Metal garage do it yourself

If you are not a supporter of heavy capital brick or small block garages that require a solid foundation and roofing, then you can opt for a metal one for one car. Such a construction can be done in a fairly short period of time. In this case, the fastening of the main elements can be performed both by welding and using bolts with nuts.

In this article we will explain how to make such a garage, we will demonstrate the drawings, photos and video materials.

Foundation

It is believed that the metal garage is a light construction, under which a purely symbolic foundation is required (only around the perimeter it is only 20-25 cm deep and approximately the same width). Another option is to pour a concrete plate reinforced with a grid, which will simultaneously be the foundation and a subfloor, or lay factory floor slabs on the ground.

However, in any case, the following conditions should be observed:

• the top of the foundation or slab base should be 15–20 cm above ground level so that water does not become numb when it rains or melts snow;
• the surface of the foundation or slab must be strictly horizontal;
• in the corners of the foundation or solid slab, small sections of reinforcement should be necessarily concreted, to which the framework will be welded later.

Foundation лучше заливать за один раз, чтобы он составлял единый монолитный элемент. Так как при создании ленточного фундамента для требуется не слишком большой объем бетона, можно воспользоваться бетоносмесителем и изготовить бетон непосредственно у места размещения гаража.

Manufacturing

The size of the garage for storing one car is 3.3 by 5.5 (or 6) meters. At the same time, if you plan to conduct insulation (for example, mineral wool), each of these sizes should be increased by 15-20 centimeters.

The frame can be welded from a metal corner of a large section - this will make the structure rigid and durable. All work is performed immediately at the place of installation.

The process of assembling the frame consists of the following steps:

1. First, the lower frame is welded (do not forget to weld it to the cores protruding from the concrete at the corners of the structure so that the outlets of the reinforcement are inside the structure).
2. Then the vertical corner posts are welded.
3. In the front part, two side racks for gates are installed and fixed.
4. All fixed racks in the upper part are interconnected by an upper frame.
5. After that, it is necessary to perform the roof bearing elements, while:

• with a lean-to roof, the front side racks must be higher than others (the slope of the roof will be towards the rear wall);
• with a gable roof, you will also have to weld triangular truss structures and weld them to the upper frame.

Intermediate racks along all walls are welded with equal pitch to enhance the strength and rigidity of the whole structure. The pitch of the rack depends on the width of the metal sheet, which will be welded to it as part of the wall.

If the sheets are overlapped, the distance between the racks should be 4-5 cm less than the width of the sheet.

The outer skin is welded or attached to the finished frame with bolts and nuts. It can be made of forged sheets of galvanized or non-galvanized steel, as well as corrugated flooring. In all cases, the thickness of the metal must be at least 1.2 mm.

On the roof, the sheets begin to be fastened from the overhangs to the ridge, observing the overlapping of the upper sheets to the lower 15 cm.

Goal

Goal для гаража можно выбрать любые, но наиболее популярными остаются распашные. Их тоже можно сварить прямо на месте установки по аналогичной схеме: сначала сваривают каркас полотен, затем к нему приваривают металлическую обшивку.

Warming

If the metal garage is not insulated, then when the weather conditions change, condensation may appear on its walls. The easiest option of warming is use of polystyrene foam plates. They can simply be glued from the inside to the casing between the frame racks.

Styrofoam (polystyrene foam) has a big disadvantage: it burns. And the garage, the fire room (there are gas canisters and a car with a full gas tank, and all sorts of other flammable automotive liquids).

It is better to use non-combustible heat-insulating materials as a heater (for example, a mineral wool in the form of hard mats), closing it from the inside of the room with any sheet material (OSB, chipboard, MDF, etc.).

Video

A photo

Blueprints

The following drawings will help you determine the size of the garage, the configuration of the roof and the type of gate: