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I built a large attached garage (1,700 sq. ft.) and it's L-shaped, so I have a back corner that is 22'x24' where I don't park anything. I used it for wood working, wrenching on toys, etc. I also put a patio door onto a back patio, hung a tv in the corner and finished the walls with tongue and...

I had an 18'x8' door and a 12'x8' door installed with openers and windows in the top panel. Total cost was about $3200 which included everything for the doors and openers and all the weatherseal around the doors. I can't see out the windows but it does let a lot of light in which is nice...

My attached garage I built is just under 1,700 sq. ft, it came it at about $25/sq. ft. I did have some guys do side work for part of it and some of the construction I got a pretty good labor rate on. Even if I would have paid full price for that, I don't think I would have been above $35/sq. ft.

I had the same issue, I'm allowed 1,200 sq. ft. of outbuildings and the maximum height can be 15'. I looked at attached and it was about $5,000 extra to put in footings and attach the garage. I was able to go with a 1,700 sq. ft. attached garage. Because of the shape of my lot I went with an...

Before I put my wood stove in my attached garage I called my insurance company and told them I was putting in a wood stove, they told me that I couldn't do that. So I called around and found a different insurance company that would insure me with a wood stove. This year I switched my auto...

Look up the Xtreme Garage racks at Menards. There website also has stock levels that you can check for each store. Whenever I've looked at their stock online and went to the store it was spot on. The racking is identical to the Gorilla Rack they used to sell.

My house had a 1 car attached garage and I was looking at building a 30'x40' detached off the driveway. After I started looking at quotes and doing the layout in the yard, I found that for about $5,000 extra I could just attach the entire garage and I would be able to go with a bigger footprint...

I've been in the process of building my attached garage for about 18 months now. My garage is a 1,672 sq ft. garage with an L-shape to it. 18'x8' and 12'x8' overhead door, 6' sliding patio door, 5 windows, 4/12 pitch roof. Since it's attached we had to put in a foundation wall which ended up...

If you go to Menards website they have a building calculator for pole buildings, that'll give you an idea of what it would cost to build.

I built a L-shaped garage so only went 24' deep because all my workbenches, cabinets and work will be done in the corner of the L so it will be just vehicles in the 24' deep part. With a new F-150 crew cab, 5.5' box, there isn't a lot of room to walk around the truck with this depth. I would...

This is very similar to what I built. Mine is 1,656 sq. ft, 10' walls, 18' x 8' door, 12' x 8' on the front and a 8' x 7' door out the back. You'll love that back corner section for a work shop.

The problem with in floor heat is that it has to be on all the time to maintain temperature. I stayed at a friends cabin last weekend, it's built on a slab with in floor heat. We got up on Friday afternoon and turned the heat on it and took until Sunday morning before it was comfortable. If...

Call some local loggers and see how much they will pay for the wood whether they cut it or you cut it and sell it to them. I think you'll be surprised how much you can get for the harvested lumber. I logged a semi load of jackpine with no tree bigger than 8" diameter and all sort of limbs...

I just did the same this last weekend, I painted 2 walls of my garage, essentially came out to 20 sheets of OSB that I painted. Used the Kilz 2 oil based primer, 2 coats and it took all of 5 gallons. The first coat really soaks into the OSB, 2nd coat covers everything up nicely. Just went...

These are great, we tried to switch over to Fastenal on our PPE and have them stock it in a vending machine. Especially for gloves and glasses. Fastenal said this will decrease our inventory costs by 50% in the first 6 months just because when people have to scan their badge they are less...