Recent content by RickW

Hi kasander, nice work on your plans and engineering drawings. I will post more details of mine soon. I will probably keep my 60-gal Porter Cable compressor in the garage to keep the neighbors happy. I went with scissor trusses and a sloping garage door track to facilitate the 2-post...

Thanks Mark. Looking forward to more discussion

Hi Matt, I will be doing an initial layout today and look forward to your feedback. With the 26-ft width, thare is still 4 ft on each side of the 18-ft door. The plans are for 6" of 4000 psi concrete so no additional piers should be necessary as the lift specs says a minimum of 4" of 3000 psi.

Hi W.O.B., iit will be a two car garage thats 26-ft wide so thats four feet of additional space to both sides of the 18-ft door. The 18-ft is to avoid side mirror's going missing when backing out. The scissor trusses will be load bearing so in addition to the space at the the back I will have...

Hi all, This is a first post. After 20 years in Colorado, we are knocking down our single lane carport and replacing it with a 26x30 garage with an 18'-wide door. I'm putting in scissor trusses do I can put in a two post lift with storage above for the other half.. Other than that I would like...