My new Mass 28x28 detached garage started

66coronet500 · Dec 8, 2012

Got my variance the begining of June for my 28X28 detached garage with a half storage loft above. Needed a variance as I am on a corner lot in arg. zoning. Town gave the ok for 10ft from property line instead of 60ft. Decided on Circle B barn co. in Lancaster, MA for the design and build. Survey got done mid Sept. Got building permit in mid Oct. Hired my own excavator and electrican. Excavator came on Nov 3rd.

66coronet500 · Dec 8, 2012

Nov 12th dug for footing and frost walls.

66coronet500 · Dec 8, 2012

Couple more pics.

66coronet500 · Dec 8, 2012

Nov 17th forms going in. Noticed the front forms were wrong so I left the plans and they fixed before the pour.

66coronet500 · Dec 8, 2012

More pics.

66coronet500 · Dec 8, 2012

Couple of pics of the footing pour. My son loved watching the cement truck.

66coronet500 · Dec 8, 2012

Forms removed and backfilled Nov 22nd. The 2 four inch holes in foundation are for the electrical runs. Nov 30th, electrical trench and conduit approval.

CNGsaves · Dec 8, 2012

Nice looking foundation so far. Like the pours that already have the sill bolts already installed in concrete.

Got any plans/drawings that you can post so we can see what's coming?

66coronet500 · Dec 8, 2012

Front and side views. Floor was poured on Dec 6th.

Kalstar · Dec 9, 2012

How much was the kit?

DARK AGE 53 · Dec 9, 2012

Look forward to seeing more pics as your build comes along. :thumbup:

66coronet500 · Dec 9, 2012

Kalstar said:
How much was the kit?

Excavation was $3300
Foundation and floor was $9700
Garage is $41000 without garage doors.
Electrical around $4800

66coronet500 · Dec 9, 2012

66coronet500 said:
Excavation was $3300
Foundation and floor was $9700
Garage is $41000 without garage doors.
Electrical around $4800

Foundation and floor cost part of the $41,000

usafmora · Dec 9, 2012

66coronet500 said:
Excavation was $3300
Foundation and floor was $9700
Garage is $41000 without garage doors.
Electrical around $4800

Is that price right? :scared:

66coronet500 · Dec 9, 2012

usafmora said:
Is that price right?

They are building, you would save around 15,000 if you built yourself and they supplied material.

Kalstar · Dec 9, 2012

So $31,300 for the garage without foundation and floor? Without them building it is should be around 15K for the kit. Is that about right?

Cemoto · Dec 9, 2012

Looks like great soil to work with.

I'm dealing with the conservation committee now as there is woodland marsh within 100 ft of my 30x40 proposed build. 200ft of silt fence and 71 hay bales (double staked) on level land, yes that's right two stakes per hay bale on level land.

Thanks for posting the numbers.

How thick is the floor?

Regards,

66coronet500 · Dec 10, 2012

Kalstar said:
So $31,300 for the garage without foundation and floor? Without them building it is should be around 15K for the kit. Is that about right?

Yes, I did have a couple cost additions like pre stained siding and pre primed trim along with Tyvek.

66coronet500 · Dec 10, 2012

Cemoto said:
Looks like great soil to work with.

I'm dealing with the conservation committee now as there is woodland marsh within 100 ft of my 30x40 proposed build. 200ft of silt fence and 71 hay bales (double staked) on level land, yes that's right two stakes per hay bale on level land.

Thanks for posting the numbers.

How thick is the floor?

Regards,

Soil worked out great. Alot of ledge in my town but we did not hit any and only 1 large boulder. The floor is 4" 3500psi

RaysnCayne · Dec 10, 2012

28x28 detached. That's my kinda garage.

Seems a bit pricey to me at first glance. But considering you don't have to lift a finger and you've got a lot more concrete going in than I had to pour, the price turns out to be fairly reasonable.

Looks like it's gonna be a really nice garage. I'm eager to see how you finish it out.

BTW, bigger pics please! More like 640x480 or 800x500 pixels.

66coronet500 · Dec 10, 2012

RaysnCayne said:
28x28 detached. That's my kinda garage.

Seems a bit pricey to me at first glance. But considering you don't have to lift a finger and you've got a lot more concrete going in than I had to pour, the price turns out to be fairly reasonable.

Looks like it's gonna be a really nice garage. I'm eager to see how you finish it out.

