Help Needed Planning 27x32 Detached Garage

[walker450]

Hello everyone!

I want to build a 2 car detached garage. I have a nice nearly level spot picked out for it already.

I want it to match my house, so it needs to be brick exterior with regular shingles. It also needs to have eaves/overhangs that match the house. I think a traditional wooden stud wall with wooden pre-made trusses will be the best route, please advise on this.

I live in central Oklahoma and the soil here is thick red clay. I has been suggested to me by multiple concrete contractors that a monolithic pour is best in this area. I am fine with this.

I plan on doing all of the work myself (with the help of experienced friends of course) except laying the brick. I have access to all of the required equipment/tools needed.

Now, the main point:

I'm not sure how to get started as far as planning. Should I attempt to draw up my own, or hire a contractor/architect to draw up plans?

Also, I picked the odd size of 27x32 (outside dimensions of brick) so it will match the house. The north wall of my house is 27 wide and I would like it to match that, plus that would give plenty of room inside to pull a regular truck into. 32 wide will give plenty of room for two cars side by side plus a workbench/etc. on one side. I do want to do 9' walls to allow a little more room inside than my current 2 car attached garage, which has 8' walls.

All ideas/suggestions are welcome! Thanks!

 

[walker450]

 

[kbs2244]

Do you need drawings for a permit?
I have seen this type building done with just a lot of experience to draw on.
You can build the walls with what you can learn from a construction book from one of the big box stores.

I would suggest you plan on factory built roof trusses.
Check their sizes not only for wall to wall span, but for the soffit / eve over hang.

On a one man project I would build walls that long as panels equal to 1/3 the total length.
You build a panel, lift it into place and brace it.
Then build the next.
The tilt up and bracing is a 2 man job.
The extra stud needed to do it this way is cheap compared to the effort to tilt up a one piece wall that long.

After you have the walls up have the trusses delivered to the top of the walls.
It will be a 2 man job to tilt them up and nail them in place.

 

[walker450]

Thanks for the advise!

I live outside of city limits so there is no permit needed, to my knowledge. I will research it a little more before moving on. I just want detailed plans so I know how much material to order and how to cut everything correctly the first time.

I will check available sizes on trusses. I just need them to match my house so I assume that some one in the area would be able to make them since my house was built in 2003.

Thanks for the idea on sectioning the walls. I didn't even think about that.... This would work well because I could actually do most of the cutting/fastening in my existing garage. Once I have all of the walls built and the trusses on site, I could just assemble everything and have it done rather quickly.