Recent content by Tinkerinmatt

Thanks all. The house is mostly single story, with 12’ ceilings in the open living room below that. There is a FROG over the garage, and a guest room over the kids rooms, with steps up to that guest room and full bath, then a door from there that goes into the attic. A second 2.5 ton air...

I know this isn’t garage talk, but I’m looking for help on how to finish my attic space into living space. My house has 2x8 trusses holding up the roof, with about 400 sq ft open that I want to use as more living space. The angle 2x4s that come down from the roof hit 2x12 beams that are 2...

Bingo. One plan I have that I might do prior to the detached garage is convert the current electric water heater that is in the garage under the steps that go up to the FROG to an instant propane water heater, then swap the FROG stairs with the garage steps so the garage steps go the 19’ way...

I will lick the walls when we move in and report back.

From the outside it would look like the garage has 14’ ceiling, but really it would be only 9’ 6” ceiling. Then the loft would only be about 4’ walls on the edges, then go up to a peak in the center. When I said “when” someone complains, I really don’t think it will cause any issues. It’s a...

My goal is about a 9’ ceiling height in the garage, or whatever distance I need to clear the garage door opener with an 8’ tall door. My boat is about 7’ 8” tall at the windshield and an 8’ beam, and clears my dads 8’ x 9’ door. I didn’t measure the existing garage but it looks like about 9’...

We’re buying a house that has a “2 car garage” that’s 19x23’, but the stairs into it eat up 4’ on one bay, so it’s really only a 1 car garage. It has a FROG above it now that’s 23x14’, and I want to replicate that garage but as a 24x24 detached. This can’t happen tomorrow, as we’re just...

My first year in my house was my first year having a heat pump. Also have gas heat. Left the thermostat on"heat" all winter, and the heat pump ran almost continuously with the gas kicking in as the second stage. A few $400 electric bills later and I thought this was normal. Until a buddy...

Just read all 85 pages. That garage....

Absolutely incredible transformation. This is my dream but just flipping the house we are in now was a huge strain on my marriage, I couldnt even imaging a full on tear in and redo like that, but I can dream!

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What's the budget on the building? I'm trying to convince my wife to let me buy 10-20 acres and do this same type of thing.

That looks great! How thick was the foam under the slab? Did you just use foam as wall insulation? Would you be willing to break down your costs?

awesome