No question. Just wanted to share a garage a buddy of mine is building.
He's in his 60's and put this entire building up himself! It's 28 ft. wide x 40 ft. long. He started last fall and will be done this summer working whenever he could. (partially retired). He used a metal coupling system called Lumber Link, from a company called Socket Systems.
Here's the building so far:
Chuck has a little Kubota. (Everyone should have a little Kubota)
He cleared the area and put drain tile around the parameter.
The system has you pour cement footers and mount a metal foot plate with anchor bolts in it. (That keeps the vertical wood out of the dirt and cement)
Chuck made a square form with flanges out of old ply. (saved money on those cardboard forms):
He put his 6x6 builds into the Lumber Link metal couplings. You just bolt it together on the ground in place. Then he slipped the frame it into the tabs on the foot. He made a pull pole about 10 ft. tall and used a pull chain mounted to a tree that was directly behind the building. (I'm lookin for photos of this)
This is really cool. For his second floor he pulled I-beams into place with his Kubota and a little cart he made from old lawn tractor tires on the other end of the beam. He built a track on the inside of each bay and mounted two come-alongs to the top part of the gambrel roof. All he had to do was pull a little bit on each side at a time until it met the floor hanger. Just bolted it in.
They give you metal clips the for the purlins. Chuck wanted an air flow so he put stringers vertically on the purlins.
Since lifting 4x8's onto a roof is no fun, Chuck mounted a pulley to the roof and ran a cable on a remote control winch ($60) from the front of his tractor to the pulley then down to a ******** the 4 x8 ply. He walked it up the ladder just holding the remote control. WOW.:
The rest is just finish work after he gets his heated cement floor poured.
(I'm going try a porch addition to my barn-shed this year! He inspired me)
He's in his 60's and put this entire building up himself! It's 28 ft. wide x 40 ft. long. He started last fall and will be done this summer working whenever he could. (partially retired). He used a metal coupling system called Lumber Link, from a company called Socket Systems.
Here's the building so far:
Chuck has a little Kubota. (Everyone should have a little Kubota)
He cleared the area and put drain tile around the parameter.
The system has you pour cement footers and mount a metal foot plate with anchor bolts in it. (That keeps the vertical wood out of the dirt and cement)
Chuck made a square form with flanges out of old ply. (saved money on those cardboard forms):
He put his 6x6 builds into the Lumber Link metal couplings. You just bolt it together on the ground in place. Then he slipped the frame it into the tabs on the foot. He made a pull pole about 10 ft. tall and used a pull chain mounted to a tree that was directly behind the building. (I'm lookin for photos of this)
This is really cool. For his second floor he pulled I-beams into place with his Kubota and a little cart he made from old lawn tractor tires on the other end of the beam. He built a track on the inside of each bay and mounted two come-alongs to the top part of the gambrel roof. All he had to do was pull a little bit on each side at a time until it met the floor hanger. Just bolted it in.
They give you metal clips the for the purlins. Chuck wanted an air flow so he put stringers vertically on the purlins.
Since lifting 4x8's onto a roof is no fun, Chuck mounted a pulley to the roof and ran a cable on a remote control winch ($60) from the front of his tractor to the pulley then down to a ******** the 4 x8 ply. He walked it up the ladder just holding the remote control. WOW.:
The rest is just finish work after he gets his heated cement floor poured.
(I'm going try a porch addition to my barn-shed this year! He inspired me)
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