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    Great shop!!!
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    That’s going to be a nice one!

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    All the beams went up yesterday...

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    Don't you just LOVE construction?? especially when it's YOUR Garage going up~

    I'm sure you're very excited (and hate to go to work each day).... as you'd much rather be there watching/assisting the tasks..

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    Yep. but someones gotta pay for this madness... so I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go!

    Nobody said anything about those massive glue lam beams being like 10x more than what's necessary. The earthquakes and engineering liability, etc mean overbuilding everything these days.
    I could hang 3 cars from that beam if I wanted to!

    Anyways, the rafters are going up now, and by early next week I should have pics with plywood on the roof.
    It sure gets small quickly when you start to enclose it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WagonCrazy View Post
    Nobody said anything about those massive glue lam beams being like 10x more than what's necessary. The earthquakes and engineering liability, etc mean overbuilding everything these days. I could hang 3 cars from that beam if I wanted to! My first thought when I saw them was "Holy Crap"! Did you do the center one like that instead of trusses, for a tall ceiling? Anyways, the rafters are going up now, and by early next week I should have pics with plywood on the roof. It sure gets small quickly when you start to enclose it.
    The first thing I thought when I saw those beams was "holy crap!". Is the center one tall for a tall ceiling? Seriously you could at least raise a body off a frame with that beam.

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    Your laminated beams *appear* to be laminated 2x4s?? Are they ? if not, how are they constructed? The look to be very differently constructed from the laminated beams used in my home....

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    Paul, I'm curious why you didn't use trusses instead of a beam and rafters. Are you trying to get a taller ceiling height? My shop has a big attic with stairs up into it that I use for storage space. Sure glad I did that.
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    Just speculating here, it may be a way of getting enough clear height to have a lift. But you wouldn't have to do it on the end bays or even the full width of the middle bay.

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    That's a better plan than I did, hacking the centers out of a couple rafters to install one like I did on mine.

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