wrigh003
Well-known member
Hey y'all, been quite a while.
I'm in the very, very early stages of trying to budget up a garage for my backyard. Goal is an eventually-nicely-finished outbuilding, but the immediate goal is just to get the building there, dried in, lockable-with-lights. Something like a 30x40 on a 30x50 slab with a 10' lean-to/ porch covering that extra 10' toward the house side. Leaning steel frame instead of pole construction because steel is real, I live in the deep south where termites and tornadoes are a thing, and mostly I'm sure I'd hit a piece of bedrock somewhere a post is needed if the rest of my yard is any indication. I kicked this idea around several years ago, when we still had little babies around, but it never came to pass. Those guys are all bigger/ somewhat-lower-maintenance now, my career has progressed and wife has gone back to work, so I'm daydreaming again.
Am I out of my gourd to think that the initial investment should be around "moderate brand-new car?"
Would love to see any tools, links, etc y'all have uncovered on the subject - or just "mine was a 24x24 and cost me $**,***" helps too.
Details for those that care:
Edit: As a marker of how long it's been - that avatar over there? Used to look like me. I used to have hair. Kids and time have changed that.
I'm in the very, very early stages of trying to budget up a garage for my backyard. Goal is an eventually-nicely-finished outbuilding, but the immediate goal is just to get the building there, dried in, lockable-with-lights. Something like a 30x40 on a 30x50 slab with a 10' lean-to/ porch covering that extra 10' toward the house side. Leaning steel frame instead of pole construction because steel is real, I live in the deep south where termites and tornadoes are a thing, and mostly I'm sure I'd hit a piece of bedrock somewhere a post is needed if the rest of my yard is any indication. I kicked this idea around several years ago, when we still had little babies around, but it never came to pass. Those guys are all bigger/ somewhat-lower-maintenance now, my career has progressed and wife has gone back to work, so I'm daydreaming again.
Am I out of my gourd to think that the initial investment should be around "moderate brand-new car?"
Would love to see any tools, links, etc y'all have uncovered on the subject - or just "mine was a 24x24 and cost me $**,***" helps too.
Details for those that care:
- Plenty of space to work with
- Relatively flat site with little sitework needed (read: no huge excavations, no retaining walls- dump some dirt, level/ compact, form and place a slab)
- Electrical line comes right by so electrical should be relatively easy to add in
- Unincorporated 'Bama, so no permits/ codes/ inspections/ HOA oversight or anything else to add cost - downside, of course, being that it's on me and whoever I hire to make sure it's built to last under the honor system and makes a good addition to my property.
Edit: As a marker of how long it's been - that avatar over there? Used to look like me. I used to have hair. Kids and time have changed that.