My Garage Build Thread

[Cumberland BR]

This will probably be a long, slow thread as the new shop pretty much only gets worked on on the weekends, but I thought I'd get it started. Its about 24x34 give or take and will be two stories, a hideout for the trikes downstairs and a hide out for me upstairs.

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[JohnnyBeGood]

thats pretty sweet wish I had room for something like that. Hell I wish I just had room in the garage period for my toys.

[SeaBass8]

I'd love a shop like that. I bought a house thinking I could build a garage later. That was ten years ago. My next house thats #1 priority.

Keep us updated. Looks great.

[Dirtcrasher]

^ When you get the funds, I help John :D................

[Cumberland BR]

Made a bit of progress over the last couple weeks. Looks like this weekend willl be spent tacking up the plywood. I was down at the UFC in Vegas last weekend and will be working in the woods next weekend, so nothing is happening too fast.

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[Cumberland BR]

A few more weekends of work and the second story is coming together.

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[thestud25]

That is coming along great!

[harryredtrike]

thats coming along great bet you cant wait till its done

[thestud25]

Are you going to run a Biz out of it? The reason I ask is the awning over the bay door.

[Tri-Z 250]

That is GOOD quality work right there...I like the footer/monolithic poor not too many guys spend the time forming that, and throw down 12" haydite block, SOLID! 2x6 walls 2x12 joist...you heating the floor to keep the trikes warm in the winter? Really nice work...from one black-n-blue thumb to anouther.

[3wheelsinPA]

Heck, I'd live on the second floor. Or the first.

[Cumberland BR]

Thanks for the feedback guys. The father-in-law is building it and my dad and I are the hammer swingers. The awning over the garage door is going to be a deck for the upstairs, tied it into the floor joists so it didn't need any additional supports. It doesn't get too cold here in the winter so I'll just be putting in eclectic heating and a woodstove.
We have a pretty small house and are busting at the seams, so I decided to go with a big shop. I’m just trying to get it to lock up right now so I can empty out the downstairs of the house and build a couple bedrooms down there. Not to mention getting the poor trikes and toys out from under tarps.

[Tri-Z 250]

You know the ladies like a guy who can let his big DECK just hangout. Yeah the Rvalue in the 2x6 vs 2x4 walls is worth the extra front loaded cost in the long run. Cheers to the oldman he gets a six-er after this one, CHOICE.

[JayBone]

I'd have the second floor as a cigar bar/ hangout room. Fully stocked fridge of cold ones.


It's looking great! I think your right with the 2x6 for Rvalue. Good call.

[edog]

WOW.....look at the size of his deck!!!!!!



Nice Garage!!!!

[MonroeMike]

Very nice, wish I had a garage like that.

[3wheelmecca]

Hmmm.... this gives me an idea for the Motorcycle shop I will build, Newrider get some wood.

[Cumberland BR]

Last wall is up and the trusses are going in.

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[harryredtrike]

looks like it will be dried in pretty soon.winter is coming,better hurry ha ha ha

[dcreel]

That is definitely amazing work.. Looks great..

[thestud25]

I am jealous to say the least!!!

[Cumberland BR]

The roof has been getting finished up and expecting the shingles to arrive today. I have to work on my window vapour barrier cuts, I'll do it right one time then screw it up totally the next.

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[harryredtrike]

coming along,you better hurry before winter

[250esbigredNY]

it looks great and i really like your building, now it gives me some thoughts about it, looks like it already gave me some tips because i am going to building a new and bigger shed soon... Hope you guys finish it soon...

[skippy]

just one garage door?

[yooperman]

Nice garage I like the deck when can I. Bring my stuff over to store it lol

[portland250r]

not too long from now you will be having trikes upstairs once you have one trike others start showing up out of nowhere.

[Cumberland BR]

No new pictures to share recently, I’ve been away from town on vacation and then working in the woods. The roof is completed and hoping to pour the concrete floor, possibly as soon as Friday. The scary development at the shop happened a couple of Sunday’s ago. The father-in-law was rushing around and needed to grab a step ladder from the top floor. He threw the extension ladder up against the deck and had put it down on a piece of wet plywood lying on the ground. He got to the top of the ladder before the plywood kicked out and sent him earthward. He tried to grab the deck, flipped around and came crashing down on a pile of drain rock. It took 17 staples to close the gash in his head and he got an infection from a cut on his elbow. Damn lucky he didn’t break something or kill himself, my trailer is parked right there too, so he was lucky not to hit it. I had hoped this would be a wakeup call and he’d slow down and be more careful. I just got back to town last night and he told me this morning he was working on the plumbing vent on the sister-in-laws house (a 3 ½ story house he’s building for her) when he lost his footing on the tin roof and started sliding off. Luckily caught the ice guard before going over the edge!
Hopefully new pictures of progress next week.

[D-dub]

omg, thats terrible, sorry to hear about the father in law. Hope hes going to be alright.
On the good side of that is a beautiful shop! Great second home!

[portland250r]

ladders are more dangerous than trikes why don't they ban them?
i have had accidents with ladders.
cant wait to see it finished.

