My 30x40 garage just got finished

So I'm pretty excited. My garage just got finished. So far I've just been writing checks but now everything else is up to me. Me and an electrician friend are going to do the wiring and then I'll insulate it and hang the drywall.

This forum has been a great resource as I did alot of research to end up with what I think will serve me well. I started off wanting to build a 24x40 because I thought that was about as big as I could fit without having to drop a bunch of trees on my property but neither the PO of my house or my neighbor seemed to really know where the property line was. So I hired surveyors and all three of us were way off on where we though it was and I ended up owning 12 feet into what was thought to be his yard. So I ended up being able to go 30x40 and still maintain the required standoff of 5'. Township and County permits took about a month but they finally came.

Its pretty much just a basic 30x40x10 but I had attic trusses installed. I went with a 10.5x12 pitch roof so that gave me a nice 16x40 room upstairs with a fairly high kneewall. I put the stairs on the outside because I didn't want to waste any space in the shop. The slab is 5" of 4000 psi concrete. I have some heavy toys ie mill/lathe and it really wasn't that much of an upcharge. I'm working on having someone come out and pave up to the apron. Hopefully the weather doesn't turn on us here in SC PA and they can come out soon.

Very nice. I’m looking forward to seeing the finished product.


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Xsoul: your garage looks AWESOME. i hope the 10 foot ceilings are high enough and should be if you don't use a full size lift or have a truck.

Nice work getting the survey and finding out that you owned more property than you thought you did and were able to put in a better sized garage.

i like the upstairs and would love to see how you fill it up and how you like the outside stairs since your weather is maybe similar to mine here in PNW.

yep you are maybe running out of time for more cement, but a good time of year to do wiring and inside stuff.

cheers and welcome to GJ!!

Amazing shop, exactly what I would like to own someday. Subbed for more!

Mind if I ask what you've spent thus far?

Looks great!

Sweet !!

Awesome


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Welcome fellow PA resident here. I also have a 30x40x10 garage but I put the garage door on a gable end. Because of height restrictions I couldn't put in attic trusses. Have fun with your build!!