Building a garage, cost $$$$
I am in the progress of building a nice garage, I can let you know where I am right now. My garage I'm building is a two story garage, 26x40, three bays in the bottom and three bays up top.
First Floor- I had the three walls poured for the weight of the upper floor, 10 ft. high, that cost $11,100 dollars approx. Framed fourth wall for garage doors. Concrete floor below, poured it ourselves, got the concrete at the contractors price who poured the walls, cost right around $1,300 dollars. Engineered floor joyces and two laminated 26 ft. long beams, $4,500 dollars.
Second floor- Roof trusses, standard 4/12, were $1,600. The 8 ft. walls were just framed, and the plywood is on the roof. I havent figured up the 2x4s and plywood yet, but they arent gonna make a huge dent in the long run.
All the work was done by my father, me, friends and family, except for the pouring of the walls.
This is as far as I've gotten, as you can see its pretty well dried in for around
$20,000. At only 24 years old, with the poured walls and concrete floor, this garage will outlast me. only major cost left is garage doors and metal siding, plus the lift im getting for the bottom. Hope that helps