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Plan #F50-002D-6039
2-Car Garage with Loft and Dormers Plan #F50-002D-6007
2 1/2-Car Reverse Gable with Storage Plan #F50-002D-6023
2-Car Gable Plan #F50-002D-6011
3-Car Reverse Gable
Build Your Own Garage?............................................... 4 Planning Driveway and Parking Areas.......................... 4 Garage Sizes................................................................. 5 Anatomy of a Garage.................................................... 5 Establishing Lot Boundaries by the Lot Survey............. 6 Layout of the Garage Site...........................................6-7 Preparing Your Garage Foundation.............................. 7 How to Pour a Concrete Footing................................... 8 Formwork for Foundation Walls..................................8-9 Casting a Concrete Wall...........................................9-10 Building Concrete Block Foundation Walls.................. 10 Pouring a T-Shaped Foundation Concrete Floor......... 11 Details for Turned-Down Monolithic Slabs ............11-12 Pouring the Concrete Slab.......................................... 12 Some of the Tools Needed.......................................... 13 Calculating Concrete Volume...................................... 13 Estimating Cubic Yards of Concrete............................ 13 Choosing Lumber for Framing..................................... 14 Nails and Fasteners for Framing and Finishing........... 15 Selecting Your Doors................................................... 15 Selecting Your Windows ............................................ 16 Typical Garage Wall and Roof Framing Plan.............. 16 Typical Garage Floor Panel (Wall Panel System)....... 17 Garage Wall Framing.................................................. 17 Constructing the Basic Wall Frame............................. 18 Door and Window Framing.....................................18-19 Diagonal Bracing......................................................... 19 Raising the Walls......................................................... 20 Leveling and Corner Details...................................20-21 Framing with Metal Fasteners..................................... 21 Roof Framing..........................................................21-26 Hip Roof Framing...................................................27-30 Overhang and Trim Details.....................................31-32 Roof Shingles.........................................................32-33 Siding......................................................................33-34 Garage Doors and Mouldings.................................34-35 Sectional Garage Doors.........................................35-36 Installing Prehung Doors ............................................ 36 Disappearing Stairs..................................................... 36 Building the Stairway................................................... 37 Electrical Wiring........................................................... 38 Garage Door Opener................................................... 38 Garage Storage Ideas............................................39-40 Finishing the Inside of Your Garage............................ 41 For Notes..................................................................... 41 Glossary.................................................................42-43 Ready to Start Some Serious Planning?..................... 44 Example of a Typical Project Plan Sheet.................... 44 For Layout Purposes..............................................45-46 Project Plans: Garages, Workshops, and More...47-141 Project Plan Index..................................................... 142 Before You Order...................................................... 143 Order Form................................................................ 144 3