom tied into a...

I really appreciate your comment! 1) The truss work isn't my specialty by any means and it has been 2 years since I met with the structural engineer, but I went over the drawings and it looks like 13' out from the west side it he has a lintel beam (north to south) with a support post to the...

That is a great point with the door on the left! I hope to use that one sparingly but you're 100% right. I might have gone a bit overkill with the doors.. The door on the west will be to the parking pad, the one of the south will be primary entrance to and from the house, and the east side...

Honestly I wish I knew more about that. I just talked to the architect and told him all my limitations and what I wanted, especially that I wanted as much height in the hoist bay as possible and he was concerned about how many openings I had in all the walls, especially the size of the garage...

I've been dreaming about building this garage to work on my project cars in since I bought my house a decade ago. I've been searching this forum for many years now and upgraded my current 10x20 garage so it was more functional. Please if you have a chance to look it over and give me any ideas...

My daily driver is a ext cab short box so it is coming in at 18', I have a project C10 that is just over 17', the wife's daily is a 15', and I usually buy and sell work trucks so reg cab long box trucks 2wd or 4x4 so the hoist placement to lift those is key. I rarely work on any full size cars...

Hello everyone, So I've been flipping trucks for the last few years on a gravel pad beside my current garage (shed) to save up to finally be able to build this garage and the time has finally come! I've talked to the city and they say my restrictions are 32' wide, 24' deep and 15' tall, unless...