Always a pleasure watching you build. Pushing 80yrs now but you make want to give it a try. Grandfather died digging a waterwell by hand and Great Grandfather fell off the roof repairing shingles. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
you got some serious skills for a one operation.i hope the contractor makes your precious time well worth it for you with the loot being shared.have a wonderful vacation cause you certainly deserve it.the things you do and skills you have im sure makes your kin proud.i would.
Yep . Finishers will always put an L-bolt right where a stud will go , In the middle of a garage door or an entry door or at a king/jack./cripple . Small builds like this , I'll mark the forms for placement .. On larger jobs , We just gotta accept it and they never get the bolts right standing close to plumb LOL Gotta put a nut on top and smack it within reason . Hopefully it won't shear off the edge of the slab . Liked the start . Spade run wild !!. Use a ship auger and it'll pull you through , Use a forstner and you'll get a cleaner hole . You are correct about pre-sheathing a wall on a sloped slab . Out of level , squared walls beget out of plumb walls . "I don't get it Big Dan " .. Though I have had to pre-sheathe walls on a sloping monolith . Had to use quantum physics and meltdown my brain stem to know what the cross number differential had to be . Worked , but not for the mathematically challenged LOL . One of my last jobs " My Swan Song " .. The finisher couldn't fathom why my forms were out of level for the garage . He pulled out a laser to show how stupid I was , All the amigo's laughed in unison . " Just pour the dang thing to the top edge and trust me , and BTW . those little things around are set to the plane of the finish . Please go no higher or lower than those . Capiche !! . .. Ha! . You said 92-5/8 " studs . . Did you start at the front of the garage and benchmark with 92-10" and end in the back taking into account the slope? Each individual stud reduction ?? .Hope so !! didn't hear you mention that and that is important , I'd still use H-clips . But that's just me I guess . Wall sheathing . That can be argued a thousand ways to Sunday Some local codes might dictate it be run on the horizontal , Some engineers call it out , Code say that 25% of the first and second floor walls be structurally sheathed and 40% of the first of three stories . Also OSB has little arrows that indicate the structural axis . Back in the days , Some guys would put a standing sheet on each end and run the next three as foamboard or celotex . Soon as they cut out a corner window . 75% of the shear is lost . LOOL . Wonder why this wall'd rack is going back and forth " Don't get it Big Dan ?" . I now generally horizontally sheathe , but not religiously . I get especially picky when breaching the floor band . The center of the sheet whenever possible is centered on rim joist . Ties lower walls to the uppers , Even if straps are in place .Rule of Thumb " If you can gather strength by doing something simple , Do it " .. I went to Home Depot and looked . " Oh Heck No " 10 grand for a box . So I built my 22x24 for $4,800 complete . Slab, garage door , French door , two double glazed , vinyl siding , Hardi fascia and soffit , Architectural shingles .. Took me 48 man hours .. Had I had 2 more guys helping it would have taken 200 man hours and 199 of it arguing LOL .. When I got struck down with stage 4 cancer , My neighbor behind me wanted to help me . Asked me if I could design and build him an addition .. Sure !! motivation , Come home from The Cancer Center , hop the fence and go to work until sunset . I went turbo and used every cost saving method I knew , But also made sure it was built like a tank. My work is world renowned !! . With free labor I tacked on a huge two car garage with a 560sq ft bonus room , Stone lower facade with Hardi-shake . Curved beams and columns . 1200 sq ft finished .. Total damage $25,000 ..LOL .. I told him you just got 200 grand for 25 . But he did keep me supplied with bologna sandwiches . Told him . I don't even build decks for 20 a ft !! ,, On my own garage . All my truck would carry was 12' 2x6. didn't want to ride down the road with 16' bouncing around , Too cheap to have it delivered , Plus I could hand pick and scatter the Depot with all the bananas and boat keels . and 14' are usually trash . I ran the math and wanted to get the maximum pitch and have a little triangle fall off when making the rafters . Came out to a 4.34/ 12 . Max everything out . Lowered the collar ties to produce a vault " Had this argument what a collar tie and a ceiling joist is with a inspector 35 years ago .. They can become both !! . Didn't want to buy 22' and have a lattice of 2x's . The back wall I ballooned framed . Whenever I can . I like to go bottom to top and avoid that hinge and better for wind . Though I have worked with others than I could push that wall in an out a 6" . Ha! . Run a brace to the ridge to the top plate . I am a pest . I am not a carpenter anymore , Washed up " Used to Could " and to some degree live vicariously through vids like this .. I enjoyed it . I spent years building monster homes in gated communities , I reasoned " Why an I doing this. Too many pages of prints , Too big and takes 3/4 a year to frame , Too much detail and 7-8 carpenters to lead and hold hands . When I could build closer to the ground and the only fear I have is . Stepping on the owner's petunias . Peace . Enjoys
Fellow solo builder here. I am not in the trades, I am a building designer. But, I love doing hands on work as well. The sense of accomplishment is par non when you're finished isn't it. Stay safe
Yeah. On the side walls, how do you go about closing the gap between the top of the wall and the roofline? Thanks for posting these builds. After watching your builds I am going to attempt building my 25x30 shop with upstairs storage for my motorcycles.
Admire your efforts and teaching, if you were to slow down the proces (show the measurement of each board, type of board and how a plywood is set) you would the best instructor; and fortunately, there would be less people homeless trying to build their own homes. Thanks and God Bless.
Yeah! Structurally, would full sheets of OSB installed on the corners have more structural integrity than half sheets? - 23:30 - Flip-flop the half sheet OSB with the full sheet?
Enjoyed the video. What size garage header are you using along with the 92 5/8" studs and still maintain 7' 1&1/2" rough opening height for the garage door?
Morning! If I'm doing 2x4 walls on 4x8x16 CMU blocks, should I be running a 2x6 frame on the garage, and then 2x6 inside framing as well? Hope that makes sense! Watching a ton of your videos to get a handle on my own garage build. Thanks!
When installing the sill plates do you inset them 1/2” from the edge of the slab so the sheathing ends up flush with the slab? Or does sill plate sit flush with slab and sheathing hangs over 1/2”? Not sure how I should do it and wanna get it right
In my area they're really picky about shear walls on the garage door wall. It looks like there is almost no shear wall on this one. Is that just allowed in your area or was there special design work done?
Im building a 18w x24L garage and am trying to decide on door size ...some of my research has some people saying a 16w door on a 18w garage can be week/flimsy and recomend going with a single door whats your opinion on this ? Can it be tuff to get a 16w door to work well with a 18w garage? (10 foot walls) if that matters
With only 2’ of framing on either side of the door, it doesn’t have a lot of shear strength…but we build them that way all the time. Just make sure your sheathing spans the side wall and onto the header in one piece, don’t piece it in.
I figure the height as determined by roof pitch, in this case 54” (9’ x 6/12 pitch) then subtract for the ridge and birds mouth (usually 4”). So on this one I put my ridge props at about 49-50 inches.
Always like watching your builds, can you show and explain how you square the building before you start framing and show how you snap the chalk lines on the floor after you square it?
I just pull measurements from corner to corner to check square. Most of the time they’re within an inch of square, so I just follow the edge of the slab…no need to snap lines then.
Doing a solo build 24x40 shop. No longer than 10 foot sections of framing so I can handle it myself. Not a carpenter by any stretch of the imagination, learning as I am going. We have been getting brutal heat the last few weeks so I get a few hours in the morning and a couple hours after the sun goes behind the hills, probably averaging 4 hours per day and it looks like I will have approximatly 60 hours just in the framing. Can't wait to get to the sheathing part of it. Not bad for a man with little carpentry skills I guess. Lots of reading and RUclips videos have helped. The one thing I found is there is more then one way to do much of this. Hoping to have it ready for Roof Trusses that will be showing up in 2 weeks. Just so they can put them up on the top rails with their crane so I don't need to struggle getting them up myself.
@MyDIYAdventures thank you sir. Funny thing is. I do my corners exactly like you do. Window openings I found really slow me down, over an hour for one 8 foot section with a single 36x36 window. I found if I assemble them separate with double kings, Jack's and the header, it makes it pretty easy to place it where I want it. Always try to use one of the kings in a main stud position to kill 2 birds with one stone, then add my cripples after I place it in the framing. I use double kings just to add a bit of extra strength, code does not require it here. One 40 foot wall left. This one Will get 2 windows(already built, just need placed), exterior door, and a single 9x7 garage door. Supposed to cool down the next few days, so I should be able to make a bit of headway, I hope.
