22'x26' Attached Garage

[Motown 454]

Well it looks like we're going to start the excavation this week. I still need the surveyor to come and mark out the property line, which I thought I paid to have done allready when he did the plot plan.. Wrong! So now he has to come back and do it. I hope he doesn't hold us up.
I do have one picture to post. It actually took longer to get this than it will take to build the garage. Its only small but really big to me.

 

[aqr81]

Wayne, that's great! I know it must be a long time coming so you are probably pretty excited. I may have to get a surveyor out on mine also because I'm working with some tight distances. I guess I'll find that out this coming week.

Look forward to seeing your progress.

 

[aqr81]

Hey Wayne, I forgot to mention...all your info is showing in the pic you may want to rethink that one. Block some out and retake the pic and post it.

 

[4StarCstms]

Coooool!! Look forward to seeing some in the process photos!! And aqr is right, Id be blurring out most of that permit.

 

[Motown 454]

Thanks for reality check on my info.



Wayne

 

[rickycobra]

It took me almost a year to get my permit in addition numerous inspections. Congrats.

 

[Motown 454]

Well Dig Safe came and marked out the utilites. I already knew where they were on the property already. The surveyor came back today to mark out the corners of the foundation and the property lines on the garage side. If the footing was more than two inches closer to the property line then the variance allowed I would need a new variance. I don't want to go through that again. So I needed them to come back.
Its not much but here are the paint marks to show where itsgoing.

These are where it will be on the property. I wish I had the room some of you guys have.

I just got a call from the contractor. He will be here to cut the asphault either tomorrow or early Monday morning. For some reason you haave to wait 48 hours after they mark it out to dig. The excavation guy doesn't want to open the hole up and leave it over the weekend. Which I don't blame him for that. So next week will be a busy one. Thank you construction God !
The form guy should be ablr to start right after that. I hope my next post is more interesting.

 

[aqr81]

Motown 454, it is great that things are beginning to line up for you. Once they cut out the asphalt and get it formed it will start gaining some momentum. Keep us updated.

 

[993James993]

Congratulations! I know how you feel. Looking forward to updates.

 

[Motown 454]

OK now the good stuff!!!!!!
My contractor said they would dig for my footings today. The way things have been going I figured we would get rained out. I'm so glad I was wrong.
The machine showed up at 9:30 this morning They stripped the asphalt it took one ten wheeler. Then removed the proch and blocked the front door. The operator told me they would be ready for the form contractor by 2:00, and they would pour the footings by the end of the day. Here are some pictures.
The first one was from Saturday when they cut the asphalt

The next one are from today

Excavation done by 2:00 ready for forming.

And poured by 4:30

Sorry for the pictures through the screen door.
Tomorrow they are coming to strip the footing and set the forms for the walls. They may have time to pour them tomorrow then wait a few days to strip them. These guys were fast as well as good.

 

[bigblue02hd]

Nice....


Must feel great to see some progress!!! Keep us updated!

 

[Motown 454]

Yes it feels great.

 

[z28dad]

Congrats Wayne!. It is a great feeling to see some progress. Looking forward to seeing some more updates. Russ

 

[Motown 454]

The form contractor came this morning and stripped the footing and formed the walls. The survey guys came and shot the corners of the forms to be sure they were accordance with the variance. I'm so shell shocked from going for the variance I kept telling them not to square it towards the property line. I hope they listened. lol They were very good workers I got lucky with them.
Here are some pictures of what they did.

They had a nice rig for the forms. They used a dumpster hauler with a dumpster with the sides cut down . They drop it and unload it close to the ground.

 

[MGNiko]

Sweet! Keep up the pics & updates.

 

[theroyz71]

Looks like your neighbors are going to have a nice view of the back of your garage. Who's parking spaces were those?

 

[AndrewBigA]

Looks like your neighbors are going to have a nice view of the back of your garage. Who's parking spaces were those?

im thinking the same thing lol.. how did you take those parking spots? who is supposed to park there?

 

[Motown 454]

Looks like your neighbors are going to have a nice view of the back of your garage. Who's parking spaces were those?

Yes they will.lol
That white house was my inlaws house and so was this property. They divided it so we could build a house. When my father inlaw passed away my mother inlaw sold it. Where you see the asphalt cut is my property line The parking bumpers are theirs and the first space in front. I'm 4ft. off the property line. When I went to the new owner to ask him to sign the aproval for my variance I was going to show him the plan he said no need. His son and daughter live there and they were fine with it. so he signed. I'm very thankful he did, he could have stopped me from building and I wouldn't have blamed him for doing it.

 

[aqr81]

A lot of progress in a short period of time. You were very fortuante to have everyone cooperating with you and your project. Looking forward to following your progress.

 

[scheu]

I love the build threads! Good to see another with limited space and still making it happen.

 

[Motown 454]

Not too much today they came back and stripped the walls. I also caulked a crack in the house foundation while it was accessable.
Here are a few pictures.

Here's a picture of the crack I filled.

Tomorrow the inspector come to look at the fooundation. If it passes we backfill and I install the conduit for the feed from the 200 amp garage panel to the 100 amp house panel. Because of the weather were going to get Friday, we'll have to wait until next week to pour the floor. Still not too bad for three days

 

[z28dad]

Wayne, That's alot of work for 3 days. Looking forward to seeing more of the build, keep up the great work.

 

[oldgoat]

They did a lot of work for no longer than they were there. I also built a 22 x 26 garage, but it was a detached garage. I had to contend with being on a flood plane, but actually I like the extra length when I have a truck in there. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have mine.

