Got My Variance to build My garage !!! Check it out.

[Motown 454]

Hi Everyone I was stressing for quite a while about going for this variance. We went last night and we got approved to build.... Let me tell you the plan. It will be attached to the front of my house which doesn't sound too good but nowhere else to fit it on my property. The dimentions are going to be 22' wide and 26' deep attached to the house with access on the front porch and to the back yard man doors The garage door will be either 16'x8' or 14'x8' not sure yet. Because my land slopes to the right to get it even with my gutter line the inside walls will be near 11.5 to 12'. Then I'm putting scissor trusses to get more height . I already have a Mr Heater in the cellar waiting to go in and I'm going to put a box for the A/C through the wall for future use. Not sure if Ill put in the side windows or not, but the builder said I could use the two from the bay window we're removing Their Anderson windows and in good shape. Inside will have a knee wall of about 2' and I'll make the floor thick in a spot incase I get a lift. Let me know what you guys think.
Here's the front of the house now. It will be redone with the garage build.

Heres the plan front view.

Here's the plan showing the left side

Here's the right side.

Let me know what you guys think.
Wayne

[Ishmael]

I think you are improving the value of your house and your life. Happy early father's day, birthday and Christmas. I don't think I'll be getting one of those but I can dream.

[Motown 454]

Thanks
My girls are 33 and 31 and my other best girl will kill me if I give her age lol. So its daddy's turn.

Mama said so!

[ArtosDracon]

Congrats!

[go-fish]

Looks good. Congrats!

[John Wright]

I think you are improving the value of your house and your life. Happy early father's day, birthday and Christmas. I don't think I'll be getting one of those but I can dream.

Ditto......elevations look great.

[LeighP]

Yeah, looks good. At this stage, add some planning to make use of that big roof/loft area....too much storage space not to use it.

[Flash68]

Right on, Wayne!

[shmoov69]

Awsome! Are you building it yourself or having it done?

Dang, your neighbors are close! Lol

[Motown 454]

Thanks Guys
The neighbor on the left will be 10' from the garage. He is great for signing the petition in my favor to build.
I'm going to use scissor trusses to get extra height. Hoping to get a lift someday. I won't be able to build myself I'm a physical wreck, so it will be subbed out. I'm hoping to try to do some things.

[dadto2jays]

Looks terrific!!!!

[mc84_zz4]

That looks great, congrats.
It looks to me like that neighbor is going to get a free tune-up...lol

[Motown 454]

If he needs one he's getting it.

[67 455 Bird ragtop]

CONGRATS !!! I remember when I got approval to build my garage almost 3 years ago. You'll love it once it's done. But cuss every other day during construction ... LOL

[Motown 454]

Already started the cussin. Her's how my day went.

I just got off the phone with the architect with some fun news. It seems that Ma. just started new building code for my area. Sense I'm within 20 miles of the coast I need an engineer to stamp the plans. Were in a 110 mph zone. Not bad $250 I can live with that. But when he checked it out they decided with my wall height of 11'3" that I need shear walls. specifically for my wall height. More money , not sure how much. Their going to see if I make the foundation taller if it will let me scrape by on the wall type. The ones their talking about have metal in them plus different bolts to hold it down on the foundation. I figured it must be like Cali. standards. Plus sense my door isgoing to be 16x8 its a specific door because of the hieght over 6'8" It just gets better and better.
Then this.
My neighbor across the street from me didn't want me to build the garage, but we are friends and we watch each other's house when that person is on vacation. So she told me she wouldn't sign in favor of it , but wouldn.t go fight it. She belongs to the neighborhood association. She said "they will never let you build it". I think thats what she was counting on. There were two people at the meeting contesting my build they had 32 signatures against me. It passed anyway. A coouple of days ago I saw one of the guys from the meeting in her yard with an envelope in his hands talking to her. I think they are going to try to get her to protest it.Thay have thirty four days . I don't know how they came up with the number. The building inspector told me he can give me the permit but if they protest it in court I will get a cease and decest order and I will have to stop. Then if they would win I would have to return the property to its former state. So I'm waiting with bated breath!!!

[ArtosDracon]

That's terrible. I hope your neighbor just keeps her mouth shut.

As for the sheer walls, metal straps are the easiest way to go, but just sheeting the wall with plywood counts out here. As for the door, if you need a 100mph rated garage door I suggest Martin, worked with them a lot a couple years ago and they are a great product and their testing is second to none.

[scogin918]

We use shear walls here on the coast to comply with local building codes.

http://www.strongtie.com/products/strongwall/index.asp

http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/indus...ticleID=501475

[Motown 454]

They just adopted them this year. The building inspector said if I had even put a shovel in the ground before Jan 1st I wouldn't be dealing with these rules.

[southernfriedcj]

I HATE NIMBYS.

I'm a builder/devloper, here is my favorite quote:

"The difference between an environmentalist and a developer is that a developer wants to build a house in the woods, an environmentalist already has one." -unknown

[Motown 454]

We'll boys it looks like I'm free and clear to build my garage!!!!! Its past the date for any pain in the a$$ complainers. I already have three contractors giving me bids and one seperate foundation guy already gave me a bid. So the ball is rolling now .