We need a garage thread around here ! Somewhere to post your build or show us what came with the house you purchased. Post whatever you want as long as it's garage related ,, hanging out with the lugnuts or working on a ride . If your building post your Floor Plans , budget , labour costs, materials. Let's put together a thread to help out the peeps who are wanting to build or want to renovate what they have.
Billy had the idea for the thread so i'm just kicking it off . It may even get Malloy to stop buying bikes for a minute and put up his much needed Mancave
We purchased the house in Aug of 04 . The house didn't have a garage but had plenty of room for it so my search for floor plans started back then. I looked at tons of plans but ended up taking a set of house plans and converting it into a garage. I wanted a ramp to the adjacient bank so I could store the sleds and quads upstairs in the off season. I wanted no support beams upstairs or downstairs so I didn't lose any space and I wanted high ceilings. This made is tough to find a set of plans lol. Anyway in Sept 06 I hired a friend and his crew to put up the structure complete with siding . I would take of the electrical and ground prep work . I also ended up buying the 26' I beam because he wanted to use wood. Total price for main finished structure was $15000.00 tax in . A very good deal ,, he was a friend and they were short on work before xmas so it was a win win situation. So the plan was set and the garage was going up ...on to the build
oct 06
Breaking ground with a borrowed Mini Ex from my folks company. This saved a few bucks !
2 months go by and no contractor,, the house he was building kept getting bigger lol.
Nov20
12" Slabe on grade with rebar reinforcement. 4" Abs floor drain to open ditch ( price included)
Walls going up on block knee wall. Great option over a poured footing. No rotton walls down the road and a big savings . I love being able to hose out the garage and not have to worry about water creeping up the walls. 3/4" D-grade used for outside walls and interior walls and ceilings. 3/4" T and G for upstairs floor.
Supra waits
Next was the 12"x26' Steel I beam. Cost $750.00 Boom truck rental,,$50.00 The I beam sits on a 6" I beam across the door supported by 2 more 6" I beams on each side of the door.
Upstairs framed up , siding on , no windows yet and SNOW falling Ceilings are 9'5" on both levels.
Dec 22 2006 Garage 90% complete.
Dec 30 06 Moving some things in , building a bench and wiring up outlets and lighting. $ 450.00 for outlets, 4' lighting, 14/2 wire, marrets, and 2 5K watt electric heaters.
Note.. make sure you add a couple extra outlets around the bench and an extra light just over the bench.
Upstairs
5' custom roll up door for the sleds and quads. 17x 24' room for storage. 9x 24' room for a game of poker or shooting shit and havin a beer . It's now been semi taken over by my 10yr old as a game room .
old pics juring construction,,,, upstairs roll up also uses the low rise setup ,not in pic.
Here is the low mounting setup on the 84"x120" door downstairs. I had to use this setup because of the 12" I beam hanging to low for a conventional mount. This pic also shows one of my fav tools in the garage. A Warn 1K lb 24v winch mounted to a beam trolley on the I beam . I use this a lot !! Move engines , sleds , 1/4's of moose ,, you name it ,, hook lift and roll lol
cost . Works great for sled recovery in the deep snow too ( cost : door included ,, winch $340.00 )
Soo that's about it I guess . Total cost was $16,250.00 give or take a few bucks for shelving etc ( Walmart $24/ section btw )
I've spent countless hours in this garage since Xmas 06 . Having the space to deal with 2 or 3 jobs at once and still having a room to sit back and relax is awesome. Being able to work on the cars all winter is ,,,priceless
What would I do different :
1. Floor should have been covered with something. Now I get concrete dust and I have oil on the floor so nothing will stick to it
2. SHould have installed more lighting on the walls downstairs. You can never have too much light ,especially if you do any painting. It didnt' help that the walls were left natural so not much light reflecting. ( I will add a few more at some point)
3. shoudl have installed an oil /water seperator for the floor drain. At some point I may have to put one in the ground.
4, I should have buried a cat 6 cable and sat cable in with the power wire from the house. Now I have to dig another 60ft ditch before we pave the driveway.
