I BUILT MY DAD A GARAGE | Building your own detached garage. 

I'm 45..... there isn't a week that goes by that I don't mourn not having a father in my life. I didn't realize how much it affected me until later in life.... when I started to desire a family of my own. Guys who have a good dad in their life have no idea to how blessed they really are....

For the people with no dad's... Become the father you never had!

Building akongside you Dad is the most important thing you did here. One day this will be a precious memory. Trust me

Great job guys! Cherish that final picture, Time goes by so fast. I lost my dad a few years ago and it hurts every day.

That's awesome, I miss getting to work with my dad, he passed 10 years ago but working with him was some of my best memories.

This is a good book. Does provide a step by step introduction to how to build things ru-vid.comUgkxhgbP-6hUnXu_QRaoHgLztgsI0YF3HqR0 , also does offer some steps. Includes pictures to give you ideas for layouts and such. If you are looking for a guide, this is not exactly what you want. But if you are trying to familiarize yourself with the way that pole barn building and other out buildings, are made, then this will work just as you need it to. A few things in this book are a barn (of course), detached garage, storage building, and coops.

Man the part I’m glad you acknowledged and stated for us to comprehend was thanks for trusting me. I have a wonderful stepfather that taught me a lot but he never trusted me. At 40 years old, I strive for him to see my achievements and recognize them. I am very heavy on the diy approach. Learned a lot myself. To this day, even trying to offer my step father driving directions that avoid major highways or congestion is received with a brush off. He knows better. I’m a father now, and I always stop when my kids come up and say can I try. Could be screwing something in, could be mowing or even using the blower. It all matters to them. They move on quickly so no matter how much of a hurry you think you are in, stop. Let them get involved. You never know, that memory you created might be the inspiration for them to be like you later on in life.

Great job loved the video. I built my 24x24 garage 4 years ago with my brother for just a tick under $10.000. That includes subbing out the concrete work. It was a fun project and every one that help build it, was over 62 years old and me being the oldest at 69. None of us are in the building trades. Sweat Equity helps, ya got to love it.

I found when I ordered my materials the lumber counter suggested I just have my roof trusses made up and delivered assembled and honestly the price wasn't that much more and saved me a days worth of messing around.

That's awesome to have such a great relationship with your Dad.

Awesome job, it warms my heart seeing you express your love for your dad through your work

Wish i had a dad to do something like this for. Ive never got to meet mine and my adoptive dad passed away when i was 4. Cherish this for sure. Its the little things in life

Nice video, the ending made me tear up. I lost my father 13 years ago but every day feels like it was yesterday. My siblings and I were his helpers and we did a lot of DIY projects all the time. Great video. Enjoy watching them.

Much respect! Father Son relationships should be special and you guys seem to have that. Thanks for sharing.

I built my own 30'x30' garage. Hired concrete guy 10'*30' $2000. Bought Home Depot trusses $2000. .DIY everything else. Framing, wrap, 1/4" styrofoam, 1/2" OSB, felt, better shingles, Aluminum trim (David Olson helped), Vinyl siding, insulation, drywall, HotDawg heater, Epoxy floor, full electric, 24' pedboard, 24' workbench, attic ladder, blown in insulation, 9' ceiling, well built, still proud of that - AND - I know what I'm doing now.

The wooden soffits are awesome - they make the whole garage look great in my opinion.

Nice video. Thanks for posting. I’m happy to see that you and your dad have a great relationship! The older I get, the luckier I feel to spend time with my dad.

I built, with help from my son and his friend, a 28 x 24 two story garage. Did the same, hired out roofing, siding and garage door. Drew up the plans on graph paper to scale.

Wow! I figured you would go with roof trusses! Hats off to old school.

any vid showing son and dad working together is going to be a winner and a must watch so before he gets started he has an advantage. Good project few bits I don't agree with but still get my 9.5/10. This is more than a project re a shed its a family interaction and work ethic display

Your work is second to none may God continue to bless you and your family outstanding work. Bottom line

Good man!! I can really appreciate a human being like that. God bless.

Came out great. I miss doing projects with my dad, he passed earlier this year. Now im looking into shop space/garage for personal use and it feels a bit challenging without being able to bounce ideas off him. Miss him a lot. Good job guys!

You weren't kidding about turk hanging out. That's awesome. I'm hoping to build a detached garage at my house in a couple of years... never built a building but I've done some deck work, framing basement remodel, etc. Most ambitious project yet but I really enjoyed watching your build come together. I think I can handle it!

Great Job and Nice working with your Pops! Great times and memories you'll have! Thanks for revealing costs and producing video.

Great project thanks for sharing and providing costs. I love the siding approach, it looks simple and clean. I think you should read some of the other comments below to snure your dad's safety and that roof stay on the garage! Adding some additional collar ties (we normally go in 1/3 of the way up from the top plate - but if your snow load is low you might just add them at every rafter (same height you already did), hurricane clips are definitely needed,. The gable end comment below can be handled simply when building- as you use the plywood to connect between the two - 4x8 sheets installed vertically. at this time you could fix this easily by installing plywood on the inside between the 8' wall and the gable end . No building inspections for this project? this is where the building inspections could have provided some value to you, to actually help you as you go! Also no electricity? maybe not given the distance from the house. But if I were budgeting, I would add the cost of electricity. thanks for the great video!

