How Do I Build a Garage Addition?
Building a garage addition to your home is a good idea when you want protection for your vehicles, especially if you live anywhere with harsh weather conditions. Building a garage provides extra storage space. Another good reason to build a garage is that it increases the value of your home.
How to build a garage addition easily:
- Plan the garage carefully in advance. Build the garage during the warmer months of spring and summer, if possible. Sketch the design in very specific detail, or have a blueprint drawn up professionally; and a contractor should have a copy of the blueprint for the garage to avoid any problems later. The building plan needs to include different views of the garage. All of the rafters and modifications to any existing walls, as well.
- Estimate the cost. Before any construction begins, compile a list of all the materials needed and their costs. Include the total of the foundation in the estimate. Obtain the permits required by your city, and if there are costs for permits, take that into consideration, also.
- Develop a construction plan. Discuss the construction of the garage with the contractor and make up a calendar specifying what is promised to be done as far as construction each day, but take into account any unforeseen events that may take extra time.
- Order materials well in advance of beginning your construction project. This ensures that everything is in place, and additional materials won't have to be ordered later, causing delays in construction.