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One year later, and the public charging infrastructure in our area has barely improved. We still like the e-tron, but it looks like we will need to keep at least one ICE or hybrid vehicle around for the foreseeable future for long range driving.

In 2021 we purchased our first EV - an Audi e-tron 55 SUV. This vehicle has an on-board Level 2 AC charger rated up to 11kW and accepts up to 150kW at Level 3 DC stations. I chose to install a 50A 14-50 electrical outlet and a Level 2 JuiceBox 40A plug-in EVSE in the garage which can supply up...

Thanks for the compliments! When I was designing the garage I of course wanted the largest structure possible, but after living with this garage for a few years I think it's just the right size. A little more width would allow for cabinets on the left side and a little more length would make...

Are you not able to see the plans attached to post #197 in this thread? If not, let me know and I’ll find some other way to attach them.

Thanks, James and 1/2 Cup. I had a request to share the plans for this garage, so here they are. We ended up changing the exterior walls to 2x8, changing the heating system and locating the floor drain further back into the garage (approximately the center of the floor to minimize slope), but...

The finished dimensions of the attic (after drywall and trim) are: Ceiling height (center): 8' Short Wall Height: 4'-1.5" Floor Width: 13'-10" Width of 8' ceiling: 3'-9" Unwalkable area for 6'-2" adult while standing: 3' on each side (i.e. a 6'-2" adult will hit their head on the ceiling if they...

Thanks! All of the windows are the same size - the opening for each pair is 58" W x 46" H. These are Anderson Series 100 windows, which are absolute garbage. Somebody at Anderson wasn't satisfied with the traditional window latch design that has been working fine for hundreds of years, so...

Thanks, Shane! Although I haven't measured it, I believe that the overall height of my garage is approximately 20'. The ground floor ceiling height is 9', and according to the truss design the distance from the bottom of the bottom chord to the top of the peak is 11'. Keep in mind that I...

I have a 24' wide x 34' deep garage with an 18' x 8' garage door and a similar site plan. The width of my garage is great, but the depth is too shallow for tandem parking anything larger than two smallish cars (I can tandem an Xterra and A4 and still walk between them). Is there any chance you...

I considered mounting foam bumpers to the wall and even ordered the MAXSA Park Right Car Door & Bumper Guards, but decided to use wheel chocks instead because I was concerned about our teenage driver hitting the wall too hard and damaging the car even with the foam in place. These wheel chocks...

When I was designing this garage, I wanted it to be deep enough to park a third car someday. Given the constraints of the lot and the city's codes, 24' wide x 34' deep (exterior dimensions) was the largest footprint I could manage. Initially I thought that I would have to park a third car...

I have an electric furnace and air conditioner. The furnace has plenty of heating capacity, but the electricity is expensive. A natural gas heater would probably be 1/2 of the cost to run. In the winter I set it to 45 degrees F at the thermostat which is located on the ground floor next to...

The builder never mentioned anything about our proposed skylights and didn't try to discourage us. We haven't had any leaks at all. These skylights are fixed - they don't open. Maybe that makes a difference. They also seem to have a wide band of flashing all the way around. These are Velux...

The benches are holding up great - I can't see any difference from last fall to this fall. There isn't any cracking and the epoxy base coat is still adhering to the wood. It doesn't look to me like the epoxy is yellowing either. I still plan to give them a light sanding and one coat of...

I moved my photos from PhotoBucket directly to GarageJournal because all third party hosting sites are risky. Imgur's terms of service prohibit direct linking though they don't seem to be enforcing it. See this post for a description of how to move photos directly to GarageJournal...