My completed garage with pics

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Web Docta

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I built my own 3 car detached garage with loft about a year ago by myself, it took me a little over a year to complete. I did all the work myself except the concrete, brickwork, roofing shingles and the gutters. I also only fell off the roof once....really.



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Hi guys, I have an unfinished 32' X 16' X 8' loft upstairs. The downstairs footprint is 36' wide X 32'deep. The front door leads right into the staircase that goes upstairs. I might finish it off someday...insulate and sheetrock but I don't really need to right now and I need to take a break from this project anyway. I'm really lovin' having all this garage space.
 
Web Docta said:
I'm really lovin' having all this garage space.
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As well you should!!



Congratulations on a wonderful project!! Nice looking space. I can only imagine how it must be nice to have a little time off from a project like that. How is the downsairs matching up to the toys that you have to fill them? In other words, do you always have room to detail?
 
cwcad said:
As well you should!!



Congratulations on a wonderful project!! Nice looking space. I can only imagine how it must be nice to have a little time off from a project like that. How is the downsairs matching up to the toys that you have to fill them? In other words, do you always have room to detail?
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It's already filled up but I have plenty of space to work inside as it it 32' deep so there's a lot of room to move around. The truth is that after I finished it I wondered why I didn't build a 4 car instead of a three. It wouldn't have been that much extra work to do it but.... "live and learn."



Dean said:
Wow! First class looking construction. Very professional looking, and I love the brick.
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THat's why I paid the professionals to do the brick. I used the same brick/shingles that are on my house.



SpoiledMan said:
Cool garage now let's get to the important part. Where are the cars?
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My cars are basically in my Sig plus an old '94 Caravan "beater" that goes in there also. I have a 2 car garage attached to my house for my son's car and my work truck.
 
Nice - It's just like the garage I'm going to build, but mine will be a 6 car garage. How much did your garage cost to build? How deep would it need to be to comfortably park 3 cars wide X 2 cars deep?
 
Very nice looking garage. Did you install any extras? Like maybe a drain in the floor, heat, organizer/cabinet system, or maybe a satellite hook up?
 
I found a photo of the loft upstairs before the stairs were in, it's unfinished right now. Before I finished the final grading I paid a guy $20. to dig a trench to the garage from my house. I buried a conduit pipe to garage and I pulled the TV cable, a CAT5 wire from my network and a pair of phone wires through it. I've got computer access and TV while I'm working in there so I can keep up with the Autopia Forums. :)



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Nice job!

I have never heard a man say that he should have built a smaller garage....always bigger.
 
Thanks for all the kind words. Here's a side view showing the house and garage together. The house has a 2 car garage directly facing the detached garage and they share the same driveway. We designed & built the house 8 years ago from a plan we found in a magazine and the plans for the 3 car garage were purchased online at http://www.coolhouseplans.com for $150.

BTW, I'm not a builder but have contracted two other houses in the past.



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Very nice home you have there. And looks like you have plenty of garage space. Best of luck to you completing your garage. That top unit should prove a safe, peaceful, haven. :2thumbs:
 
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