fperra

From a prior thread I inquired for opinions on building on my property or buying a garage condo from Garage Plus in Federal Way. My decision is to build on my own property. Friday I applied for the building permit with the City of Lakewood. $1653. So now I'm commited. As soon as the permits come through construction will start. Slab will be 52'X30' for a two car garage (28') and workshop (24'). Floor will be covered with Tuff-Seal tiles (http://www.tuffsealtiles.com/). I'll move my current 4 post lift from the existing attached garage to one bay in the new garage and also install a 2 post lift (http://www.nwsalesgroup.com/product/228.aspx) in the other bay. The ceiling in the garage portion in vaulted, starting at 10' at the garage doors and rising to 15.5' in the center, so pleanty of room for the two lifts. The workshop will have a 10' ceiling throughout.

Needless to say, I'm really excited about this project and will post progress reports with pictures once construction starts.

Mufflerbearing

Sounds good Fred.

Are you making use of skylights? I wish I had a bunch but there is a living room above my garage.

2_60b4u

Can't wait to follow the building process!

Curvette1

How exciting this is !
Now that you have the permit, you are good to go, and it sounds fantastic.
Keep the pics coming of the progress please. It won't be long !

Out To Lunch

What type building is it?

fperra

Pat, I haven't decided on the skylights yet. I may put two over the garage portion, but the workshop has a 2nd level for storage, so I can't put any there. As far as light goes, the garage will have 24 4' dual flourescent fixtures so there will be plenty of light.

seattle

Fred,
You've thought of everything but the built in beer taps! A man cave of this magnitude has to have a place to sit with a cold frosty one and plan the next mod.

mikelmco

Just curious, why does it cost almost 1700.00 for permits? What do you get for your money? Just a piece of paper?
Mike

BTW you gonna have a ground breaking BBQ?

Mufflerbearing

Usually the fee gets your plans reviewed and approved by the City building officials to make sure they meet City codes and then during various stages of construction, inspectors (building, electrical, plumbing, etc.) show up to make sure things are going together correctly and will give a final sign off when its finished.

I believe the cost of the permit is tied to the square footage of the building.

fperra

What Pat said. Yes on the BBQ.

fperra

There will be a fridge loaded with beer.

mikelmco

Thanks guys. Just wondered what it got you. Thought it might be just another revenue generator.

AmmoVet

Let us know if you need any help along the way.

fperra

Construction has finally started. Here is where it stands today:







Concrete pour is set for Monday morning.

YNOT2K

what happened to the "ground breaking" BBQ?? looks like the ground is already broke to me.

jeff

fperra

No ground breaking BBQ ever planned. Completion BBQ.

Otis S.

That's awesome. Hope construction goes well.

Just out of curiosity what made you decide against Garage Plus?

fperra

It just makes more sense to build on my own property which will add value. Also, a lot cheaper to build and more convenient.

4DSZR1

Very nice..............Thanks for posting the pictures

I don't know what it is about myself, but I love following garage building threads LOL

Please keep the progress pic coming

Rick

RagtopMike

Fred, Have you made plans for a heating and cooling system? What type of construction? Insulation?

The reason I ask is when I built my shop I made 3 mistakes.... 1. no restroom........ 2. Built a polebarn construction metal building. lets just say refridgerator in the winter.... 3. No thoughts of heating and cooling. I thought I would have this great workspace in the winter and it turned out to be a Icebox that was alway's 10-15 deg colder or hotter than outside. Since then I have almost solved two of the three problems. I sprayed the inside with foam insulation and sheetrocked it. Then I had a heatpump installed. My shop is 50 by 72 and has 4 bay doors but there is no way any heating or cooling system can keep up with it. It costs me 500/mo in the winter to keep it at a chilly 50deg. and in the summer with the heatpump working full time the best it can do is maintain 75deg. Luckily like you I am in the northwest and we only have severe temps 2mo in the winter and 2 months in the summer so not that big of a deal. The third item No bathroom I have not bit the bullet and solved yet. When you have 7-8 guy's over playing with cars and or BBQ it is a pain to have to track in and out of the house for a restroom. My shop is 50 yards from the house and yours looks a little closer but you will still have the wife looking at strangers and freinds in the house.

Just some thoughts for you. Congrats on the Man Cave.

Mike