Step by step photos of new garage

[roermo]

Brother in-law had a free day today and came over and we set the 20 ft. beam and braced up the rest of the walls and plumbed them.

By chance I called the truss company today and they are 2 weeks ahead and said they could bring them tomorrow at 9:30. So with any luck we will set them tomorrow if I can get 3 other guys.

This will allow me then this weekend to back fill some of my dirt and get it out of the back yard.

Now the fun starts with boxing it in and watching it take shape. Plus I now can see the light at the end of the tunel, I can do most of the work my self now.

Talk about a christmas present. All a guy could want except good health and family but this comes in close.

Roger

 

[khd]

I really like the varying height concrete walls. Adds quite a bit of visual interest to the building.

Regards,
Kevin

 

[roermo]

khd: Thanks for the note. The walls were made because of the lay of the land. As you into the garage the back wall has a steep hill behind it, and the right side almost as high bank as the back but it tappers down as too does the left but goes to flat. That is why the left wall has only a 3 inch wall then jumpst to 8 ft. On the Right it was 8 foot then down to 6. The city inspector said I have a good storm shelter in the back right corner.

The only trouble I see is it makes me put up a false wall anywhere you see cement so I can run wire cable and phone and insulation.

The cement walls are what I got into when I wanted to get ride of the hill side and not take up flat yard for garage. In the long run I think it will prove the best choice.

This eveing I looked around for the 1st time and discovered a benefit I did not think of. The two addjioning homes that were in sight now are hidden. So I ended up with a large privacy fence of shorts, the wife said it will kind of make a court yard effect once I am done.

I think she was hinting clean up this mess before christmas, hum I am not that fast.

roger

 

[gemini5362]

roermo,

Remember my advice make sure at least two of the guys are young, strong and tall. It will go much better with that combination.

Eddie, I see what you are talking about. When I had someone build my bedroom walls he did what you were mentioning I had fogotten about it until you brought it up. It is almost impossible to do what you were talking about now because I already have the siding on. I had a friend of mine over today who builds almost anything you want built. He helped me do a better job of bracing like dusty suggested. He looked at the corners you were talking about and said the way it is done should hold with no problem and even though my pictures dont show it well there is a stud turned so that you can hang sheetrock on the inside wall.

 

[Dusty]

Wait till the bill for all the consulting fees arrives after Christmas.....

PS..... we only accept cash!!!!

 

[roermo]

well the trusses are up and nailed down, tomorrow I will oder the sheeting for the roof, I have the siding. This was my first time walking around on a 2x4 4 10 feet up, that was not my cup of tea.

I have a few questions if any one would care to answer yet once again.

1. They tell me 1/2 inch osb is ok for the roof decking. They are on engineered trusses on 24 inch center made of 2x4, is this thick enough I was thinking 5/8 or is that over kill.

2. What is the best why to floor the center of the trusses for storage (down the middle will be 5'6 wide and about 4'9 inch high) and what thickness would you us there. they tell me the truss is rated for 40 pounds per sq.ft. So I want to take advantage of some free storage.

After today, I know in my mind and my back, folks that do this for a living earn every penny they charge. I am just lucky I have folks around here that are helping me.

Thanks for viewing.

Roger

 

[gemini5362]

Roermo I used 7/16 inch decking because I could not get 1/2 osb where I am. To my way of thinking 1/2 is sort of light for decking on 24 inch centers. But I am not a carpenter. I used the 7/16 inch but I put my trusses on 16 inch centers. I did not get on the roof until today. My helpers were not available so I decided to do more decking by myself. Other than the chewing out I am going to get when my wife finds out I was up there by myself it went well. Of course I did two pieces of decking and decided it was better to pay someone to do that. The top of my roof is about 20 feet from the ground and I did not like that.

I am curious about the truss issues when it comes to storage. Your trusses are not too much shorter than mine ( mine are 28 feet 4 inches ) My guy that built my trusses told me I could put light stuff up there like ice chests and things like that but he told me that it was not a storage chest. you might want to check with your truss manufacturer about that.

 

[EddieWalker]

Roger,

There are allot of homes decked with 7/16 osb. I've never seen half inch, but that would be even better. It's your wallet, so the thicker you go, the stonger it will be. Before osb became so poplular, 1/2 inch CDX plywood was used quite a bit.

The negatives to using the minimum sized material is the amount of flex you will get. With snow, it's more weight and more flex. Flex will equal more movement that will lead to nails coming out and earlier failure of your shingles.

If you buy 25 year shingles, you won't have any problem getting that many years out of them, but your next roof wont last as long because your decking will have saged a little over that length of time. The next roof might only last 20 years or less with the same decking.

How old are you and how concerned are you with the quality of the decking in 40 years?

I'd also use 7/16 osb for the storage. You don't want to load it up, so the osb is fine for holding things like xmas lights or camping gear. Just don't get crazy and start putting heavy stuff up there.

The roof looks great!!

Eddie

 

[gemini5362]

Roger did you take my advice and get two young strong guys to help with the trusses and if you did, did it help ?

 

[roermo]

Gemini: I did take your advise 50/50, one young guy on the left and one old fart at the age of 50 that would be me. (by the way a desk jockey). One guy on the ground with a 10 foot board to push up. all in all we had four guys. working it taking turns carrying the trusses from the street to the site and then taking turns loading them on the walls. Took lunch and then set them. It took longer to get them on the wall than to set them. I found that a real treat to learn how to do it.

Then once I got on the garage floor and looked up for the 1st time I got a real feel for what my garage was going to look like size wise. Loved it.

Eddie: I am 50 so 20 to 25 years should fit just fine, at 70 I will hire the re-roofing or just let it leak. Who knows. My house needs a roof now so when I get the shingles I will buy enough for both the garage and house. So they match up.

Gemini: I better check out what they mean about the wieght because my spec they gave me with the drawing said load of 40 pounds per sq.ft. Maybe they are talking about the roof load (snow etc) Not sure now.

I am wanting to store odds and ends up there like xmas box of lights, but allso old dark room equipment things like that. I was thinking of running down the length of the building. So it would have to hold the items as well as my self while up ther.

Again thanks for the feedback.

Roger