I want to say a 2 car driveway is like 23' wide at the garage, but i dont have any plans in front of me...
the city will have their own codes.
You really need plans for a 1 car garage?
Home depot rents those storage containers for $66/month.
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I want to say a 2 car driveway is like 23' wide at the garage, but i dont have any plans in front of me...
the city will have their own codes.
You really need plans for a 1 car garage?
Home depot rents those storage containers for $66/month.
Off the top of my head, I think my 3 car is 28 foot. I think it is about 8 foot per car space, then plus your posts in the middle.
yeah karl is right, i was thinking of the width of the garage.Quote:
Originally Posted by KrazyKarl02
Cool, and $66/mo is cheap!
My 2 car driveway is narrow. About 18'. I know the opening for the garage doors if it were 1 door would be 17' 3". I park my trucks on the edges but then I step out onto the grass.
If you do build a 1 car, go with a 10' wide door. Makes getting trailers in and out much easier, especially if you ever get a boat. Boat trailers have a habit of being wider than legal and a 9' door is framed a couple inches smaller than 9'. My 8' wide doors suck but if they were tall enough I could fit a truck through them.
Actually, a one car detached would be great. Make it about 20x25' with a 10' wide door on one side and a walk door on the other. My garage is 18' x 23'. Should be plenty of room for working once I clean it out. You'd be better off than I.
there's a website dedicated to garages somewhere, garage-opedia.com, garagegazette.com, garagediary.com...something like that:flipoff2:
yeah yeah, my bad. i didn't go to the third page.
That's what I was looking for Ryan, good stuff
Seth (aka "Mr. Start Threads About Obscure Stuff That Has Nothing To Do With Wheeling Nor Do I Intend To Pursue This Decade"). Fawk off. :flipoff2:
The last 4 people I have talked to about this project have said to get the slab poured and buy the materials plus brats and beer and we'll build it ourselves. Is this retarded or doable? One of them has spent a couple of years framing houses.
Are full engineer-approved plans (that I could get building permits for) available for reasonable cost anywhere? Could I just pay a CE to make me some (again at reasonable cost)?
google is your friend.;)
http://justgarageplans.com/83/plan-detail/2413.php
its doable, but make sure you have a dedicated crew that will not fag out halfway though.
Also, do you have to go to a big city for permitting. I know that getting plans approved in Houston bigger ordeal than a smaller city like Spring.
:D
I think I'm in the city and county of Denver, but no HOA, so permitting may or may not be a PITA.
You doing a wood framed house style garage or a metal building. If you need engineered plans on the metal building buy a kit. Will be way cheaper. If engineered plans are not required I can tell you how to do it. Check on the permitting before you plan too much.
Have fun with this..
http://www.denvergov.org/residential...1/Default.aspx
It says what work you can do, and what you must pay someone to do. Interesting.
looks pretty straightforward but the inspections process could be a PITA. Wonder if I could get the inspector to hang around all day and maybe swing a hammer if I offer a couple of beers and lunch?
straightforward....bureaucracy....someone hasnt dealt with the city before;)Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
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Originally Posted by uglyota
I thought the repetition of brett's post was you suggesting that I take my homo-wner talk elsewhere. :flipoff2:
no no, I read to the bottom of page 2 and thought that was it, missing a few posts including brett's. That site is pretty wild.
homo-wner. nice.
eric, look into hiring a third party inspector if denver uses them. they are not pricks that couldn't get a job anywhere else and you only have to wait a day at the most to get an inspection. I can usually get the people we use out the same day if I call them early enough. It usually cost more but saves a lot of headache (and lots of time) and they will usually help you out and answer questions rather than just showing up and looking for a red tag item so they can collect more $ on a reinspection fee. I have had the our 3rd party company show up at my jobsite and he told me something wouldn't pass, said he would be back later in the day. He came back and asked me if I fixed it and handed me my green tag.
how about make the concrete pad off the back an enclosed porch? That way you could have more room and lock stuff up but wouldn't have to tear it out when you move?
actually you can see in the aerial view that it was like that at some point recently, I guess that's the pile of lumber in the yard. That pad is going to be covered with a huge farkin wood patio. With things moving a little faster now, I think I am going to see if there's enough lumber there to build a small shed, and pour an even smaller, thinner (2"?) slab to put it on. Nail gun and compressor cost $60/day to rent, so expect a BDR-esque compressor thread shortly :D
wtf hippie im thinking of adding 128sf of 4" and its not even 2cy, dont be a joo and do 2" that's dumb.
When I'm looking at something disposable at $100/yard it's major joo time. Hmmm maybe I need to build a shed with a floor and put it on blocks
you realize 4" slab = box out with 2x4, fill with concrete, run 2x4 over top, done.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
a 2" slab is going to crack from dropping a hammer on it or from soil movement.
This sounds like a better idea... Make it so it sits on skids and then you can pull it around the yard!Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
If you're just using it for storage why not? My storage building that came with the house is a Morgan on blocks. I winched it across my yard to a place that I liked better then highlifted it level. Also if you decide you want a real garage that you can work on cars in later you can sell the building. No concrete work, no permits involved. It may be a little more expensive now but you could recoup that cost later by selling it. Might even find one used. A metal building won't be quite as attractive as I'm sure you are envisioning building with that air nailer, but it sure would be easier.
My dad however built a storage shed out of scrap he had laying around. Build a pretty hefty floor frame on blocks, plywood the top of the floor, basic framing/door, cover the outside with building material of choice...voila! If you didn't have a lot of building material laying around though, I would go prefab and spend the time you were going to spend on that building that kickass back porch or fence you're dreaming about. :)
http://denver.craigslist.org/for/700870615.html
I was going to find more buildings. That didn't happen, but I found a smoking deal on a project to put in the building!!
http://denver.craigslist.org/car/707516668.html
I was thinking about something more like this:
http://denver.craigslist.org/tls/678385577.html
sounds old and bad ass. google doesn't help...stupid model rocket nerds
co sucks. you have to blow out your sprinklers!
What's the consensus on the little metal buildings? I am thinking of getting a 10x8 from Lowes for $250. Free floor frame included. I just want to put stuff in it, not so much work in it. I know I will need some kind of floor, and I guess something to get it off the ground?
karl had one, it fit stuff, i dont think the door ever worked right, but that might not have been a design flaw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
not if you don't have any! If you think I am going to be competing for lawn of the month, think again :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BMFScout
Kopecki used to have a nice little storage shed set up to do some work in. Steel framed, 4' wide door, fully insulated, with a workbench and electricity. Not sure where you could get such a thing. Must have taken 2-3 days to build.
you volunteering?
I do not do anything illegal, immoral, volunteer, or buy candy from little kids.
At least one of those is mostly true.
really who can argue with logic like this????:gigem:Quote:
Originally Posted by eight
In this case, you get what you pay for. If your trying to get storage for cheap and your not wanting to store big items look at the rubbermade (or similar) plastic storage sheds. They are kinda small but very easy to move around, my Grandpa recomends them:gigem:. If you don't like that go for the metal building, just make sure you don't ride a dirtbike on the roof.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
your only getting weirder when you start referring to yourself in third person.Quote:
Originally Posted by eight