Finally the garage construction has begun. We require one as our home has no basement and I have a bunch of tools that need a place to live. We are not certain if a vehicle will ever be parked in here, but we have built it big enough to accommodate one if needed. We also built a small overhang, or covered area for the boat.
We knew we would be pre-occupied with the house build, so we have hired the garage job out. Well the construction part of it anyway. We have ordered the material and the doors and windows (the windows are recycled). A couple of glitches in the material. I ordered 1x4 fascia and the framers suggested it be 2x6. I ordered material for the ladders to be site-built, but the truss company supplied them, and lastly, I ordered material for the beam, but the lengths were too short. They needed 14 footers and I only ordered twelve footers. A lesson learned is that it would be helpful to speak with the crew before ordering materials. We haven't had any of that happen on the house, but that's because we are the crew! Our project 
manager had looked after finding us the trades people and this week the framers finally arrived. In a couple of days they had the walls up. The plan was that they would leave it in a state that it was enclosed, and that we would install siding in our spare time. So eventually it should be clad in board and batten siding, but first we'll need a refresher on siding installation.
manager had looked after finding us the trades people and this week the framers finally arrived. In a couple of days they had the walls up. The plan was that they would leave it in a state that it was enclosed, and that we would install siding in our spare time. So eventually it should be clad in board and batten siding, but first we'll need a refresher on siding installation.A word about trades. When we were planning this job, the bottom had dropped out of the economy and it was a bad time in the trades profession. Between then and the start of construction, house building has boomed, and there is a real shortage of able bodies to do the work required. Trying to someone to frame the garage was a real task, but the fellows who arrived are very competent, so thanks to them and Pat Shank, who found them for us. 
Friday, the framers returned as did the crane operator and the trusses were hoisted onto the garage roof and installed. All that is needed now is the steel. Oh and windows and doors, but they are coming.This last picture is from the road looking up towards the homestead.