I built a 2 car 30x30 by myself back in 2001. I did get my son to help me hang the 2 garage doors.. Took me about 3 weeks. I used vinyl siding and 25 year shingle roof. Trimmed out with pvc soffit & facia material. It's not a big deal to do this.
Always a pleasure watching you build. Pushing 80yrs now but you make want to give it a try. Grandfather died digging a waterwell by hand and Great Grandfather fell off the roof repairing shingles. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
you got some serious skills for a one operation.i hope the contractor makes your precious time well worth it for you with the loot being shared.have a wonderful vacation cause you certainly deserve it.the things you do and skills you have im sure makes your kin proud.i would.
Yep . Finishers will always put an L-bolt right where a stud will go , In the middle of a garage door or an entry door or at a king/jack./cripple . Small builds like this , I'll mark the forms for placement .. On larger jobs , We just gotta accept it and they never get the bolts right standing close to plumb LOL Gotta put a nut on top and smack it within reason . Hopefully it won't shear off the edge of the slab . Liked the start . Spade run wild !!. Use a ship auger and it'll pull you through , Use a forstner and you'll get a cleaner hole . You are correct about pre-sheathing a wall on a sloped slab . Out of level , squared walls beget out of plumb walls . "I don't get it Big Dan " .. Though I have had to pre-sheathe walls on a sloping monolith . Had to use quantum physics and meltdown my brain stem to know what the cross number differential had to be . Worked , but not for the mathematically challenged LOL . One of my last jobs " My Swan Song " .. The finisher couldn't fathom why my forms were out of level for the garage . He pulled out a laser to show how stupid I was , All the amigo's laughed in unison . " Just pour the dang thing to the top edge and trust me , and BTW . those little things around are set to the plane of the finish . Please go no higher or lower than those . Capiche !! . .. Ha! . You said 92-5/8 " studs . . Did you start at the front of the garage and benchmark with 92-10" and end in the back taking into account the slope? Each individual stud reduction ?? .Hope so !! didn't hear you mention that and that is important , I'd still use H-clips . But that's just me I guess . Wall sheathing . That can be argued a thousand ways to Sunday Some local codes might dictate it be run on the horizontal , Some engineers call it out , Code say that 25% of the first and second floor walls be structurally sheathed and 40% of the first of three stories . Also OSB has little arrows that indicate the structural axis . Back in the days , Some guys would put a standing sheet on each end and run the next three as foamboard or celotex . Soon as they cut out a corner window . 75% of the shear is lost . LOOL . Wonder why this wall'd rack is going back and forth " Don't get it Big Dan ?" . I now generally horizontally sheathe , but not religiously . I get especially picky when breaching the floor band . The center of the sheet whenever possible is centered on rim joist . Ties lower walls to the uppers , Even if straps are in place .Rule of Thumb " If you can gather strength by doing something simple , Do it " .. I went to Home Depot and looked . " Oh Heck No " 10 grand for a box . So I built my 22x24 for $4,800 complete . Slab, garage door , French door , two double glazed , vinyl siding , Hardi fascia and soffit , Architectural shingles .. Took me 48 man hours .. Had I had 2 more guys helping it would have taken 200 man hours and 199 of it arguing LOL .. When I got struck down with stage 4 cancer , My neighbor behind me wanted to help me . Asked me if I could design and build him an addition .. Sure !! motivation , Come home from The Cancer Center , hop the fence and go to work until sunset . I went turbo and used every cost saving method I knew , But also made sure it was built like a tank. My work is world renowned !! . With free labor I tacked on a huge two car garage with a 560sq ft bonus room , Stone lower facade with Hardi-shake . Curved beams and columns . 1200 sq ft finished .. Total damage $25,000 ..LOL .. I told him you just got 200 grand for 25 . But he did keep me supplied with bologna sandwiches . Told him . I don't even build decks for 20 a ft !! ,, On my own garage . All my truck would carry was 12' 2x6. didn't want to ride down the road with 16' bouncing around , Too cheap to have it delivered , Plus I could hand pick and scatter the Depot with all the bananas and boat keels . and 14' are usually trash . I ran the math and wanted to get the maximum pitch and have a little triangle fall off when making the rafters . Came out to a 4.34/ 12 . Max everything out . Lowered the collar ties to produce a vault " Had this argument what a collar tie and a ceiling joist is with a inspector 35 years ago .. They can become both !! . Didn't want to buy 22' and have a lattice of 2x's . The back wall I ballooned framed . Whenever I can . I like to go bottom to top and avoid that hinge and better for wind . Though I have worked with others than I could push that wall in an out a 6" . Ha! . Run a brace to the ridge to the top plate . I am a pest . I am not a carpenter anymore , Washed up " Used to Could " and to some degree live vicariously through vids like this .. I enjoyed it . I spent years building monster homes in gated communities , I reasoned " Why an I doing this. Too many pages of prints , Too big and takes 3/4 a year to frame , Too much detail and 7-8 carpenters to lead and hold hands . When I could build closer to the ground and the only fear I have is . Stepping on the owner's petunias . Peace . Enjoys
Fellow solo builder here. I am not in the trades, I am a building designer. But, I love doing hands on work as well. The sense of accomplishment is par non when you're finished isn't it. Stay safe
I was just discussing that with my HVAC guy (who also flies solo), about the sense of accomplishment you get after completing a job.
