New garage time!

goeduck · Oct 20, 2020

Looks good at 2 stories :thumbsup:

dodge man · Oct 20, 2020

I had a buddy who worked at a camera store in the days of film. He burned a lot of film to get that one really good pic. The nice thing about digital is you can burn a lot of film for next to nothing. For some reason I like your last picture at dusk, something with the lighting at dusk and the bright light on in the building.

fatjay · Oct 20, 2020

dodge man said:
I had a buddy who worked at a camera store in the days of film. He burned a lot of film to get that one really good pic. The nice thing about digital is you can burn a lot of film for next to nothing. For some reason I like your last picture at dusk, something with the lighting at dusk and the bright light on in the building.

Thanks, iphone cameras have come a really long way so i can't really take credit for that. will get the last 2x8 on today, then last trusses in place, then fascia boards, then plywood. Going to order ice shield and start putting wall plywood up. Have to cut the 2 metal pieces off as well.

fatjay · Oct 20, 2020

Got the front walls finished and trusses in place. Plywood in the front and the left side added. Pump jacks set up, loaded 6 sheets of plywood on the planks and pumped up to level so we wouldn't have to pass the plywood up. End of day, I'm exhausted as usual.

deezler · Oct 21, 2020

What a huge box! Looks like you could put a basketball court in the second story (that would be awesome). Whats the height at the peak?

Hope that nearly-flat roof never gives you any trouble. You're doing standing-seam metal, right?

You certainly have an interesting line of design choices on this structure. :thumbsup:

fatjay · Oct 21, 2020

deezler said:
What a huge box! Looks like you could put a basketball court in the second story (that would be awesome). Whats the height at the peak?

Hope that nearly-flat roof never gives you any trouble. You're doing standing-seam metal, right?

You certainly have an interesting line of design choices on this structure. :thumbsup:

Yes, standing seem metal roof with ice guard covering the entire thing. Height at the peak should be 26'4", I haven't measured it yet. I wanted to maximize interior cubic footage since they blocked my 3rd floor. It will allow me to put rooms on the second floor with 8' ceilings, then loft storage above it. That's down the line though, it'll be unfinished for a while. The idea is once the kids are out of college they can move up there and save money while working instead of renting apartments or living in the house so they'll have their own space, then save up for a down payment on a condo or townhome. I don't want them to have to throw their money away on renting. I'll have to connect it to the house first though, which will lift the restrictions on hvac and water/sewer for the garage.

Down the line I'll replace the carport with an actual 2 car garage, then make a breezeway from the house to the garage.

fatjay · Oct 25, 2020

Did some cleanup with the kubota today. brought over some dirt to fill and took out a lot of debris. Wanted to clean up so we could set scaffolding on the side so we didn't have to mess with the pump jacks.

Almost squashed a fat toad who was living in the debris as well, but managed to get him clear of the site. I can't believe I saw him.

fatjay · Oct 26, 2020

Got the truss lateral supports and diagonals in today. The only thing the yard had in 2x4 was 16's so I took them. Since the pitch was so low and they were so long, I had to slide them in from the end, 26' up. Forutnately there was a tree behind the garage and we were able to lay the 2x4's on the branches then slide them in.

3/6 hurricane ties in. There is a bolt 4' down the block completely encased in concrete, and it pokes through the walls. I drilled up through the lateral braces and through hte top plates to the second floor and shoved some 12' all thread down there, coupled with some joiners. I drilled and cut 3x4" stainless steel plates and bolted them down on the top plate. That stainless steel was hard, It went through my bandsaw blade and 2 sawzall blades. Eventually I just hit it with the grinder and cutting wheels, and even then it took 6 cutting wheels.

The all thread will continue on up to the second floor attaching the 2nd floor top plates to the footer sandwiching everything together. I may look at larger top plates for the 2nd floor than 3x4.

fatjay · Oct 27, 2020

The front is done. What a job it was. The planks are 20' long which means hanging 2' off each side centered. It didn't seem like much on the ground but when we were 25' in the air it was a lot.

Had to get a different extension ladder to unbolt the pump jacks because nothing I had was long enough.

Moved to the side and got another 5 sheets up. It's fun but I sure wouldn't want to do this for a living. My whole body is tired.

Short video lowering the pump jacks: https://i.imgur.com/P3rEoJK.mp4