You & your dad will cherish this build done together... Right on Bro..

The picture at the end tells the story, spend time with your Dad, some of the best times of your life, you and your Dad did a excellent job on your garage, hope you spend many years working together in your new Garage what a great story, always remember you only have one Dad, this story shows how much care about your Dad, I Congratulate you both, excellent video one of the best, SUBSCRIBED.

Came out great. Looked like a fun project to work with your dad. The final cost was definitely less than I’d expected.

Father and son, what a beautiful thing.

Great looking shop! Certainly an admirable and noble thing to do with your dad. Just fyi....i had a 20x20 workshop built by Tuffshed in 2020. The total cost with slab was around $15k. Workshops are the bomb!

I really like that you hire out smaller crews instead of big companies

I enjoyed this video, thanks for sharing! I don't normally comment but wanted to offer a few observations. Your gable end walls (at least as shown in the last interior shots) have a hinge due to the collar-tied vaulted roof rafters with the studs stopping at the double top plate and nothing to brace it. The front is actually worse than the back, because the header is upset into one of the plates, you're relying on a single top plate to span horizontally to the perpendicular walls for wind loading perpendicular to the gables, which definitely doesn't work if you were to put a number to it. Typically for a vaulted ceiling you would either balloon frame the gables (studs all the way to the roof sheathing), or use studs at a 45 (kickers, basically) running diagonally from the double top plate to the roof sheathing to brace the hinged wall studs. Someone else mentioned hurricane ties, maybe they were added later on, but a strong wind will easily rip those rafters off if they're only toe-nailed in to the top plate. I also saw the other comment about the collar ties, while I agree they seem pretty high up, you'll find out pretty quickly after the first snow or hanging anything heavy from the roof rafters if you have a problem or not as the roof will start to sag and push the top of the walls out as the collar connection gets overloaded. Just offering up a few helpful tips, I'm a professional structural engineer on the West coast. Happy to help if you have any questions.

Use a framing square to make stud locations. They are made to mark both sides since it’s 1 1/2” wide

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE PICTURE AT THE END........ SO GLAD YOU GUYS DID THIS.... CONGRATS

The turkey is a treasure - wow. This was a great build guys - congrats all around!

My fav part is you & your dad. That bond! And Turk of course. Great job! Now come help me with mine😉

Absolutely beautiful structure

Your dad seems proud of the job you guys did. I couldn’t build that here for your cost. We are required to use yellow pine for our roof framing and we need inspections for everything.

7:59 - That's epic that your dad has a wild turkey that just comes around and hangs out like that! I have tons of whitetail deer around my property, but none of them are _that_ tame.

24x25 gives me an idea for the back yard garage/shed I’ll be getting done this coming week. This has me excited

Awesome video! as a 30yr metal roofer, only thing I would add is to the deck roof with osb. Would be less than another 1000$. It gives metal roofs so much better wind up lift protection (dont remember the Miami-Dade result numbers) but its significant! Also, you will enjoy the insulation factor in the summer time.

Gratz on the garage! Enjoy your dad

looks good , nice to see you can still build a decent building relatively cheap

I would've put 1 course of block first then built my walls. I didn't see you put any sil seal down though. You need that so the bottom plate doesn't rot from contact with the concrete.

Nice garage something i would like and need. As for my dad his 90 yrs old still watches me work on my projects. Thanks.

My toxic trait is thinking I can do this with a couple of buddies

Awesome to work with your dad. My son disowned me recently and I have no idea why. No argument or nothing. Literally broke my heart. Hardest thing I ever dealt with. Makes absolutely no sense to me. Anyway you’re a good son , and your dad’s a lucky man. If I may suggest one thing , you really should consider putting ceiling joists up. They hold the walls together. Those collar ties won’t cut it. Your ridge will look like an old horse and the side walls will be pushed way out of plumb. Nice looking building otherwise.

Nice video. Thx. Enjoy your time with your dad, as often as possible. ❤️

you can use pressure treated 2x6 on the bottom plate with seal sealer, then when you do the 2x4 it gives you a ga0p to sit the osb on.

I miss my dad .He was the best!

Man that was beautiful!!! I'm like your dad when comes to being videoed :). Never seen a gent pull a tape hook out with his teeth like that... awesome!

Great job, great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. And Turk does a great job as a supervisor!

Great job guy's. Your an awesome son. Really enjoyed your video.

Looks great we usually offset the plywood when doing sheeting is that a common practice in your area

i'm not an engineer but does anyone stagger the OSB joints anymore? in my mind it seems like it would tie the walls together better but i have no idea if someones run the numbers on that or not

Ive built houses for 15 years and i have never seen a house or garage have completed hardy siding and not a single sheet of osb on the roof lol. It looks awesome tho very clean detail in the hardy siding nice build!!