[Cumberland BR]

Been a while since my last pixs, but I’m almost there. Been really busy lately and haven’t quite got the shop where I was hoping it would be at the end of November. The siding will all be done this week (just got my last order of 7 pieces to finish it) and can push on with the floor and the garage door. We had a bit of a hold up realizing we should have done the vinyl decking before the siding. I finally had to hire a decking guy to come put it down with the contact cement as the do it yourselfer stuff needs to be 75° to adhere. After laying linoleum in the house, I knew contact cement wasn’t an option for us!

The father in law got the staples out of his head and is fortunately fine.

Question – what to finish the shop walls with? I don’t want to use drywall for the dent factor, OSB has been suggested to me, any thoughts?



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[coolpool]

How about OSB on the bottom and drywall on the upper and ceiling. That is what I'm thinking of doing WHEN I finally get something put up:mad: Now that is a garage!

[Cumberland BR]

How about OSB on the bottom and drywall on the upper and ceiling. That is what I'm thinking of doing WHEN I finally get something put up:mad: Now that is a garage!

Thanks, definitely will be using drywall upstairs.

[dcreel]

What about aluminum tread plate say bottom 3 foot around the circumfrence of the garage. Looks great.. Got any pics of the inside space?

[Dirtcrasher]

I have 4' of plywood around the inner perimeter, then sheet rocked the top. Your always smashing into the 1st 4' of the interior walls.

Unless you get some free stuff, aluminum plating is very expensive - like 180$ for a 4x4 piece versus a 4 x sheet of 1/2" plywood for 30$. I left mine 1" off the floor in case I got any water in there, it tends to wick up the wall....... OSB is not water friendly.

Your smart, you got this far........

[dcreel]

When I posted that about the aluminum tread plate I found it for $55 for a 3 ft X 4 ft sheet. With shipping though..

http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=1251&step=4&showunits=inches&id=78&top_cat=0

[cattle-dog]

we use concrete board on bottom 4 ft for the wash factor, drywall the rest but put plywood behind work benchs for the hanging factor. the concrete board looks just like drywall once painted.

[Dirtcrasher]

When I posted that about the aluminum tread plate I found it for $55 for a 3 ft X 4 ft sheet. With shipping though..

http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=1251&step=4&showunits=inches&id=78&top_cat=0


And it's only 1/16th of an inch thick. That diamond plate stuff or aluminum in general is very expensive.....

[Cumberland BR]

Well, this should wrap up this thread for a while. I got the shop to lock up between Xmass and New Years, but lost the charger for my camera so I couldn’t take any photos until I picked up a new one yesterday. As I mentioned in the first post, I had only planned on getting the shop to this point so I could get all the machines inside and start clearing out the downstairs of the house and get building bedrooms for my daughter and the new one that’s brewing (due in early June). I’ll be getting back to work on the shop this spring and summer finishing the deck and installing the perimeter drains and such, but for now it’s on hold. It was a fun project and we desperately needed the space.

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[racer....X]

That looks really nice!

[JasonB]

lol when i opened this thread and was reading the first few posts I thought he was meaning a "garage build" as in a trike, not literally building a freaking garage lol nice, looks GREAT!!!! Im jealous

[edog]

well, this should wrap up this thread for a while. I got the shop to lock up between xmass and new years, but lost the charger for my camera so i couldn’t take any photos until i picked up a new one yesterday. As i mentioned in the first post, i had only planned on getting the shop to this point so i could get all the machines inside and start clearing out the downstairs of the house and get building bedrooms for my daughter and the new one that’s brewing (due in early june). I’ll be getting back to work on the shop this spring and summer finishing the deck and installing the perimeter drains and such, but for now it’s on hold. It was a fun project and we desperately needed the space.

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very nice!

[tri again]

Lots of great ideas but Our bldg inspectors like to see 5/8" sheetrock for fire rating, and then cover with plywood
or conc board after they sign off.

My neighbor ran pex tubing under his floor hooked to a gas water heater set at 60 degrees.

A bbq sized tank of propane lasts forever because it only needs the pilot to keep that temp.

Anything is better than 30 degrees.

Woodstoves and other flame sources are supposed to be 18" off the floor in case of a gasoline leak. The vapors usually hang down on the floor.

My woodstove is up about 2 feet, surrounded by water tanks (for hot water) and I have a ceiling fan blowing hot air down onto the concrete floor so it stays nice.

[tri again]

Lots of great ideas but Our bldg inspectors like to see 5/8" sheetrock for fire rating, and then cover with plywood
or conc board after they sign off.

My neighbor ran pex tubing under his floor hooked to a gas water heater set at 60 degrees.

A bbq sized tank of propane lasts forever because it only needs the pilot to keep that temp.

Anything is better than 30 degrees.

Woodstoves and other flame sources are supposed to be 18" off the floor in case of a gasoline leak. The vapors usually hang down on the floor.

My woodstove is up about 2 feet, surrounded by water tanks (for hot water) and I have a ceiling fan blowing hot air down onto the concrete floor so it stays nice.

Sure looks nice.

I think I want another one now.

[Mondexbrute]

Man that is sweet, you should just move in upstairs!!!! One day Im going to have a shop/garage like this!