Boys' dream: cardboard garage with overhead gates

Topics devoted to the construction of garages, greenhouses and outbuildings traditionally arouse increased interest among FORUMHOUSE users. This is reflected in the demand for such objects on the site and the possibility of their independent construction at a reasonable price. Many people start building a large house with small architectural forms - you can improve your skills and test your strength.

Our portal has already told you how to build a budget and functional shed. In today’s material we will tell you how to build a frame garage on wooden poles with your own hands using the example of a step-by-step description of the story of a portal participant with the nickname Alano.

Choosing a location for a garage

First of all, you need to decide on the location of this building. Firstly, the location of the garage should be convenient, and secondly, this building should fit into the overall style and be in harmony with other buildings located on the site. The garage can be located separately from other buildings or serve as an addition to any building.

• Detached garage . Quite often, owners use this option, especially if the house has already been built, although a garage can be attached to the house at any time.
• A garage that is part of some kind of building . A garage can be attached to a house or other outbuilding, and the garage is built together with the construction of a house or outbuilding, as well as after the construction of buildings.

As a rule, the garage is located separately from other buildings if it is being built independently, especially since the car appears a little later, when the issue of housing has been resolved. In addition, building a garage separately does not require too much money, and from a technical point of view it is much simpler. When choosing a site, it is necessary to take into account that the garage should be located at a distance of 1 meter from the neighboring site, and the entrance to the garage should be located at a distance of 10 meters from the windows of the neighbor’s house. The distance to the nearest residential building, if it is built from fire-hazardous materials, must be at least 15 meters and at least 9 meters if it is built from non-combustible materials.

The gate opens directly onto the street - one of the good options

Garage Doors

Through the gate, the car and its owner enter the building, and garage doors are used to protect the structure from entry by third parties.

Convenient garage doors are presented by manufacturers in a wide range of different designs, differing in the opening method:

• hinged, take up maximum space when open and are quite inconvenient when opening or closing;
• sliding, the design of these gates includes wheels that provide easy opening of the doors without much effort;
• roller doors, one or more sections of garage doors open upward due to a mechanical or electric drive.

To automate the process of controlling garage doors, modern electric drive devices are used.

Many garage door systems are complemented by modern equipment that can be operated using a remote control without leaving the car or leaving the garage.

Dimensions of the garage and its design

First of all, you should decide on the purpose of building a garage. If the garage will only serve as a parking place for a car, then it is enough to add one meter on all sides to the size of the car. These sizes are quite enough. If you plan to carry out repair work, then these sizes are clearly not enough, considering that you will need a lift, an inspection hole, and a lot of tools and spare parts. You will have to add another meter to the dimensions in all directions. If you plan to repair not only your own car, then these dimensions will not be enough.

Is a viewing hole necessary?

The presence of a pit makes the project somewhat more expensive. Some owners built a basement under the garage for storing fruits, vegetables, canned food, etc. Naturally, the arrangement of a basement involves large volumes of excavation work.

If you build only a viewing hole in the garage, about 1 meter wide and no more than two meters deep, then it will cost much less. Naturally, the depth of the hole should take into account the height of the car owner, adding about two dozen centimeters to the height. The length of the pit is no more than two meters. As a rule, this is enough to inspect any passenger car.

An example of the construction of an inspection pit

Nowadays, only a few equip their garages with inspection pits, since repairing modern cars is a responsible task that cannot be solved without specialists, so they use the services of a service station. In addition, it is much easier and faster to build a garage without an inspection hole, simply by pouring the floor in the garage with concrete.

Garage foundation options

Considering the fact that a garage for a passenger car is not impressive in size, you can use any type of foundation, as well as their simplified versions, although this approach largely depends on the nature of the soil and weather conditions in the region.

Strip foundation

Strip foundations are considered the most reliable and also the easiest to manufacture. First of all, you should pay attention to the nature of the soil and the level of groundwater, since you will have to lower the foundation below the freezing depth. If we take the middle strip, then this is a level of 1.7-1.9 meters. It is to this depth that a trench should be dug under the foundation, after which the formwork is installed. Then the space is filled with a frame made of reinforcement and poured with concrete. When the concrete has hardened to 50 percent strength, the formwork is removed and the flooring in the garage begins to be poured.

