28x30 in southern Ohio

[JPinohio]

Hello, and hope you enjoy this journey with me ! I welcome all advice and criticism as I share my build with y'all! The excavation started on 7/11 and I'm just now getting around to starting my thread. I have got a lot of good ideas from this site , so hopefully this thread will help someone else.

 

[freudianfloyd]

Welcome to the forum. What part of southern Ohio are you from?

 

[JPinohio]

7/12/15-gravel down and compacted! 18" slope from house to end of garage . 50 tons of rock!

 

[JPinohio]

7/15/15 forms up ready for wire mesh. After digging 4" below topsoil, Footers were 15" wide and 16" deep on the high end and 28" deep on low end !

 

[JPinohio]

View attachment 466747slab poured! 26 yds. concrete. 7/18/15-Now on to the driveway and breezeway.

 

[JPinohio]

7/25/15 driveway and breezeway excavation

 

[JPinohio]

7/26/15 all the dirt was used to level out some of the yard

 

[JPinohio]

7/28/15 , dowels and expansion joint at garage and driveway

 

[JPinohio]

7/29/15, ready for crete!

 

[JPinohio]

8/1/15, driveway pour- 6-7 inches thick!

 

[JPinohio]

8/1/15, breezeway pour

 

[JPinohio]

8 8/2/15, concrete complete let the framing begin!

 

[JPinohio]

framed up walls this weekend . Left one off so that trusses can carried in . Will be sheeting walls this week and setting trusses next weekend!

 

[JPinohio]

Trusses should be here in the a.m.

 

[1949 caddyman]

Nice!

 

[JPinohio]

Trusses showed up this evening!! Finally . I couldn't resist, so I set one solo! Will post pics

 

[JPinohio]

trusses set! First three were solo! Do not recommend that method . Had some help today

 

[JPinohio]

Not sure why the pic is upside down? Anyone else have this issue?

 

[JPinohio]

that's better!!

 

[Fur_252]

Nice work! What size of garage doors you going with?

 

[JPinohio]

Thanks! 9'x7'

 

[JPinohio]

began breezeway framing last night, it's starting to look like something!

 

[JPinohio]

 

[JPinohio]

Can't wait to rip out the old driveway, looks odd next to the new one.anyone have any experience in that?

 

[JPinohio]

got a few sheets on the roof . 5/8" osb with 2x4 in between every truss instead of clips

 

[JPinohio]

also finished sheeting this side and the rest of the tyvek. All walls are now 100% sheeted. Now roof is my main mission!!

 

[Whitey1]

Looking good

 

[dylish]

Wow you made this look easy. I'm in Baltimore MD and i want a 2 story 28x30. City zoning is a pain! We wanted to begin building this month but the city is giving us the blues. Hopefully it will be approved but that will be in December. So the build wouldnt begin til next spring. In the meantime, I'm happy with living vicariously through your build! Lol. Nice job! How much for did it cost you, if you dont mind?

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[bonecrrusher]

Did that house originally have a 1 car garage that was converted to a room?

 

[formanbob]

7/12/15-gravel down and compacted! 18" slope from house to end of garage . 50 tons of rock!

How come you did not have to go below frost line?

 

[JPinohio]

How come you did not have to go below frost line?

Code here is 12"x12" footer. I wasn't comfortable with that so went with the much bigger footer

 

[JPinohio]

Did that house originally have a 1 car garage that was converted to a room?

Yes! It is my man cave now! Not much you can do with a one car garage!

 

[JPinohio]

Wow you made this look easy. I'm in Baltimore MD and i want a 2 story 28x30. City zoning is a pain! We wanted to begin building this month but the city is giving us the blues. Hopefully it will be approved but that will be in December. So the build wouldnt begin til next spring. In the meantime, I'm happy with living vicariously through your build! Lol. Nice job! How much for did it cost you, if you dont mind?

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10k concrete! 2k lumber so far . The only work I subbed out was the pouring of concrete. And a friend helped with 13 of the trusses. The rest I have done solo. Thanks for your interest! Trying to be 100% by Halloween!

 

[JPinohio]

Looking good

Thank you!!

 

[JPinohio]

sheeted and felted. Need to knockout breezeway and ready for shingles next weekend. Headed to Chicago for the weekend though!

 

[formanbob]

Code here is 12"x12" footer. I wasn't comfortable with that so went with the much bigger footer

Any depth requirements?

 

[JPinohio]

Any depth requirements?

12"wide x 12" deep is minimum

 

[JPinohio]

Owens Corning oak ridge shingles. Brownwood color . Did the front today just before the rain came. Took 9 hrs solo. Tackle the back tomorrow!

 

[JPinohio]

Finished the back of roof in 6 hrs. Should finish breezeway Sunday. I'll post some pics tomorrow

 

[Kevin54]

JP....nice looking garage for sure, and it adds a lot to the house. Before you completely rip out the drive, look at it and see if you can't use a portion of it as a sidewalk to go from the new driveway over to your front door unless you want to pour a new walk.

And how can you get by doing your approach like you do. Around here, if there are curbs and gutters, you have to retain those, or you have to have a certain type of approach poured so it does not block any water flow. It looks like they just poured right over the curb and made an angled approach, blocking the curb flow.

What's the plan for the inside of the garage?