Bravo! Always a pleasure Sir.
Thank you!
Excellent work as always , 👍
Thank you much!
I would bring my hedge trimmers and save myself the trouble and trim that shrub back
Great work !!
Thank you!
Youve done nice work. Ive built garages both ways. 18ft wide is a nice width. Enjoy your work.
Thanks
You make it look so easy . Good job. I love the content. Yeah
Glad you enjoy it!
Yeah!
Making me want to just build my own garage..
Let er rip!
I got the chills when you said one day 😮💨😭😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
One day what? I can’t remember what I said🤷♂️
@@MyDIYAdventures@7:13 … u said one day it’s going to get me … the header …
Aha! One tried to get me a couple days ago!
@@MyDIYAdventures oh noooo! be careful brothA 😮💨😮💨🙏🏽
Yeah
Yeah!
As always, Nice Work 👍
Thank you!
Cool garage thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Nicely done
Thanks!
If the lean to roof rafters were notch to the ledger would hanger brackets be needed?
Nice job!
Thank you.
I would say yes, but inspectors around here don’t like to see it done that way…they love their stupid hangers!
Yeah.
On the side walls, how do you go about closing the gap between the top of the wall and the roofline?
Thanks for posting these builds.
After watching your builds I am going to attempt building my 25x30 shop with upstairs storage for my motorcycles.
It gets a vented soffit
You are NOT a busted old man. 😉
I’m not sure I believe you!
Admire your efforts and teaching, if you were to slow down the proces (show the measurement of each board, type of board and how a plywood is set) you would the best instructor; and fortunately, there would be less people homeless trying to build their own homes. Thanks and God Bless.
Yeah!
Structurally, would full sheets of OSB installed on the corners have more structural integrity than half sheets? - 23:30 - Flip-flop the half sheet OSB with the full sheet?
If only the corners were getting OSB, then yes, but since the whole wall has it, it doesn’t matter.
Yeah
When building a detatched garage, what size of two car garage and roof pitch most efficiently uses material?
Standard around here is a 20’x20’ garage and a 4/12 roof pitch
👍👍😎✌️🤟Yes, Sir.
Enjoyed the video. What size garage header are you using along with the 92 5/8" studs and still maintain 7' 1&1/2" rough opening height for the garage door?
2x12 set with a single top plate, the door actually finishes to about 83” with the 2x6 trim.
Morning! If I'm doing 2x4 walls on 4x8x16 CMU blocks, should I be running a 2x6 frame on the garage, and then 2x6 inside framing as well? Hope that makes sense! Watching a ton of your videos to get a handle on my own garage build. Thanks!
Not sure I understand
@MyDIYAdventures no worries, I think I'm overthrowing this haha
When installing the sill plates do you inset them 1/2” from the edge of the slab so the sheathing ends up flush with the slab? Or does sill plate sit flush with slab and sheathing hangs over 1/2”? Not sure how I should do it and wanna get it right
Doesn’t really matter, I’ve done it both ways
Around me 7/16 vs 1/2 osb is a dollar difference
Good job, more or less how much you spent in this construction, the cost
I was only hired to frame it
Is there a way to build this garage with a different truss system to have room for a car lift?
They make scissor trusses, or you could just go with 12’ walls
@@MyDIYAdventures Would you think building 12" walls is doable solo?