Strip foundation ready for pouring concrete

If groundwater lies at a considerable depth and the soil is not heaving, then a prefabricated strip foundation or a shallowly buried strip foundation, with a strip height of no more than half a meter, is sufficient. A prefabricated strip foundation is formed on the basis of prefabricated blocks, which are connected to each other using cement-sand mortar.

Alternatively, the strip foundation is poured at ground level, and then the foundation is raised by covering it with reinforced concrete slabs.

Pile or pile-grillage type of foundation

It is considered an economical type of foundation, but it is rarely used in the construction of garages. If you make a purely pile foundation for a garage, then it is not very convenient, since the floor of the garage rises to a certain level above the ground. In this regard, it is necessary to think about organizing a check-in. Pile and pile-grillage types of foundations are ideal for construction on heaving soils with a high groundwater level.

The pile is connected to the grillage - this is a pile-grillage foundation

The construction of a pile-grillage foundation is based on digging a pit up to half a meter deep, and then drilling wells in the pit in increments of one and a half to 2 meters. Wells are drilled to the depth of soil freezing. Formwork in the form of pipe sections or rolled roofing felt is inserted into the wells. After this, several bars of reinforcement are inserted inside the formwork so that they protrude from the formwork by 0.7 meters. All this is filled with concrete (wells with formwork). Then they begin to install the formwork on the tape, making a frame from reinforcement so that there is a connection with the reinforcement coming out of the concrete-filled piles. Finally, the entire structure is poured with concrete.

Monolithic reinforced concrete slab

A monolithic reinforced concrete slab is a solution to the problem for any type of soil. Its dimensions are larger than the size of the garage itself by about 0.3 meters in all directions. First of all, the ball of the fertile soil layer is removed, and then a pit is dug at a depth of 0.5 meters. After this, the bottom of the pit is leveled and a layer of gravel about a quarter of a meter thick is poured onto it. The most important thing is that the gravel layer is well compacted, preferably using a vibrating plate.

Formwork is installed along the perimeter of the pit, after which reinforcement is installed in increments of up to 20 cm, both along and across. The result is a grid with cells approximately 20x20 cm. Such a grid should be located in 2 tiers, with a distance of 20 cm. Finally, this structure is filled with concrete.

Both the floor and the foundation

Wall installation

There are many options for making walls, but cheap, non-combustible materials, in the form of foam blocks and gas blocks, are considered the most acceptable, especially since they minimize the load on the foundation, and construction does not take much time. In addition, the walls are warm and heating the garage to a comfortable temperature does not require any special expenses or special heating systems, since it is enough to install a small stove. Naturally, exterior finishing will be required in the style of finishing of other buildings, so as not to disturb the harmony of the overall appearance.

The second option and often used is frame construction, followed by installation of wall material. If the frame is metal, then the walls will be made of metal, and if the frame is made of wood, then the walls can be anything, including metal. In this case, we are talking about a cheap garage that serves as a temporary parking lot for a car.

Frame garage for a country house

Roof arrangement

The simplest option, which is used quite often, is a flat roof with a slope of 8 to 12 degrees. The greater the slope, the less precipitation is retained on the roof. If the garage is located separately, then the roof is raised at the front so that precipitation falls from the rear of the garage. If the garage is attached to one of the outbuildings on the site, then the slope is made in the direction of this building. The disadvantage of a pitched roof is the fact that there is no attic in the form of additional usable space. The advantages are obvious, since the installation of such a roof requires a minimum of resources, and the ease of installation allows anyone to do it.

An example of a gable roof rafter system

The design of a gable roof is somewhat more complicated, and it is also more expensive. In addition, more roofing material is wasted and residues appear. Despite this, this design has a more attractive appearance. The new attic space allows for a more rational distribution of all things, and there can be a lot of them. Some owners build an attic above the garage, which can serve as a room for receiving guests. Naturally, the attic is even more expensive, but it provides a decent amount of additional space.

Gate design

Previously, garages were mainly equipped with swing gates made of metal, but nowadays, many use more modern lifting gates with automatic control. In addition, there are also sliding gates.

Sliding gates are used when the exit from the garage is in the same plane as the fence of the site, although to implement this option it is necessary to have a free section of the wall, the length of which is one and a half meters greater than the width of the gate. This option is good when using a garage in winter, since the gate is easy to dig out if it is covered with snow.

Lifting gates are the most expensive, as they are equipped with a lifting mechanism, but they are the most convenient in any regard. As an option, you can use roller shutters, especially not automated ones, since their cost is not so high. The color can be any, but the roller blinds should be thicker.

Naturally, the automated design is more modern and more convenient. The design of the gate opening must be thought out immediately taking into account the design of the lifting mechanism. Sectional models are more convenient, since when folded they take up little space, but their cost is decent.

Homemade vertical garage doors
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Garage interior decoration

Often, car owners do not pay attention to the beauty of the garage walls and leave everything as is after construction. Despite this, some building materials require protection from moisture, otherwise the service life of the walls is reduced significantly. In this case, you can get by with regular plastering of the walls, followed by whitewashing with lime.

Plaster is the best finish

If the garage is frame, then it can be sheathed on the inside with plywood. For a garage that is planned to be heated, any type of plywood is suitable, but for garages that are not heated, it is better to choose moisture-resistant plywood. In any case, any sheet material will do.

Organizational matters

Before starting construction, let us dwell on one important point, namely, whether or not it is necessary to obtain permits for construction.

From the legal point of view, you do not need to prepare any documents in the following cases:

• Construction will be carried out on your own dacha or garden plot and is not commercial;
• The building will be auxiliary;
• The garage will be frame or metal, and not a permanent structure.

This is a complete list; in all other cases, you will need to complete some documents required by law.

We will assume that you have every right to build a garage on your site, then let's get down to business.

Garage insulation and heating

When using a garage all year round, you need to think about how the walls can retain maximum heat by using materials with a low thermal conductivity coefficient for its construction. Garages made using frame technology will have to be carefully strengthened. For insulation, building materials such as mineral wool or, in extreme cases, polystyrene foam are used. Low-density foam concrete is suitable as a non-flammable insulation. It doesn't burn, holds heat well and is cheap. It is simply laid between the frame posts. It should be borne in mind that it should not be loaded, and fasteners must be installed in the places where the racks of the frame structure pass.

Heating in the garage can be made constant or periodic, and it can be separate or represent a separate branch from the house. Separate heating is quite expensive, as it represents a full-fledged heating system, albeit in a reduced form. Despite this, it must be monitored and maintained.

The solution to the problem is to connect the garage to the heating system of the house using a separate pipeline line. If the garage is attached to the house, then the problem is solved quite simply, but if it is located at a considerable distance, then this issue is not so easy to solve. Firstly, it is necessary to provide good thermal insulation for this branch. Secondly, you will have to work a lot to dig a deep trench that would be deeper than the freezing level of the soil. As a rule, everything comes down to costs, especially if you don’t do everything yourself, but hire workers.

Periodic heating can be organized by installing a “potbelly stove” type stove or its modification in the garage. To get heat, you can burn wood and other unnecessary rubbish, which is also useful.

Naturally, organizing this type of heating in a garage is quite simple, but there are some nuances that negatively affect the use of this option. If you heat such a stove, then the heat is mainly near the stove, and while the entire garage room is warming up, a lot of useful time will be spent, although this does not frighten car lovers at all, since they are ready to sit in the garage for even days.

My garage and my car

Ventilation system

A high-quality and efficient air exchange system is mandatory in a garage; without it, it is impossible to operate the building in a safe and comfortable manner.

For garage buildings, you can choose different structural elements and equipment; the type of ventilation provided will depend on this:

• natural or general exchange, based on simple air circulation;
• forced, including fans and hoods, check valves and filters.

The best option for a garage structure remains forced ventilation, which can be supply or exhaust, supply and exhaust.

Thanks to well-established air exchange and forced circulation of air masses, a comfortable microclimate is always maintained in the room, with clean air free of harmful impurities and unpleasant odors.

Schemes and drawings of garages

Materials for the construction of a frame garage

Accurate marking is the key to a stable structure

Before construction, it is important to accurately mark the site for future construction. For a 6 × 4 meter garage, you need to mark a rectangle with exactly these dimensions. It is convenient to mark the parameters using a rope and pegs.

Marking.

First you need to set marks at the corners and pull the thread around the perimeter. The accuracy of marking right angles is checked with a thread that is stretched along one of the diagonals and then checked along the other. In a rectangle these should be equal distances.

Then you need to install additional marks that will be located in the middle of each side.