So post your garage and any tips on construction, questions or advise you can give. A good laugh garage pic is always welcome :thumbsup:
Billy had the idea for the thread so i'm just kicking it off . It may even get Malloy to stop buying bikes for a minute and put up his much needed Mancave
We purchased the house in Aug of 04 . The house didn't have a garage but had plenty of room for it so my search for floor plans started back then. I looked at tons of plans but ended up taking a set of house plans and converting it into a garage. I wanted a ramp to the adjacient bank so I could store the sleds and quads upstairs in the off season. I wanted no support beams upstairs or downstairs so I didn't lose any space and I wanted high ceilings. This made is tough to find a set of plans lol. Anyway in Sept 06 I hired a friend and his crew to put up the structure complete with siding . I would take of the electrical and ground prep work . I also ended up buying the 26' I beam because he wanted to use wood. Total price for main finished structure was $15000.00 tax in . A very good deal ,, he was a friend and they were short on work before xmas so it was a win win situation. So the plan was set and the garage was going up ...on to the build
oct 06
Breaking ground with a borrowed Mini Ex from my folks company. This saved a few bucks !
2 months go by and no contractor,, the house he was building kept getting bigger lol.
Nov20
12" Slabe on grade with rebar reinforcement. 4" Abs floor drain to open ditch ( price included)
Walls going up on block knee wall. Great option over a poured footing. No rotton walls down the road and a big savings . I love being able to hose out the garage and not have to worry about water creeping up the walls. 3/4" D-grade used for outside walls and interior walls and ceilings. 3/4" T and G for upstairs floor.
Supra waits
Next was the 12"x26' Steel I beam. Cost $750.00 Boom truck rental,,$50.00 The I beam sits on a 6" I beam across the door supported by 2 more 6" I beams on each side of the door.
Upstairs framed up , siding on , no windows yet and SNOW falling Ceilings are 9'5" on both levels.
Dec 22 2006 Garage 90% complete.
Dec 30 06 Moving some things in , building a bench and wiring up outlets and lighting. $ 450.00 for outlets, 4' lighting, 14/2 wire, marrets, and 2 5K watt electric heaters.
Note.. make sure you add a couple extra outlets around the bench and an extra light just over the bench.
Upstairs
5' custom roll up door for the sleds and quads. 17x 24' room for storage. 9x 24' room for a game of poker or shooting shit and havin a beer . It's now been semi taken over by my 10yr old as a game room .
old pics juring construction,,,, upstairs roll up also uses the low rise setup ,not in pic.
Here is the low mounting setup on the 84"x120" door downstairs. I had to use this setup because of the 12" I beam hanging to low for a conventional mount. This pic also shows one of my fav tools in the garage. A Warn 1K lb 24v winch mounted to a beam trolley on the I beam . I use this a lot !! Move engines , sleds , 1/4's of moose ,, you name it ,, hook lift and roll lol
cost . Works great for sled recovery in the deep snow too ( cost : door included ,, winch $340.00 )
Soo that's about it I guess . Total cost was $16,250.00 give or take a few bucks for shelving etc ( Walmart $24/ section btw )
I've spent countless hours in this garage since Xmas 06 . Having the space to deal with 2 or 3 jobs at once and still having a room to sit back and relax is awesome. Being able to work on the cars all winter is ,,,priceless
What would I do different :
1. Floor should have been covered with something. Now I get concrete dust and I have oil on the floor so nothing will stick to it
2. SHould have installed more lighting on the walls downstairs. You can never have too much light ,especially if you do any painting. It didnt' help that the walls were left natural so not much light reflecting. ( I will add a few more at some point)
3. shoudl have installed an oil /water seperator for the floor drain. At some point I may have to put one in the ground.
4, I should have buried a cat 6 cable and sat cable in with the power wire from the house. Now I have to dig another 60ft ditch before we pave the driveway.
So post your garage and any tips on construction, questions or advise you can give. A good laugh garage pic is always welcome :thumbsup: