Take-down/salvage freestanding garage & re-assemble?

[paredown]

I did a search, but did not find too much information.

Has anyone tried deconstructing a free-standing garage and re-erecting it on a new slab?

If so, I'd love to hear about procedure and results.

I'm working with a GC selling the contents of a house that will be torn down, and started musing about the possibility.

Garage is conventional framing (house was built in 1920) peaked roof, double 8' doors with gable end window.

I'll try for some pictures tomorrow, and some accurate measurements.

 

[Doug B]

If it applies in your area,make sure the old construction will pass current building code.

 

[cyamaha2007]

Yep been there wrote that book. In my case it was a slab house i wanted to use for a farm outbuilding. It was roughly 36x60. I ripped the shingles off. The sheeting was old style oak 1x10s and i hit them out from the attic. I worked from the roof down, I took out 1 rafter at a time and so on. I had to cut the nails at the wall to rafter joint. The end walls were easy i pulled the corner trim and used a sawsall to cut the end wall free from the side wall. Then i was left with sidewalls, i held pressure up on the wall with the forklift as i cut the anchors free. Re assemble it in reverse order. The house had 8ft ceilings. So i put it on cinderblock stem walls that were 4ft tall. It worked out great but was a ton of work. Material cost were low, 4k for concrete 1k misc and electrical $1500 for metal roofing material. It looks like it should be there and has lots of windows and walk doors. I wouldnt do it again due to the time it took.

 

[kbs2244]

Cyamaha has the idea.
Rarely can you salvage the roof assembly.
Take it apart for the pieces.
Then some stakes and 2x4 braces to the top plate and then cut the nails in the corners of the walls,
Then you can lay them down.
Don’t be afraid top poke some holes in the walls for ropes to keep things steady.

3 or 4 guys makes it a easier job.
But anybody that has built a wall flat and lifted it up into position will know what to do.
It is the same thing but reversed.

If it has 8 foot walls you can just lay it flat on a low bed.
Otherwise you will have to build some triangular supports to lift the top plate so you are carrying it at an angle and making it narrower.

 

[paredown]

Thanks for the suggestions, guys, but I think it is a non-starter.

The house was built in 1920, & I'm guessing the garage was original to the house.

What it is, is a floor and half (full mezzanine above, with dormers--one on each face)--built balloon frame style--so the studs on the side walls are full height to the rafter boards. Shiplap instead of plywood, and full wood siding over that. So the roof structure is complicated, as are the internals. One cool thing, though--they actually built a chimney in the corner with provision for you to connect a pot-bellied stove!

If it were close, conceivably you could get it down in large pieces and reassemble, but it is not close to where we live, and transportation would involve a major arterial and bridge, & I'm sure that wide load permission would be difficult...

I'll maybe see if I can rustle up a pro to have a look while I'm working on other things--but I think I'll look for something a little closer and a little easier.

Dean