Recent content by LouKYguy

Love the space! There's so much potential here. What are your plans for the garage?

Garage is still in the building stages, but managed to replace all shocks and struts on my spouses car. Managed to get past the inevitable broken bolt that adds hours onto a job without too much drama too.

Cost on the insulation is a fair point. I suppose my worry was again the moisture issues causing potential for mold. At the end of the day if I can save a few bucks doing fiberglass/wool batt insulation and still expect durability, that's extra $ that can go to a future project, which is...

I like the idea of the hybrid block wall/stick frame construction. There's lots of rain and I'd hate to have moisture issues at the bottom of the wall. I think most contractors I've spoken to do a floating slab around here. Not sure if this is still possible with that style of foundation...

Thanks for this. The contractor I talked to made it sound like it wouldn't be possible for lumber reasons, but I'll call around and check on what's available myself. Maybe I just need to talk to a different contractor to get the 10 ft ceilings. Every foot counts since the garage width will be...

It's an unfortunate result of the setbacks and the lot size. Barring a change in the zoning regulations I'm stuck with this width. Spouse is okay with it being mostly a 1 car garage and workshop space thankfully.

Hi everyone, I'm looking to build a 1.5 car detached garage. I'm in southern Indiana, adjacent to Louisville KY, and I'm looking for advice on both future-proofing the build, and keeping costs down where I can, whether it's in the dimensions of the build, or avoiding a future cost. Let me know...

Love the specifics here! This is right around the size of the garage I'm looking at. I'm a little apprehensive about the bad luck everyone's had with contractors here. I'm over in New Albany and hoping I have better luck finding the right contractor.

Thanks for the reply. I'm probably shooting for something similar as far as dimensions go, so looks like I'll be running something similar. I'm still looking for a contractor, and need to take care of prepping the space prior to going any further with the build. If it wouldn't be too much...

Hi everyone, newbie here in the very early planning stages of preparing to have a 2 car detached garage built. I live in Kentucky (Louisville area), and we have a mix of cool winters that get a little below freezing and hot humid summers. I'm looking forward to using my future garage to work...