Build Your Own Garage 25'x34' (part 1) 

Glad to hear it helped!! I will try and get a part two in a couple weeks. Stay tuned!

Definitely rewarding to look back and see what you have built!

Any job is awesome there, after tornado do it again.

Thanks!

It’s true!! Thanks for the support!

Thanks! It’s not perfect but I’m happy with it for sure!

That’s a pro-tip, pressure treated plywood on bottom.

Thanks for the tips. This is great advice!

Hello what you paid for all materials and foundation

Why? You won't save any money and won't be able to sell it because of lending problems with pole barn houses.

Jim wish y9u would for us guys that are going to build our own shop, garage or large sheds.

@@puppygadget3189 GC here from Canada. Reading through this comment, keep in mind that for me, spending more on specialized materials saves the customer money through labour, so the perspective is very different. For example, we'd use Hilti bolts instead of J-Bolts in the concrete because it's much faster to drill exactly where you want instead of custom drilling each hole for the plates. Foundation: Generally you'd want a deeper footing as well as a vapour barrier under the concrete. Adding more gravel under the slab will prevent heaving. Usually what we'd do is dig the footing leaving a small opening for the skid steer to go in, saving you the time of wheelbarrow-ing stuff around. You'd also want a tracked skidsteer (compact track loader) to reduce the wheel ruts of moving around. Having one person with a laser level will speed this process up and also make it more level, saving money on concrete. You can also use depth stakes in the concrete to ensure that the pour/screeding is level or at the grade that you want. Framing: You want a treated bottom plate. Especially considering that there is no drain inside (which I'd also probably add, but that adds cost). One way to also save some time/money would be to put the windows exactly 4ft and make the 4'x4' up so you can just cut the sheathing in half and use them in other places. Bump the walls to 12ft and you could use a sheet and a half to do the whole wall. Making the building multiples of 4 in general will also simplify many aspects of the build. Roof: Roofing sucks. There's no single part about it that doesn't suck. However, if you live in a calm area with very little wind, we found that building a little stand (sort of like how he used the ladder to slide them up) to hold the plywood up at grabbing distance while you're on the roof minimizes the amount of time spent going up and down the ladder. Load up the stand with a bunch of sheets and then grab them one by one. As for putting the wrap on the roof, use chalk lines to simplify things and keep them straight. Same with the shingles. The lines on the tar paper or whatever system you use are never quite straight or the same from roll to roll. We mostly use the Zip system for the walls and roof now though. Exterior: He's right, stucco is incredibly labour intensive. I'd probably just use wood shiplap (pre-finishing before putting it up) or vinyl. Additionally I'd put flashing above the windows to reduce water ingress. Conduit: I've seen some electricians put large straight sections together and then attach a sponge to a piece of string. The string then attaches to your wires. Vacuum the sponge string through the conduit and then pull the wires through. Drywalling: Drywalling is unpleasant. I'd recommend using a vapour barrier to prevent moisture from getting in and turning it to a paste. Put some paint on edge of the electrical boxes and press it against it to leave marks exactly where they are. Then cut them out and they'll be bang on. That being said I'd just use 3/8 plywood instead of the drywall, especially in a shop so you can just attach things to the walls easier. Additional notes: I'd probably have put 4-5 more 240v and much more 120v outlets in there. This allows you to rearrange your big tools or add to them. We also use a CAD software to pre-design everything beforehand. Sketchup Make 2017 is free. This takes a lot of the thinking and problem solving out of the actual construction process. It also minimizes material waste and allows you to walk yourself through the build process beforehand. Reading back, this sounds like I'm looking down on his work, but I'd like to stress that it's the opposite. I'm really impressed with how he did things and the vast, vast majority of what he did was incredibly good craftsmanship. I do these things day in and day out. Kudos to him. He clearly did a lot of research and planned this out very well. I'm sure I'm missing things as well.

@@dovid916 Wow thank yo very much for taking all that time to give me lots of great pointers. Would you happen to be fairly close by me here in Yelm Washington State up in Canada B.C. ? Guy like yourself could do probably 10 times what I can do in a day and much better. What we really need since we have so much stuff and not much storage in our house is a 20x24 shed which I’d be fine if it was a wood floor but of course prefer concrete . My wife has to much craft stuff we need to get out of the house and a bedroom since our son passed away and now our 10 year old grand daughter is living with us. Plus the garage is stuffed and I need to donate a lot of stuff but got hurt and having a hard time getting this done so can clear it out and put one of our cars back in the garage. I was buying shop tools and had to move the car out to keep the stuff nice but need to just get rid of the big stuff like this big band saw ect ect. Just saw your avatar drawing on a kitty. I have 3 snuggled up to me in bed right now and love it. My favorite time of day is the snuggle bed time.

@@dovid916 Holy cow! Thanks for the knowledge bomb! This was a good read.

@@dovid916 Thanks for your tips and discussion.

I need to build one about 25x35 so can I ask how much it ended up costing? Did u do any of the install yourself?

They were all engineered trusses. I left that to the professionals haha. Like I said that’s about the only thing I did not build myself.

Vera Nice Congratulations from Brazil

Good points thanks for the comment. I definitely should have looked Into the magnetic template and oscillating saw for my electrical boxes!

Jigs make EVERYTHING easier

Just a GoPro8. Nothing fancy.

Great idea for others! I already had a water line close to the shop however I did not put a water line through the foundation which I now regret. I still might put a sink in and just run the water through the side of the shop.

Just pour a good foundation and put a Quonset on it. It'll outlast these buildings by 100 years.

Im doing a stick built, then instead of siding and shingles, metal. Stick built pole building if you will. Then insulation is easy as well, 16” on center.

I will try to go over some of these questions in my next video. Thanks for watching

I will answer these questions in my next video! Thanks for following along!

It looks great ! But how much does it cost to build something like that that's the main question ?

@@josscruz2526 About 20k

Got them a HomeDepot and can’t remember the brand. But they are 4’x4’

Check out part 2 I have it all there. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0XH7s_3xuNc.html

I did on the roof it’s just hard to tell on the video. I stripped a price of osb in half and started with that. Then I started with a full one on the next row. Also on the sides the top two feet I did log ways So it did stager the sides a little as well. I did not explain that in the video however if you look closely in some of the clips you can tell.

Check out part 2 I answered these questions. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0XH7s_3xuNc.html

I will try to go over this in my next video. Thanks for watching!

Lateral directions don’t matter but as a right handed person, it’s natural to install things from left to right.

I will try to go over these questions in my next video.

Yep I will get one out in a couple weeks once the snow has melted down a bit.

Totally agree! Its a plum tree and I told my wife I would not kill it if i built the shop... So I did my best to keep it. I will eventually get rid of it once we plant another one.

Check out part 2 I have it there. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0XH7s_3xuNc.html