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So contemplated a lot of different designs for a detached garage and ended up going with a square tube 26x30x10 by Ultimate Metal Buildings. I have to say I'm very impressed with the construction and design of the building. I was expecting a solid building but nothing to what they ended up building. I've always wanted a detached garage but never had the land for it at my last house. Would've loved a 30x40 but wasn't in the budget.
Down payment was made at the end of December with expectations of it being built end of January, beginning of February. Before that due to the area it was going to be built I had to have it raised and leveled utilizing split face block (didn't want plain cinder block). Hired a company who was to start in the beginning of January to start digging for the footers (was getting it permitted). Should've known it was not going to end well with them as they were supposed to start digging on a Wednesday and they didn't show up but for only 2 hours that Friday (instead of Wedesday) to dig for the footings. Prior to that he had me changed the inspection date/time every single day as he was supposed to come the whole week originally.
Footings failed for 2 stupid reasons, 1st was because they were muddy (just rained the day prior) the second was due to one of the steps only being 5 1/2" and needed to be 6". I knew I was going to have inspections issues has my buddy had to utilize the same inspector for his deck and he was a PITA.
So finally after 2 weeks the the inspector passed the footings. This was on a Friday but he didn't leave any paperwork like he did when he failed it. So due to the following Monday being a holiday I had to wait and call on Tuesday to find out it passed the previous Friday. I called and text my contractor but never heard anything from him. Over the previous weekend the contractor dropped of a pallet of split face block. Attempted to make contact with him on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with no luck. I figured if I could not make contact with him in that time frame I might as well start looking for a new contractor.
Made some calls and lined up a new contractor to continue the job. Lucky I found him and he was able to start right away as he had other jobs to do. Now through all of this Ultimate Metal Buildings was calling me asking if the site was ready for install (much sooner than expected) which of course it was not. Fast forward two weeks (last Friday 2/8) and the site is ready for the garage. I contacted Ultimate Metal Buildings on the 6th I believe and they were able to fit me in on Monday to start the job.
I figured being it only being a carport style garage it should only take 2 days at most. Well they came for a full day Monday, skipped Tuesday due to rain and came back for a half day Wednesday, full day Thursday and just finished up today at about 4pm. I have to give my hat off to Ultimate Metal Buildings and the installer as they were both very easy to deal with. Only hiccup is I requested 4' on center from Ultimate and its about 4'2" on center.
In total the building is 26x30x10 with a 4/12 pitch, 2 10x2 door (only framed), entry door and two windows. I opted only to have the garage door framed out as I did not want roll up doors. Full residential sectional doors with 4/12 pitched roof track is coming in on Monday for install.
Also the contractor add a 1 1/2" lip 1" under the edge of the pad for the garage so that the siding could extend passed the bottom rail (which is where most leak from) and now water will just flow down without it leaking under.
My plan is to insulate the walls and ceiling with 2" foam board and put on the ceiling put a radiant barrier. Using MC 12/2 cable and wire it attaching it to the square tube. Use 1" furring strips and attach them to the square tube and use probably OSB to enclose the whole building. Eventually possibly adding ac/heat. Still trying to figure that whole thing out and what I want to do. I do know i don't want to drill holes through the square tube because to me that would just make it to weak (unless you guys think otherwise).
Let me know what you guys think.
So contemplated a lot of different designs for a detached garage and ended up going with a square tube 26x30x10 by Ultimate Metal Buildings. I have to say I'm very impressed with the construction and design of the building. I was expecting a solid building but nothing to what they ended up building. I've always wanted a detached garage but never had the land for it at my last house. Would've loved a 30x40 but wasn't in the budget.
Down payment was made at the end of December with expectations of it being built end of January, beginning of February. Before that due to the area it was going to be built I had to have it raised and leveled utilizing split face block (didn't want plain cinder block). Hired a company who was to start in the beginning of January to start digging for the footers (was getting it permitted). Should've known it was not going to end well with them as they were supposed to start digging on a Wednesday and they didn't show up but for only 2 hours that Friday (instead of Wedesday) to dig for the footings. Prior to that he had me changed the inspection date/time every single day as he was supposed to come the whole week originally.
Footings failed for 2 stupid reasons, 1st was because they were muddy (just rained the day prior) the second was due to one of the steps only being 5 1/2" and needed to be 6". I knew I was going to have inspections issues has my buddy had to utilize the same inspector for his deck and he was a PITA.
So finally after 2 weeks the the inspector passed the footings. This was on a Friday but he didn't leave any paperwork like he did when he failed it. So due to the following Monday being a holiday I had to wait and call on Tuesday to find out it passed the previous Friday. I called and text my contractor but never heard anything from him. Over the previous weekend the contractor dropped of a pallet of split face block. Attempted to make contact with him on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with no luck. I figured if I could not make contact with him in that time frame I might as well start looking for a new contractor.
Made some calls and lined up a new contractor to continue the job. Lucky I found him and he was able to start right away as he had other jobs to do. Now through all of this Ultimate Metal Buildings was calling me asking if the site was ready for install (much sooner than expected) which of course it was not. Fast forward two weeks (last Friday 2/8) and the site is ready for the garage. I contacted Ultimate Metal Buildings on the 6th I believe and they were able to fit me in on Monday to start the job.
I figured being it only being a carport style garage it should only take 2 days at most. Well they came for a full day Monday, skipped Tuesday due to rain and came back for a half day Wednesday, full day Thursday and just finished up today at about 4pm. I have to give my hat off to Ultimate Metal Buildings and the installer as they were both very easy to deal with. Only hiccup is I requested 4' on center from Ultimate and its about 4'2" on center.
In total the building is 26x30x10 with a 4/12 pitch, 2 10x2 door (only framed), entry door and two windows. I opted only to have the garage door framed out as I did not want roll up doors. Full residential sectional doors with 4/12 pitched roof track is coming in on Monday for install.
Also the contractor add a 1 1/2" lip 1" under the edge of the pad for the garage so that the siding could extend passed the bottom rail (which is where most leak from) and now water will just flow down without it leaking under.
My plan is to insulate the walls and ceiling with 2" foam board and put on the ceiling put a radiant barrier. Using MC 12/2 cable and wire it attaching it to the square tube. Use 1" furring strips and attach them to the square tube and use probably OSB to enclose the whole building. Eventually possibly adding ac/heat. Still trying to figure that whole thing out and what I want to do. I do know i don't want to drill holes through the square tube because to me that would just make it to weak (unless you guys think otherwise).
Let me know what you guys think.
You've got a really nice building there. That one pic where you can see the neighbor's house across the street made it seem like it was in a subdivision.
