New Poster... New Construction

[SouthernBoy]

I've been lurking here for months, soaking up ideas and tips for my new garage. I already have an oversized, attached two-car garage, but I wanted another "bay" for a project car.

There were several challenges. A drainage easement had me hemmed in on one side, and my yard slopes pretty steeply back from the house and driveway. Taking all this into consideration, I opted for a stick-built 18'x24' structure on a concrete pad (poured on a back-filled foundation.)

Enough background... on to the pics.

Here is the yard "pre-construction." Kind of hard to tell, but the slope from the driveway to the back of the building will be a little over 5'.

Another view:

Footings are dug and poured:

Backfilling after block walls built:

The pad is poured!

Framing begins:

Part of my "elite" framing crew (I'm the bald guy in green):

Trusses going up:

We're actually down to finishing the electrical and putting on siding this weekend (we started four weeks ago), but that's all the time I have tonight to post pics.

I'll update soon. Thanks to all for their "anonymous" help and input. I am very pleased with how things are going.

 

[SouthernBoy]

More progress pics...

"She Who Must Be Obeyed" is still drooling over gardening catalogs, so I have some time to post a bit more.

The only things I've sub-contracted out was the block work and concrete (I don't have the expertise or equipment), and the roof sheating and shingles ("She" was worried about me dying, plus heavy rain was in the forecast and I was running out of time). At any rate, the slowdown in construction worked in my favor; I was very happy with the prices for both jobs.

Back to the progress pics.

Wall sheathing goes up and gable framing is done:

Housewrap goes on and windows installed:

The Boss:

I elected to build my own carriage-style doors. I didn't want the overhead obstructed with garage doors (a lift is on my wishlist), and I never liked the looks of roll-up doors. It took a ton of work, but the end results are great. They are framed out of 2x4's with laminated OSB for center cross supports, heavy-duty angle iron in the corners, insulated with R-13 bats, and the hinges are bolted through the laminated supports and through a triple stud on the building frame. They'll get trimmed out nicely once I finish the siding.

I'll get some interior pics up soon. Electrical is roughed in, I'll be install an in-wall compressed air distribution system this weekend, and hopefully get most, if not all the siding up (we're using vinyl).

Again, thanks for the help!

 

[UN4GTBL]

Can't wait to see it all done

 

[rinny_tin_tin]

Re: More progress pics...

"She Who Must Be Obeyed" is still drooling over gardening catalogs, so I have some time to post a bit more.

The only things I've sub-contracted out was the block work and concrete (I don't have the expertise or equipment), and the roof sheating and shingles ("She" was worried about me dying, plus heavy rain was in the forecast and I was running out of time). At any rate, the slowdown in construction worked in my favor; I was very happy with the prices for both jobs.

Back to the progress pics.

Wall sheathing goes up and gable framing is done:

Housewrap goes on and windows installed:

The Boss:

I elected to build my own carriage-style doors. I didn't want the overhead obstructed with garage doors (a lift is on my wishlist), and I never liked the looks of roll-up doors. It took a ton of work, but the end results are great. They are framed out of 2x4's with laminated OSB for center cross supports, heavy-duty angle iron in the corners, insulated with R-13 bats, and the hinges are bolted through the laminated supports and through a triple stud on the building frame. They'll get trimmed out nicely once I finish the siding.

I'll get some interior pics up soon. Electrical is roughed in, I'll be install an in-wall compressed air distribution system this weekend, and hopefully get most, if not all the siding up (we're using vinyl).

Again, thanks for the help!

Good work - !

 

[autoist]

Tell us more about how you built those doors, please.

 

[e-tek]

Re: More progress pics...

Good work - !

WHY DO PEOPLE QUOTE/COPY 5 PHOTO's JUST TO SAY "GOOD WORK"

Anyways, Good work!

 

[SouthernBoy]

Tell us more about how you built those doors, please.

I'll try to scan my sketches this weekend and post them. It'll make it easier to describe.

Thansk for the comments. I'll update soon.

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Nice Garage!

Are you going to use the loft area for storage at all?

 

[SouthernBoy]

Nice Garage!

Are you going to use the loft area for storage at all?

Yeah... I had the trusses designed with an attic box in the middle. It's 8' wide and about 4 1/2' tall. I put an aluminum drop down stair set just inside the big doors for access.

 

[Kevin54]

The garage looks great but one question...well maybe two....why did you pour the slab over the foundation, then build on top of the slab. By doing that, it lets any water run directly against any walls or bottom plate. Just curious

 

[SouthernBoy]

The garage looks great but one question...well maybe two....why did you pour the slab over the foundation, then build on top of the slab. By doing that, it lets any water run directly against any walls or bottom plate. Just curious

Good question, and we gave it a lot of thought ahead of time. It's hard to tell in the pics, but the slab is elevated almost 12 inches above grade where it meets the driveway. We elevated it due to the fact that everything in my yard slopes front-to-back, so the driveway drains towards the new garage.

We put a tapered swale in front of the new pad to drain to one side, and then put a catch basin with drainage to catch the water there. Once all this was done and there was zero chance of water approaching the sill anywhere, I decided to go ahead and pour the slab over the foundation. That way I didn't have to worry about the wall transitions from block-to-framing or block-to-brick-to-framing.

Hope this makes sense.

 

[Old61]

Looks nice! Good choice on the doors too.

 

[ScottC]

Project looks great - where are you located in SC??

 

[SouthernBoy]

Project looks great - where are you located in SC??

I'm in the Columbia area, out near Irmo.