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Re: I want Garage like this.... I Googled "Modern garage plans" and got a lot of results, so that would be a good start. Here is one that seems similar. http://blog.lamidesign.com/2005/11/0242-plat-house-garage.html

Retired now, A&P was my second career. Got my licenses in 1988 at age 41, worked for 18 years for an airline. 5 years doing heavy checks on MD 80s, last 13 years worked line maintenance. [/IMG] This was my view from line maintenance office. Best job I ever had. Great airline to work for.

Used to wrench on 737s And MD-80s But since I've retired now all I work on is my Corvette I've had for 43 years.

My nephew owns a audio/video company, he has installed a lot TVs outside. I have built cabinets for several of them. Usually I construct them from cedar, but the picture shows one I made that is going in a protected area, so it is constructed of pine. The doors are bifold.

My last big project: equipment cabinet for surround system components I've built several cabinets for outdoor TV's. My nephew owns a audio/video company and when he need a cabinet I build it from his plans

Welcome NewHomeOwner. I don't have to worry about snow here in Texas, but I remember seeing a recent thread about it on the forum. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87491

When I was researching it I found a lot of skip toweling videos on Youtube.

Although mail address is Midlothian, actually live closer to Ovilla.

The garage in my house in California had noise isolation channels installed in the ceiling. You can google it with "resilient channel" to see what it looks like. he channel is attached to the ceiling joist, and the drywall is attached to the channel. Here is a website I just found, the style...

Down here we have Black Widow spiders, so I do check out my boots thoroughly before putting them on.l

Since I just used left over scraps from other projects, the overall dimension was determinted by the scraps. I used plywood for the back, ripped up a 1" x 12" for the front, bottom and sides. 1/4" plywood for the dividers. I used biscuits to join the sides, front and back togther. Just cut a...

Mare Island Naval Shipyards? Never been there, but have driven by there.

Until I retired this was my view as I stepped out of our office. I was an aircraft mechanic at the Oakland Airport. Since I"ve retired this is where you can find me.

I wanted a shoe rack that didn't take up a lot of space, so this is what I came up with. There is a mud room bench just inside the door, so far this rack has worked well.

Don't know the actual dimension you want, but you should be able to estimate the distance from a picture of the compressor. Here is one of the same model # from Northern Tools: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200350475_200350475 I don't have a compressor yet but I ran 8 gauge...