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I'm looking to put a 2-post lift in my new shop. I'm not in a position to unload and install myself, especially since my shop has a 4" slab, so some footings will be needed. I really struggled to find anyone locally who does the installation. Online searches brought up mostly places that just...

My current garage has some fairly stout storage rafters which I have used to remove truck beds with chain hoists, see blow. A truck bed is something like 400 pounds, so ~100 pounds per hoist here. My new shop is a 32x60 pole building with trusses every 12 feet. The new trusses are not...

I have a 32x60 steel pole building going up as we speak. It will have strand board on the walls but the ceiling will be open to the roof (the roof will have spray foam insulation with - they tell me - bright white flame retardant paint). The trusses are every 12 feet and the walls are 11'...

I'm working with a company to spec out a metal pole building for a shop. I'll be doing hobby level auto work, maybe with a 4 post lift in the future. They are bidding "plain" concrete with saw cut control joints. The overall concrete extent is to be 32x60 feet. Other companies I worked with...

I know this has probably been beaten to death, but where are we at for pricing on freestanding garage/shops these days? We got a new 3.3 acre lot and a big part of it was because I wanted an awesome shop. My wife wanted some architectural interest, so we came up with this barn style design...