This is my first post on the forum but I have been lurking around for months. I love all the helpful ideas that can be found! I just bought my first house. I spent a few months looking around for an older house with a large lot and a decent sized garage as the garage is where I will be spending most of my time. I had little luck finding anything with a house that wasn't a total write off. So I ended up buying a new house in an area with a lane for detached garages. I managed to get the corner lot with one of the biggest lots on the block. The house came with a 20X22 parking pad but that wasn't going to be big enough. I could go to 24X24, any larger and I would have needed to do foundation walls which would mean ripping the old pad out.
I building things myself. I have grown up building things out of steel and with motors, haven't done much construction myself. But I love to learn how to do things and am attempting to build the entire garage myself. Also I am quite young and don't have money to hire out right now. So far it is going very good. Lots of youtube, google, and asking around.
I ended up adding 2' to one side and 4' to the other making it 24X24. I got a permit to have 11.5' walls with a 12/4 roof pitch.
I cored into the existing slab every 16" and epoxied rebar in to hold the slabs together. The entire extension is 6" thick.
I formed and poured an 8" wide stub wall for the garage to sit on. I decided since I am on a pie lot that I would put my garage door facing my yard as opposed to the alley. It took me a while to decide if I did want to do this or not. The benefits were I would have a private driveway and more privacy. The downside was the the slope of the floor would be drastically wrong. There is 3" of slope on the current parking pad that would cause huge pooling against the wall. In the end I decided to do it and pour another pad on top essentially. The re-pour wasn't done until the walls were up.
Stalker photo of the wood showing up.
This photo shows the size of the yard and how the side garage door works.
The walls going up!
One of the main reasons for buying the house was the large yard. We had 7 vehicles in the yard later that night, with a decent amount of space left that will be grass and patio. Eventually I will pour a massive concrete or asphalt driveway.
The walls are so tall! Since I couldn't go as large of foot print as I wanted I will make tons of high storage to keep the floor clean. Everything will be on shelves to maximize space.
I ended up putting a 16X10 door in the garage. Hugely overkill I know. Now I will be able to have the sled deck on my diesel and be able to pull in the garage with the sleds on the sled deck. That could come in handy. Or if I decide to swap the lift on my truck for a custom 16" lift with 40" tires I am set!
My truck fits!
Decided to shingle myself. Researched best methods of roofing for weather in Alberta, Canada. I laid the tar paper and snow and ice membranes Friday and finished half the roof. I came out the next morning and the frost made the tar paper swell and ripple. I read that a leaf blower can solve this so I rented one and went to town. Work fairly well and finished the roof Saturday
Both doors are in. The overhead door is an R18 door. I put the liftmaster 3800 jackshaft lift in. That was well worth the money. I will try and find a picture.
Soffit and Fascia going up. Color and brand matched to the house.
3 pot lights on the wall that faces the house.
Laid more rebar for the re-pour. I dowelled this slab into the existing to help eliminate shifting. This slab is going to be so robust I don't think I will have troubles with major cracking or shifting. 16" O.C. rebar spacing.
Another 6.5 cubic meters of concrete coming in.
It took 18 hrs from start to finish due to low temps (around 7 degrees Celsius). Burnt the concrete with the power trowel and sealed.
Starting to move items in.
That is where I am currently at. Alberta is having a horrible spring so I am waiting to side the garage until the weather comes around. Hopefully within the next two weeks.
I building things myself. I have grown up building things out of steel and with motors, haven't done much construction myself. But I love to learn how to do things and am attempting to build the entire garage myself. Also I am quite young and don't have money to hire out right now. So far it is going very good. Lots of youtube, google, and asking around.
I ended up adding 2' to one side and 4' to the other making it 24X24. I got a permit to have 11.5' walls with a 12/4 roof pitch.
I cored into the existing slab every 16" and epoxied rebar in to hold the slabs together. The entire extension is 6" thick.
I formed and poured an 8" wide stub wall for the garage to sit on. I decided since I am on a pie lot that I would put my garage door facing my yard as opposed to the alley. It took me a while to decide if I did want to do this or not. The benefits were I would have a private driveway and more privacy. The downside was the the slope of the floor would be drastically wrong. There is 3" of slope on the current parking pad that would cause huge pooling against the wall. In the end I decided to do it and pour another pad on top essentially. The re-pour wasn't done until the walls were up.
Stalker photo of the wood showing up.
This photo shows the size of the yard and how the side garage door works.
The walls going up!
One of the main reasons for buying the house was the large yard. We had 7 vehicles in the yard later that night, with a decent amount of space left that will be grass and patio. Eventually I will pour a massive concrete or asphalt driveway.
The walls are so tall! Since I couldn't go as large of foot print as I wanted I will make tons of high storage to keep the floor clean. Everything will be on shelves to maximize space.
I ended up putting a 16X10 door in the garage. Hugely overkill I know. Now I will be able to have the sled deck on my diesel and be able to pull in the garage with the sleds on the sled deck. That could come in handy. Or if I decide to swap the lift on my truck for a custom 16" lift with 40" tires I am set!
My truck fits!
Decided to shingle myself. Researched best methods of roofing for weather in Alberta, Canada. I laid the tar paper and snow and ice membranes Friday and finished half the roof. I came out the next morning and the frost made the tar paper swell and ripple. I read that a leaf blower can solve this so I rented one and went to town. Work fairly well and finished the roof Saturday
Both doors are in. The overhead door is an R18 door. I put the liftmaster 3800 jackshaft lift in. That was well worth the money. I will try and find a picture.
Soffit and Fascia going up. Color and brand matched to the house.
3 pot lights on the wall that faces the house.
Laid more rebar for the re-pour. I dowelled this slab into the existing to help eliminate shifting. This slab is going to be so robust I don't think I will have troubles with major cracking or shifting. 16" O.C. rebar spacing.
Another 6.5 cubic meters of concrete coming in.
It took 18 hrs from start to finish due to low temps (around 7 degrees Celsius). Burnt the concrete with the power trowel and sealed.
Starting to move items in.
That is where I am currently at. Alberta is having a horrible spring so I am waiting to side the garage until the weather comes around. Hopefully within the next two weeks.
