Above 1200 Sq/FT Bigave's Playhouse

[Bigave]

Hello everyone, I'm currently building a 30x45x14 garage. This is my first time building a garage. I've finished basements and built home theaters in my previous homes, but nothing this adventurous.
This is a picture of the space where I will be putting the garage.

 

[Bigave]

Another view from a different angle.

 

[Bigave]

I had the trees removed along with the sprinkler lines.

 

[Bigave]

They were mostly weeds and two trees, but they're gone now!

 

[Bigave]

I had to get a form survey completed in order to obtain a permit, so here are the forms.

 

[Bigave]

Time for concrete. They poured the garage pad, apron and new driveway in a week. Great job by those guys.

 

[Bigave]

The pad is a monolithic slab, 24" deep w/ 2 rows of #5 rebar around the perimeter and 6" deep w/#4 rebar in the field. The concrete is 4000psi.

 

[Bigave]

The apron and driveway are 3.5" thick with #4 rebar and it's 3500psi.

 

[Bigave]

Day 1 framing and my neighbor came over to help with the heavy lifting. The walls are 2x6x14 and they were heavy!

 

[Bigave]

Now that I'm caught up, this is what things looked like when I awakened today. I have OSB 8' up around the building except the front which I'm working on now. I had to take a break from the heat today.

 

[Uncle murph]

Now that I'm caught up, this is what things looked like when I awakened today. I have OSB 8' up around the building except the front which I'm working on now. I had to take a break from the heat today.

Very nice. I hope you have help with the trusses, I would but you don’t look local to me.

 

[Bigave]

Unc, I'm in south Texas! My neighbor might stop by later. I'm figuring out my next move now while I'm finishing the front wall

 

[Bigave]

I'm moving slow and the heat is causing the wood to shift and twist. I have to get this thing covered adap or I will be replacing wood again for the umph teen time.

 

[Bigave]

I've finished the framing on the front of the garage. I have been framing since the first week of August. I can only work on this after work hours and on weekends. The humid, over 100 degrees daily-heat is causing issues with warping and twisting wood so I have had to go back over things several times. But finally!

Since I'll have brick front columns, I can use off cut OSB to close those walls. Now, let's see how many panels I can put up in 2.5 hours and in between breaks.