*My Garage Build Pics*

[Sweet'83]

Well as some of you may have already known, Im knee deep in the middle of a garage build and am really excited to get it finished. It took a while to get things going but once they did its went quite fast. As of right now it has the roof completely finished and is tied into the house. I havn't taken any pics of it with the roof on it yet because we just finished it in the dark last night and I dont get home from work until after dark. I will update with new pics as often as I can.

The garage has a 6 foot deep by 8 inch wide frost wall foundation, six feet is a bit of overkill I know, but I had to make it six feet at the rear because of the elevation change on my lot from front to back so I figured I might as well make it that height the whole way around. The overall dimensions of the garage are 32' deep by 48' wide, and will feature 3 bays (Doors are 9'x8') with a 12' ceiling for the back 20', the front wall is a little shorter so the cieling drops 2' in the front 12'. (You will be able to see what Im talking about in the pics).

The area you see open closest to the house will be a "Mud room" and it will take 10' out of the front of the garage (had to give the wife a little...lol), and will be 12' deep and sunk in to the front wall 1.5' just to break up the long front wall and give it a bit more character. The furthest bay from the house will feature a 2 post hoist.

The floor won't be done until things warm up in the spring, I don't want to risk it freezing before it cures properly. I could try and heat it after its poured, but I'll just be patient until spring. Speaking of the froor, it will feature radiant in-floor heat with glycol being pumped through a series of zones on a closed loop system. I havn't picked my heat source yet but I do have almost a year to make up my mind. I may even go with a ground source heat pump for my whole house and garage?

On with the pics you say???

I was in such a hurry I only really got a couple of pics of the foundation before it was backfilled.


Please excuse my messed up yard while things are under construction, these are a few of the beginning stages of the frame up.









Here are th custom build Truss's


Look at the weather I've had to deal with..







More pics to follow soon....

[80Notch]

holy crap! thats gonna be like the ultimate man cave! lol

[ttopmustangs]

thats awsome man . what size is that

[Boomer85gt]

That's looks like an awsome project...SWEET!!!

[dburdyshaw]

holy crap! thats gonna be like the ultimate man cave! lol

Yep ---- he pretty much said it!

[85capri]

One word.......jealous

[Pureadrenalin]

Is it a garage or whse.?lol looking good How many cars are you thinking?

[Capriman86]

Awesome! Very jealous!!!

No Twin Post lift going in????????????

[Sweet'83]

Awesome! Very jealous!!!

No Twin Post lift going in????????????

Here is the hoist Im going to buy Jeff

http://www.carlift.ca/carlift_twopos...m.php#delivery

[arj]

That weather must be hard to work in, but at least you aren't getting sunburned.

[aidanfancystang]

thats going to be garagmahall.

[capri debris]

When the garge is bigger than the house it kinda puts you in the moron catagory.
j/k.

[Sweet'83]

When the garge is bigger than the house it kinda puts you in the moron catagory.
j/k.

When you are an asshat and spell garage wrong and fail at being funny it puts you in the moron category...but if I put a j/k after that will make it alright...

Just to clear things up for you my house still has more square footage than my garage. The house has 1656 sq/ft and if you include the finished part of the downstairs its 2840 sq/ft. The garage has 1536 sq/ft.

[Hissing Cobra]

Looking good Jared! I'm envious! Are you going to sheetrock the inside walls? If so, you'll have the ultimate canvas to put up posters, signs, etc...etc...etc.... Sweet!

[Capriman86]

Here is the hoist Im going to buy Jeff

http://www.carlift.ca/carlift_twopos...m.php#delivery

Your lucky....I was going to yell at you

Freakin super sweet Jared!!!

[eeprete]

Wow!!! That is insane! (in a good way)

serious question though, how does something like this affect your property taxes up there? Down here on LI, they'd slaughter us after an addition like that is put on a house.

My father, when he redid his garage 10 yrs ago, built it to the max % allowed on the sq footage of the property and the maximum height, and even then he still had to jump through hoops to make it happen.

[escogt]

That's coming out really nice. Where do you keep the 'Stangs now?

[capri debris]

When you are an asshat and spell garage wrong and fail at being funny it puts you in the moron category...but if I put a j/k after that will make it alright...

Just to clear things up for you my house still has more square footage than my garage. The house has 1656 sq/ft and if you include the finished part of the downstairs its 2840 sq/ft. The garage has 1536 sq/ft.

Ya know what, you caught me on the wrong day and in the wrong mood, so here goes.

Kiss my ass. I was only joking and your are jerk. So now, not joking, you are fool for building a "garge" dimensionally bigger than your house. Who gives a crap "aboot" (since you're from Cana-DUH) square footage, from the street it still looks like a man with his priorities out of whack lives at your address.

Oh, and it looks like you picked the best time of year to build it too.

Others here will back me when I say I don't attack members and only post tongue and cheek comments to be silly.

Sorry your feelings are more easily hurt than a 4 yr old girl, but you really need to get some thicker skin and learn how to take a little ribbing from a member like me who is known around here as being a harmless goof.

[aidanfancystang]

now now kids its all in good fun.

and lay off the canadians eh!

[roush235]

That's a serious garage. I love it.

[sirhc2004_192]

When the garge is bigger than the house it kinda puts you in the moron catagory.
j/k.

nope puts him in the genius catergory.......just put in a restroom and a couch and you're set

[Sweet'83]

Ya know what, you caught me on the wrong day and in the wrong mood, so here goes.

Kiss my ass. I was only joking and your are jerk. So now, not joking, you are fool for building a "garge" dimensionally bigger than your house. Who gives a crap "aboot" (since you're from Cana-DUH) square footage, from the street it still looks like a man with his priorities out of whack lives at your address.

Oh, and it looks like you picked the best time of year to build it too.

Others here will back me when I say I don't attack members and only post tongue and cheek comments to be silly.

Sorry your feelings are more easily hurt than a 4 yr old girl, but you really need to get some thicker skin and learn how to take a little ribbing from a member like me who is known around here as being a harmless goof.

Seriously Dude....This site is better than this^

[liv2roc]

I think it sux please stop posting pictures of thing like that, you just making me want to build one and I have no money so just stop posting pictures.
sorry im so jealous but what can I say.

[86capriASC]

That is awesome! With a garage that size I wouldn't even need a house.

Well the wife and kids might but I would be perfectly happy.

[horsepowerjunkie]

What size is the actual structure(ft. X ft.)?