The floor of the garage should be above the road level, so the height of the foundation was calculated taking into account that it would also have timber framing and floor joists on it. The height was marked using a hydraulic level (or you can use a laser level).

After the marking work has been carried out, you should end up with a rectangle representing the proposed plane on which the garage will be located.

Garage space.

Photo reports about construction

Not all construction processes can be understood by simply reading about them, but with drawings or photographs everything becomes much clearer. Many questions arise when building frame garages, since these structures are less expensive and are built much faster.

Wooden frame garage

The garage dimensions are 4x6.5 meters, plus a gazebo measuring 4x2 meters. All building materials were delivered in advance, treated with an antiseptic and stacked to dry.

Materials for the construction of a frame garage

A columnar type of foundation was used as a foundation. Using a hand drill, holes with a diameter of 35 centimeters were made to a depth of one and a half meters. As formwork, sleeves made of roofing felt were used, into which 3 rods of reinforcement were inserted, after which the sleeves were filled with concrete.

Concrete piles using drilled-rammed technology

After a couple of weeks, when the concrete is almost completely mature, you can begin to build the walls, starting with the bottom frame, using wooden beams measuring 150x100 mm. On the side where the gate is supposed to be installed, the beams are not laid.

It should be said right away that in this case the idea with reinforcement is not entirely correct, since it is problematic to fasten it to the lower trim. In this option, we had to use anchors that were fixed in concrete.

Bottom harness

The next stage is the installation of racks, which are installed in increments of one and a half meters above each foundation column. The racks are installed strictly vertically, starting from the corners. Each post is fixed using temporary bevels, which are secured with nails. All racks must be level, both vertically and in a plane. The posts are secured with nails and then reinforced with metal mounting plates.

To prevent the loose ends from moving apart, it is better to fasten them with a board (temporarily, of course).

Vertical racks

Having installed all the racks, you can fasten the logs, which will add rigidity to the entire structure, since the next stage is associated with the installation of the upper trim.

Top harness in place

To provide greater rigidity, it is better to install additional intermediate posts with jibs.

We continue to assemble the garage frame

When the beams and racks are mounted and securely connected to each other, proceed to the installation of the rafter system. The roof is of a sloping type, and is also temporary, since this is the first building on the site, and in the future it is planned to build a house next to the garage.

View from the other side

After assembling the required number of trusses on the ground, they are installed on the top frame, secured with boards on both sides. The trusses are then fixed in the correct position using nails and reinforced using metal angles secured with self-tapping screws.

Assembling the rafters

The rafters should be installed strictly vertically so that expanding loads do not occur, otherwise the roof may move (deform).

Installing rafters on the roof

Rafters from below

The next stage is installation of the sheathing, for which a 40x150 mm board is used. It can be mounted in increments of 400 mm.

Lathing, on non-roofing material

Finally, corrugated sheeting is installed and attached to the sheathing.

Roofing sheeting on the garage roof

When the roof is ready, construction of the garage continues with strengthening the gate area. To do this, the beams should be secured at the top and sides of the opening.

At the same time, they began to design the gate area

Since it is planned to install up and over gates, a special frame - a guide - should be welded inside the garage. For this, a profile pipe measuring 25x50 mm is used, from which the gate frame is also welded taking into account the size of the opening, as well as with a small gap.

Up and Over Door Frames

After completing all the preparatory work, they begin to sheath the frame using DSP boards. Sheets are easily processed using a grinder with a diamond wheel installed. It should be said right away that there is a lot of dust.

They brought the DSP

DSP sheets are attached with a gap of about 10 mm so that they can expand or contract depending on temperature and humidity.

Sheathing has begun

Sheathing continues

View from the gazebo

This is an already installed gate

Despite the fact that there is still a lot of work, you can park your car in the garage, and you can drink tea in the gazebo.

Video description

Watch the video on how to make a frame garage with your own hands:

From cinder block

How to make a garage from cinder block:

• When building from this material, all the necessary preparatory work is also carried out, as with wood. Finding a suitable location, leveling it and developing a plan.
• Cinder blocks do not require strong support, so a strip foundation is perfect. It is constructed in the following way: a trench is dug with a depth of about 45-50 cm and a width of 40-45 cm. Next, a cushion is created from broken bricks and sand, and cement is poured on top.

