Recent content by CruZer

An alternative to drywall is this foil coated fiberglas board sold at Lowes and Home Despot. I like it because you can ductape the seams and it reflects light really well to make the garage interior brighter. The downside is that it's a little pricey.

Measure the stair kit that you want to install.I'll bet they will fit in a 24" opening. I bought a set that said 25 1/2 opening and they fit right in between my 24" on center trusses.I boxed in the trusses and installed the stairs inside the box.

My only complaint with my metal roof is that the snow would come off AFTER I got done plowing the driveway and I was always afraid to park a car too close to it when there was snow on it. I solved that with snowguards. Now the snow melts on the roof and runs off as water.

I helped a friend of mine hotrod his '41 Dodge PU in his garage and I noticed how bright it was in there. He had put up that half inch foil covered insulation board and taped the seams with duct tape on his wall and ceiling. That's where I got the idea to do mine that way. It is warm and very...

Usually, they run the other way when they see a customer coming. I bought a Snowbear snow plow from my local HD this winter. It took four trips to the store to find someone who even knew they sold plows. It was too good a deal so I stuck it out until I found the right guy to talk to.Then they...

Hmmmmm...... I think I've seen that picture somewhere before ???? Just can't remember where ?? :) This place is cool,hey Grim,er....... Kevin?

Very nice. All that open space to fill up !! :)

I think half the fun of having a garage is scrounging around for all the neat stuff you can hang on the walls and from the ceiling. I live in a pretty rural area and there are lots of small junk heaps out in the woods that yeild tractor grilles,hub caps,etc. I even found a rotted out pedal car...

Heck, just driving the cars,bikes and lawn tractors in and out will trash a garage in no time. Not to mention oil changes,grease jobs,tire rotation. Even if you don't build a car in your garage it's going to get dirty. Oh,did I mention spilled beer ???? :)

Here are some pix of my 36x26'. Hope you guys like it.

I agree. Getting the building up is the first priority. You can run gas ,electric, water later. Plus once the building is up,you'll have a place to save all the stuff you can scrounge to finish the job. Like used heaters,air conditioners,cabinets,etc.

I built my 36x26' garage in 2002 for about $12K. Here are few things that saved me money: I did most of the work myself with some talented friends. I looked around the internet for line drawings of what I wanted to build,printed them out ,then took them to local lumber yards for quotes. One...

There goes the neighborhood ! I'm a 58 year old hotrod junkie who has been afflicted with this car / garage bug all my life. My first job at 14 was pumping gas at the local Texaco Station and the gas and oil got in my blood and never left. I've built two garages so far. My first was a 24x24'...