New Garage

[01G8R]

I found this site a few weeks ago from another message board. Lots of great info here. I thought I would share the garage I am currently building. It is 40'x80' with 14' eaves and a 3:12 pitch roof. This will be a dual purpose garage. 20'x40' will be converted to office space sometime in the next 6 months. I am a General Contractor and have outgrown my current space. The rest of the garage will be my home auto shop. I know there are a lot of questions about floor coatings. I used Sherwin Williams Tile Clad (High Solids 2 Part Epoxy). This is what we use on all of the houses we build (garage and lanai). It seems to hold up really well and is relatively inexpensive. I have some sitework to complete and the electical is going in this week. I will take some pics of the inside if anyone wants to see the epoxy more clearly. Hope you enjoy the pics.

 

[Luckydevil]

Damn, that thing is a beast!

 

[k5ryannc]

i agree that is a beast
makes me want to addon but the house comes first now that i have a shop.....
enjoy

 

[Wile1Coyote]

Looks great and yes some interior shots would be nice to see. Welcome!

 

[byrdman]

That's a mansion! I'm wondering, how do you insulate something like that? I'd like to see shots of the electrical too.

 

[OldCarGuy]

Does that old adage, “You cannot build them too big,” apply here?

 

[01G8R]

Thanks for the comments. Here are a few more pictures. The grading is finished outside and sod went down today. I am getting some limerock delivered tomorrow and will get it spread soon. I will be putting asphalt down shortly. I took a couple pics inside so you can see the epoxy and some of the electric. I only put electric in thta was required by code so I can get a certificate of occupancy for the garage. When I have the CO I will finish the electric. I have a bunch of 4' T8 Flourescent fixtures that I will be using for lighting. I installed floor boxes for electirc and my lift. I should have the Bend Pak lift next week. For right now I have not done any insulation. I live in South FL so I am not worried about the cold, but I plan to do spray in Icynene insulation before next summer. Icynene is a product that we use in a lot of high end homes. It is similar to the "Great Stuff" expanding foam. It is sprayed directly on the metal. If you have any other questions let me know.

 

[01G8R]

 

[homer]

how much does something like that cost?

 

[01G8R]

I am a General Contractor so I had my subcontractors do all of the prep, forming and finishing of the concrete. I also had the garage door company that I use do the doors. Everything we use down here has to be engineered to meet the 130mph wind code. I also poured the slab 7 to 8 inches thick instead of the engineered 5 inches. That was approximately 15 to 20 cubic yards of extra concrete. Concrete runs ~$100 per cubic yard down here. I also had new electric service run to the garage. It has it's own 300A service. Here is a rough breakdown.

Concrete (Labor and Materials): $13,000
Building and Erection: $35,000
Wind Rated Roll Up Doors W/ Electric Opener on the 16'x12' Door: $5,000
2 Coats of Sherwin Williams Tile Clad Epoxy: $1,500
Fill Dirt: $5,800 (Fill Prices are out of control here $240 per load ~17 cubic yards)
Permitting, Grading, Sod, Limerock, Electric, Misc.: $5,000
Bend Pak Lift: $2,300
New Compressor: $1.300
Total: $68,900

About $20.40 per SF for the structure

I think that is it. It is a bunch of money, but not much at all compared to typical block construction down here. It might be cheaper to stick frame it somewhere else, but I don't know any engineers down here that will rate 2x4 stud walls for the hurricane code.

 

[lip277]

Considering what you have (quality, strength, size, access) - That price really isn't that bad.

Nice job. Now the 'fun' begins.

 

[jimbo]

I notied the empty beer cans. my kind of garage!!

 

[01G8R]

Some updated pics. My brother and I got the lift installed and some of the lights up. we put eleven 2 buld fixtures up with 150w bulbs. This gives plenty of light for working. I am in the process of installing some flourescent lights over the work benches. I stilll have to get the apshalt done outside and get some shelving for all of my junk. Last pic is the money shot of my race car. It is a Dart Block 427ci stroker motor, Eagle rotating assembly, ross pistons, AFR225 heads and a Vortech YS Trim. Hope you enjoy the pics.

 

[swgray]

Fill Dirt: $5,800 (Fill Prices are out of control here $240 per load ~17 cubic yards)

OMG! You pay for fill? I removed over 60 truckloads and didn't collect a dime!

Oh, well. What's done is done.

What's up with the angle cuts in the concrete? A design theme?

 

[01G8R]

We sure do pay for fill and the prices go up every month. Down here we have to make sure the finished floor is above the flood zone. The angle cuts in the floor are there to help prevent cracking or to get the cracks to form in the botom of the saw cut. The angle from the edges of the door is so that we don't have any of the saw cuts going striaght out the door. On a thick slab like this the saw cuts are about 1.5" deep. If they went straight up to the door there is the possibility of getting water under the garage doors and into the cracks.