Building a lean-to on our garage. | Construction and DIY projects | Forums

And here is the progress so far. I thought we would have the roof done by now but my contractor (buddies father in law) ran out of energy yesterday afternoon and wanted to stop at 4 PM. I didn't have any roofing guns so progress is stalled until tonight. We got a ton of work done and it is impressive what you can do with guys who know their stuff. Final grade underneath the lean-to will come after we finish the roof -- I didn't know exactly where the posts were going and ran out of time to order fill dirt and spread it before we started.

Siding off.

Posts set and lining up trusses.

Trusses up.

The tractor helping out.

OSB time.

Lifting up the sheets of OSB. This helped out big time.

End of day 1.

And

Day 2 -- Just working on drip edge, felt paper, and shingling. 

And

This thing is huge. Plan is to just grade underneath it and cover the dirt with crushed concrete or something. I don't plan on closing it in any time soon although that may change with time. It is 22' long by ~20' feet deep. I should be able to fit a ton of wood, bikes, and other stuff underneath it.

Shingles are up. 

Items remaining: flashing under eave, reinstall soffit vent and fascia, and reinstall siding under the lean-to. Then comes dirt level and spreading of rock. Oh, and painting the posts, fascia, and end rafters on the lean-to to match the house. Yeah, I was crazy to think this would be done in a weekend.

Costs are ~$1100 for building materials and ~$400 for labor. Haven't purchased the rock yet for underneath so I'm not sure how much that will be. I think I got a lot of covered space for the money and am happy with it. Can't wait for it to be leveled out and rocked so I can move out some bikes and other equipment.