New Garage Pole Barn 40 x 64 x 12

[hcallaway]

New Doors installed today. 3 Sons, Son in Law, Dad, Mom and myself so we had plenty of help. Dad 76 just had to be there to help.
I had the door tracks up for both doors and doors set up so all we had to do was lift them up. Tractor with forks was too low. We rented a Duct Jack to lift them up about 11-12 feet and roll them in place. The loader still was a great platform to work from.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evenin Hcallaway,
Wow very nice, Im getting very anxious to get my project goin after seein yours complete !

 

[jdmar]

Great looking building. Thinking about all the details ahead of time really makes a difference. You will love being in that mancave.

It is funny how you did the plumbing rough-in--I did the dame in mine! I did it to allow the sleeve to fit, but also to allow some "give" around the pipes where they exit the concrete. I just used some foam and duck tape...worked great! SOmeday I have to add pics to my old post...someday.

Congrats on a great job
Peter

 

[Diamondpilot]

Very nice.

Chris

 

[hcallaway]

Framing done over the weekend. $35.00 per hour - carpenter and an assistant.

I had them frame out the inside for 16" centers. Ceilings are 12' and I am keeping them high since the rooms are not that big. 2 16 x 10 BR, 1 16 x 20 Kitchen/Den and the Bathroom is 8 x 14.

Pipes/Vent Stacks did fall in the walls so that was a nice moment.

 

[hcallaway]

These are how the garage doors were shipped.

This box completely covered my car trailer. The boxes looked like I was shipping Hogs!.
They were about 4' x 4' x 20'. I had to use my tractor and pull the box towards the end of the trailer. Lower one end down. Pick up the other end up off the trailer. (Making sure I did not bend the doors or tracks.) Once I had the 1600# up in the air I pulled the trailer out from under it. It was nice to unload them by myself. I picked them up from the local freight yard since I knew it would be next to impossible to unload them from the height of the tractor trailer floor. My car trailer deck is about 8" off the ground with the dove tail.

 

[McLean]

Very impressive shop building... What's the timeline for finishing up the interior walls, plbg & electrical for the "office area"? This is one amazing place you have here.

 

[hcallaway]

Electrical is moving along in spite of the heat here in Central VA. 95 +/- 3 degrees!
Most of the wiring is fairly simple. This box had a four way switch and ceiling fan and light switches.

It all fit in the box pretty easy since it was an oversize box.
This is the back wall of my kitchen sink. You can never have too many outlets.

Each of the two bedrooms/bunk-rooms will have a vanity in them. With one bath to share I thought that it would open up availability if you had a sink like a hotel sitting there.
Starting to look like a bathroom.

Cost for electrical not including service from Co-op.
$400 12-2 1500'
$400 misc - conduit, fittings, etc...
$50 in new bits and hole saws.
All the wire in the garage is in conduit.

 

[hcallaway]

Framing done over the weekend. $35.00 per hour - carpenter and an assistant.

I had them frame out the inside for 16" centers. Ceilings are 12' and I am keeping them high since the rooms are not that big. 2 16 x 10 BR, 1 16 x 20 Kitchen/Den and the Bathroom is 8 x 14.

Pipes/Vent Stacks did fall in the walls so that was a nice moment.

$450.00 in labor.
$1200-1400 in lumber for framing.
It all adds up beyond your imagination.

 

[hcallaway]

100+ temps kind of slow the pace down. It was great to have a Holiday Weekend and a Monday to spend some more time and money (that part is getting pretty skinny).
Trimmed out the windows. It ended up being easy and quick. I feel kind of bad because I have been thinking that the framer I used on the inside was not paying very good attention to matching up with the installed windows. You can see on my pole barn that I framed inside of the walls with conventional framing. The 12' studs were not aligning, but with a little pushing they did match up with the windows.