my 18x22 detached garage build

[Gabriel Howard]

My new house is 100 yrs old, had a fire in 2007. it was gutted and remodeled in 2008 and we moved in this last January. Unfortunately it had no garage and the driveway was toast after all the fire trucks and construction vehicles.

So started this week on the garage, first thing was to clear 3 red cedar trees and one pecan tree to make room for the garage slab & new driveway.

The concrete contractor is supposed to start on the drive and slab this weekend, which includes the demo of the existing driveway. After they are gone I am planning on building the actual structure myself.

 

[Big N8]

Looks like a nice little project you have going on here. Good looking lot to put it on too.

 

[arizonaadam]

Looking forward to your progress.

 

[Bib Overalls]

Keep the pictures coming.

 

[aqr81]

Sounds like a great project, keep up updated.

 

[Gabriel Howard]

few pics from work done today, you can see how narrow and busted up the old drive is

 

[Gabriel Howard]

few more from today

 

[Gabriel Howard]

so they dug the footings, set forms for the slab and got all rebar ready. i call for the inspection monday then we place concrete tuesday if all goes well

 

[Gabriel Howard]

had the slab poured

 

[Gabriel Howard]

few days later had a portion of the new drive poured

 

[RbrtAWhyt]

Thats looking awesome!

 

[aqr81]

It looks great Gabriel. Man you really got me by posting those last pictures today...I'm sitting here reading that and look up in the left corner and it says today. So of course I immediately thought how in the #&*) did he get people to work today!?! About 2 seconds later I returned to my sane state once again.

 

[jwillis]

It really looks great! Keep us posted. Good luck.

 

[Gabriel Howard]

part of this project includes the driveway to the street and also moving the exisiting sidewalk from a north-south path to a east-west path...to connect the entry with the driveway

 

[FastrnU]

keep the pics coming man, looks like fun!

 

[Gabriel Howard]

so we found a few soft spots in the excavation of the existing drive. went to plan B which included placing a 4oz nonwoven geotextile fabric and then crushed aggregate instead of sand for the base(for the whole driveway) and finally the contractor is using a rebar mat(just in the soft location). all i am being hit on is for the cost of the rebar, which is $50.

 

[Gabriel Howard]

here is a few after the concrete contractor was done

 

[Gabriel Howard]

few more.....now i need to start figuring lumber. i think im going with a truss, found a local company who quoted under $700 delivered

 

[sammm]

Looks great and love the wrap-around porch on the house!

 

[Gabriel Howard]

so started framing the garage today, 4 walls & the 18 foot header, not bad progress for 6 hours work

 

[Gabriel Howard]

more

 

[Gabriel Howard]

and more

 

[Mollard]

Any updates on this one?

 

[Gabriel Howard]

Just updated with some pics from last weekend

 

[Big N8]

Great progress.

Should be a nice garage when it is all done.

Is that a Boxer puppy I see?

 

[Gabriel Howard]

It's a beagle/Boston terrier mix, you can have him if you want

 

[Gabriel Howard]

started out being a "work on my garage" weekend....but that quickly turned into my girlfriends veggie garden project.....fencing, rototilling, planting...etc....so the good thing is that the garden is done. bad thing is i only got some wall bracing moved to the inside so i could sheath it...then 5 pieces of sheathing put on.

some new pics....

 

[Gabriel Howard]

few more of the sheathing

 

[Gabriel Howard]

wall sheathing complete

 

[Gabriel Howard]

got the truss up today

 

[JB22]

coming along nicely.

 

[Lugnut64052]

I have a similar sized back yard and have been planning to build a similar sized garage. Glad I found this thread. Keep up the good work.....will be looking forward to subsequent posts as you move along.

 

[Gabriel Howard]

finished the decking & got the roof done this weekend. even had some extra time to work a little on my deck. these 100+ degree weather is killer

 

[Gabriel Howard]

so fell off a ladder and hurt my shoulder, couldnt lift my arm at all, then has two brushes with heat stroke, so had to put a hold on construction for the heat to pass. just got out a few weekends ago to finish up some sheathing and get some felt underlayment for my siding

 

[rktolds]

Nice build. I have an idea of where your house is and I really like the neighborhood. Hope your shoulder is better. Nice Chevy also.

Matt

 

[Gabriel Howard]

siding in progress

 

[Gabriel Howard]

more siding in progress

 

[Gabriel Howard]

still more

 

[Gabriel Howard]

and last one for now

 

[Gabriel Howard]

siding complete