Recent content by bigburb

I've been eyeing this garage plan, http://ryanmoehomedesign.com/garage/planpage.php?plan=43107, with a little modification it would be almost exactly what I'm looking for. Is there any reason not to just buy a plan off the shelf like this? On the one hand it would be nice to work from a set of...

I'll check with the county, thanks for the tip.

Been out for a while, sent you a PM 1965. I am considering a large 18' door and a 9 or 10' door. I don't think it looks as "good", but would certainly be more practical. 2 doors would also be cheaper than 3.

James, I know where you are coming from, I have a 2 car with 2 8' doors and wish I had a single door. However, I think with the dormers 3 single doors look better, I don't think my wife would have it any other way :) BigDav160, thanks for that link, its awesome! What would a typical...

Thanks for all of the excellent recommendations. Looks like that book would be a good investment, 80 bucks on amazon. moparz - In my area there really aren't any strict requirements, I need to pull a permit to build and for septic, but as far as I know no inspections, stamps or anything are...

Thought I attached some pictures, did they come through?

Hi everybody, I've trolled these forums for a couple of years now and have always drooled over some of the great garages I see. A few months ago my wife and I bought 2 acres outside of Houston and it looks like we'll start to build next year sometime. My wife has also (graciously) agreed to...

I have a relative who lives in CA, says in his county, as long as it looks like a barn it can't be taxes as living space (regardless of what is inside of it). Point is, your county has rules of its own, check 'em out you might find a way to build it and minimize taxes.

that's awesome, they have samples of that premium laminate at HD, its really nice, some of them *almost* look like granite

What pattern on the laminate is that? I like it

you're probably right, i don't think there would be enough room for a 18' door, and a 16' door would be tricky as far as parking cars goes.

Wow so you actually tried to turn two garage doors into one? I guess that's a way to do it. I am willing to buy a new door, I just wanted to know if the width was right, or if I'm going to need to frame it in some to get the right width. Also, the joists above run parallel to the headers, so...

I just want to see if this is feasible, I have 2 8' wide garage doors and its always a pain to pull in and out (especially with a truck). I want to know if it's possible to convert that to a single garage door? What all would be involved? The total width of the opening is little under 17 feet.

Same thing happened to my parents, they bought a house and their neighbor "claimed" 6 inches of it as theirs. Turns out the builder built the street 6" shorter than the original survey showed, and kind of ripped him off for 6". My parents got to keep all of their land, their neighbor lost 6".

nice camaro back there.