m016324
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So I've finally gotten to the point where I think it's worth posting. It's taken me about a year to put up a 30x40 metal building on my property. There's a lot of stuff that's very specific to my build that I'll document and some that I'm hoping applies to others wanting to do something similar. So I'll start with an explanation of the name of the thread.
This is a picture of my property. The dark red box is where the original detached garage was on the property. As you can see there's a creek that runs behind it but what you can't see in this picture is the elevation changes.
So hopefully it makes sense why I called it a shop on a peninsula. I'm sure at some point (after you hear the whole story) someone is going to ask why I didn't just put it in the big open area on the right side of the property. There is a reason for it
that entire side of the property is full of 60'-100' trees and actually partially sits in a flood plain. So I'll start the story with why I didn't just keep the existing garage. First, it was put up in the early nineties right after our house was built. It was designed as an extended 2 car garage and was permitted at the time (this detail will matter later) Here's what it looked like.
Roof was in need of replacement, there was rot along the sides of the building, and my biggest issue was the inside joists were all at about 9', which meant I had no chance of installing a lift. The one good thing was the original pad that was installed was in great shape. There was a small extention which you can see in the picture of the rear of the garage that wasn't done to the highest quality. We'll talk about that more later.
I talked to several contractors about increasing the height when redoing the roof and since this was the end of COVID i got several FU prices for doing that work. I also got quotes to knock this down and do a stick build and was also given several FU quotes and a timeline that started in late 2022. All the contractors were so busy in my area at this time that doing something with this building wasn't going to happen.
This is a picture of my property. The dark red box is where the original detached garage was on the property. As you can see there's a creek that runs behind it but what you can't see in this picture is the elevation changes.
So hopefully it makes sense why I called it a shop on a peninsula. I'm sure at some point (after you hear the whole story) someone is going to ask why I didn't just put it in the big open area on the right side of the property. There is a reason for it
that entire side of the property is full of 60'-100' trees and actually partially sits in a flood plain. So I'll start the story with why I didn't just keep the existing garage. First, it was put up in the early nineties right after our house was built. It was designed as an extended 2 car garage and was permitted at the time (this detail will matter later) Here's what it looked like.
Roof was in need of replacement, there was rot along the sides of the building, and my biggest issue was the inside joists were all at about 9', which meant I had no chance of installing a lift. The one good thing was the original pad that was installed was in great shape. There was a small extention which you can see in the picture of the rear of the garage that wasn't done to the highest quality. We'll talk about that more later.
I talked to several contractors about increasing the height when redoing the roof and since this was the end of COVID i got several FU prices for doing that work. I also got quotes to knock this down and do a stick build and was also given several FU quotes and a timeline that started in late 2022. All the contractors were so busy in my area at this time that doing something with this building wasn't going to happen.