Recent content by Steve91T

Good point. Dang…might be better to just tear it down. I was really trying to avoid that.

That’s a great idea but unfortunately it would put the garage into the middle of the back yard and wouldn’t look right.

Hey guys. I wanted to hear some thoughts on this 16x20 that’s in the back yard of the new house we’re under contract with. It looks well built, just wish it was built differently, and larger. This house actually has an attached 2 car garage and also a nice 436 sq/ft work shop in the basement...

TSA have way too much power for their skill/education level.

^^^thank you, I'll look into that.

My wife is more obsessed than I am. She measured our interior bottom level as best she could then used an app to make the crawl. Then she brought the interior walls in 3' to show where the foundation shelf will be. This rendition has stairs coming down from the living area, a small TV room with...

The cool thing is my wife is totally excited about this proeject. We spent some time talking about it last night and when I told her that most likely the new plan is to expand the deck and just make the space below the garage. She found some pics online of garages under the decks and it didn't...

Ok new idea. Moving piers isn't really an issue, right? The center "backbone" or whatever it's called can be replace with LDL's or I beams and the current piers can be replaced with at least half as many metal piers, right? Well instead of making the garage be under the back half of the garage...

There's a room over the garage...it's pretty buried in the house. That story sound awful. How does insurance not cover that?

Now, there is one more possibility...expanding the deck and making the space under the deck a garage. It's a big deck, but because of the shape, it's not ideal. We were planning on adding to one side, but we could just square the whole thing off. Right now, at its widest and deepest, it measures...

Here's the back yard, most of it anyway. I absolutely don't want to stick a garage in the back yard. Plus it would ruin my neighbors view. It would be a **** move, I'm not doing that. And the attached 2 car backs up to the master. I thought about bumping the side out and making it a 3 car, but...

Think it'll cost more than building a detached garage with similar sq footag?

Hey guys! I bought my house 1 1/2 years ago. It's just what I was looking for, nice size, great location, and a private wooded lot. Just one problem, there's no room for a separate detached shop. The attached 2 car garage just isn't going to cut it. So I've been doing a lot of reading about...

Mods please delete. I posted in the wrong forum. Thanks

Are they expensive? Any pics?