Chuck,
We're even................... you banged someone in my Mom's bed.




........ no guys it wasn't my mom.

Maybe living at home until your mid thirties wasn't such a good idea.

Beakboater35,
No pics on this computer, I'll post some from my other computer later.

Kirch,
My garage was built summer of 2007. It's a pole barn, plywood sheathing, vinyl siding to match the house, concrete floor with 2 drains. Steel roof, I didn't want to pay the $6K upgrade to plywood and shingles. 3 Nice vinyl windows across the back.
You are doing a lot more finish work than mine, so now your $40K sounds like a good price to me.
I did the electric myself last year, the cabling, box, door opener, lights and outlets, were about $1500 in materials.
I installed a jackshaft opener, very quiet, no ugly track. the way you are finishing off your garage, you might like that. Easy to install too.

Pics of the bump out and the front before it was done.

Thank you for the pictures. VERY nice garage! I could really use the space.

Not a problem. Fills with junk fast. In the winter I jam in a 38' boat, 17' boat, dually, 4 cars, lawnmower, snowblower, etc. Its a great luxury to have a safe place to store toys. Go as big as your lot and budget allows, because its never enough.

it can never be big enough.

Mines 45X45 in the back of the property and 24X36 next to the house and you can't move in ether one they fill up with junk real fast. Try Morton Buildings best bang for the buck. Go as big as you can, a 27 footer on a trailer in a 36 ft deep garage and you can just about walk around it. My 33' on trailer with drives and swim platform is about 40' long and theres just enought room in the 45' garage to work in the back and front of boat.

i went with a 25x50 with two 10' doors and it is just about right. i can get two corvettes, a two post lift, two jet skis, and a 27' boat int here and have overhead storage. i used insulated steel construction and had it painted to match the house. it cost me less than $40,000 total.

Longer and narrow is cheaper than shorter and wide. If you can keep the trusses under 30' in width, you will see a significantly cheaper price vs. over 30' in width (talking wood frame construction).

I also advise building your bay(s) long enough to back the boat/trailer/truck ALL the way in without unhitching. It was strongly recommended that I do this, and I didn't. Now when I back into the driveway at 9PM, beat as hell from a long weekend/poker run; I have to get out, unhitch, winch up the tongue stand, move the truck to the other bay, and then go inside and go to bed.