Summer Project 30x40 Garage

[awful knawful]

Paid the house off in January and decided it was time for the 80+ year old garage to go and a new one to be put in it's place.
The old wooden floored 20x24.


Gone. The area was all clay, so a big hole it was, down to good base. We only had enough forms to do half a pour at a time. Myself and a retired teacher/ local cement guy did the cement work. My ex boss/ friend did all the excavation/ removal of old building.



Yes I filled it all back in.....

 

[awful knawful]

Construction begins. Big thanks to my brother in law/ brains of the project and my nephew. It was just the three of us for 2 weeks of hard work.





More to come as I slowly complete the project.

 

[CobraTerritory]

Wow

 

[thetastelingers]

You'll wish it was bigger.

 

[SirShaun]

Very nice. What kind of cost to pull something like that off? Excluding the removal of the old.

 

[Stang Lover]

Nice!

 

[TClark22]

looks nice! But since you already had to dig that low, why not make a pit in one of the bays? Gone would be the days of jacking up the car for an oil change!

 

[Never_Enough]

Awesome

 

[LS2GTO]

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You guys have an ill 3 car garage but no dryer for your clothes?

 

[whitevenum]

Hell yeah!! You can never have enough garage space

 

[DAVESVT2000]

looks nice! But since you already had to dig that low, why not make a pit in one of the bays? Gone would be the days of jacking up the car for an oil change!

In many places a pit would be illegal with the planning / zoning board

 

[quad]

You guys have an ill 3 car garage but no dryer for your clothes?

My wife also dries stuff outside - even though we have a dryer. It is a great idea to still dry clothes outside and bigger comforters etc.

 

[quad]

Construction begins. Big thanks to my brother in law/ brains of the project and my nephew. It was just the three of us for 2 weeks of hard work.

More to come as I slowly complete the project.

Looks good! I like the metal roof! Good luck with the rest.

 

[Prototype007]

Nice work!

And LOL @ hanging clothes up = No dryer.

 

[awful knawful]

looks nice! But since you already had to dig that low, why not make a pit in one of the bays? Gone would be the days of jacking up the car for an oil change!

Pits are not legal here anymore. So no can do!

 

[awful knawful]

You guys have an ill 3 car garage but no dryer for your clothes?

Everyone here in Canada has a clothesline. Saves mucho $ vs using a dryer. Yes we have a dryer!

Actually my brother in law who helped me is from Wyoming, USA. Before he went back he picked up all he needed so he could install a clothesline for himself. He said they are not common there.

 

[awful knawful]

I'm shooting for $25000 - $30000 this year. Without siding. Buddy down the road is building one, not quite as big, he's not doing a thing......$60000......

 

[awful knawful]

Looks good! I like the metal roof! Good luck with the rest.

Metal roof was going on no matter what! Found a place near the American border that does really good deals. Was only about $500 more than asphalt shingled roof.

 

[awful knawful]

You'll wish it was bigger.

Yes. But it's bigger than my house as it is now (26x30). Too big and it would have looked out of place. I have a 7'x12'x40' room upstairs for storage. Plus I have the 14x20 shed you see for my ATVs, sled, snowblowers, etc.

 

[spyder1337]

pictures of the upstairs! I like it!