20x30 Canadian Saltbox

[Slingshot Engage]

So I just bought a new house this past summer and have been working to finish the garage the previous owner built.

Garage is 20 wide and 30 deep. I would have liked a bit wider but the the house was nice and the price was good. I just have to make good use of the upstairs loft area.

That is the rendering that floats around on the net. The previous owner purchased a set of plans from a local lumber yard and had it built. He actually did a god job of keeping all the paper work in order for everything he did.

When I got the place the garage had no sofit,facial, siding, capping or anything. Just tattered tyvek wrap. It had been built in 2009 but never finished. After talking to the neighbor he thought that it was started and the owners ran out of money. Leaving this giant tyvek eyesore for 5 years. After finding a suitable contractor to take this project I chose a color and a brick pattern and they had at it. You can see some the the sofit and siding already started.

The colour is a bit off in the pic but it is Mitten brand Grenadier green siding and the brick run across the front only and is one of those knock off made from concrete products. I'm happy with the way the exterior turned out. The contractors installed siding,sofit,fascia,gutters & downspouts, and all the necessary capping around the doors and window.

 

[Slingshot Engage]

The garage has 100 amps of power, in-floor radiant heat that's not connect yet,water & sewer also not connected yet. There is a few receptacles in the lower level and no lights. A few parts behind a lower level workbench is insulated but that it for keeping it warm.

I have been deciding how the heat it and will probably just get a gas line out there from the house and use some sort of natural gas heater, but first the insulation.

I have been working on the loft area this weekend doing wiring and insulating. Along the wall that would be one the taller side of the garage there is a normal 2x6 wall 6ft. high. I put 6 receptacles along this wall high enough that they will be above the bench I plan to put there soon. The front wall got 3 receptacles and a separate circuit mounted at a lower height. All insulation is Owens Corning r-20. Here is a panoramic shot from my phone of my current progress.

The original plans called for the tall side wall to be 5' but the old owner/builder made it 6' which is quite nice. I plan to build a 20' work bench along that wall.

The other side is a bit more challenging. It has all the truss structure to support the long side of the roof. Trusses are on 24" centers and have good storage space between them. I will insulate in the somehow and after seeing a thread about a gambrel roof where the owner used a curtain to hide the storage I will use the same method.

Here is what the trusses look like and the ceiling shape in the loft.

Seeing that I used most of my money the finish the exterior progress might be slow on the inside for a little while.

 

[Tejas TJ]

Got any pictures of what the inside looks like with the car in it?

 

[Slingshot Engage]

Pictures will all of my junk everywhere

 

[jwhcars]

Nice looking garage.

 

[plott hound]

i love that mezzanine/loft.what a great party place.

 

[LCS2029]

nice garage, I'm planning on building this next year in the northeast, the plans for this garage are being sold all over the web, so I was surprised to find this thread and see pictures of one actually built. Looks fantastic congrats!

 

[PhantomEB]

Weird design but that’s what us canadians are known for.

Any thoughts of converting that tall wall to incorporate a lean to?

 

[LCS2029]

that's an interesting idea, incorporating a lean to for the high wall side. Incidentally, speaking of modifications, a friend of mine pointed out that the long roof side was perfect for solar.. I took the liberty of making some calculations to figure out what the area of that roof section would be. The image contains my calculations, i guesstimated about 5' offset from the left side for the roof peak center. Looks to be about ~660 sq. ft.

(or using trig
16*30 = 480
12/12 roof pitch = 45
480/cos(45 degrees) = 678sq. ft.)

 

[Metallitubby]

For some reason, the profile of the building reminds me of those Easter treats Peeps.

 

[andyvh1959]

I plan an off grid 12v solar system of four 220 watt panels on my shop garage. Be prepared to spend some bucks if you plan decent components. I've spent: four 220 watt panels for $600, MPPT charge controller for $600, four circuit combiner box $125, NEMA roof enclosure for the panel wiring $50, cables for the panels to the combiner box $80. Still need to buy the four deep cycle batteries that will be the power reservoir. I am using off-road LED light bars for the overhead shop lights, found a decent 22" 30 watt spot/flood light bar for $35 on ebay, so I plan four to six of those. The rest of it is basically common interior wiring components.

 

[LCS2029]

anyone have a copy, digital or otherwise, of the plans for this saltbox garage build? I'm trying to figure out what the snow load rating is for the roof design.

 

[LCS2029]

I plan an off grid 12v solar system of four 220 watt panels on my shop garage. Be prepared to spend some bucks if you plan decent components. I've spent: four 220 watt panels for $600, MPPT charge controller for $600, four circuit combiner box $125, NEMA roof enclosure for the panel wiring $50, cables for the panels to the combiner box $80. Still need to buy the four deep cycle batteries that will be the power reservoir. I am using off-road LED light bars for the overhead shop lights, found a decent 22" 30 watt spot/flood light bar for $35 on ebay, so I plan four to six of those. The rest of it is basically common interior wiring components.

I'm looking at something more like this,
10.4 kW Canadian Solar Grid-Tied with Battery Backup System
unboundsolar.com/1893027/unbound-solar/solar-kits/10.4-kw-grid-tied-battery-backup-solar-system-with-outback-power-center-and-32x-canadian-solar-325w-panels

where I would essentially relocate my electrical service (200amps) to the garage so I could tuck the entire solar system and batteries into a neatly constructed nook, then simply run my existing (electrical) panels as subpanels off of a 200 amp feeder run from the garage's new 200amp main(feed through lugs) so as to integrate effectively with the new grid tie solar system. This will also have the benefit of making it easier to wire in a 60 or 80 amp welder.

I'll have to talk to my electrical provider to determine if the service entrance can be relocated.

at thirty-one grand just for the equipment, it's sort of a big job.