Go for it! It's a great learning experience and the skills remain
valuuable.
Talk to the code NAZIs and see what plans you need. We have almost no
requirements on the plans, but picky instructions. There are lots of plans
to buy. They will save you some mistakes AND serve for the building permit.
Also, you get to buy a good nail gun and compressor, not to mention the
essential chopsaw!

You should be able to get the slab for something like $3/SF. Then frame and
sheath the walls and get some buds to stand them up. If it's not too big, a
few guys can set the trusses by hand, but a crane for a couple of hours is
nice. Brace the trusses carefully and get some help with the roof
sheathing. Shingling is sort of fun, if it's not too hot, but roofers are
cheap (Keep an eye on them.). With it all dried in, you can take all the
time you like for the windows, siding, and trim. Hardyplank is great
siding, and pretty cheap.
I renently bought a pile of plywood that had been left out and and become
warped at HD. It's fine for sheathing and cost $4/sheet!

Watch out for fancy details and trim. They eat time and money. I recently
saw a plan for a smallish garden shed that cost about $8000! It had all
sorts of overhangs, brackets, etc.
You may want one garage door. It's worth it to have the door people hang
it.

If you are not in a hurry, this can be a fun project!

Wilson

"Todd Fatheree" wrote in message
...
I've built a 10x10 shed in the past where the framing was, perhaps, not
particular difficult and not necessarily critical that it be absolutely
correct. However, I'm contemplating a new garage/shop and am trying to
convince myself that I can either handle or not handle (with help) the
framing. Providing motivation for the "I can handle this" side is the
fact
that I just received a quote from a local garage builder to do it to the
tune of just over $25,000. Now, I understand that design-wise, framing
the
walls and roof isn't exactly rocket science, but there's certainly a right
way to do it. Like most of us here to one degree or another, I'm
reasonably
handy and I enjoy a challenge and the satisfaction of building something
on
my own. Plus, I figure I can build the thing for probably half of what
the
garage guy wants, and $12,000 buys a lot of wood.

So, with that said, does anyone have a recommendation for a book or other
resource that discusses framing a structure such as this?

todd