Recent content by tonw07

I never thought about putting it behind the house, but also, there's no rear door and the layout of the house wouldn't let that happen. I planned on having the side door of the house line up with the side door of the garage door so its a straight shot on the deck. Also, the septic tank and new...

I thought about it but really just don't want to go through the hassle of attaching them. I plan on the garage being 10' from the house and connected with a small deck so if she can't deal with that she can go find her own place, ha! I feel much more comfortable building an entirely separate...

I was wondering if I could get some input on my plan for the foundation. Here is a link to the standard residential foundation for North Pole http://www.northpolealaska.com/sites/default/files/fileattachments/building/page/543/slab_on_grade_sfd9_1.pdf. This is what I was planning on going off...

Hello Everyone, This might be a bit premature since I still haven't even closed on the house yet but I'm hoping to start work on a garage as soon as all the paperwork goes through hopefully by the end of the month. I've looked around a lot the past few weeks as to what I want out of this...

I'm just building it for personal use. So here's the story, my GF and I moved up here for work last year and this will be our second winter in Alaska. We are currently in the process of closing on a house with no garage and the rental we are getting ready to move out of had a decent attached...

Like I said I'm not under the North Pole Jurisdiction, I'm outside of any city boundary. Also, when it comes to the borough, they do not really have any zoning or building requirements, hence the reason you can drive around and find "houses" with no sort of siding or finishing and blue tarps for...

Hello everyone, I'm pretty new to the site and found it since I am looking to build a garage at a house I'm hoping to soon close on in the next couple of weeks. My plan is to build a detached 36'X30' garage with two 10'X10' overhead doors in the front and a walk through door on the side. I...