BTW, bigger pics please! More like 640x480 or 800x500 pixels.

The town put a height restriction on my garage of 21' during the variance request which pushed the price up also. If I got 25' could have done things more standard.

66coronet500 · Dec 14, 2012

Framing materials should have been delivered yesterday but did not. No phone call or email as to why. This has become the norm with these guys even though I asked for a call or email if nothing was going to get done on a scheduled day.

M-technik-3 · Dec 14, 2012

66coronet500 said:
Framing materials should have been delivered yesterday but did not. No phone call or email as to why. This has become the norm with these guys even though I asked for a call or email if nothing was going to get done on a scheduled day.

Sorry to hear of your difficulties. 21' wow that's pretty restrictive, did they give a reason for that. It's not like you live in Lexington or Concord where they zone you to death.

66coronet500 · Dec 14, 2012

M-technik-3 said:
Sorry to hear of your difficulties. 21' wow that's pretty restrictive, did they give a reason for that. It's not like you live in Lexington or Concord where they zone you to death.

The only real reason was that I have a ranch house that the garage is going next to. One of the guys on the planning board must have done some building in the past and was rattling off numbers said 21' would be plenty. Another planning board member even suggested add a couple more feet just in case but the first guy would not. When I asked if I got plans that needed a couple more feet what I would need to do was told I would have to come back in front of planning board to request. More $ and time for that. I guess 4 more feet would have turned it into an eye sore. :headscrat

Just heard from my wife that materials showed up this morning. Guess these guys would rather have me pissed all night than make a 1 minute phone call. Snow and rain in the forecast for next week so we will see when some framing starts.

46Nash · Dec 14, 2012

Damn I thought I might be paying too much for my garage but this definetely put me at ease. Awesome.

Nice build cant wait to see the finished product.

As for the scheduling, my deliveries have been on time but my contractor is definetely taking his sweet time finishing. We broke ground Sept 14th and at this point I only have half my siding up and no garage doors for atleast 3 weeks. I dont think they have any other jobs, except for another garage after mine, so just think they arent rushing since winter is slow. Oh well.

gregp · Dec 14, 2012

Did you sub out the excavation and cement work or did Circle B sub it themselves? Who did they use for it? I'm thinking of doing something similar in the spring so i am following this with alot of interest.
Thanks

66coronet500 · Dec 14, 2012

gregp said:
Did you sub out the excavation and cement work or did Circle B sub it themselves? Who did they use for it? I'm thinking of doing something similar in the spring so i am following this with alot of interest.
Thanks

I did sub out the excavation. It was done by Steve Glidden, Glidden excavation, Hopkinton MA. Highly recommend him. I let Circle B handle the cement work. Tresca bros concrete did the pour on the foundation.The crew that did the framing for the pour was out of Bellingham, DA concrete( Dennis Anderson). A different crew did the floor. I was not there when they did the floor so did not get there name.

gunselman · Dec 14, 2012

Our maximum height is 20' or no taller than the primary structure. So i understand the height issue.

66coronet500 · Dec 14, 2012

gunselman said:
Our maximum height is 20' or no taller than the primary structure. So i understand the height issue.

Mine will be 20' 6" when done. One thing I wanted was to be able to put in a 4 post lift down the line. So the upstairs is only on the right half of the garage. The left half will not have a second floor so there will be plenty of height. To get a 12' or higher ceiling I would have needed around 24 or 25' total height. Giving up storage space above but can have 3 car parking with a 4 post lift.

66coronet500 · Dec 23, 2012

Framing started on 12/20

T.Read · Dec 24, 2012

You're lucky. I talked to codes for my neighborhood in Nashville a few weeks ago to see what I can get away with to build mine and I can't go higher than 16'!

66coronet500 · Dec 31, 2012

A little more work done on Dec 26th.

66coronet500 · Dec 31, 2012

More framing on Dec 28th. pics taken on the 30th after shoveling out 8 inches of snow.

66coronet500 · Jan 2, 2013

Bad pic but loft floor went up on Dec 31st.

dave67fd · Jan 2, 2013

Nice to see another NewEngland build. Coming along nicely.

66coronet500 · Jan 5, 2013

More framing Jan 1st-3rd.

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Corvette Joe · Jan 5, 2013

Lookin Good my friend. My 30x30 is just finished. Take a look at Corvette joe

66coronet500 · Jan 13, 2013

pics from jan 5th

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