Mustangmike66
Well-known member
Hey Guys,
As you can see I'm new here. I came here to get some ideas as I am building my very first garage. It is 30' deep and 40' long with a 12' ceiling. Kinda funny, so many people in Alaska wish they had a garage where we get over 7 months of snow and most the folks in warmer climates have garages that are full of everything except what a garage is intended for. In my case, my garage will go to good use. I'm a car guy and have been working and rebuilding cars in my dirt driveway and borrowed shops. I re did all the frame rails, torque boxes and body panels on my 68 mustang in my driveway. Man what I would have done for a nice garage! Well, I finally buckled down and decided after living here in Alaska for almost 23 years, it is time.
I started with a budget of roughly 27K. After almost 3 months and all of my money I am about 60%+ done. Tomorrow I can call her 70% because it will be wired. A few good buddies have been helping me and will also be here tomorrow to help drill holes and pull wire. After that I will hang my overhead doors, which I already have. Then insulation and vapor barrier. I can then put the heat to her before snow flies. I will probably sheetrock through the winter. The only thing I hired out is the footing and stem walls. That was a big hit at a little more than 1/3rd of my budget. All the rest was good friends helping and the costs below. I am a very lucky guy.
My expenses so far have been:
Excavation, footings and stem walls-$10,500
Dirt that I had to buy- $1,300
Lumber package including trusses- $11,500
Extra trips to Lowes and Home Depot- approx $700
Paint-$450
Electrical- $1000
Wife- the rest.
Here are some pics. If you want to see more, look at my photobucket page.
http://s322.photobucket.com/albums/nn405/valleyfirearms/
The Day the excavator showed up. I jumped in it and pulled some sona tubes I had put into the ground several years ago. I was going to build a big car port but never did.
First day.
Second day.
It don't look like it, but we went 5' to be below the frost line.
This picture will give you a good idea of how deep we went. The can-outs are for my drain line.
More to come.
As you can see I'm new here. I came here to get some ideas as I am building my very first garage. It is 30' deep and 40' long with a 12' ceiling. Kinda funny, so many people in Alaska wish they had a garage where we get over 7 months of snow and most the folks in warmer climates have garages that are full of everything except what a garage is intended for. In my case, my garage will go to good use. I'm a car guy and have been working and rebuilding cars in my dirt driveway and borrowed shops. I re did all the frame rails, torque boxes and body panels on my 68 mustang in my driveway. Man what I would have done for a nice garage! Well, I finally buckled down and decided after living here in Alaska for almost 23 years, it is time.
I started with a budget of roughly 27K. After almost 3 months and all of my money I am about 60%+ done. Tomorrow I can call her 70% because it will be wired. A few good buddies have been helping me and will also be here tomorrow to help drill holes and pull wire. After that I will hang my overhead doors, which I already have. Then insulation and vapor barrier. I can then put the heat to her before snow flies. I will probably sheetrock through the winter. The only thing I hired out is the footing and stem walls. That was a big hit at a little more than 1/3rd of my budget. All the rest was good friends helping and the costs below. I am a very lucky guy.
My expenses so far have been:
Excavation, footings and stem walls-$10,500
Dirt that I had to buy- $1,300
Lumber package including trusses- $11,500
Extra trips to Lowes and Home Depot- approx $700
Paint-$450
Electrical- $1000
Wife- the rest.
Here are some pics. If you want to see more, look at my photobucket page.
http://s322.photobucket.com/albums/nn405/valleyfirearms/
The Day the excavator showed up. I jumped in it and pulled some sona tubes I had put into the ground several years ago. I was going to build a big car port but never did.
First day.
Second day.
It don't look like it, but we went 5' to be below the frost line.
This picture will give you a good idea of how deep we went. The can-outs are for my drain line.
More to come.
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We got a little carried away when we nailed the window headers. We figured it didn't matter since it's not a bearing wall and theoretically, there is a header there for the door, it just a little high.
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