Bullock Garage

Very poor quality! Do yourself a favor, do not even consider Bullock Garages! Garage sagged 1.5" at the middle of the door opening within a year. They used a 2x6 as a header for a 16' garage door. I am now paying to have a LVL header put in. Unfortunately, I can only put a 2x8 LVL header in because they apparently only build a garage that is 7' to the ceiling. I bought a garage door opener and realized it wouldn't work because of the low ceiling height. They said they normally don't, but they would install it for me. I got back from work and they notched out 2 trusses about 3" on the bottom chord of the truss (see pictures). Definitely a terrible idea. Had they put the right garage door track (low headroom track) in they wouldn't have had to incorrectly notch anything out. I also had to do my own bracing since they used a 1x4 (see picture). There was no bracing at all from the bottom chord to the ridge at the top. I added all of that as well. The garage also sits more than a foot lower than the road. The garage is approximately 100' feet from the road. I told the guy I thought it would be too low and he told me no it is higher than the road. Needless to say, he was wrong, and water runs right into our garage under the 16' door and walk door. The concrete finishing was terrible as well. Low spots everywhere. Both walk doors leaked because they didn't caulk and because there was an 1.5" gap from the door jamb to the concrete doorway opening. This was covered by the casing so you couldn't see it, but when it rained water was able to get in at the door jamb. Everything above I have learned due to the fact that I now have to have it fixed. Please look at the pictures. You can see the sag in the middle above the door (looks like it is smiling at you). Save yourself the hassle and use someone that knows what they are doing!!

The service door had a ding in it and the salesman promised to return and replace it. It never happened. A month or so after the build was complete Peoria County Zoniong inspector stopped by and would not pass the structure, because it was not built to their required wind loading code. NOW after almost 2 years the Peoria County zoning is after me to get the structure corrected so it will pass inspection, with threats of fines, etc. My lesson learned is that the final payment should not have been made without passing the zoning inspection.