# Another garage build thread
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [July 16, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619 "2012-07-16T12:27:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@OriginalSterm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OriginalSterm)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/1 "2012-07-16T12:27:24Z")
Figured people like looking at garage projects, so here is mine. Not a ton of pictures yet, but the project is still in the early stages of construction…
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40’x32’x12’ (gotta be high for the lift), 3 garage bays (2-9’x7’, 1-10’x9’). Hoping to have plywood on this week and start thinking about how to lug the trusses up that high.
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### Author:  [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/2 "2012-07-16T12:43:10Z")
god dammit I need more land lol.
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### Author:  [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/3 "2012-07-16T12:57:09Z")
:tup:
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/4 "2012-07-16T13:04:39Z")
I see one big door - what lift are you going with? 🙂
Sign of aging, I think… I’d rather look at sweet garage builds than almost anything else.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/5 "2012-07-16T13:43:33Z")
\<- subscribed 🙂
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### Author:  [@Carbonfiberhooded](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carbonfiberhooded)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/6 "2012-07-16T13:55:13Z")
Rent a scissor lift or jlg. It’ll make quick work of it.
Looks good though. I’m jeolous!
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/7 "2012-07-16T16:49:20Z")
FUK PROPER!
Good size.
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### Author:  [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/8 "2012-07-16T18:40:22Z")
Nice Greg!
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### Author:  [@OriginalSterm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OriginalSterm)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/9 "2012-07-17T04:21:06Z")
Going to go with the I10 from Forward Lift (Loomis Root to install).
Got some plywood up last night, that shit gets heavy…
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### Author:  [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/10 "2012-07-17T05:31:30Z")
What town did you end up moving to after you sold that house in Henrietta? I’d also be curious to know how much things cost/who you used for this if you aren’t doing it yourself (for my own future garage building endeavors). That might be a PM thing though.
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### Author:  [@OriginalSterm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OriginalSterm)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/11 "2012-07-17T06:30:27Z")
Never ended up selling my house in Henrietta, doing a rent-to-own deal with it now. We moved to East Bloomfield (near Canandaigua) to be closer to my wife’s work and get more land (5 acres).
I don’t mind sharing what I’ve done and who I’ve used for this project so far…
Excavation/Foundation was Caldwell’s Custom Concrete. $10k
Lumber/Trusses/Siding/Misc. building materials through Home Depot. $10k
Lift (not yet purchased) through Loomis Root. ~$3k
Electrical ???
Build labor is friends and family. Cost of beer and food
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### Author:  [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/12 "2012-07-17T07:36:40Z")
So jealous! I’ve been trying to find a house worthy of building an awesome garage on the property, but so far no luck.
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/13 "2012-07-17T07:56:24Z")
yeah i’d bet that would be a $40k build if you contracted the whole thing out. Mine is slightly less than half that size and was just under $20k and i didnt finish the interior.
the more i thought about this build though the more i keep thinking you should have gone 2 cars deep… 40 x 40 bro!!! or more. you can never have enough garage.
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### Author:  [@OriginalSterm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OriginalSterm)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/14 "2012-07-17T08:00:11Z")
To be honest, the only place I could put this garage dictated how big it could be in the end (back from front edge of the house, no closer than 25’ from the neighbors, wasn’t going to move my propane tank or chainlink fence). Which is a good thing because it’s about all my wallet could handle.
I got quotes for having this thing built and they ranged from $15k for a pole barn kit to put up myself to a stick-built, turn-key garage for $48k.
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### Author:  [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/15 "2012-07-17T08:02:37Z")
$48k holy fuck.
Looks good so far though!
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### Author:  [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/16 "2012-07-17T11:01:45Z")
in for more pics
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### Author:  [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/17 "2012-07-17T12:18:33Z")
^ What he said.
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### Author:  [@suzukiriderman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suzukiriderman)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/18 "2012-07-17T13:45:27Z")
Very nice. Just curious, have you looked into the radiant floor heating using pex or some other piping/tubing? It seems like a great way to heat a garage, especially when pouring new concrete.
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### Author:  [@paulysplitx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/paulysplitx)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/19 "2012-07-17T14:39:33Z")
I would rent a lull for a weekend to set the trusses and have a guy on the top plates on both sides. That should make quick work of setting the trusses
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-garage-build-thread/224619/20 "2012-07-17T17:09:14Z")
> [@GV1390](#):
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> $48k holy fuck.
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> Looks good so far though!
man, for a wake up and park shit in it garage of this size that isn’t bad. if it includes interior finishing, hydro and lighting it’s pretty decent.
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