I know why you subbed that siding out. That Hardie 4x8 siding is HEAVY. Nice looking garage. Looks like you extended the slab out beyond the building. What is going to prevent water from running under the walls, in a blowing rain? I would have liked to see monolithic slab incorporating a perimeter curb, except for the garage door opening, so water can’t get under the walls. My garage has that, but the separate shed does not, and is built with concrete at the same level as the floor plate. Water runs under the concrete and gets inside. I see the plate at the same level, and the siding extended all the way down to the concrete at the drive way too. Your plate is going to soak up water on all four sides, and the concrete will be wet inside. Maybe I’m not seeing something here. In my area, we also require a double bottom plate, at least four inches above any surrounding concrete, such as extended slabs, driveways and walk ways. A concrete curb will provide for that.

That’s a hell of a job. It looks nice.

Love Turk!

deal of the decade! in more ways than one.

Me and my brother in-law built a 24x30 x10 tall wall. the only work we paid for was the concrete. Once we had it all roughed in and roofed and windows and doors in. I finished the siding my self. And wired and dry walled . I used pole barn siding for the ceiling . Which worked well as it is allready painted and is lighter then dry wall. Great job guys

Dad has a great smile. The garage is also nice. 😏

Hold on you didn't say how much for the framing material and the slab???

Nice project, but Turk was the star of the show!🤣

It always surprises me that people don’t think to build lofts over new garages like this especially in the south where there are no basements. It’s the perfect place to put boxes, seasonal items, extra storage, small workshop, extra tools, etc. Heck some folks turn them into studio apartments or in-law sweets. But the main benefit is the extra storage so that you can actually use the garage for cars not extra stuff. It’s not really all that much more expensive to add a higher pitch to the gables to create that space and create the loft space. Other than that very nice build.

That's awesome get to work with your dad , You probably should have used anchor bolts you would probably save some money , My dad passed over 10 years to go, I would love to have done something like this with him. Keep it the good work

That’s a Good son you thought him well

Not bad 12 grand dam very good work of art garage man cave 👏👍.

Hey saw the hat! I work at a place that we have done a couple of production runs for black rifle coffee in stick packet form! Awesome content too!

When I built my 30X40 building years ago, I did it the exact opposite way. I got my pros to rough out the building making sure it was square, straight and plumb. I and several friends and relatives supplied the bull work and our hired pros took the lead and made sure we didn't screw anything up. We erected the 10ft. walls and prebuilt rafters without any machinery. After they were through, I did the siding and the roof myself with the help of friends and relatives as needed. Farming out the painting was the furthest thing from my mind. I would think that painting is one of the most doable jobs by an amateur.

amazing! Amazin as in do it yourself versus hiring licensed builder. Here in central IL 24x20 1 door 2 window is near 22k-27k and that was 15 years ago when I last got an estimates for it.

The result shown at the right bottom corner was like turtle moving 😂

Not sure your location but if you get any kind snow or wind I would seriously recommend having a qualified framer at a minimum to look at your roof. No way that was permitted or inspected. Probably add 2000 to your costs to get a properly framed, permitted, and inspected garage. You’re selling hopes and dreams to guys on your estimates.

Great project. Very informative. I'm starting my own garage build in 2 weeks, and it was very helpful to watch your video.

Great work guys👍♥️

I have also found that taking the extra few minutes to do the extra laying out makes assembly much easier.

Great video. Very instructive. When working for your Dad, you are paying it Backward as you should!!! 😮😂 Thanks again.

Looks sharp. Nice choice of materials.

It did turn out pretty good though. Good job.

Well, I built a lot. I would’ve included the frame, the concrete, the excavation, the electric, and everything else in that price.

Beautiful

Sehr gute Arbeit 👍 Grüße aus Germany

You could never build a shop for this little in Canada with winters and the weight of the snow. Nice shop though.

looks good! you didnt need raftier ties/ceiling joist on the bottom of the rafters? what are the dimensions again? subbed!

You are awesome, especially with turkey 😅 I have one question that's the reason I watch this video but I'm still didn't got this, I'm looking for what a good type or wherever in outside behind the wall, for outside? And thank you for video

Your outfit is exactly what i would imagine an American DIY-er to wear 😊

Great Job. Love that garage. enjoy

Nothing is better then father and son kocking out togather lol

Hey guys I’m so sorry I left out the 22x24’ Concrete pad cost. it cost around $3500 in materials! stick around we have some electrical and interior finishes going in next on my dads awesome new garage. Thank you all!

Plywood it after it’s standing up, that way the you can lift the framing up without a lift!

I am impressed. Good work .

why not pour a precast raised exterior ledge/foundation for the sill plates? Not concerned about water/insect damage with soil pressing up against the sill plates?

Great job!

$1200 for framing materials???? I gotta know where you buy wood. I’ve been wanting to build my garage, never had a dad to show me these things. Awesome father therei will have the money yesterday if where ever you buy your wood that cheap. 😂

Looks great.

We've been quoted some ridiculous prices on builds. What about the concrete pad? How much was that? I've been told that is the biggest expense on a garage...

Great job love it

Did he mention the cost of the cement pad? Nicd video encouraging men that they can do things like this.

Hi. I see the sill gasket was attached to the underside of the bottom plate before you flipped it over…how did you attach it? Thanks! Great project