Strip foundation Source nibulon.ru

For your information ! The blocks differ in structure and composition. Hollow ones are intended for walls, and solid ones are for foundations. By mixing them up, you can end up with a destroyed building.

• A month later they begin to build the walls. When building them, the corners are initially erected, construction cords are pulled, and only then the laying begins.
• Laying this material is identical to laying brick, only in this case the work is done much faster. Also, do not forget about the thickness of the walls, because if you use 1.5 or 2 stones, then the walls will be able to withstand sudden temperature changes. In winter, the room will retain heat much better.

Cinder block laying Source remontik.org

How to make a project?

To make a garage project from logs, you can contact specialized companies or do it yourself. For example, you can take projects and diagrams from the Internet, replacing the plan as you wish. What to consider when drawing up a project :

• material type;
• room size;
• type of roof;
• communication routes to the garage;
• the height of the building, taking into account that the minimum free space from the roof to the car must be at least 40 cm;
• gate type and size.

First, they decide on the type of log, after which they find out the required size and begin to draw a diagram. For convenience, you can draw several identical “houses” on different sheets, and then indicate some specific features in each diagram. The standard parameters for a garage are considered to be 4x6 meters, but if you want a larger room and the plot allows for this, then you can make a garage with dimensions of 10x10 meters.

The layout inside can be different:
it is best to make a block for the car and leave some space for household needs .
You can make the outbuilding itself from a log, and install a carport nearby - this option is suitable for those owners who do not want to store their vehicles in a closed space.

The roof for a garage can be straight, pitched or gable. The simplest option is a straight roof , but it must also have an inclination angle of at least 10 degrees. This will allow precipitation to be removed from the coating in a timely manner.

The project must indicate the routes for supplying electricity and other communications, if necessary. They also calculate the dimensions of the gates that will be hung on the garage, so that during the construction process they are based on these dimensions.

DIY track made of foam plastic (cardboard) for children's cars.

A track for cars that can be made with children and for children. Fast, clean, easy and economical. All we need is:

• white polystyrene foam, if you don’t have it, you can use large cardboard, pre-painting it;
• decorative tape;
• scissors;
• wooden cubes, if you don’t have them, you can use any building blocks that you have at home;
• brushes

We paint the wooden cubes with acrylic paint.
The colors can be any, we have pastel colors of yellow, carrot, and blue. We mark the route with a simple pencil, then cover it with decorative tape. That's all, the track is ready. You can play with it at home or on the street. Easy to store because It's flat, so you can hide it under the bed or behind the closet. Source

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In the provided photo gallery, you can see various options for building a wooden garage:

Required Tools

Construction will require both power and hand tools.

When constructing a frame, wood is used, which determines the choice of tools.

Power tools

1. Circular (circular) saw. The Hitachi C7MFA-4800 is considered the most durable.
2. A screwdriver with two batteries with a power of at least 19W. The optimal choice is “AEG BS 12 XR LMB-3200”.
3. Chainsaw. The best budget one is Echo CS-3500-14. Average price 7100 rub.
4. Concrete mixer with a capacity of at least 140 liters. Necessary for pouring slab or strip foundations. To build a columnar structure, manual mixing of concrete will be sufficient.
5. Angle grinder (grinder), 125 mm.
6. A miter saw required to make cuts at a specific angle. Circular will not cope with this task. The purchase of a miter saw quickly pays off in the speed and accuracy of the work.
7. Pneumatic nail hammer (optional).
8. Sharpener for sharpening hand tools.

Advice! Those who have experience in building frames themselves do not recommend buying a jigsaw. This tool is useless for most jobs and is completely replaceable with the existing manual and electric ones.

Hand and measuring tools

1. High-quality bubble levels in lengths of 200 and 60 cm.
2. Tape measure with a tape length of at least 8 m.
3. Chalk painter's lace.
4. Hammers for 500 and 1000 g.
5. Two hatchets, small and medium.
6. Mount.
7. Ticks (medium and large).
8. Shoe knife.
9. Set of chisels.
10. Wood saw.
11. Containers and shovels for excavation and concreting.

DIY children's road.

A very simple road made from a cardboard box. All you need is time, desire and creativity. But seriously, cardboard, pencil, scissors, paint, brush.

From the box we cut out the road itself with trees, houses, and then paint it all. Children will be happy to color everything, and at the same time we stimulate the development of creativity and fine motor skills in our little ones.

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