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Have someone reflash the whole thing. They may need to replace a few shingles but as long as they are careful, it won't impact the way the roof looks to a significant degree. The flashing is completely wrong. To be clear, you've had the 'roof guy' and a 'chimney guy' out to look at that and...

Yeah, I'm trying to fugure out if the OP is talking about just the slab here. You can't get a large shed delivered from your local rural roadside shed guy for $10,000 anymore.

#2 all day.

Feasibility of building it onto the front of the house (to the right of the current garage) where you have that large, windowless wall? The stairs to the deck would need to be reconfigured of course. You wouldn't get the added depth to your current garage this way, but I bet you could knock...

He is not converting it to conditioned living space. What kind of windows do you think they'd use in that scenario? If they quoted anything but economy windows in this scenario, they are not listening to their customer or looking out for his best interests.

You're right. That number is totally reasonable. :rolleyes: I could get on board with that number if and only if he were looking to get it converted to conditioned living space with a masonry knee wall, proper exterior door to the outside, lots of electrical, double pane windows and tons of...

That's totally a "Home Show' B.S. number you got. Those things prey on people with no clue and money to burn, so the inevitable happens. You're getting quoted $138/sq ft when you already have a roof and a slab. Just get another quote from one of those outfits that does a lot of sunrooms and...

I don't know all the particulars of your situation obviously, but the first thing that jumps out at me with that plan is that I would want two smaller doors in lieu of that 16' door. Reason being, if I had a project on the lift or parts laying all about, I'd like the option of deactivating the...

He's from Long Island so I assume he means upstate New York. Forgive him, folks from California and New York tend to assume everyone is from where they are from.

Are we talking about the flashing around the chimney/roof junction leaking or there is water coming down the flue itself?

That stuff works great for pipe. You are GTG.

Yep, those were the good 'ol days back in the mid teens. :LOL: The kick in the nuts for a lot of us is that we were too young or too new in our careers/adult life to afford a nice shop then. Now we're middle-aged, make three times the money and we still can't afford a nice shop now. Inflation...

That asphalt looks pretty old. Is getting a company out with their truck to put a new topcoat on not a viable option? Might not be the cheapest but should 'fix' it for a decade.

Agreed. Allow at least 25% under what the coverage rates claim.

Good call. It will be money well spent whatever direction you take.

The only location that matters is the OP's. Everything else is just a data point with no bearing on his situation. I've never understood the desire for everyone to pile on these threads with "I paid 'X dollars' 7 years ago in a city 3000 miles from you". What does that illuminate? New...

OP directly stated it was Raleigh metro area outside the city limits. Two or three subsequent posts have referenced the same. I sure wish it was a 'requirement' to read the thread in order to post in it.

Bad advice^^^ Everyone sees doubled 2x12s and thinks they can store spare engine blocks on it. Get an engineer to look at it and give their professional opinion. So many things come into play such as species of the wood used in the framing. Nobody here can give you a qualified answer, even if...

If that is an actual quote for the year 2024 in Raleigh, sign the papers right now. No way you are getting that built for $50/sq.ft. That is roughly 1/4 the market in that area. Raleigh is such a boom town that everyone that can swing a hammer is up to their eyeballs in lucrative new...

Race Ramps are what most sports car guys use. They have all kinds of cool modular setups available. Not super cheap but buy once, cry once. Also, LoL at a Honda Accord being 'low'.