Lengthening a 2 car attached garage

[ZRX61]

Is there a chance the existing doors share one header that spans both openings? That would sure simplify things.
& even if it doesn't have that, it wouldn't be too hard to make it so.

 

[thejudges69]

After seeing your inside pics of your garage, this would look and be the best option. Run the whole addition to the window and put a man door there as well. Peel the sheet rock off the inside wall to see how the framing is done and go from there. You have plenty of head room to put in a new header and open the 2 door ways up and not have a post at all.

As for the slab, I would just pour a mono slab and not do footers.

There is no way that this addition would cost $20k if you're doing it yourself and this would be easy.

Just do it!

My concern with a monoslab is moisture under the stud walls. I can pull the sheetrock off over one door with ease to see what is under it. I haven't had anyone look at it yet, but I thought I could do it myself and save a lot. And yes, the damn man door, who builds a house and doesn't put in a man door lol.

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[thejudges69]

Is there a chance the existing doors share one header that spans both openings? That would sure simplify things.
& even if it doesn't have that, it wouldn't be too hard to make it so.

According to the blueprints for the original house. Yes one pre-manufactured header. The thing I don't know is if it's real low or higher up. When I'm in the attic I can only see the truss. Not the header.

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