Reynard38

Nice space you are making and looks like you are doing it right. Looking forward to 5 years from now (daughter out of high school) when we can move out of the 'burbs to some farmland. Downsize the house and upsize the garage!

Ron

The results of the soil testing came back. The material that came out of the borings was very loose to firm brown, gray and tan sand to depths of 11 to 13 feet then dense orange sand to sand to 17', and finally loose gray fine sand with high shell content to termination of boring depth of 20'.

Based on the testing numerous recommendation have been made regarding the foundations for the garage and the addition. I will require the contractor to comply with each.

lowblow

"I will require the contractor to comply with each."

I smell a change order!

mike

Ron

I don’t exactly have a budget. The part the general contractor is doing will cost at least $75K. That does not include consultants, lift, cabinets, special lighting or the site preparation which including a fair amount of tree work to satisfy our city tree protection ordinance. I’m also planning to have custom carriage doors made locally from sapele.

I did not have an architect. My builder has a background in engineering and he did the design based on what I told him. I also hired Steve at the Ultimate Garage as a consultant. http://www.ultimategarage.com/ We also have a structural engineer, and a geotek engineer. In fact the geotek guy today required them to place another run of #5 rebar for the foundation which is 24 “ wide. See photo of foundation with rebar below.

We had planned on brick to match the house but could not find anything that was remotely close to what I have. House is half brick and half siding. That being the case garage will be hardy plank. Actually the old siding on the whole house is being removed and hardy plank will be used so the siding on the garage will match the house, we are also doing a downstairs master bedroom suite on the other side of the house in hardy plank so everything should match nicely.

Van

For refference, I did a steel structure (32'x40') for a little over $40k. That included the concrete floor and electric -- it has no water, but there is a hose spigot outside.

While awake, I spend more time out there than anywhere else in the house!

Ron

Recent progress.

dcdude

Will a 7 car garage sitting on 5 acres with salmon fishing in your back yard suffice?
http://www.rmls.com/RC2/UI/search_mlsnumber.asp
Type in 6053466.

Amazing. My "within reason" dream property.

FotoVeloce

No kidding! I was looking for just such a property during my last home search. Everyone but a couple of people thought I was nuts!

I, however, having sold a house on over an acre have no desire to have any more land than neccessary for said multi-car mega-garage and an aerostream trailer to sleep in.

Ron

We were supposed to use trusses but my contractor said they would not work out as well as stick building it. There are several large LVL beams, like the one in the upper ridge that is 24' long, 2" thick and 16" wide. The contractor is using it there so there will be no deflection.

Foundation is a stem wall system. Three separate pours, footing, concrete in all cells and then 6 ½" to 7" of 4000 psi concrete with fiberglass installed over 6 gauge welded wire supported by 3" upper slab bolsters. The concrete was power troweled to get a quite smooth finish. Stem wall system was what contractor recommended due to strength. Back of stem wall is about 4' above existing grade. We used about 64 yard of fill compacted in 4"to 6" lifts.

AnthemAVM

Good luck, working with that City can be killer. I have been trying to get a fire unit back online for 9 months and they are killing me around each corner.

Ron

More progress.

Marlon

Awesome!

Marc Shaw

Looks great - what does the floor plan/lay-out look like?

I am in the process of designing a 32 x 30 detached garage.

Thanks - Marc.

Ron

Bathroom with shower in left rear, Washer, dryer and hot water tank in right rear. Sink and work space counter in rear under window. The rest of area is open. I will have tool chests, and workbenchs around the perimeter with the lift being centered in the middle of the garage. It is a one car garage with lots of work space.

Storage above area in rear.

Yes, althought it will have a 3' soffit around the perimeter. Yes, the lift will be in the middle, I'm planning on getting the Mohawk A7. The tray in the ceiling will be about 9' wide and 14' tall.

Ron

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