Garage Packages

Garage Std Specs

Garage Foundation

Pictures of our garages can be seen HERE Choose album 3.

we use 12" x 12" Minimum Concrete Footings to securely adjoin your garage and your property and create a solid foundation to attach your garage to.

We use two continuous pieces of #4 rebar within the footings running throughout the perimeter of the garage to tie the entire foundation together to increase its strength.

PHD Simpson hold downs and steel bolts from the footings to the garage studs and sole plate. These bolts and steel hold-downs are the means by which to securely attach the wood framed garage to the concrete foundation.

A 4" thick concrete slab with fiber mesh will create a strong and cleanly finished interior floor to your garage. The fiber mesh is an additive that helps to prevent cracking giving your garage the strongest slab out there. Do not consider any garage without it.

Entire concrete foundation is cut or scored. Your choice. We have all seen the lines put in concrete work. These allow for the expansion and contraction of your concrete foundation as the elements change. All concrete cracks and these are stress points designed for the concrete to crack within thus helping to prevent any major cracks throughout the field of the slab.

A trough in the foundation at the roll-up garage door where the door and the concrete meet will help seal out any water or dirt getting underneath your garage doorÖÖ I bet you wish you had this on your current or past garage!

All of this is finished 6" above finished grade to give your garage plenty of ground separation.

Garage Framing

We use a 2x4 pressure treated sole plate to ensure that all lumber that is in contact with the ground is treated to stand up to moisture and insects.

2x4 framing on 16" centers with "California Corners" will give your garage all the strength needed to last a lifetime. It also allows for the easy installation of 16" insulation strips. The "California Corner" gives you the proper nailing surface in the corners of the garage to allow for easy installation of drywall or any kind of paneling not to mention the extra strength added by the multiple corner studs.

A 2x4 double top plate will add strength and transfer of load from the top plate to the wall studs.

We install glue laminated headers over all sectional garage doors because With openings of 16' or more we feel standard wood headers are not sufficient. We understand that strength in this area of the garage is important and our ultimate goal is to build a garage that will last a lifetime. Glue laminated headers also have a lesser likelihood of warping or twisting than do standard wood headers. Also because of their smaller size these headers allow for taller garage door openings so you can get the most out of your garage.

4x12 headers over all other doors and windows. 4x12 in size may be a bit of an overkill but we believe in building the best garage on the market.

We use pre-primed 25 Year Duratemp Siding because Duratemp is similar to T1-11 siding in that it is a plywood siding. The only difference is that Duratemp has a hardboard face. This means that the top layer of the siding is made of a synthetic material which adds to the life of your building and allows the manufacturer to lend its product the 25 year warranty. The fact that the siding is pre-primed saves your precious time and money. You do not have to prime the siding, just paint it.

Complete wrap of Framing with Moisture Barrier will seal any moisture out of the walls of the garage and makes your garage ready to insulate, which we can also do.

Roof Construction

We use Engineered Tile Load Roof Trusses that can bear heavier weight loads. With the popularity of tile, why design a garage that does not have the ability to be tiled at a later date? Of course if you want tile from the start, your garage is strong enough to support it and we can upgrade your roof to tile so that your garage matches your home.

1/2" CDX plywood sheeting with CCX exterior grade plywood is used at all exposed areas. This plywood combined with the tile load trusses makes for a strong, flat, smooth surface that will last a lifetime.

15lb felt paper under your shingles will provide the proper seal to ensure your garage is leak proof.

Galvanized metal drip edge around the perimeter of the garage protects the roof sheeting and the fascia board from the elements.

30 year composition shingles ensured a shingle that not only looked great but was going to last.

12" Gable end roof eaves and 24" side eaves with 2"x6" fascia board around the entire perimeter of the garage is aesthetically pleasing and it will match your home. This also helps protect the walls from the elements, and insures the roof sheeting remains straight.

Miscellaneous

The 36" x 80" pre- hung 6-panel, steel, double bore man-door we use provides a strong, secure (includes deadbolt), keyed, aesthetically pleasing, weather-stripped, convenient access in and out of your garage.

You'll get a 16' wide by 6'9" tall sectional garage door with weather-stripping. This is the same size door that comes on most homes. If you are going to build a garage you need to be able to get in and out of it with ease. We also add weather-stripping around the door to make your garage as weather, wind, and dust proof as possible. All of our garage door openings are trimmed cleanly with 2x6 lumber to give the opening a finished look.

We will build in the attic space within the trusses to give you even more storage space.

Two wall louvers, one on each gable end of the building will be installed to give your building proper ventilation.

Pictures of our garages can be seen HERE Choose album 3.

Custom Built Garage Packages

Pricing based on customer Specs

Please contact us at Garages@abettercontractor.com for more info