16'x20' Backyard Garage

[Rock$tar]

Quick little background info, built a new house last year. (myself as general contractor). Moved in February of 2016. House is located on a slightly oversize inner city building lot (typical lots are 50'x100', mine is 50'x160'). The house has an attached 25'x25'. Figuring that would be big enough since this is our first house with a garage. Guess I was wrong as it filled up quickly and now there is no room left.

Here is a picture of the house

https://goo.gl/photos/ddQkiExrNqKVueXw9

Added pavement and gass last summer

https://goo.gl/photos/CKDUTXVPoMgMjcm69

Little bit of landscaping

https://goo.gl/photos/qDhBdgBVACDLiYne7

At the end of last summer I started planning on completing an exterior garage. I had intentions of it right from the beginning but didn't think I would get to it this quickly. I drew up the purposed design in sketchup and submitted it to the city for approval.

https://goo.gl/photos/RPuQy8KcaGhSDYDD9

https://goo.gl/photos/EWcq3j4tokgHSVAP8

https://goo.gl/photos/zwfWEZKSBzZdEMcVA

https://goo.gl/photos/EuigtReKHxhYysfg7

After getting my building permit I started to dig out for the slab. Since the building lot has a incline at the rear the garage was designed to have a retaining wall built on top of the slab floor and then the wooden walls to be built on top of the retaining wall.

Excavation

https://goo.gl/photos/bW6hRAHnKLwqYfp26

https://goo.gl/photos/E27WWpWk2RUMWaub8

https://goo.gl/photos/ydGqWk5t2Drrw7a68

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Setting up forms for concrete

https://goo.gl/photos/kr1p1uPw1RcZq1Je6

https://goo.gl/photos/CAf7CNfJwi6E59sJ6

Crushed stone in place

https://goo.gl/photos/aGNSJFK92Hy9CQaj8

https://goo.gl/photos/H1caZYww7Uyg4skv7

Tamping and getting stone level and ready

https://goo.gl/photos/2derFPw3Z3h9gnZ46

Starting to pour the slab and rebar in for the retaining walls

https://goo.gl/photos/8n6LKsdwxtiYDBEJ8

https://goo.gl/photos/f6wBJdu9yjYbGBub9

https://goo.gl/photos/VRa4ov8hcJneXTMj6


Will update as I proceed further.

 

[Rock$tar]

Just finished troweling and placing rebar. Walls will be poured when it cures

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[GLTHFJ60]

Awesome!

 

[katilicous]

Any opportunity to rent an excavator is awesome! Looks like a nice beginning

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[jhankel]

Any updates? Will need to do something similar sinc I will have to build back into a slope.