Garage and road project

[Sir Henry]

I didn’t get the road building gravel delivered Tuesday like I had planned. It came today and I’ve only had time to give it a rough level. I need to finish it before Monday because that is when the building gets put up.

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The last two loads I haven’t even touched.

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Since these will be the last of the loads except for maybe two loads of 1” clean I had a final load dumped at the bottom of the driveway.

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[Sir Henry]

The latest ten loads are spread and I received over an inch of rain last night.

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The side erodes at each rain. I have 30 feet of buffer so there is no danger of the building siding. Eventually the fill will become compacted and vegetation will keep it in place. Plus further back where the building is there is only a three foot drop. Here in front it’s a ten foot drop.

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The road cutoff from the driveway also received an extra load of road gravel. Once compacted it turns to concrete.

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The building will be erected in about 24 hours. I suspect it will take them two days.

[dave77]

The building will be erected in about 24 hours. I suspect it will take them two days.

Depends on the crew, not a large building but 3 guys delivered my 18'x24' carport with sides to the ground and they had it completed in less than 2 hours. Was like watching a choreographed dance, each guy knew exactly what to do, no wasted movements or standing around. They told me they were going to deliver and install 2 more carports that day, probably could have done more but were limited to how many they could fit on their trailer.

I enclosed the rear and front later.

[Sir Henry]

The building will be erected in about 24 hours. I suspect it will take them two days.

Depends on the crew, not a large building but 3 guys delivered my 18'x24' carport with sides to the ground and they had it completed in less than 2 hours. Was like watching a choreographed dance, each guy knew exactly what to do, no wasted movements or standing around. They told me they were going to deliver and install 2 more carports that day, probably could have done more but were limited to how many they could fit on their trailer.

I enclosed the rear and front later.

It took 40 man hours for them to put up this building last fall. It’s 18x45’ and the new garage will be 30x50’ and will have two 10x10 garage doors, two man doors and a dozen 30x30” windows. I can’t imagine them finishing it in one day unless they work 12 hour days.

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[Sir Henry]

The show has begun.

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[Sir Henry]

They didn’t get very much done today although they are still here and working at 6 pm. They took a two hour lunch not realizing there wasn’t a close place to buy a taco. Then it started to rain and they sat in the truck for an hour. At least they have most of the frame up.

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[Sir Henry]

It’s 90% up! They should have it completed in about two hours.

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The pad was wet from yesterday’s rain and will take a few days to dry out. And they tracked a lot of dirt inside plus there will be some small bits and pieces laying around.

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[Ernie]

Looks very nice. How long do you think it will take you to fill it up?

[markiver54]

Looks great Gene. Congrats!

[Sir Henry]

Looks very nice. How long do you think it will take you to fill it up?

I suspect I’ll never fill it. I could fit eight vans inside and still be able to walk between them.

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The ground around it was wet and they really tracked up the floor building it. Plus the floor itself was wet. I’ll open the doors and windows when it’s not threatening to rain again.

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[BigAl52]

I see a big smile on the face of that van.

[Sir Henry]

I see a big smile on the face of that van.

I broke ground just over eight months ago so I’m smiling too.

[dave77]

Looking good. I said you might be surprised at how fast a experienced crew could put it up.

Are you going to finish and insulate the inside walls. I did mine more for the Summer heat than the cold in the Winter. It's small enough that I can take the chill off with a couple of space heaters if I need to. On a very hot Summer day (which we seem to be getting more of, looks like were going to have a solid month or more of high 90's and 100's) before insulation by afternoon it was like walking into a oven, still hot but with the insulation not nearly so bad.

I used a roll insulation that was reasonably inexpensive, been a while but I remember it not being more than a couple hundred dollars. It's pretty thin but since it sits above the tube framing there's a 2" space empty air between it and the wall. I put some OSB over the lower section to protect it.

[Sir Henry]

Looking good. I said you might be surprised at how fast a experienced crew could put it up.

Are you going to finish and insulate the inside walls. I did mine more for the Summer heat than the cold in the Winter. It's small enough that I can take the chill off with a couple of space heaters if I need to. On a very hot Summer day (which we seem to be getting more of, looks like were going to have a solid month or more of high 90's and 100's) before insulation by afternoon it was like walking into a oven, still hot but with the insulation not nearly so bad.

I used a roll insulation that was reasonably inexpensive, been a while but I remember it not being more than a couple hundred dollars. It's pretty thin but since it sits above the tube framing there's a 2" space empty air between it and the wall. I put some OSB over the lower section to protect it.

I was thinking spray-in foam but after seeing your pictures I might change my mind. For at least the first winter it will not be insulated. It’s going to be for storage and not a working shop. The existing three car wood frame garage down by the house will be insulated and heated for wintertime dinking around.

This project has been a time consuming one that has given me little time for doing other things. I’m now going to switch gears and do a dozen other smaller projects and maybe shoot more.

[Hatchdog]

Amazing how quickly your building went up. I’ve never done a steel building before only post frame construction. Other than the trusses post frame are built on site and time consuming. I’m really liking the steel building process and if I ever put up another building (unlikely I hope) I’ll look into it.

Awesome utility trailer. Aluminum trailers look so awesome and stay that way.

[Sir Henry]

I can’t believe the building is finally up. The electrician is coming next week. The field was hayed today. The garage is at the levelest spot where the tractors would turn around. Now the hayfield ends on a steep slope and they can’t traverse it. The acre of hay given up for the garage is now two acres.

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[Hatchdog]

Sure do like all those windows, so bright inside.

[Sir Henry]

I am curious what the roof load is on this design. Looks sturdy enough.

The roof load is 60 psf with 90 mph wind. The trusses are 33” center to center. It’s made from American Steel. You see a lot of these in the area especially if they are unfinished on the inside. Finished buildings are usually stick-built. A neighbor has one that was built in 1977 and it’s still structurally sound. He has repainted it once and said he will be repainting it in another year or two.

[Sir Henry]

Sure do like all those windows, so bright inside.

It came with two windows but I increased it to twelve.

[Mags]

I don't think you'll have to paint the metal siding ever. Most siding now has a 40-50 year film integrity warranty and at least a 30-year prorated chalk and fade warranty.