Dave's addition / attached garage

[bumonbox]

Sooooooo, I introduced myself in the introduction board. I'll spare you the repetition. and I am now starting a thread for this. It's going to be slow going at first. And I am going to bore you all with the most useless real pic and a bunch of approximations in sketchup to give a vague idea.

This is - useless no doubt. When I get things slightly more sorted out I will post more pics, and show progress. I have, err attached a picture showing about where it goes. Alright, so goofiness aside.

This garage is going to live on 11 acres, attached to nearly a box of a house (2 story, 44x40, about 3100 sq ft-ish) sitting at the end of a 650 ft driveway. I had the house built about 2.5 years ago, with every intent of getting the garage done. And on this acreage, I have forest, a stream, pond, farmland, and yard - but, no garage to store tools, landscaping stuffs, riding mower and implements, go karts, and our 2 cars for the last 2 harsh winters. Mostly stuff acquired on the cheap mind you. I don't have much money, but I try to make the most of it.

The overall footprint of this project is meant to be about 26x42.
12 of those 42 ft are for added living space - but because I wanted to "break up" the face, I decided I would recess that portion just a bit. So it's really more like 12x24. This will include much needed added space for the mudroom, and a little office space and what not. That will leave the 26x30 for the garage.. Now before someone points out how quickly that will up - I know. haha. I got foundation block down, and those 26 ft trusses already, And some excavation, so I suppose I am locked in. Fortunately, I have already figured I will build a detached garage a couple years down the road.

So, here is to focusing on THIS project. Let me give some more details. The addition is to be framed with ~8 ft 2x6s (err, 8 ft with the sill and top plates), which will be resting upon 12" joists for the flooring of the addition (over a little crawl space). I chose 2x6s for more insulation than anything else, because really I am a cheap ***!. The garage section I am framing with 2x4s (mixing and matching, people have done stranger things, right), ~9 (after the plates). I will have a 16x7 and 8x7 door. I am planning to use ~12" LVLs to span the larger door, and some 12" dimensional lumber for the small one. Now, at 30 ft, if you are thinking that doesn't leave much extra space, you'd be right! The single block in between (spaced to allow for rough framing) has 2 bolts, and has solid concrete and rebar all the way down, but I am still considering extra bracing for those studs. It's supposed to have a rear entrance door.

This project is going to balance my lack of experience, my cheapness, and hopefully getting it right. I am actually planning to do the slab myself (I'll rent a power screed and trowel), but I am hoping I can spare some money and find someone to do the trusses and sheeting. I am - err, big and NOT nimble, and I hate being up high - right it's not THAT high, but if I can find someone else to do it on the cheap - that's the thing I want to do the least. I'll still happily shingle it though (I do have a roofing nailer)..

I think that covers the "outline of the plan".

 

[Riley]

If 11 acres equals tractor, or compact tractor, might double check the roll over protection height, 7 ft might be close...

Since it's not my money, might consider a door at the back for access as well. That way if you are using the single stall for half depth storage, you don't have to shuttle things around to get something out of the back half.

Looks great! Looking forward to updates as it comes togeather.

 

[bumonbox]

If 11 acres equals tractor, or compact tractor, might double check the roll over protection height, 7 ft might be close...

Since it's not my money, might consider a door at the back for access as well. That way if you are using the single stall for half depth storage, you don't have to shuttle things around to get something out of the back half.

Looks great! Looking forward to updates as it comes togeather.

I've only seeded about 2 acres of it for yard. So right now I have a meager riding mower. The remaining acreage is either farmed, water, or forest, so that helps. I would like to seed more, but I decided that doing so will be contingent on acompact tractor or something more durable, and a home for it (That aforementioned detached garage - I am thinking 12 ft tall with much larger doors. And I should have money for just such a thing in a couple years. Gotta get through some hefty medical bills :-(, and vehicle replacements first. By the way, I have to say I hate working under a car parked on gravel, jacks don't work as well, hard to slide around, easy to lose things, and if the weather doesn't cooperate, it just gets worse, the list goes on and on. Having a garage will save me a lot of grief there.

I hadn't thought about a door in the back, I have an entry door planned for back there at least, but that only works for hand held items. Worth pondering.

I'll call this my most important garage project, as it is my first, but I have no intention of it being my last. I look forward to any future input in helping me get this right.