I sure wouldn’t do it LOL
How high are the walls ? Whats the garage door size?
8’ walls, 16x7 door
Great content, how far do you travel for your side work?
I stay as close to home as possible LOL
Hi! Are these walls 8ft studs?
92 5/8” studs
In my area they're really picky about shear walls on the garage door wall. It looks like there is almost no shear wall on this one. Is that just allowed in your area or was there special design work done?
Nothing special, they allow it here
Im building a 18w x24L garage and am trying to decide on door size ...some of my research has some people saying a 16w door on a 18w garage can be week/flimsy and recomend going with a single door whats your opinion on this ? Can it be tuff to get a 16w door to work well with a 18w garage? (10 foot walls) if that matters
With only 2’ of framing on either side of the door, it doesn’t have a lot of shear strength…but we build them that way all the time. Just make sure your sheathing spans the side wall and onto the header in one piece, don’t piece it in.
What method do you use to determine your ridge height?
I figure the height as determined by roof pitch, in this case 54” (9’ x 6/12 pitch) then subtract for the ridge and birds mouth (usually 4”). So on this one I put my ridge props at about 49-50 inches.
Is that 9’ pulled from the outside of the sheathing?
It’s inconsequential for the ridge prop, but when I lay out my rafters, I do account for the ridge and the wall sheathing.
@@MyDIYAdventures that would be a great how to video if you ever have the time, I enjoy the videos!
Not sure how much it will help, but:
Rafter Layout | Use A Framing Square Correctly | How To | MY DIY
ruclips.net/video/-_CJ-qVT-ic/видео.html
Would the concrete guys be annoyed if you came and placed the j bolts to make your life easier?
Haha, nah…I’m sure they’d be super cool with that!😂
@@MyDIYAdventures I don’t know why they would care, or just communicate the spacing to them.
I’ve told them about it multiple times, I’m pretty sure they just hate me LOL
@@MyDIYAdventures I see, I put in sprinkler systems and know the feeling.
Like lawn sprinklers?
Yeah!
Yeah
Yeah
From start to finish, everuthing including cement. What was the cost with labor.im thing anought having one built..?
The contractor I framed this for charges around $50/sq ft for a basic garage.
Yeah!
Yeah
What was the pitch for the porch roof?
3 1/2 if I recall correctly, I don’t think I could get a 4 to fit.
Always like watching your builds, can you show and explain how you square the building before you start framing and show how you snap the chalk lines on the floor after you square it?
I just pull measurements from corner to corner to check square. Most of the time they’re within an inch of square, so I just follow the edge of the slab…no need to snap lines then.
Doing a solo build 24x40 shop. No longer than 10 foot sections of framing so I can handle it myself. Not a carpenter by any stretch of the imagination, learning as I am going. We have been getting brutal heat the last few weeks so I get a few hours in the morning and a couple hours after the sun goes behind the hills, probably averaging 4 hours per day and it looks like I will have approximatly 60 hours just in the framing. Can't wait to get to the sheathing part of it. Not bad for a man with little carpentry skills I guess. Lots of reading and RUclips videos have helped. The one thing I found is there is more then one way to do much of this. Hoping to have it ready for Roof Trusses that will be showing up in 2 weeks. Just so they can put them up on the top rails with their crane so I don't need to struggle getting them up myself.
Sounds like you’ve got this all figured out! Good luck with the rest of the build!
@MyDIYAdventures thank you sir. Funny thing is. I do my corners exactly like you do.
Window openings I found really slow me down, over an hour for one 8 foot section with a single 36x36 window. I found if I assemble them separate with double kings, Jack's and the header, it makes it pretty easy to place it where I want it. Always try to use one of the kings in a main stud position to kill 2 birds with one stone, then add my cripples after I place it in the framing. I use double kings just to add a bit of extra strength, code does not require it here. One 40 foot wall left. This one Will get 2 windows(already built, just need placed), exterior door, and a single 9x7 garage door. Supposed to cool down the next few days, so I should be able to make a bit of headway, I hope.
👏👏👏
I built a 2 car 30x30 by myself back in 2001. I did get my son to help me hang the 2 garage doors.. Took me about 3 weeks. I used vinyl siding and 25 year shingle roof. Trimmed out with pvc soffit & facia material. It's not a big deal to do this.
It is for some people