 

[Motown 454]

Thanks! It was so crazy to get the variance and finding a contractor. I think I made out by it taking so long so he became available. Always in contact with me, answers my calls with in minutes. I feelk so comfortable working with him. Nice to finnally have some piece of mind.
The foundation contractor is great too. I needed to get it striped so I could get an inspection so we can backfill before the rain gets here tomorrow night. These guy poured 2 foundations stripped two others and still came to strip mine at 4:30 so I could get the inspection. When they were finnished I thanked them for staying late to get it done. They said no, thank you for the work. They hussled to get it done for me. Nice to see people who give it 100%. If it wasn't going to rain they were going to pour the floor Friday.

 

[XcYZ]

Looks great, Wayne. Keep the updates coming.

 

[z28dad]

Thanks! It was so crazy to get the variance and finding a contractor. I think I made out by it taking so long so he became available. Always in contact with me, answers my calls with in minutes. I feelk so comfortable working with him. Nice to finnally have some piece of mind.
The foundation contractor is great too. I needed to get it striped so I could get an inspection so we can backfill before the rain gets here tomorrow night. These guy poured 2 foundations stripped two others and still came to strip mine at 4:30 so I could get the inspection. When they were finnished I thanked them for staying late to get it done. They said no, thank you for the work. They hussled to get it done for me. Nice to see people who give it 100%. If it wasn't going to rain they were going to pour the floor Friday.

It really helps when you have people like this working for you. You know the job will get done right and how you want it. That's a big peace of mind for you. Its the difference between working with professionals vs somebody just looking for some quick cash. I'm glad things are going well and I'm looking forward to seeing more updates. Russ

 

[Motown 454]

They back filled today everything was going fine then the guy on the bobcat tried to dump a load over the wall on the side. The excavater had filled it so he could reach the back . The bobcat was on some fill that wasn't compacted yet. He reach over and the front wheels dug in and he went over. The arms hit the wall and he almost hit it too. It was so close he doesn't know how lucky he is. We ended up dropping the bucket and pulling it upright with the small excavater. It ended up he knocked out one of the bolts that were poured in and a chunk of the top edge of the wall about 18" long. Here are some pictures.

Here's a few of the back filling.

 

[Hockey35x]

Any update?

 

[Motown 454]

We are planning to pour the floor Wednesday. We had a week of rain with a couple of inches last Wed. I decided to wait to see if we had any settlement. Which we did have a few spots settle along the wall . It was all compacted with a plate compacter but I wish it would have been done in smaller lifts. They were 12-18" We are suposed to have showeres tomorrow. Nothing to heavy.

 

[Hockey35x]

I actually live on cape cod so not too far from you. So when I saw how close you were I decided to keep an eye on this project. Looks good so far. Looking forward to it all coming together for you.

 

[Motown 454]

Not much to report. They came by and set up for the floor placement tomorrow morning. They put the angle iron for the front near the door and set the grade for the floor and side door. It is suposed to be 6" its going to be even thicker is some spots. Here are some pictures.

I've worked with some of these guys that are placing the concrete, they know thier stuff but I'll be there to make sure they pick up the wire mesh when they pour. Even though they don't need to be watched. The'll pour the footing for the porch too.
More pictures when they place the concrete tomoorrow.

 

[aqr81]

It' looking good Wayne. I look forward to tomorrows pics - you are going to feel great seeing the floor finally poured.

 

[Motown 454]

Floor all poured!! It was a perfect day for concrete not to hot, no wind, and perfect temps. The first truck only took 20 minutes to place and the other truck got there a half hour later. It was all placed in two hours, then it was wait for it to cure a little. They ran the power trowel until we had a smotth finnish but not so smooth that it will be slipery when wet.
Here are some pictures.

These are the two hams that did the pour. The owner is 69 years old. Both hard workers and good at their jobs..
He starts Monday on the framing. YEEEEE HAAAAA !!

 

[bsaint]

You're putting a giant shop in your front yard.

 

[z28dad]

Wayne the floor looks great! I know you must be glad to have that part of the job completed. Congrats.

 

[aqr81]

Wayne, looking great! Floor looks good The slow part is done and now it will really seem to take off. Once you start framing you'll see and feel the progress every day. You must be feeling good to finally be at this point in your project. Keep us updated.

 

[bdkruger1]

I dont understand the purpose of the mesh if they dont put chairs under it. Even if they pull it up after the pour, they still have to walk on it when they screed. What am I missing here? I don't claim to be a concrete expert, but this doesnt make sense to me. I've been on more commercial construction sites than I care to remember, and have never seen concrete done this way. Yet picture after picture on here shows residential being done this way. Again, what am I missing?

 

[theroyz71]

I probably would have put the man door on the other side instead of where it is at. Otherwise, it looks great.

 

[Motown 454]

I had planned to put the door on the other side but two windows go there and it would look too busy with all three. They would have been bunched up too close to each other. The windows are there to break up the apearance of the long wall. The door you see on the porch won't be there its been canceled. It will now go straight into the house.
Here is the right side view

bdkruger1
They pulled up the mesh with a Jhook as they backed off it. Believe me they got sick of hearing can you please pull the mesh up again before you move??? Even though they didn't need to be told they were pulling it up befopre I asked them to.

aqr81
My wife is as excited for me as I am. Its a good thing my wife isn't in charge of this build she would have called the builder to get over here today to start.
My neighbors think I'm nuts watering my slab. I've got some strange looks. Its suposed to rain here tonight and tomorrow so that will take care of it for tomorrow then I might wet it down Saturday and Sunday. Just to be sure.

 

[theroyz71]

It looks good but I was just thinking about how you will have to walk out the front of the garage to get to the house. It would be nice if you could keep the side entry door on the porch.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm still jealous as heck and can't wait to see the finished garage.