dwysywd
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So, there are all types of garages. I am not sure why I've always liked these but I do. I think that the attraction has always been the do it yourself nature of them. They are one big erector set.
The story starts a month ago, right before Thanksgiving. I found a CL ad (I had been looking for a deal) for a building that had never been erected. I went and checked it out. Now DISCLAIMER: when the guy shows you the garage pieces and says it's been 5 years, moved twice and he lost the directions, free would have and should have been the deal.
But no, my over-enthusiastic, confident **** purchased it at a discount. Mind you, I had no directions, and he told me the size wrong. I purchased what I thought was a 22x24 with one end wall. It turned out to be 25x34, and you say BONUS... Yes it was!
So without instruction and no name or brand I called 4 MFG of these types of buildings. I finally found who built this one, American Steel. Turns out this 25x34 Alpine style steel building cost $8500 new and end walls cost about $1500-$2000 each. all buildings are self assembly. I paid $2200 and I am building my own end walls.
Here are some photos of the hoop strut assembly. And the building assembly.
All said and done, plan a day for footers. Here in MI they had to be 42" on the side walls and because my end walls are stick built and not load bearing, they had to be 36". But it's all close to 42". Cement was expensive cause I had a problem and we had to redid one footer.
Hoop struts took 1 hour each to build with 2 adults. I had 17 to build. I caulked between each joint even though they are built to shed water over the seam and have a foot overlay.
The hoops struts take 1 hour each to raise and bolt into place. We silicones each joint. The hardest one is the first 2 that you bolt together one the ground. After that it's 1 hour each with 4-5 guys working on it.
Still have to finish the walls but had to come up with some creative carpentry to attach wood walls to a steel building with 3 radius cuts on each end. I have my solution started. I will post a picture later. It involved attaching 1"x3" galvanized metal to the insides, cutting the 3" piece to make it bend the corners. Then cutting 1/2" plywood to fit each radius. This will give us something to attach the 2x4 walls against.
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The story starts a month ago, right before Thanksgiving. I found a CL ad (I had been looking for a deal) for a building that had never been erected. I went and checked it out. Now DISCLAIMER: when the guy shows you the garage pieces and says it's been 5 years, moved twice and he lost the directions, free would have and should have been the deal.
But no, my over-enthusiastic, confident **** purchased it at a discount. Mind you, I had no directions, and he told me the size wrong. I purchased what I thought was a 22x24 with one end wall. It turned out to be 25x34, and you say BONUS... Yes it was!
So without instruction and no name or brand I called 4 MFG of these types of buildings. I finally found who built this one, American Steel. Turns out this 25x34 Alpine style steel building cost $8500 new and end walls cost about $1500-$2000 each. all buildings are self assembly. I paid $2200 and I am building my own end walls.
Here are some photos of the hoop strut assembly. And the building assembly.
All said and done, plan a day for footers. Here in MI they had to be 42" on the side walls and because my end walls are stick built and not load bearing, they had to be 36". But it's all close to 42". Cement was expensive cause I had a problem and we had to redid one footer.
Hoop struts took 1 hour each to build with 2 adults. I had 17 to build. I caulked between each joint even though they are built to shed water over the seam and have a foot overlay.
The hoops struts take 1 hour each to raise and bolt into place. We silicones each joint. The hardest one is the first 2 that you bolt together one the ground. After that it's 1 hour each with 4-5 guys working on it.
Still have to finish the walls but had to come up with some creative carpentry to attach wood walls to a steel building with 3 radius cuts on each end. I have my solution started. I will post a picture later. It involved attaching 1"x3" galvanized metal to the insides, cutting the 3" piece to make it bend the corners. Then cutting 1/2" plywood to fit each radius. This will give us something to attach the 2x4 walls against.
Sent from my bag phone...
